5 Cups of Ubuntu
Great HOWTO
I had a few problems at first. For some reason my ~/.config was read-only and owned by root. that prevented me from adding startup programs from the sessions menu. I also had the problem where the background was hiding the conky display. but that little "sleep 10" script fixed that right up
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Way Too Much Ubuntu
I found out that the hd part was wrong in my setup.
However, when I change it to /dev/hda1 , which is my hd, it shows up as 99% in conky, and that's wrong. First it was /media/hda1, but I've got nothing there.
The hd is a 60gb one with 38gb free space at the moment. That makes the 99% part very wrong.
Any suggestions?
Dark Roasted Ubuntu
Try using the mount points instead, for my conky, I have to list them as / and /home in the conkyrc file.Originally Posted by oyvindaa
Quad Shot of Ubuntu
Attempts at compiling conky 1.4.5 ... This is the same error I get in 1.4.2 through 1.4.5
Anyone? Anyone?Code:checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... no checking for mawk... mawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B checking whether ln -s works... yes checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking dlfcn.h usability... yes checking dlfcn.h presence... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking for g++... g++ checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking dependency style of g++... gcc3 checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E checking for g77... no checking for f77... no checking for xlf... no checking for frt... no checking for pgf77... no checking for cf77... no checking for fort77... no checking for fl32... no checking for af77... no checking for f90... no checking for xlf90... no checking for pgf90... no checking for pghpf... no checking for epcf90... no checking for gfortran... no checking for g95... no checking for f95... no checking for fort... no checking for xlf95... no checking for ifort... no checking for ifc... no checking for efc... no checking for pgf95... no checking for lf95... no checking for ftn... no checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no checking whether accepts -g... no checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768 checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok checking for objdir... .libs checking for ar... ar checking for ranlib... ranlib checking for strip... strip checking for correct ltmain.sh version... yes checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no checking dynamic linker characteristics... cat: /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf: No such file or directory GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... yes configure: creating libtool appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... cat: /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf: No such file or directory GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.17.2... yes checking netdb.h usability... yes checking netdb.h presence... yes checking for netdb.h... yes checking netinet/in.h usability... yes checking netinet/in.h presence... yes checking for netinet/in.h... yes checking netinet/tcp.h usability... yes checking netinet/tcp.h presence... yes checking for netinet/tcp.h... yes checking sys/socket.h usability... yes checking sys/socket.h presence... yes checking for sys/socket.h... yes checking arpa/inet.h usability... yes checking arpa/inet.h presence... yes checking for arpa/inet.h... yes checking for GLIB... yes checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for shared library run path origin... /bin/bash: ./config.rpath: No such file or directory done checking for iconv... yes checking for iconv declaration... extern size_t iconv (iconv_t cd, char * *inbuf, size_t *inbytesleft, char * *outbuf, size_t *outbytesleft); checking for X11... yes checking for XEXT... yes checking for XDamageQueryExtension in -lXdamage... no configure: error: Could not find XDamageQueryExtension in -lXdamage marx2k@Commodore-64:~/source/conky-1.4.5$
EDIT: SOLVED: Had to install via Synaptic- X11 damaged region extension library (development headers)
Last edited by marx2k; January 11th, 2007 at 09:30 AM. Reason: SOLVED
Quad Shot of Ubuntu
Looking good now!
The only thing is that it installs to /usr/local/bin but that can be changed with ./configure options.Code:marx2k@Commodore-64:~/source/conky-1.4.5$ conky -v Conky 1.4.5 compiled Thu Jan 11 02:26:28 CST 2007 for Linux 2.6.17-10-generic (i686) Compiled in features: X11: * Xdamage extension * Xdbe extension (double buffer) * xft Music detection: * mpd General features: * hddtemp * portmon
First Cup of Ubuntu
Works great except for one minor annoyance:
If I click on conky it seems to create a selection box starting from the left side of the screen and going under conky. It also seems counterintuitive that when dragging a desktop icon over conky, the icon ends up below conky. Perhaps there is no way around this given that conky is its "own_window" or whatever.
I used the exact same .conkyrc provided by the HOWTO.
Just Give Me the Beans!
I get a black background under Kubuntu using conky 1.4.5. Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this.
conkyrc
"smooth as seelk"
Way Too Much Ubuntu
Alright, that worked a treat. Thanks.
I've got another problem now though (typical isn't it).
I changed my .conkyrc to this:
Whenever I log off or reboot/shutdown I get the following message ("Warning"):Code:background yes use_xft yes xftfont HandelGotD:size=9 xftalpha 0.5 update_interval 1.0 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 no default_color white default_shade_color red default_outline_color green alignment top_right gap_x 12 gap_y 12 no_buffers yes uppercase no cpu_avg_samples 2 override_utf8_locale no TEXT $sysname $kernel on $machine Uptime $alignr $uptime Load $alignr $loadavg Hostname $alignr $nodename eth1 $alignr ${addr eth1} Inbound $alignr ${downspeed eth1} kb/s ${downspeedgraph eth1} Outbound $alignr ${upspeed eth1} kb/s ${upspeedgraph eth1} $processes processes ($running_processes running) CPU $alignr ${cpu cpu0}% ${cpubar cpu0} MEM $alignc $mem / $memmax $alignr $memperc% $membar /home $alignc ${fs_used /home} / ${fs_size /home} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /home}% ${fs_bar /home} swap $alignc $swap / $swapmax $alignr $swapperc% ${swapbar} ${execi 60 wmctrl -a conky}
So, what's the problem here?Code:These windows do not support "save current setup" and will have to be restarted manually next time you log in. TITLE | CLASS aassveen -conky conky
EDIT: Problem solved. I had another look at the .conkyrc and noticed it was running inside a window. I removed that and the warning disappeared as well.
Last edited by oyvindaa; January 14th, 2007 at 11:48 PM. Reason: PROBLEM SOLVED
Dipped in Ubuntu
I'm running he latest version of conky on ubuntu-edgy. The only problem i'm having is i also have the weather in my conky file which works great for the most part except when there is a special weather announcement.Then my conky windows becomes real big how can i add word wrap or something so that it stays the same size all the time? I don't mind if it increases it's size verticaly just not horizontaly. I also included a copy of my file the weather part is at the bottom. and i also added a copy of my weather script as well
# UBUNTU-CONKY
# A comprehensive conky script, configured for use on
# Ubuntu / Debian Gnome, without the need for any external scripts.
#
# Based on conky-jc and the default .conkyrc.
# INCLUDES:
# - tail of /var/log/messages
# - netstat connections to your computer
#
# -- Pengo (conky@pengo.us)
#
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar
background yes
# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes
# fiddle with window
use_spacer yes
use_xft no
# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 3.0
# Minimum size of text area
# minimum_size 250 5
# 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 9
# border width
border_width 10
# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color green
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
TEXT
$nodename $sysname $kernel on $machine
$color$stippled_hr
CPU: ${freq}MHz Load: ${loadavg} Temp: ${acpitemp}
${color green}CPU1 Usage:${color} ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}
${color purple}CPU2 Usage:${color} ${cpu cpu2}% ${cpubar cpu2}
${cpugraph 000000 ffffff}
NAME PID CPU% MEM%
${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
$color$stippled_hr
RAM: $memperc% ${membar 6}$color
Swap: $swapperc% ${swapbar 6}$color
Root: ${fs_free_perc /}% ${fs_bar 6 /}$color
hdb1: ${fs_free_perc /dev/hdb1}% ${fs_bar 6 /dev/hdb1}$color
${color #0077ff}/home $color${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home}${alignr}${color #0077ff}${fs_bar 5,120 /home}
$color$stippled_hr
sda1: ${fs_free_perc /media/sda1}% ${fs_bar 6 /media/sda1}$color
sdb1: ${fs_free_perc /media/sdb1}% ${fs_bar 6 /media/sdb1}$color
$color$stippled_hr
Internet/Networking Status (${addr eth0}):
Down: $color${downspeed eth0} k/s ${alignr}Up: ${upspeed eth0} k/s
${downspeedgraph eth0 25,140 000000 ff0000} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 25,140 000000 00ff00}$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}
$color$stippled_hr
SYSTEM LOG TAIL
${execi 30 tail -n3 /var/log/messages | fold -w50}
$color$stippled_hr
${execi 15 wmctrl -R " - conky"}
$color$stippled_hr
${execi 1800 /home/john/scripts/weather.sh 18071}
and here is my weather script
#!/bin/sh
#
# Grab weather data from weather.com and format it according to the given XSLT
# Script written by boojit
# Modified by Hellf[i]re
# The orignal script and xslt can be downloaded from http://pondol.com/weather.tar.gz
# Usage:
# ${execi 1800 /path/to/weather/weather.sh location}
# Usage Example:
# ${execi 1800 /home/harryc/downloads/weather/weather.sh USNY1175}
# your Location ID: use http://xoap.weather.com/search/search?where=[yourcity] to find it
# U.S. users can just use their zip code; doubt that works for anyone else though (YMMV)
LOCID=$1
# s=standard units, m=metric units
UNITS=s
# where this script and the XSLT lives
RUNDIR=/home/john/scripts
# there's probably other stuff besides CURL that will work for this, but i haven't
# tried any others.
# you can get curl at http://curl.haxx.se/
CURLCMD=/usr/bin/curl
# get it at http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/
XSLTCMD=/usr/bin/xsltproc
# you probably don't need to modify anything below this point....
# CURL url. Use cc=* for current forecast or dayf=10 to get a multi-day forecast
CURLURL="http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/$LOCID?cc=*&unit=$UNITS&dayf=2"
# The XSLT to use when translating the response from weather.com
# You can modify this xslt to your liking
XSLT=$RUNDIR/weather.xslt
#filter (if you want to convert stuff to lower-case or upper case or something)
#FILTER="|gawk '{print(tolower(\$0));}'"
#####
eval "$CURLCMD \"$CURLURL\" 2>/dev/null| $XSLTCMD $XSLT - $FILTER"
Last edited by lime4x4; January 15th, 2007 at 12:45 AM. Reason: forgot to add the weather script
Iced Almond Soy Ubuntu, No Foam
I been fighting this battle for a while. I'm still using 1.4.2 but it seems that conky uses the root desktop for fake transparency. However, in kde the root desktop is not the one you see. Someone posted a link to a solution some pages back. It involved setting a root background that is the same as the desktop. Another work around involved opening the desktop configuration and deselecting the draw icons on desktop or something like that (I'm not using kde at the moment and can't remember exactly) and then applying and the reselecting it and applying. It only works for the one session so it's not a fix. Afaik, there is no fix yet unless 1.4.5 somehow addressed it.
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