HOWTO: VinDSL Conky Script

[Cavsfan]

Well, I found the cause as to why I could not get the color to change no matter what I did. It's a little embarrassing though. I was trying to change the color on Precise and it would not change either.
Then I got to looking and found that I had copied about 3 conkys into the .conkyrc.vindsl file So when I changed the one on the top it read the one or two other ones which is why the color stayed the same.
One must watch that cntl+v closely.

It helps if you're not a bonehead_award.jpg

So once I made sure I had one start and one end everything is hunky dory.

[VinDSL]

Heh! It happens to all of us, from time_to_time.

Thanks, for the update.

[Cavsfan]

Heh! It happens to all of us, from time_to_time.

Thanks, for the update.

LoL I guess so! Conky can drive you nuts or make you very happy.

Just glad that chapter came to a conclusion!

You are welcome!

[Cavsfan]

Ok so I got curious and noticed that the font symbol next to the fan speeds that I had added were the same as the PROCESSOR+TEMPS so I took a look at some other ones and found a suitable one.
I downloaded the Conky Symbol fonts here as they don't come standard. I put it in ~/.fonts.
This font symbol looks like a fan. But it made me adjust everything a bit because even though they are the same size as the other font, these are a little bigger.
Here is the code:

##################################
##          FAN SPEEDS          ##
##################################
${voffset -1}${font DroidSans:bold:size=8}${color4}FAN SPEEDS${offset 8}${color6}${voffset -2}${hr 1}${font}
${voffset 2}${font conkysymbols:size=9.9}${color2}L${voffset -2}${font DroidSansFallback:size=8.39}${color0}${offset 2}CPU FAN${offset 5}${font DroidSans:size=8.3}${alignr}${execi 1 sensors | grep 'fan1' | awk '{ print $2 " " $3 }'}${font}
${voffset 2}${font conkysymbols:size=9.9}${color2}L${voffset -2}${font DroidSansFallback:size=8.39}${color0}${offset 2}FAN2${offset 5}${font DroidSans:size=8.3}${alignr}${execi 1 sensors | grep 'fan2' | awk '{ print $2 " " $3 }'}${font}
${voffset 2}${font conkysymbols:size=9.9}${color2}L${voffset -2}${font DroidSansFallback:size=8.39}${color0}${offset 2}FAN3${offset 5}${font DroidSans:size=8.3}${alignr}${execi 1 sensors | grep 'fan3' | awk '{ print $2 " " $3 }'}${font}

Then I noticed that the things on the right under NETWORK were not flush against the right side even though there was a ${alignr} in it but I guess it wasn't just prior to the object. I moved it to that place and it did the job.

##################################
##          NETWORK             ##
##################################
${voffset -2}${font DroidSans:bold:size=8}${color4}NETWORK${offset 8}${color6}${voffset -2}${hr 1}${font}
${voffset 1}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=9.5}${color6}T${font DroidSans:size=8.65}${color0}${offset 5}Download${goto 120}${font DroidSans:size=8.3}${totaldown eth0}${font DroidSans:size=8.3}${alignr}${downspeed eth0}${font}
${voffset 1}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=9.5}${color6}N${font DroidSans:size=8.65}${color0}${offset 5}Upload${goto 120}${font DroidSans:size=8.3}${totalup eth0}${font DroidSans:size=8.3}${alignr}${upspeed eth0}${font}
${voffset 1}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=9.5}${color6}a${font DroidSans:size=8.65}${color0}${offset 5}Private${offset 3}IP${goto 123}${font DroidSansFallback:size=8.5}LAN${font DroidSans:size=8.3}${alignr}${addr eth0}${font}
#${voffset 1}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=9.5}${color6}a${font DroidSans:size=8.65}${color0}${offset 5}Public${offset 7}IP${goto 121}${font DroidSansFallback:size=8.5}WAN${font DroidSans:size=8.3}${alignr}${execi 1800 wget -q -O - checkip.dyndns.org | sed -e 's/[^[:digit:]\|.]//g'}${font}
${voffset 1}${font PizzaDudeBullets:size=9.5}${color6}a${font DroidSans:size=8.65}${color0}${offset 5}Public${offset 7}IP${goto 121}${font DroidSansFallback:size=8.5}WAN${font DroidSans:size=8.3}${alignr}Demo mode

I know it's not much but I thought I'd throw it out there.
I was able to copy and paste these changes into each of my 4 other Linux systems. But the touching up of the placement due to the increased size has to be done in each system.

[Cavsfan]

Isn't this purdy?



Somehow that blue (DeepSkyBlue) just looks awesome at least to me on that black background.

[NM5TF]

why yes, it is nice....

also like the wallpaper.....kinda like that song about white line fever...

tommy

[Cavsfan]

why yes, it is nice....

also like the wallpaper.....kinda like that song about white line fever...

tommy

Thanks! I call it the road to know where. LoL!

[jdallara]

Hello,

Does conky have a way of creating a button or hot spot on the screen? I'd like to have a button so I could force an update by clicking it.

Thanks,

Jon.

[NM5TF]

Hello,

Does conky have a way of creating a button or hot spot on the screen? I'd like to have a button so I could force an update by clicking it.

Thanks,

Jon.

I don't think so Jon

I think you would have to use something like either Lua or Cairo....

I'm sure the experts can answer this better than I.

the Conky manual is here:

http://conky.sourceforge.net/docs.html

a quick link to the Conky documentation is here:

http://conky.sourceforge.net/documentation.html

tommy

[Cavsfan]

Ok, I have been thinking about this for a while now. I'm not sure if anyone else would care but I wanted to see the point release at the top if the Ubuntu version is a LTS version.
And after much work on this one single line I think I've got it. I tried it on Precise 12.04 LTS and on Utopic 14.10 non-LTS and it seems to work, it took the else because I had to jack with it.

I realize this is a very minor thing but seeing 12.04.5 (for point release 5) instead of just 12.04 is what I was looking for and believe I found.

TEXT
${voffset -9}${lua main -n background -r 45 -c 0x000000:0.2 -p NA,NA}
##################################
##             LOGO             ##
##################################
## Uncomment for hard-coded ID (static)
# ${voffset -33}${font OpenLogos:size=103}${color2}v${font}${voffset -75}${goto 179}${font UbuntuTitleBold:size=19.6}${color4}1${offset 1}2${offset 1}.${offset 0}0${offset 0}4${font}
####
## Uncomment for soft-coded ID (dynamic)
#${voffset -30}${font OpenLogos:size=93}${color2}v${font}${voffset -75}${goto 174}${font UbuntuTitleBold:size=12.6}${color4}${pre_exec cat /etc/*release | grep 'RELEASE' | awk -F'=' '{print $2}'}${font}
${voffset -30}${font OpenLogos:size=93}${color2}v${font}${voffset -75}${goto 174}${font UbuntuTitleBold:size=12.6}${color4}${if_match "${pre_exec cat /etc/*release | grep 'PRETTY_NAME'| sed 's/.*="\(.*\)"/\1/' | awk -F'(' '{print $2}' |  cut -c '9-11'}" == "LTS"} ${pre_exec cat /etc/*release | grep 'PRETTY_NAME'| sed 's/.*="\(.*\)"/\1/' | awk -F'(' '{print $2}' |  cut -c '1-7'} ${else} ${pre_exec cat /etc/*release | grep 'RELEASE' | awk -F'=' '{print $2}'}${font} ${endif}${font}
####

It is just that one red line which is fairly long. Wish I knew how to split lines but I'll not worry about that at this time.
I didn't take a pic of Utopic but it just displayed 14.10 so I think it works.
With all those awk, sed and cut commands I think I just lucked out because I barely understand what they do.