Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[OffHand]

sudo apt-get install conky

~/.conkyrc is the configuration file. It's called ".conkyrc" and it's located in your home folder. Typing "gksudo gedit ~/.conkyrc" will let you edit the configuration file.

sudo isn't needed

[~LoKe]

sudo isn't needed

Quite right. I have a bad habit of using sudo, mainly because most other files I edit require super user permissions, and I hate having to close, reopen and modify again.

[STREETURCHINE]

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 260
maximum_width 260

thanks that got it sorted a simple thing like size instead of width.
no wonder i could not get it to go down

[~LoKe]

Maybe someone can help. I'm trying to get color to work with my weather script.

Here's a little snip from weather.xslt:

Humidity: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="hmid"/><xsl:text>%</xsl:text>

I'd like the values after "Humidity:" to have a color, say, #95956B. How would I go about doing this?

[Darko Beta]

Here is mine... Conky rules, by the way.

# 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_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

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

# fiddle with window
use_spacer yes
use_xft yes
xftfont Domestic Manners

# 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 001831

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 350
gap_y 40

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
$Uptime: $uptime  |  Memory: $memperc%  |  Home: ${fs_used /home} / ${fs_size /home}  |  External HDD: ${fs_used /media/My Book} / ${fs_size /media/My Book}





                                                              ${time %A}                     
                                                              ${time %B %e, %G}            

${execi 300 /home/bbolender/.weather/weather.sh 52240}

[mertle]

Here's mine. I'll tell ya... fiddlin' with Conky has become almost an obsession- be warned. It may be addictive.

- mertle

own_window yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_transparent yes
double_buffer yes
use_spacer no
update_interval 1.5
draw_shades no
maximum_width 200
minimum_size 200
use_xft yes
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
uppercase no
default_color grey
font Sans Serif:size=8
alignment top_right
gap_x 5
gap_y 30
xmms_player infopipe

##########################################################

TEXT
$hr
${color white}${voffset -6}$alignr SYSTEM$color
${voffset -5}$hr
${color white}${offset 5}User    ${offset 5}:$color mertle@$nodename
${color white}${offset 5}Kernel  ${offset 1}:$color $kernel ($machine)
${color white}${offset 5}KDE     ${offset 5}:$color ${execi 43200 kde-config --version | grep KDE | sed -e 's/.*: //'}
${color white}${offset 5}Uptime :$color $uptime
$hr
${color white}${voffset -6}$alignr CPU & MEMORY$color
${voffset -5}$hr
$alignc $acpitempf° F ($acpitemp° C)
$alignc ${cpugraph 25,150 ab2881 2885ab}
$alignc $cpu% @ $freq MHz

${color white}${offset 5}Ram${offset 9}:$color ${membar 5,110}${offset 5}: $memperc%
${color white}${offset 5}Swap :$color ${swapbar 5,110}${offset 5}: $swapperc%
$hr
${color white}${voffset -6}$alignr NETWORK$color
${voffset -5}$hr
${color white}$alignc ::: Wireless :::$color
${voffset 3}$alignc Signal : ${linkstatus eth1}%
${offset 20}${voffset 3}Dn : ${downspeedf eth1} k/s${alignr 20}Up : ${upspeedf eth1} k/s

${color white}$alignc ::: Modem :::$color
${offset 20}${voffset 3}Dn : ${downspeedf ppp0} k/s${alignr 20}Up : ${upspeedf ppp0} k/s
$hr
${color white}${voffset -6}$alignr PARTITIONS$color
${voffset -5}$hr
${color white}${offset 5}Kubuntu ${offset 4}: $color${fs_bar 5,95 /}${offset 5}: ${fs_free_perc /}%
${color white}${offset 5}Windows : $color${fs_bar 5,95 /media/win/}${offset 5}: ${fs_free_perc /media/win/}%
$hr
${color white}${voffset -6}$alignr MUSIC$color
${voffset -5}$hr
${color white}$alignc ::: $xmms_status :::$color
${voffset 3}$alignc $xmms_title

[bonzodog]

I have just installed conky and want a script for a one line conky with up/down, ddate, and the time.

This will mean I can do away with my dockapp clock.

[~LoKe]

#avoid flicker
double_buffer yes

#own window to run simultanious 2 or more conkys
own_window yes
own_window_transparent no
own_window_type normal
own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

#borders
draw_borders no
border_margin 1

#shades
draw_shades no

#position
gap_x 0
gap_y 0
alignment top_left

#behaviour
update_interval 1

#colour
default_color bfbfbf
#default_shade_color 000000
## own_window_colour 484432
own_window_colour 000000

#font
use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sansixelsize=9

#to prevent window from moving
use_spacer no
##minimum_size 1276 0
minimum_size 2560 0

#mpd
mpd_host localhost
mpd_port 6600

TEXT
${voffset -1} ${color FFFFFF}Blackbox @ ${color 95956B}${freq_dyn}MHz ${color FFFFFF} | Core1: ${color 95956B}${font}${cpu cpu1}% ${color FFFFFF}Core2: ${color 95956B}${font}${cpu cpu2}% ${color FFFFFF} Mem: ${color 95956B}${font}${mem} ${color FFFFFF} | ${color FFFFFF} Up: ${color 95956B}${font}${uptime_short}${color FFFFFF} | ${color FFFFFF} Net: ${color 95956B}${font}${downspeed eth0} Kb/s ${color FFFFFF} ${totaldown eth0} down${color FFFFFF} | ${color FFFFFF} ${color 95956B}${upspeed eth0} Kb/s ${color FFFFFF} ${totalup eth0} up${color FFFFFF} | ${color FFFFFF}Root: ${color 95956B}${font}${fs_free /} ${color FFFFFF} Home: ${color 95956B}${font}${fs_free /home} ${color FFFFFF} | Email: ${color 95956B}${execi 300 python ~/.conky/gmail.py} ${color FFFFFF} | ${color FFFFFF} Mpd: ${color 95956B}${font}${mpd_smart} ${color FFFFFF} | ${execi 60 ~/.conky/weather.sh CAXX0255} | ${color 95956B}Give them nothing, but take from them, EVERYTHING!

[bonzodog]

Have sorted it out, got conky just how I want it.

Based the rc file on KMandla's, nice, clean, and simple.

background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont HeldustryFTVBasic:size=8
xftalpha 0.8
update_interval 2
own_window yes
own_window_colour white
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_type override
double_buffer yes
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
stippled_borders no
border_margin 0
border_width 1
default_color black
#default_shade_color white
alignment bottom_right
maximum_size 1262
gap_x 9
gap_y 9
use_spacer no
no_buffers yes
uppercase yes

TEXT
${alignr}${color #000000} down: ${downspeed eth0}Kb/s | up ${upspeed eth0}Kb/s | ${exec ddate "+%A,%e of %B,%Y"} | ${time %T}

[PartisanEntity]

something just occurred to me, conky will ping the processor perhaps every second or a little more, doesn't that put unnecessary load on the processor? How does this constant pinging of the system affect system health? Hard disks for example, etc?