Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

**Habitual** · October 10th, 2014

you rock, Thanks!

**writtosam** · October 27th, 2014

My first conky
second attemt to upload

**WinEunuchs2Unix** · October 31st, 2014

Love the Dr. Who theme. The 8 CPU's would be useful for me today. Any chance of getting the code and link to the desktop wallpaper?

**warlock9000** · November 14th, 2014

**WinEunuchs2Unix** · November 15th, 2014

Mr. Warlock you have very interesting graphs of Root, etc. Never seen anything like that so far. Is it regular run-of-the-mill conky code or something new / special?

I guess the yellow over green progress chart is the percentage of used disk space, but what are the spiked multi-colored fluctuating line graphs doing beside the root?

**warlock9000** · November 15th, 2014

I use http://u-scripts.blogspot.com/2010/10/graph-widget.html and http://u-scripts.blogspot.com/2010/0...ph-widget.html

**WinEunuchs2Unix** · November 15th, 2014

Thank you Mr. Warlock.

Coincidentally I read references to Deviant Art last night and I'll gladly dig a little deeper into your bibliography. A quick peek shows the bar graph images are trez cool.

**WinEunuchs2Unix** · November 16th, 2014

This conky display is for 1920x1080 screen, quad-core processor with hyper-threading for 8 CPUs, HDD disk caching to SSD using EnhanceIO, USB external attached HDD and USB Thumb-Drive with a Home partition.

Enhance IO statistics were interesting because grepping "reads" would return multiple counts because the phrase appears on line 1 "reads" and other lines as "ssd_reads", "hdd_reads", etc. So rather than the "cat" command the "head" command with "--lines=6" parameter is used.

An interesting stress test is the update interval of .05 (200 times per second) would make an Intel Centrino Dual Core T5750 @ 2GHz slow down with Conky and Chrome Pepper Flash running. But changing it to .001 (1000 times per second) would not make an Intel i-7 3630QM slow down and CPU utilization would hum around 20%. Changing it to .0001 (ten thousand times per second) seemed to make no difference than 1000 times per second.

Moving forward it would be nice to see warning messages from dmesg or /var/log/syslog appear in the conky display. Perhaps pull out the memory / storage size section which is relatively static anyway. warlock9000's links to cool bar graphs will take a weekend or two of experimentation.

FTR EnhanceIO like Window's Intel RST (Rapid Storage Technology) disk caching is phenomenal at taking applications like iTunes, Nautilus, Chrome and Firefox which takes 20 seconds to load and reducing them to 2 or 3 seconds. Weeks of research between EnhanceIO, bcache, dm-cache, flashcache, lvm2 cache (WIP) and btfrs cache (ok not much reading there) were done and EnhanceIO seems the best if you are not hosting facebook.com with a billion monthly users. You do need to download the code and compile it. For kernel versions over 3.17 (like this one) you need to change a few dozen lines of code before recompiling.

You pretty much have to ignore 99% of what you read on-line about Intel Fake-Raid and Linux dmraid from 2011 to 2012 because the Kernel was modified in 2013 to support Intel Motherboard's built in RAID. Indeed implementing all the suggestions will set you back weeks. You do have to decelerate Intel caching in windows before installing Linux. Running update-grub or update-initramfs will have no effect until Intel drives are decelerated you can decelerate later and then all your changes will appear - haven't figured that one out yet.

Code:

# November 16, 2014 copied from 081114 version written for Core 2 Duo @ 2 Ghz
#   and modified for i-7 Quad Core 3630 QM @ 3.4 Ghz with 8 cores @1920x1080 again.
#  Adapt for grey-scale snow-leopard wallpaper.
#  Adapt for USB thumb-drive with Sparky Linux.
#  Remove networking secion.
#  Add EnhanceIO secion.
#  To-Do research temps - is it always 49c on resume and always 28c and reboot?


# August 12, 2014 from ubuntuforum / cafe /  satshow2
# http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=281865&page=2287&p=13096925#post13096925


override_utf8_locale yes
use_xft yes
xftfont ubuntu:size=10.5
xftalpha 0.5
uppercase no


text_buffer_size 2048
update_interval .75        # change to .001 for 1000 times per second stress test
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes


own_window_argb_visual yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 240 
maximum_width 400


draw_shades yes
# off-white
default_color ECEAE4
# blue
color1 1EB5FF
# light blue
color2 30DDFB
# dark blue
color3 0090ff
# lime
color4 98FF76
default_shade_color 000000


draw_outline no
draw_borders no
stippled_borders 0
alignment top_right        # top_left for Screen 1, top_right for Screen 2


gap_x 10
gap_y 0




TEXT
${color}Today is:${color green}$alignr${time %A,}$alignr ${time %e %B %G}
${color}Distribution:${color green}$alignr ${pre_exec cat /etc/issue.net} $machine
${color}Kernel:$alignr${color green} $kernel
${color orange}${voffset 2}${hr 1}
${color2}${voffset 5}Intel® i-7 3630QM 3.4 GHz: ${color1}@  ${color green}${freq} MHz   
${color}${goto 13}CPU 1 ${goto 81}${color green}${cpu cpu1}% ${goto 131}${color3}${cpubar cpu1 18}
${color}${goto 13}CPU 2 ${goto 81}${color green}${cpu cpu2}% ${goto 131}${color3}${cpubar cpu2 18}
${color}${goto 13}CPU 3 ${goto 81}${color green}${cpu cpu3}% ${goto 131}${color3}${cpubar cpu3 18}
${color}${goto 13}CPU 4 ${goto 81}${color green}${cpu cpu4}% ${goto 131}${color3}${cpubar cpu4 18}
${color}${goto 13}CPU 5 ${goto 81}${color green}${cpu cpu5}% ${goto 131}${color3}${cpubar cpu5 18}
${color}${goto 13}CPU 6 ${goto 81}${color green}${cpu cpu6}% ${goto 131}${color3}${cpubar cpu6 18}
${color}${goto 13}CPU 7 ${goto 81}${color green}${cpu cpu7}% ${goto 131}${color3}${cpubar cpu7 18}
${color}${goto 13}CPU 8 ${goto 81}${color green}${cpu cpu8}% ${goto 131}${color3}${cpubar cpu8 18}
${color1}Temp:  ${color green}${hwmon 0 temp 1}°C ${goto 190}${color1}Up-time: ${color green}$alignr$uptime
${color green}$running_processes ${color1}running of ${color green}$processes ${color1}loaded processes.
Load (x8) 1-5-15 minutes: ${alignr}${color green}${loadavg}
${color orange}${voffset 2}${hr 1}
${color1}${voffset 5}Process Name: ${goto 215}PID ${goto 265}CPU% ${goto 337}Mem%
${color}${goto 13}${top name 1} ${goto 210}${top pid 1} ${goto 275}${color green}${top cpu 1} ${goto 350}${top mem 1}
${color}${goto 13}${top name 2} ${goto 210}${top pid 2} ${goto 275}${color green}${top cpu 2} ${goto 350}${top mem 2}
${color}${goto 13}${top name 3} ${goto 210}${top pid 3} ${goto 275}${color green}${top cpu 3} ${goto 350}${top mem 3}
${color}${goto 13}${top name 4} ${goto 210}${top pid 4} ${goto 275}${color green}${top cpu 4} ${goto 350}${top mem 4}
${color}${goto 13}${top name 5} ${goto 210}${top pid 5} ${goto 275}${color green}${top cpu 5} ${goto 350}${top mem 5}
${color}${goto 13}${top name 6} ${goto 210}${top pid 6} ${goto 275}${color green}${top cpu 6} ${goto 350}${top mem 6}
${color}${goto 13}${top name 7} ${goto 210}${top pid 7} ${goto 275}${color green}${top cpu 7} ${goto 350}${top mem 7}
${color}${goto 13}${top name 8} ${goto 210}${top pid 8} ${goto 275}${color green}${top cpu 8} ${goto 350}${top mem 8}
${color}${goto 13}${top name 9} ${goto 210}${top pid 9} ${goto 275}${color green}${top cpu 9} ${goto 350}${top mem 9}
${color orange}${voffset 2}${hr 1}
${color}Memory:${goto 148}${color green}$mem / $memmax $alignr${color green}${memperc /}%
${color}Linux:${goto 148}${color green}${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /} $alignr${color green}${fs_used_perc /}%
${color}WIN7_Data:${goto 148}${if_mounted /media/rick/WIN7_Data}${color green} ${fs_used /media/rick/WIN7_Data} / ${fs_size /media/rick/WIN7_Data} $alignr${color green}${fs_used_perc /media/rick/WIN7_Data}%${else}${color yellow}/media/rick/WIN7_Data${endif}
${color}${if_mounted /media/rick/S3A6550D005}Ext. SATA I:${goto 148}${color green} ${fs_used /media/rick/S3A6550D005} / ${fs_size /media/rick/S3A6550D005} $alignr${color green}${fs_used_perc /media/rick/S3A6550D005}%${else}Swap:${goto 148}${color green}${swap} / ${swapmax} $alignr${color green}${swapperc}%${endif}
${color}${if_mounted /media/rick/Home}USB Home:${goto 148}${color green}${fs_used /media/rick/Home} / ${fs_size /media/rick/Home} $alignr${color green}${fs_used_perc /media/rick/Home}%${else}Swap:${goto 148}${color green}${swap} / ${swapmax} $alignr${color green}${swapperc}%${endif}
${color orange}${voffset 2}${hr 1}
${color2}${voffset 5}/proc/enhanceio/cache_root/stats:
${color white} ${goto 203}Reads ${goto 322}Writes
${color} ${goto 36}Operations ${color4} ${goto 165}${execpi .01 head --lines=6 /proc/enhanceio/cache_root/stats | grep -o 'reads [^\n]*' | cut -c30-39} ${goto 290}${execpi .01 head --lines=6 /proc/enhanceio/cache_root/stats | grep -o 'writes [^\n]*' | cut -c30-39}
${color} ${goto 43}Cache Hits ${color4} ${goto 165}${execpi .01 head --lines=6 /proc/enhanceio/cache_root/stats | grep -o 'read_hits[^\n]*' | cut -c30-39} ${goto 290}${execpi .01 head --lines=6 /proc/enhanceio/cache_root/stats | grep -o 'write_hits[^\n]*' | cut -c30-39}
${color}  ${goto 2}Hit Percentage ${color4} ${goto 210}${execpi .01 head --lines=6 /proc/enhanceio/cache_root/stats | grep -o 'read_hit_pct[^\n]*' | cut -c37-39} % ${goto 335}${execpi .01 head --lines=6 /proc/enhanceio/cache_root/stats | grep -o 'write_hit_pct[^\n]*' | cut -c37-39} %
${color} ${goto 6}Kilobyte Total ${color4} ${goto 170}${execpi .01 cat /proc/enhanceio/cache_root/stats | grep -o 'kb_reads[^\n]*' | cut -c30-39} ${goto 290}${execpi .01 cat /proc/enhanceio/cache_root/stats | grep -o 'kb_writes[^\n]*' | cut -c30-39}
${color} ${goto 24}Milliseconds ${color4} ${goto 177}${execpi .01 cat /proc/enhanceio/cache_root/stats | grep -o 'rdtime_ms[^\n]*' | cut -c30-39} ${goto 290}${execpi .01 cat /proc/enhanceio/cache_root/stats | grep -o 'wrtime_ms[^\n]*' | cut -c30-39}

**WinEunuchs2Unix** · November 23rd, 2014

When displaying System Load Average in Conky, uptime and even with "cat /proc/loadavg" the values are distorted on multiple CPU systems. For example, this 8 CPU system has load averages 8 times too high.

To compensate the load average in conky the following code supporting 1, 2, 4, 8 (or whatever) CPU's is used:

Code:

Load Avg. 1-5-15 minutes: ${alignr}${color green}${execpi .001 (awk '{printf "%s/", $1}' /proc/loadavg; grep -c processor /proc/cpuinfo;) | bc -l | cut -c1-4} ${execpi .001 (awk '{printf "%s/", $2}' /proc/loadavg; grep -c processor /proc/cpuinfo;) | bc -l | cut -c1-4} ${execpi .001 (awk '{printf "%s/", $3}' /proc/loadavg; grep -c processor /proc/cpuinfo;) | bc -l | cut -c1-4}

Sample outputs are given for a dual monitor system with 6 windows open the most time intensive (10% cpu utilization) being flash player broadcasting a 24 hour international news channel.

Sample Output using Conky's ${loadavg}

Code:

Load Avg. 1-5-15 minutes: 1.80 1.96 1.39

Sample Output with above script:

Code:

Load Avg. 1-5-15 minutes: .261 .251 .182

The above script is defined as executing 1,000 times per second but it is overridden by Conky's global update interval time which is usually set about 1 time per second.

Code:

update_interval .75		# change to .001 for 1000 times per second stress test

On a Centrino dual core .001 will cause the system to pause.

On an i-7 3630QM .001 will only take it to 50% utilization on some of the 8 CPU's. Changing it to .0001 (ten thousand times per second) seems to be the same as .001 possibly because of monitor refresh limits?

Hth

**Sly_Hackr** · November 24th, 2014

Mine's pretty simple:

Code:

# conky configuration
#
##############################################
# Settings
##############################################
background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont Liberation Sans:size=9
xftalpha 1
update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_type dock
own_window_argb_visual yes
own_window_argb_value 0
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 200 200
maximum_width 240
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
default_color ffffff
default_shade_color 000000
default_outline_color 828282
alignment top_right
gap_x 1700
gap_y 56
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale no
##############################################
#  Output
##############################################
TEXT
SYSTEM INFO
${hr}
Host:$alignr$nodename
Uptime:$alignr$uptime
RAM:$alignr$mem/$memmax
Swap usage:$alignr$swap/$swapmax
Disk usage:$alignr${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}
CPU usage:$alignr${cpu cpu0}%
Temperature: $alignr${acpitemp} F

PROCESSOR
${HR}
CPU 1: ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}
CPU 2: ${cpu cpu2}% ${cpubar cpu2}
CPU 3: ${cpu cpu3}% ${cpubar cpu3}
CPU 4: ${cpu cpu4}% ${cpubar cpu4}

MEMORY
${hr}
RAM $alignc $mem / $memmax $alignr $memperc%
$membar

HARD DRIVE
${hr}
$alignc ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /} $alignr ${fs_used_perc /}%
${fs_bar /}

TOP PROCESSES
${hr}
${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top mem 1} %
${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top mem 2} %
$font${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top mem 3} %
$font${top_mem name 4}${alignr}${top mem 4} %
$font${top_mem name 5}${alignr}${top mem 5} %

Here's some screenshots:

Screenshot from 2014-11-23 17:41:35.jpg Screenshot from 2014-11-23 17:42:04.png