Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[VinDSL]

thanks to stinkeye and vinDSL lua script (suggested by stinkeye) I now have a semi transparent (tranluscent) conku background. Here is my conky and the conkyrc attached. I am using linux mint 13.

Nice job!

hi VinDSL,
beautiful conky layout.
how do I get the time and date display thats on your conky

Follow the link, in my sig...

I have been using the same concky for many years. It is simple, uses very little space, and doesn't detract from the rest of the DE or application effects.

I hope others can make use of it of modify it for their needs.

~Cool oldskool setup!

Looks like what I started with, but with a FEW improvements.

Basically, I'm still oldskool...

My setup isn't a whole lot different than yours -- just added some Lua -- with a sprinkling of awk, cut, sed, and so forth, and so on.

[pressko]

Interesting - are those a semi-transparent image in the conky?

Yep, they are. I'm using it for a base.

[Sector11]

Yep, they are. I'm using it for a base.

Well it adds a certain touch to it. MICE!

[nomenkultur]

Take a look at Old_Grey_Wolf's conky. It's simple and a good way to start.

Make sure you have conky-all installed.

copy and paste Old_Grey_Wolf's conky to:

Any questions just ask.

thanks... but my problem was not getting conky to work it was getting him to act like a network connection monitor.


In the 'security forums' section someone mentioned the lack of commercial firewalls and how you can get them to display your network connections.

I said that by using the terminal command netstat you could do that

.. but better yet - if you configure conky to monitor your wlan0 connections you will get something alike the commercial firewall apps.

I remember seeing conky configs exactly for this and they were great but, stupidly enough, I didn't save them and now can't figure out how to do them

this is the best I could come up with:

[wpwend42]

I found this Conky screengrab somewhere on the internet. How would I go about getting the Ubuntu logo with the version and "Linux For Human Beings" into my own Conky?

[Sector11]

thanks... but my problem was not getting conky to work it was getting him to act like a network connection monitor.


In the 'security forums' section someone mentioned the lack of commercial firewalls and how you can get them to display your network connections

My mistake, I'm sorry. Somewhere here I have the exact conky you are looking for ... I'll be back as soon as I find it.

Please accept my apology.

[Sector11]

I found this Conky screengrab somewhere on the internet. How would I go about getting the Ubuntu logo with the version and "Linux For Human Beings" into my own Conky?

Font: OpenLogos - the letter "v"

${font OpenLogos:size=xx}v${font}
${pre_exec cat /etc/*release | grep 'RELEASE' | awk -F'=' '{print $2}'}

where "xx" is the size you want.

[Sector11]

this is the best I could come up with:

How's this:


NET.conky

# killall conky && conky -c /media/5/conky/NET.conky &
###  Begin Window Settings  ##################################################
own_window yes
own_window_type normal #override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
#own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
# own_window_colour #4d4d4d
own_window_class Conky
own_window_title NET

# Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker)
# It is highly recommended to use own window with this one
# so double buffer won't be so big.
double_buffer yes

### ARGB can be used for real transparency
### NOTE that a composite manager is required for real transparency.
### This option will not work as desired (in most cases) in conjunction with
### own_window_type override
# own_window_argb_visual yes

### When ARGB visuals are enabled, this use this to modify the alpha value
### Use: own_window_type normal
### Use: own_window_transparent no
### Valid range is 0-255, where 0 is 0% opacity, and 255 is 100% opacity.
#own_window_argb_value 150

#minimum_size 600 500 ## width, height
#maximum_width 600  ## width, usually a good idea to equal minimum width

gap_x 10 ### left &right
gap_y 10 ### up & down

alignment tl
####################################################  End Window Settings  ###
###  Font Settings  ##########################################################
# Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
use_xft yes
xftfont Anonymous Pro:bold:size=9
#xftfont WenQuanYi Micro Hei Mono:size=8

# Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0 ###
xftalpha 1
# Force UTF8? requires XFT ###
override_utf8_locale yes

draw_shades no #### <<<<<<------------------To see it easier on light screens.
#default_shade_color black

draw_outline no #### <<<<<<---------------- Amplifies text if yes
default_outline_color black

uppercase no
######################################################  End Font Settings  ###
###  Color Settings  #########################################################
default_shade_color gray
default_outline_color black

default_color DCDCDC #220 220 220	Gainsboro
color0 8FBC8F #143 188 143	DarkSeaGreen
color1 778899 #119 136 153	LightSlateGray
color2 FF8C00 #255 140   0	DarkOrange
color3 7FFF00 #127 255   0	Chartreuse
color4 FFA07A #255 160 122	LightSalmon
color5 FFDEAD #255 222 173	NavajoWhite
color6 00BFFF #  0 191 255	DeepSkyBlue
color7 00FFFF #  0 255 255	Cyan
color8 FFFF00 #255 255   0	Yellow
color9 FF0000 #255   0   0	Red
#####################################################  End Color Settings  ###
###  Borders Section  ########################################################
draw_borders no
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0
# border margins
border_inner_margin 5
border_outer_margin 0
# border width
border_width 0
# graph borders
draw_graph_borders no
#####################################################  End Borders Secton  ###
###  Miscellaneous Section  ##################################################

# Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started.
background no

# Adds spaces around certain objects to stop them from moving other things
# around, this only helps if you are using a mono font
# Options: right, left or none
use_spacer right

# Default and Minimum size is 256 - needs more for single commands that
# "call" a lot of text IE: bash scripts
text_buffer_size 256

# Subtract (file system) buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# change GiB to G and MiB to M
short_units yes

# Like it says, ot pads the decimals on % values
# doesn't seem to work since v1.7.1
pad_percents 2

#   Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in config file
#  (default is 16384 bytes)
# max_user_text 16384

##############################################  End Miscellaneous Section  ###

# The all important - How often conky refreshes.
# If you have a "Crey" try: 0.2 - smokin' - but watch the CPU useage go UP!
update_interval 1 # in seconds


lua_load /media/5/Conky/LUA/draw-bg.lua
lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg 20 0 0 0 0 0x000000 0.3

update_interval 1
TEXT
Network ${hr}
${downspeedgraph eth0 24,150 A52A2A 0000FF -t -l}${goto 180}${upspeedgraph eth0 24,150 0000FF A52A2A -t -l}
  Down: ${downspeedf eth0}${goto 195}Up: ${upspeedf eth0}

${font Anonymous Pro:bold:size=18}NET${font}   ${if_up eth0}eth ${addr eth0}${endif}${if_up wlan0}wifi ${addr wlan0}${endif}
${goto 40}open ports: ${alignr 5}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}
${goto 40}IP${alignr 5}DPORT
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip  0}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport  0}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 0}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip  1}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport  1}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 1}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip  2}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport  2}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 2}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip  3}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport  3}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 3}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip  4}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport  4}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 4}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip  5}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport  5}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 5}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip  6}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport  6}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 6}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip  7}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport  7}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 7}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip  8}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport  8}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 8}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip  9}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport  9}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 9}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip 10}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport 10}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 10}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip 11}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport 11}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 11}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip 12}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport 12}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 12}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip 13}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport 13}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 13}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip 14}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport 14}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 14}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip 15}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport 15}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 15}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip 16}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport 16}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 16}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip 17}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport 17}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 17}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip 18}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport 18}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 18}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip 19}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport 19}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 19}
${goto 40}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rip 20}${alignr 1}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rport 20}
${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 20}

[pressko]

Well it adds a certain touch to it. MICE!

What do you say ? I do not get it

Best Regards,
Presian

[FatFrog]

I know it's basic, but it's my first attempt...

background yes
double_buffer yes
use_xft yes
border_width 2
cpu_avg_samples 6
default_color white
default_outline_color white
default_shade_color white
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
xftfont Ubuntu:size=10
minimum_size 5 
net_avg_samples 2z
out_to_console no
out_to_stderr no
extra_newline no
own_window yes
own_window_class ConkyZ
own_window_type override
own_window_hints sticky
alignment top_right
gap_x 15
gap_y 30
own_window_transparent yes
stippled_borders 0
update_interval 1.0
uppercase no
use_spacer none
show_graph_scale no
show_graph_range no

TEXT
${color ffffb2}${hr 4}
${color orange}Host: ${color ffffb2} $nodename 
${color orange}Distro: ${color ffffb2}${pre_exec lsb_release -d | cut -f 2| tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"}
${color orange}Kernel: ${color ffffb2}$kernel (x64
${color orange}Uptime: ${color ffffb2}$uptime
${color orange}Frequency(Ghz):${color ffffb2} $freq_g
${color orange}RAM:${color ffffb2} $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${membar 4}
${color orange}Swap:${color ffffb2} $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${swapbar 4}
${color orange}CPU Usage:${color ffffb2} $cpu%
${color orange} ${cpugraph}
${color orange}Processes:${color ffffb2} $processes  ${color grey}Running:${color ffffb2} $running_processes
${hr 2}
${color orange}File systems:
${color orange}   /             ${color ffffb2}|    ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /} ${fs_bar 6 /}
${color orange}   /home  ${color ffffb2}|    ${fs_used /home} / ${fs_size /home} ${fs_bar 6 /home}
${hr 2}
${color orange}Networking
${color ffffb2}Up:  ${color blue}${upspeed eth0} ${color ffffb2}| ${color ffffb2}Down:  ${color green}${downspeed eth0}
${color FFFFb2}LAN: ${color FFFFb2} ${addr eth0}
${color FFFFb2}WAN: ${color FFFFb2}${execi 3600 wget -O - http://ip.tupeux.com | tail}
${color ffffb2}${hr 2}
${color orange} Name                PID   CPU%   MEM% 
${color ffffb2} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color ffffb2} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color ffffb2} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color ffffb2} ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
${color ffffb2}${hr 2}
${color orange}GMAIL: ${color ffffb2}${execi 300 python ~/scripts/conky-gmail.py}
${color ffffb2}${hr 4}