Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[n3tfury]

Just got back from my first day of school, it's overrated.

Once you have infopipe and xmmsctrl, it should work. Of course you need to open up XMMS, go to it's plugins and enable the infopipe.

somehow i missed that in the previous posts. works great, thank you!

[mojoman]

This must be the best thread I've seen yet! I didn't even know what conky was before I stumbled on it. Anyway, I've been reading man pages and stealing from you guys and after some mucking about I came up with this on my Feisty64-Fluxbox setup.

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window no
# own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar
# background no

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
 double_buffer yes

# fiddle with window
use_spacer no
use_xft yes

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 3.0

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 400 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Text stuff
draw_outline no # amplifies text if yes
draw_borders no

uppercase no # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 8

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color white

#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

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

override_utf8_locale no
xftfont Terminus:size=8
xftalpha 0.8

TEXT


${offset 860}${color slate grey}Hostname: ${color }$nodename
${offset 860}${color slate grey}Kernel: ${color }$kernel
${offset 860}${color slate grey}System uptime: ${color }$uptime


${offset 860}${color slate grey}Date: ${color }${time %a, %e %b %G}
${offset 860}${color slate grey}Time: ${color }${time %H:%M %Z}
${offset 895}${color }${tztime UTC %H:%M} UTC


${offset 860}${color slate grey}CPU:${color } $cpu% ${acpitemp}C
${offset 860}${cpugraph 20,145 000000 ffffff}

${offset 860}${color slate grey}Load: ${color }$loadavg
${offset 860}${color slate grey}Processes: ${color }$processes
${offset 860}${color slate grey}Running:   ${color }$running_processes

${offset 860}${color slate grey}Highest CPU:		
${offset 860}${color #ddaa00} ${top name 1}${top_mem cpu 1}
${offset 860}${color lightgrey} ${top name 2}${top cpu 2}
${offset 860}${color lightgrey} ${top name 3}${top cpu 3}
${offset 860}${color lightgrey} ${top name 4}${top cpu 4}


${offset 860}${color slate grey}MEM: ${color } $memperc% $mem/$memmax
${offset 860}${membar 3,100}
${offset 860}${color slate grey}SWAP:${color} $swapperc% $swap/$swapmax
${offset 860}${swapbar 3,100}

${offset 860}${color slate grey}Highest MEM:
${offset 860}${color #ddaa00} ${top_mem name 1}${top_mem mem 1}
${offset 860}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 2}${top_mem mem 2}
${offset 860}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 3}${top_mem mem 3}
${offset 860}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 4}${top_mem mem 4}


${offset 860}${color slate grey}ROOT:  ${color }${fs_free /}/${fs_size /}
${offset 860}${fs_bar 3,100 /}
${offset 860}${color slate grey}HOME:  ${color }${fs_free /home}/${fs_size /home}
${offset 860}${fs_bar 3,100 /home}


${offset 860}${color slate grey}IP: ${color }${addr eth0}
${offset 860}${color slate grey}Up: ${color }${upspeed eth0} k/s
${offset 860}${upspeedgraph eth0 20,145 000000 ffffff}
${offset 860}${color slate grey}Down: ${color }${downspeed eth0}k/s${color}
${offset 860}${downspeedgraph eth0 20,145 000000 ffffff}

There are some minor issues with it though. First, double buffer doesn't work. When I have that option enabled and start conky in a terminal I get:

Conky: failed to set up double buffer
Conky: drawing to single buffer

Now, I know that this option doesn't work for everyone but is there some tweaking that might remedy it?

Second, conky seem to give me this background. Or something is at any rate and it wasn't me. When I boot I get another (a light grey-blueish thing) which disappears as this shows up with conky. Now, in my ~/.fluxbox/startup file I don't have any wallpaper set at all. There is one by default which sets it to solid black but I commented it out. When it was read, I got that as my first wallpaper only to be replaced by this one as conky starts up. Really weird. Any ideas on where it comes from. I've gotten to like this wallpaper and will use it for know but I'd like to set it in my startup file so I can change it once I find something I like better.

Third, I've tried to reduce the flickering. Now, double buffer didn't work so I tried to run conky in its own window. However, that seem to do two things, namely to; (A) interfere with the Fluxbox menu (which is opened by right-clicking on the desktop) so that it's opened and immediately closed (it should stay open after first click) and (B) only setting this dark grey/matted black wallpaper on the area used by the conky window (i.e. under the download bar there will be a field across the entire screen of the original wallpaper, either the solid black or the grey-bluish thing). Personally, I don't mind whether conky runs in it's own window or not as long it looks good, doesn't interfere with my fluxbox menu and preferably don't flicker too much. Any ideas on this?

EDIT: The dark grey/matted black is actually the default (-flat grey20) for the style I'm using (a modified 'twice') and the grey/bluish thing is actually from the login-screen. Why on earth that would linger is beyond me but it works now as long as I don't use conkly in its own window (though it still flickers a bit).

Forth, I've got my IP showing but what I really want is the external IP, not the internal. How can I change this?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Conky is really an awesome application and I'll be tweaking this for a while

Best regards
/mojoman

[mcduck]

http://www.elisanet.fi/~z626117/random/conky.jpg

background yes
update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0

own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_colour black
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 300 5
maximum_width 300

#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
#alignment none

gap_x 60
gap_y 60

use_xft yes
xftfont Candara:size=10
xftalpha 0.8
uppercase no
override_utf8_locale yes
use_spacer no

#default_color dedede
default_color d2d2d2
default_shade_color 404040
#default_outline_color 404040
default_outline_color 808080

draw_shades yes
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no

stippled_borders 2
border_margin 4
border_width 1

mpd_host localhost
mpd_port 6600

mail_spool $MAIL
no_buffers yes
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2

TEXT
${font size=11}${color ffffff}${shadecolor 202020}$nodename$shadecolor$color$font - $sysname $kernel on $machine
$hr
${voffset -8}${color ffffff}${shadecolor 202020}STATUS :$shadecolor$color
${voffset -12}$hr
Uptime: $uptime - Load:$color $loadavg
Processes:
        Running: $processes
        Active: $running_processes
Power:
        $acpiacadapter, $battery
$hr
${voffset -8}${color ffffff}${shadecolor 202020}PROCESSOR :$shadecolor$color
${voffset -12}$hr
${voffset -12}${cpugraph cpu0 99,299 04578a 079ffb}
${voffset -101}Intel Core Duo T2300: $acpitemp °C
        Core 1: ${freq 1} MHz
        ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}
        Core 2: ${freq 2} MHz
        ${cpu cpu2}% ${cpubar cpu2}
$hr
${voffset -8}${color ffffff}${shadecolor 202020}MEMORY :$shadecolor$color
${voffset -12}$hr
        $mem / $memmax
        $memperc% ${membar}
$hr
${voffset -8}${color ffffff}${shadecolor 202020}STORAGE :$shadecolor$color
${voffset -12}$hr
File systems:
        System: ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /}
        ${fs_bar /}
        Storage: ${fs_used /mnt/storage} / ${fs_size /mnt/storage}
        ${fs_bar /mnt/storage}${if_mounted /media/Helios}
        Helios: ${fs_used /media/Helios} / ${fs_size /media/Helios}
        ${fs_bar /media/Helios}${endif}${if_mounted /media/EOS}
        Eos: ${fs_used /media/EOS} / ${fs_size /media/EOS}
        ${fs_bar /media/EOS}${endif}
$hr
${voffset -8}${color ffffff}${shadecolor 202020}NETWORK :$shadecolor$color
${voffset -12}$hr
${voffset -12}${downspeedgraph eth1 64,150 04578a 079ffb}${upspeedgraph eth1 64,149 8A1104 FB2507}
${voffset -67}Wireless:
        Connection strength: ${linkstatus eth1}%
        Down: ${downspeed eth1} Kb/s${offset 80}Up: ${upspeed eth1} Kb/s        
$hr
${voffset -8}${color ffffff}${shadecolor 202020}MUSIC :$shadecolor$color
${voffset -12}$hr
${alignc}$mpd_artist
${font size=12}${color ffffff}${shadecolor 202020}${alignc}$mpd_title$shadecolor$color$font
${alignc}$mpd_album
$mpd_bar
$mpd_elapsed / $mpd_length${alignr}$mpd_bitrate Kbps

[PurposeOfReason]

I just got the progress bar to work with xmms. You put that script somewhere safe, make it executable, and have conky reference it.

[n3tfury]

I just got the progress bar to work with xmms. You put that script somewhere safe, make it executable, and have conky reference it.

which script are you referring to, the post above yours?

[mikk_]

background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont HandelGotD:size=8
xftalpha 0.1
update_interval 1.2
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 200 5
maximum_width 200
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
default_color gray
default_shade_color gray
default_outline_color green
alignment top_right
gap_x 18
gap_y 48
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 1
override_utf8_locale no
use_spacer yes

TEXT
$sysname $kernel $alignr $machine
Core 2 Duo E6420 $alignr${freq_g cpu0}Ghz
IP adress $alignr ${addr eth0}
Time now $alignr ${time %H:%M:%S}
$alignr
${cpugraph cpu0 16,200 ffffff ffffff}
CPU:1 ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}
CPU:2 ${cpu cpu2}% ${cpubar cpu2}

MEM $alignc $mem / $memmax $alignr $memperc%
$membar

/home $alignc ${fs_used /home} / ${fs_size /home} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /home}%
${fs_bar /home}
/disk $alignc ${fs_used /media/disk} / ${fs_size /media/disk} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /media/disk}%
${fs_bar /media/disk}

Disk i/o ${diskiograph 8,000}

${color orange}fortune ${hr 2}$color
${execi 120 fortune -s | fold -w50}

[PurposeOfReason]

which script are you referring to, the post above yours?

#!/bin/bash

#This script is free to modify and distribute.
#Use at your own risk.

#Requirement: xmms-infopipe

#User Settings here
maxcol=35
file=/tmp/xmms-info

#Grab needed information
pos=`cat $file | grep uSecPosition: | cut -d : -f2`
len=`cat $file | grep uSecTime: | cut -d : -f2`

#Count the length in characters of the title
size=`echo $title | wc -c`
#Calculate current position within that length
poscol=$(echo "$pos*$maxcol/$len" | bc)

#Printing
for (( i=0; i<$maxcol; i++ ))
do
  if [ $i -eq $poscol ]; then
    echo -n 'O'
  else
    echo -n '='
  fi
done

[n3tfury]

#!/bin/bash

#This script is free to modify and distribute.
#Use at your own risk.

#Requirement: xmms-infopipe

#User Settings here
maxcol=35
file=/tmp/xmms-info

#Grab needed information
pos=`cat $file | grep uSecPosition: | cut -d : -f2`
len=`cat $file | grep uSecTime: | cut -d : -f2`

#Count the length in characters of the title
size=`echo $title | wc -c`
#Calculate current position within that length
poscol=$(echo "$pos*$maxcol/$len" | bc)

#Printing
for (( i=0; i<$maxcol; i++ ))
do
  if [ $i -eq $poscol ]; then
    echo -n 'O'
  else
    echo -n '='
  fi
done

i'm glad someone knows what they're doing, thank you!

[PurposeOfReason]

i'm glad someone knows what they're doing, thank you!

If you wish, you can change how long the bar is. The 'maxcol' line does this. Each '=' is one.

[darsu]

Well, this is a nice utility. I just threw out my WM-apps and duct-taped up an inconspicuous horizontal display to match my Openbox theme.

Is there a way to set width constraints for blocks? It'd make it easier to lay out things in a grid so that they line up predictably in the vertical (unlike those ugly alignrs down there).



.conkyrc:

alignment bottom_left
background yes
border_margin 1
border_width 1
default_color FFC600
default_outline_color FFC600
default_shade_color 674E31
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
override_utf8_locale yes
update_interval 1
use_xft yes
xftfont Gentium:pixelsize=12
gap_x 0
gap_y -20
own_window yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky
own_window_type desktop
double_buffer yes
TEXT
${voffset -5} ${cpubar 20,80 674E31 FFC600} ${diskiograph 20,80 674E31 FFC600} ${downspeedgraph eth0 20,80 FFC600 00F
F00} ${upspeedgraph eth0 20,80 674E31 FFC600} ${membar 20,80 674E31 FFC600}
${voffset -5}${time %k:%M:%S} ${offset 20} ${cpu cpu0} ${alignr 190} ${diskio} ${alignr 120} ${downspeed eth0} ${alig
nr 50} ${upspeed eth0} ${alignr} ${mem}

.conkyrcweather is the same, but in lower_right, update interval 10 minutes, and with:

TEXT
${exec ~/usr/bin/weatherget -s FIXX0002 --metric | perl ~/code/perl/wea2.pl}

Weatherget munger, my approximately second-ever Perl script:

#/usr/bin/perl

printf "EFHF ";

while (<>) {
  if (/Helsinki-/) {
    @asdf = split / /;
    @klokc = split(/:/, (split / /)[4]);
    $tun = (@asdf[5] eq "PM")?(@klokc[0]+12):(@klokc[0]);
    printf "%2d:%s  ",$tun, @klokc[1];
  }
  else {

    @asdf = split / : /, $_;
    
    if (@asdf[0] =~/Temperature/) {
      @vittu = (split / /,@asdf[1]);
      
      printf "%2.0dC  ", @vittu[0];
    }
    else {
      if (@asdf[0] =~/Wind/) {
        @vittu = (split / /, @asdf[1]);
        printf "%2.1fm/s %s  ", @vittu[0]/3.6,substr(@vittu[5],0,-1);
      }
      else {
        if (@asdf[0] =~/Humidity/) {
          printf "%s%  ",substr(@asdf[1], 0,-3);
        }
        else {
          if (@asdf[0] =~/Barometer/) {
            printf "%smb  ",(split / /,@asdf[1])[0];
          }
          else {
            if (@asdf[0] =~/Sunrise/) {
              printf "%s-",(split / /,@asdf[1])[0];
            }
            else {
              if (@asdf[0] =~/Sunset/) {
                @vittu = split /:/,@asdf[1];
                printf "%2d:%s  ",@vittu[0]+12,substr(@vittu[1],0,2);
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}