Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[El_Belgicano]

Hi guys, thanks for the help with the alignment problems... After much OCD fine tuning things are looking a little slicker...

Just a quickie now.

I want my SSID to show in my conky (And the name of the router I am connected to)
I have tried:

${wireless_essid wlan0}

and:

${wireless_essid wlan1}

but neither give any output. Are there any other variables I should be aware of?

Thanks, M

Hi, I see two potential issues:

- Are you sure your wireless interface is "wlan0" or "wlan1", you seem unsure about that, and mine is eth1... To see your own interfaces:

lshw -class network

- Also check if your version of conky has been compiled with the "wireless" extension:

conky -v

Good luck, and nice conky btw...

[Anders B]

I'm very new to conky. Just installed it yesterday, but loving it already.

I have 2 problems though.
1)There's still a frame around it as you can see in the screenshot.

2) It wont show my public IP.

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 300
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 10
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale no
color1 ffffff
color2 8ad243

TEXT
${font DejaVu Sans:bold:size=10}${color1}$alignc${time %a, }${time %e %B %G}
${font Arial:bold:size=26}${color1}$alignc${time %H:%M:%S}

${font bold:size=9}${color1}Computernavn: ${color2}$alignr $nodename${color1}
IP: ${color2}$alignr ${addr eth0}${color1}
${addr ppp0}

Inbound ${color2}$alignr ${downspeed eth0} kb/s${color1}
${downspeedgraph eth0}${color1}
Outbound ${color2}$alignr ${upspeed eth0} kb/s${color1}
${upspeedgraph eth0}${color1}

CPU1 ${color2}${cpu cpu0}% ${cpubar cpu0}${color1}
CPU2 ${color2}${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}${color1}
CPU3 ${color2}${cpu cpu2}% ${cpubar cpu2}${color1}
CPU4 ${color2}${cpu cpu3}% ${cpubar cpu3}${color1}

HD IO: ${color2}${diskio}${color1}

MEM: ${color2}$alignc $mem / $memmax $alignr $memperc%${color1}
$membar

Root: ${color2}$alignc ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /}%${color1}
${fs_bar /}

Home: ${color2}$alignc ${fs_used /home} / ${fs_size /home} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /home}%${color1}
${fs_bar /home}

swap $alignc${color2} $swap / $swapmax $alignr $swapperc%${color1}
${swapbar}

Artist: ${color2}${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %ta}${color1}
Song name: ${color2}${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %tt}${color1}
Album: ${color2}${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %at} / ${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %ay}${color1}
Time: ${color2}${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %te}/${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %td}${color1}
Bitrate: ${color2}${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %tb} kbps${color1}

I've also made a small batch file to make it run on boot

#!/bin/bash
sleep 30 && conky;

But even with the 30 secs delay there's still a frame.

What am I doing wrong?



PS. Yes I'm running Mint, but I hope that wont offend anyone

[BoredOutOfMyMind]

Anders B, I use Mint.

Local IP from my conky

${voffset 4}${color0}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=10}a${font}${color3}   Local ip: ${alignr}${color2}${addr eth0}${color3}

[Anders B]

Anders B, I use Mint.

Local IP from my conky

${voffset 4}${color0}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=10}a${font}${color3}   Local ip: ${alignr}${color2}${addr eth0}${color3}

I have no problems getting it to show my private IP.
Its the public IP that it wont show.

[Habitual]

...

But even with the 30 secs delay there's still a frame.

What am I doing wrong?

Try own_window_type desktop

It takes a lot more than Mint to offend us!

[martinblunn]

Hi, I see two potential issues:

- Are you sure your wireless interface is "wlan0" or "wlan1", you seem unsure about that, and mine is eth1... To see your own interfaces:

lshw -class network

- Also check if your version of conky has been compiled with the "wireless" extension:

conky -v

Good luck, and nice conky btw...

Thanks pal,

eth1 worked fine. I got confused because I am had a brain fart...

[ddnev45]

I'm very new to conky. Just installed it yesterday, but loving it already.

I have 2 problems though.
1)There's still a frame around it as you can see in the screenshot.

2) It wont show my public IP.




What am I doing wrong?



PS. Yes I'm running Mint, but I hope that wont offend anyone

For the frame take a look at this HowTo:

Compiz Shadow Problem

For your public IP you can use:

wget -q -O - checkip.dyndns.org | sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//'

Works pretty well when used in a script - for example:

External IP:$alignr${execi 7200 ~/scripts/PublicIP.sh}

I attached the script, it's old and may be mangled a bit, but still works on my system.

[Habitual]

Hey


Oh, Habitual, my wife is gonna hate you.
All she knows about conky is that I spend more time with it than her since I found it. She's not gonna like this at all.

RAR

She can take a Number behind Wife #1.

[Anders B]

For the frame take a look at this HowTo:

Compiz Shadow Problem

For your public IP you can use:

wget -q -O - checkip.dyndns.org | sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//'

Works pretty well when used in a script - for example:

External IP:$alignr${execi 7200 ~/scripts/PublicIP.sh}

I attached the script, it's old and may be mangled a bit, but still works on my system.

Ty, the frame thing worked just fine

However, I still cant get it to show my public IP.

Here'e my conkyrc now:

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 300
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 10
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale yes
color1 ffffff
color2 8ad243

TEXT
${font DejaVu Sans:bold:size=10}${color1}$alignc${time %a, }${time %e %B %G}
${font Arial:bold:size=26}${color1}$alignc${time %H:%M:%S}

${font bold:size=9}${color1}Computernavn: ${color2}$alignr $nodename${color1}
IP: ${color2}$alignr ${addr eth0}${color1}
External IP:${color2}$alignr${execi 7200 home/anders/conky/PublicIP.sh}${color1}

Indgående: ${color2}$alignr ${downspeed eth0} kb/s${color1}
${downspeedgraph eth0}${color1}
Udgående: ${color2}$alignr ${upspeed eth0} kb/s${color1}
${upspeedgraph eth0}${color1}

CPU1 ${color2}${cpu cpu0}% ${cpubar cpu0}${color1}
CPU2 ${color2}${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}${color1}
CPU3 ${color2}${cpu cpu2}% ${cpubar cpu2}${color1}
CPU4 ${color2}${cpu cpu3}% ${cpubar cpu3}${color1}

HD IO: ${color2}${diskio}${color1}

MEM: ${color2}$alignc $mem / $memmax $alignr $memperc%${color1}
$membar

Root: ${color2}$alignc ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /}%${color1}
${fs_bar /}

Home: ${color2}$alignc ${fs_used /home} / ${fs_size /home} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /home}%${color1}
${fs_bar /home}

swap $alignc${color2} $swap / $swapmax $alignr $swapperc%${color1}
${swapbar}

Kunstner: $alignr${color2}${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %ta}${color1}
Titel: $alignr${color2}${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %tt}${color1}
Album: $alignr${color2}${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %at} / ${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %ay}${color1}
Tid: $alignr${color2}${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %te}/${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %td}${color1}
Bitrate: $alignr${color2}${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %tb} kbps${color1}

I placed the script in /home/anders/conky

[martinblunn]

"My name is Martymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

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I tried for shades of grey, but I think it lacks a little something?

Opinions?