Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[Crinos512]

@ kodiakmax: sorry I don't know much about KDE3.5 but can you post the results of running dcop kdesktop KBackgroundIface currentWallpaper 1 in a terminal? it could be that you need to trim information from the results to get the path to the wallpaper.

[Chame_Wizard]

Try ${texeci 1000 feh --bg-scale "`grep 'wallpaper=' ~/.kde4/share/config/plasmarc | tail --bytes=+11`"} instead. I know early versions of kde4 used a different directory to avoid compatability issues with kde3.

weird,conky doesn't show up.

chrishi@JMWF:~$ conky
Conky: /home/chrishi/.conkyrc: 15: no such configuration: 'normal'
Conky: statfs '/media/sdb1': No such file or directory
Conky: desktop window (1800048) is subwindow of root window (87)
Conky: drawing to desktop window
Conky: drawing to double buffer
Conky: statfs '/media/sdb1': No such file or directory
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
 will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)

[detroit/zero]

Trying something a bit different.

That's kind of a neat effect. Care to share your .conkyrc?

[PurposeOfReason]

That's kind of a neat effect. Care to share your .conkyrc?

Ha, knew I forgot something.

background no
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2
out_to_console no
use_xft yes
#xftfont Monospace Typewriterpixelsize=8
own_window_transparent yes
xftalpha 1.0
update_interval 1.0
own_window yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_type override
double_buffer yes
draw_shades no
draw_outline 
draw_borders no
stippled_borders 0
border_margin 4
border_width 1
default_color 99b7c1
default_shade_color grey
default_outline_color black
gap_x 5
gap_y 4
alignment top_right
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
text_buffer_size 256
minimum_size 130 2
maximum_width 130 2


TEXT


${font Myraid Pro:size=9}Processing

${goto 67}One: ${alignr}${cpu cpu0}%

${goto 67}Two: ${alignr}${cpu cpu1}%


Memory

${goto 67}Ram: ${alignr}${memperc}%

${goto 67}Swap: ${alignr}${swapperc}%


Network

${goto 27}Up: ${alignr}${upspeed eth0} kb/s

${goto 27}Down: ${alignr}${downspeed eth0} kb/s

${alignr}Mail: ${execi 60 asdfaskldjfalsdkjfals;kdjf;}


Disk Use

${alignr}Root: ${fs_free /}

${alignr}Vista: ${fs_free /vista}

${alignr}Storage: ${fs_free /storage}

[ddnev45]

That's kind of a neat effect. Care to share your .conkyrc?

no kidding purposeofreason, you create some of the coolest desktops.

[PurposeOfReason]

no kidding, you create some of the coolest desktops.

I'm also posting the background template used so that you can modify it. Note this is all for a 1680x1050 desktop.

[Crinos512]

@Chame_Wizard: I did notice that the white fonts may not show up well on the wallpaper that you have chosen...

try to killall conky then rerun the startconky.

Also you should go through the conky config file and remove any lines which refer to '/media/sdb1' as the error states your system does not have this device.

[Chame_Wizard]

@Chame_Wizard: I did notice that the white fonts may not show up well on the wallpaper that you have chosen...

try to killall conky then rerun the startconky.

Also you should go through the conky config file and remove any lines which refer to '/media/sdb1' as the error states your system does not have this device.

strange,sdb1+sdb2 are my 2nd HDD(500 GiB) partitions,which i installed Ibex.

Conky: /home/chrishi/.conkyrc: 15: no such configuration: 'normal'
Conky: desktop window (1800048) is subwindow of root window (87)
Conky: drawing to desktop window
Conky: drawing to double buffer
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
 will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)

[kodiakmax]

@ kodiakmax: sorry I don't know much about KDE3.5 but can you post the results of running dcop kdesktop KBackgroundIface currentWallpaper 1 in a terminal? it could be that you need to trim information from the results to get the path to the wallpaper.

Here is the dcop output.

/home/kodiakmax/downloads/backgrounds/25331-night4.jpg

I can see that that would cause only one wallpaper to display with feh. dcop only "sees" one! lol.
maybe there is another dcop option.
Or
Here is a copy of my kdestoprc both wallpapers are in there so perhaps there would be a way to pull them out of there.

[Background Common]
CacheSize=2048
CommonDesktop=true
CommonScreen=false
Dock=true
DrawBackgroundPerScreen_0=true
DrawBackgroundPerScreen_1=true
DrawBackgroundPerScreen_2=true
DrawBackgroundPerScreen_3=true
Export=false
LimitCache=false

[Desktop Icons]
Preview=cursorthumbnail,djvuthumbnail,ldifvcardthumbnail,exrthumbnail,fontthumbnail,htmlthumbnail,imagethumbnail,gsthumbnail,svgthumbnail,textthumbnail,videothumbnail,webarchivethumbnail
ShowHidden=false

[Desktop0]
BackgroundMode=Flat
BlendBalance=100
BlendMode=NoBlending
ChangeInterval=60
Color1=0,48,130
Color2=108,139,185
CurrentWallpaperName=
LastChange=0
MinOptimizationDepth=1
MultiWallpaperMode=NoMulti
Pattern[$e]=
Program=
ReverseBlending=false
UseSHM=false
Wallpaper[$e]=$HOME/downloads/backgrounds/25331-night4.jpg
WallpaperList=
WallpaperMode=Scaled

[Desktop0Screen0]
BackgroundMode=Flat
BlendBalance=100
BlendMode=NoBlending
ChangeInterval=60
Color1=0,48,130
Color2=192,192,192
CurrentWallpaperName=
LastChange=0
MinOptimizationDepth=1
MultiWallpaperMode=NoMulti
Pattern[$e]=
Program=
ReverseBlending=false
UseSHM=false
Wallpaper[$e]=$HOME/downloads/backgrounds/25331-night4.jpg
WallpaperList=
WallpaperMode=Scaled

[Desktop0Screen1]
BackgroundMode=Flat
BlendBalance=100
BlendMode=NoBlending
ChangeInterval=60
Color1=0,48,130
Color2=192,192,192
CurrentWallpaperName=
LastChange=0
MinOptimizationDepth=1
MultiWallpaperMode=NoMulti
Pattern[$e]=
Program=
ReverseBlending=false
UseSHM=false
Wallpaper[$e]=$HOME/downloads/temp/pics/batman/whysoseriousebyatribecadh2560x1600.jpg
WallpaperList=
WallpaperMode=Scaled

[Desktop1Screen0]
BackgroundMode=Flat
BlendBalance=100
BlendMode=NoBlending
ChangeInterval=60
Color1=0,48,130
Color2=192,192,192
CurrentWallpaperName=
LastChange=0
MinOptimizationDepth=1
MultiWallpaperMode=NoMulti
Pattern[$e]=
Program=
ReverseBlending=false
UseSHM=false
Wallpaper[$e]=
WallpaperList=
WallpaperMode=NoWallpaper

[Desktop1Screen1]
BackgroundMode=Flat
BlendBalance=100
BlendMode=NoBlending
ChangeInterval=60
Color1=0,48,130
Color2=192,192,192
CurrentWallpaperName=
LastChange=0
MinOptimizationDepth=1
MultiWallpaperMode=NoMulti
Pattern[$e]=
Program=
ReverseBlending=false
UseSHM=false
Wallpaper[$e]=
WallpaperList=
WallpaperMode=NoWallpaper

[Desktop2Screen0]
BackgroundMode=Flat
BlendBalance=100
BlendMode=NoBlending
ChangeInterval=60
Color1=0,48,130
Color2=192,192,192
CurrentWallpaperName=
LastChange=0
MinOptimizationDepth=1
MultiWallpaperMode=NoMulti
Pattern[$e]=
Program=
ReverseBlending=false
UseSHM=false
Wallpaper[$e]=
WallpaperList=
WallpaperMode=NoWallpaper

[Desktop2Screen1]
BackgroundMode=Flat
BlendBalance=100
BlendMode=NoBlending
ChangeInterval=60
Color1=0,48,130
Color2=192,192,192
CurrentWallpaperName=
LastChange=0
MinOptimizationDepth=1
MultiWallpaperMode=NoMulti
Pattern[$e]=
Program=
ReverseBlending=false
UseSHM=false
Wallpaper[$e]=
WallpaperList=
WallpaperMode=NoWallpaper

[Desktop3Screen0]
BackgroundMode=Flat
BlendBalance=100
BlendMode=NoBlending
ChangeInterval=60
Color1=0,48,130
Color2=192,192,192
CurrentWallpaperName=
LastChange=0
MinOptimizationDepth=1
MultiWallpaperMode=NoMulti
Pattern[$e]=
Program=
ReverseBlending=false
UseSHM=false
Wallpaper[$e]=
WallpaperList=
WallpaperMode=NoWallpaper

[Desktop3Screen1]
BackgroundMode=Flat
BlendBalance=100
BlendMode=NoBlending
ChangeInterval=60
Color1=0,48,130
Color2=192,192,192
CurrentWallpaperName=
LastChange=0
MinOptimizationDepth=1
MultiWallpaperMode=NoMulti
Pattern[$e]=
Program=
ReverseBlending=false
UseSHM=false
Wallpaper[$e]=
WallpaperList=
WallpaperMode=NoWallpaper

[FMSettings]
ItemTextBackground=invalid
NormalTextColor=255,255,255
ShadowEnabled=true
ShowFileTips=true
TextHeight=2
TextWidth=0
UnderlineLinks=false

[General]
AutoLineUpIcons=false
Enabled=true
SetVRoot=true

[KFileDialog Settings]
Automatic Preview=true
Recent Files[$e]=$HOME/downloads/temp/pics/batman/whysoseriousebyatribecadh2560x1600.jpg,$HOME/downloads/backgrounds/25331-night4.jpg,$HOME/downloads/temp/pics/Mentor.jpg,$HOME/downloads/temp/pics/The_Voice_of_SHODAN_by_Xlator.png,$HOME/downloads/temp/pics/Introduction_to_Mbrot_by_moonstyler.jpg,$HOME/downloads/temp/pics/Hacker__s_Delight_Logon_by_s3kShUn8.png,$HOME/downloads/temp/pics/Binary_wallpaper_2_by_Reapsert.jpg,$HOME/downloads/temp/pics/batman/wallpaper_joker_1600.jpg,$HOME/downloads/temp/pics/batman/js_1600x1200.jpg,$HOME/downloads/temp/pics/batman/Joker_Wallpaper_by_JesusIG.jpg

[Media]
enabled=false
exclude=media/hdd_mounted,media/floppy5_unmounted,media/cdrom_unmounted,media/floppy_unmounted,media/hdd_unmounted

[Menubar]
ShowMenubar=false

[MiniCli]
CompletionItems[$e]=fusion-icon:3,firefox:50,conky -c .conkyrc1:45,conky -c .conkyrc1 .conkyrc3:1,conky -c .conkyrc1 && conky -c .conkyrc3 && conky -c .conkyrc4:3,conky -c .conkyrc1_2:8,conky -c .conkyrc3:4,conky -c .conkyrc3 && conky -c .conkyrc1:2,conky -c .conkyrc4:3,conky -c .conkyrc5:2,/usr/kde/4.1/bin/yakuake:50,/usr/kde/4.1/bin/gwenview:1,/usr/kde/4.1/bin/ktorrent:10,xterm:3,xarchiver:1,ristretto:1,kdirstat:2,kmix:24,kuser:2,kate:1,kpowersave:2,kwin:1,kwin --replace:2,kwrite:4,konqueror:1,kooldock:1,gthumb:5,sudo konq:1,sudo konqueror:2,spritz:2,digikam:2,deluge:4,VirtualBox:2,avant-window-navigator:1,amule:17,7z:1,wicd-client:13
History[$e]=/usr/kde/4.1/bin/yakuake,wicd-client,spritz,kwrite,conky -c .conkyrc1,conky -c .conkyrc1_2,firefox,kooldock,kmix,fusion-icon,amule,/usr/kde/4.1/bin/ktorrent,konqueror,kdirstat,deluge,conky -c .conkyrc5,sudo konqueror,conky -c .conkyrc1 && conky -c .conkyrc3 && conky -c .conkyrc4,conky -c .conkyrc4,conky -c .conkyrc3,xterm,conky -c .conkyrc3 && conky -c .conkyrc1,conky -c .conkyrc1 .conkyrc3,xarchiver,7z,gthumb,VirtualBox,kwin --replace,avant-window-navigator,kwin,kpowersave,kate,digikam,kuser,sudo konq,/usr/kde/4.1/bin/gwenview,ristretto
TerminalApps[$e]=ls

[Mouse Buttons]
Left=
Middle=WindowListMenu
Right=DesktopMenu

[ScreenSaver]
Enabled=true
Lock=true
LockGrace=60000
Saver=kmatrix3d.desktop
Timeout=300

[Version]
KDEVersionMajor=3
KDEVersionMinor=5
KDEVersionRelease=10

[SkonesMickLoud]

Wasn't your old one similar?
I love the ASCII art aspect of the layout.

Somewhat. I've never had an outline type like this.