Re: Conky how to Tutorial
Hi TheGizmo,
Thank for your tutorial, followed it through and got it working first time thanks for the effort you put into it.
Re: Conky how to Tutorial
For a first attempt at writing a tutorial, I think you did brilliantly! :) Easy to follow and well explained. Many thanks!
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Re: Conky how to Tutorial
Great tutorial and resource, thank you a bunch.
I played around with one of the samples you listed and came up with a simple .conkyrc
Code:
# UBUNTU-CONKY
#
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes
# fiddle with window
use_spacer right
use_xft yes
# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 3.0
# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 200 800
# Draw shades?
draw_shades no
# Text stuff
draw_outline no # amplifies text if yes
draw_borders no
font arial
uppercase no # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 3
# border margins
border_margin 2
# border width
border_width 2
# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color eeeeee
own_window_colour brown
own_window_transparent yes
# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 10
gap_y 10
# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2
text_buffer_size 1024
# stuff after ‘TEXT’ will be formatted on screen
TEXT
$color${font ubuntu:size=9}
${alignc}$nodename@$sysname $kernel on $machine${font ubuntu:size=8}
${color orange}CPU
${hr}$color
${freq}MHz
${alignr}${loadgraph 10,250 e5e5e5 F1AA0E}
CPU Total:${color} ${cpu cpu0}% ${color}${alignr}Temp:${color} ${acpitemp}
${alignr}${cpubar 0 20,250}
# 1: ${color}${cpu cpu1}% ${alignr} 2: ${color}${cpu cpu2}%
# ${cpugraph 1 6,120 e5e5e5 F1AA0E}${alignr}${cpugraph 2 6,120 e5e5e5 F1AA0E}
# 3: ${color}${cpu cpu3}% ${alignr} 4: ${color}${cpu cpu4}%
# ${cpugraph 3 6,120 e5e5e5 F1AA0E}${alignr}${cpugraph 4 6,120 e5e5e5 F1AA0E}
NAME${alignr}PID CPU% MEM%
${top name 1}${alignr}${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${top name 2}${alignr}${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${top name 3}${alignr}${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${top name 4}${alignr}${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
${color orange}MEMORY / DISK
${hr}$color
Total: ${color}${memmax} ${alignr} Free: ${color}${memfree}
RAM: $memperc% ${alignr}Swap: $swapperc%
${membar 6,120} ${alignr} ${swapbar 6,120 }
root: ${fs_used_perc /}% ${fs_bar 6 /}$color
${color orange}NETWORK (${addr eth0})
${hr}$color
Down: $color${downspeed eth0} k/s ${alignr}Up: ${upspeed eth0} k/s
${downspeedgraph eth0 20,120 e5e5e5 F1AA0E} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0
20,120 e5e5e5 F1AA0E}$color
Total: ${totaldown eth0} ${alignr}Total: ${totalup eth0}
Inbound: ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 count} Outbound: ${tcp_portmon 32768
61000 count}${alignr}Total: ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}
It uses eth0 inststead of wireless, and I ripped out the battery stuff, and fooled around with the style a bit.
Again, thank you very much!
Re: Conky how to Tutorial
I'm glad the tutorial has been useful to you guys...
Here is my conky configuration file
Code:
# — Pengo (conky@pengo.us)
#
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_hints below
minimum_size 185 768
maximum_width 185
# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes
# fiddle with window
use_spacer yes
use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sans:size=7
xftalpha 0.8
# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 2.0
total_run_times 0
double_buffer yes
text_buffer_size 1024
# Draw shades?
draw_shades no
# Text stuff
draw_outline no # amplifies text if yes
draw_borders no
uppercase no
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 3
border_margin 5
border_width 6
default_color white
own_window_colour brown
own_window_transparent yes
alignment top_right
gap_x 12
gap_y 30
# stuff after ‘TEXT’ will be formatted on screen
TEXT
${color white}${alignc}${font Ubuntu:size=8}THY NAME HERE${font}
SYSTEM ${hr 2}
${voffset 2}${font OpenLogos:size=16}B${font} Kernel: ${alignr}${kernel}
${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font} CPU: ${cpu cpu1}% ${alignr}${cpubar cpu1 8,60}
${font StyleBats:size=16}g${font} RAM: $memperc% ${alignr}${membar 8,60}
${font StyleBats:size=16}q${font} Uptime: ${alignr}${uptime}
${voffset 4}${font styleBats:size=14}R${font} ${voffset -5}ROOT:${alignr}${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}
${voffset 4}${font styleBats:size=14}S${font} ${voffset -5} HOME:${alignr}${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home}
${voffset 4}${font styleBats:size=14}B${font} ${voffset -5}SWAP:${alignr}${fs_used swap}/${fs_size swap}
NETWORK ${hr 2}
${if_up wlan0}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=14}O${font} Up: ${upspeed wlan0} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 F57900 FCAF3E}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=14}U${font} Down: ${downspeed wlan0} ${alignr}${downspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 F57900 FCAF3E}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=14}N${font} Upload: ${alignr}${totalup wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=14}T${font} Download: ${alignr}${totaldown wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=14}Z${font} Signal: ${alignr}${wireless_link_bar 8,60 wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=14}a${font} Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=14}b${font} Public Ip: ${alignr}${execi 3600 curl http://riivo.eu/php/ip.php}
${else}
${if_up eth0}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=14}O${font} Up: ${upspeed eth0} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 8,60 F57900 FCAF3E}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=14}U${font} Down: ${downspeed eth0} ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth0 8,60 F57900 FCAF3E}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=14}N${font} Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=14}T${font} Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=14}a${font} Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=14}b${font} Public Ip: ${alignr}${execi 3600 curl http://riivo.eu/php/ip.php}
${endif}${else}
${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=14}4${font} Network Unavailable
${endif}
CPU MANAGER ${hr 2}
${voffset 6}${color #e5e5e5}${top name 1}${alignr}${top cpu 1}%
${color #c4c4c4}${top name 2}${alignr}${top cpu 2}%
${color #a3a3a3}${top name 3}${alignr}${top cpu 3}%
${color #828282}${top name 4}${alignr}${top cpu 4}%
${color #505050}${top name 5}${alignr}${top cpu 5}%
${color white}${alignc}${font styleBats:size=14}K${font}
${color white}MEM MANAGER ${hr 2}
${color #e5e5e5}${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top_mem mem 1}%
${color #c4c4c4}${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top_mem mem 2}%
${color #a3a3a3}${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top_mem mem 3}%
${color #828282}${top_mem name 4}${alignr}${top_mem mem 4}%
${color #505050}${top_mem name 5}${alignr}${top_mem mem 5}%
${color white}${alignc}${font styleBats:size=14}U${font}
${color white}DATE ${hr 2}
${alignc 35}${font Arial Black:size=26}${time %H:%M}${font}
${alignc}${time %A %d %B}
${alignc}${font OpenLogos:size=30}T
This one uses some special fonts that can be found here.
Re: Conky how to Tutorial
Re: Conky how to Tutorial
I am really new to Ubuntu and I found this really easy to follow and very well written Thanks so much!
Does anyone know where I can get a good Conkyrc file from?
I can't really write that stuff yet because I have only just been converted from Windows and have very little programming experience.
Re: Conky how to Tutorial
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Gr1tz582
I am really new to Ubuntu and I found this really easy to follow and very well written Thanks so much!
Does anyone know where I can get a good Conkyrc file from?
I can't really write that stuff yet because I have only just been converted from Windows and have very little programming experience.
you can always search through http://gnome-look.org/ or just enter conkyrc file in your favourite search engine
Re: Conky how to Tutorial
Quote"Does anyone know where I can get a good Conkyrc file from?"
This thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ighlight=conky
Re: Conky how to Tutorial
how can i stop (kill) running conky, so i can test my own conky scripts?