Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[CantankRus]

hi. i am new to this thread . i did search first but i couldn t find anything. my clock and letters are mixed up. i mean as the seconds go by or cpu the previous numbers are still there so it gets mesed up. is there a way to solve this? i tried to increase or reduce update interval but nothing happened. also i have a problem with the weather. i can t seem to find any solution. is there somewhere i can read to do step by step the weather?

Hi.
Weather is prone to fail every now and then as sites change their format.

Running your conky in terminal with either just "conky" or "conky -c /path/to/config"
may show errors.
If you post your config and any weather script it may be using it can be tested.

[achkap]

Hi.
Weather is prone to fail every now and then as sites change their format.
If you post your config and any weather script it may be using it can be tested.

for the messed up letters which is more urgent?

for the weather i tried many configurations and none of them seems to work. i just wondered if there was a guide to set it up on my own.

[CantankRus]

Have a look here if you want to do it yourself.
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/get-w...o-on-your.html
or
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...1#post13054131

[nicklas3]

Hi all. I'm new to this thread (and linux, for that matter). Using Lubuntu 14.04 on an older-than-dirt Dell Latitude D830. Anyway, I've just gotten my .conkyrc to something I like and figured I would post. It's not much to look at, but I've always been more about functionality than design.

I custom wrote a Python script which pulls my calendar (in from .ics file) and parses any events for the current and next days (crontab does this for me every half-hour). These are written to file and read in by conky. Everything else in the .conkyrc was pulled from a NoobsLab's Gotham Conky at http://www.noobslab.com/2012/09/inst...untulinux.html (minus the silly fonts).

My .conkyrc:

use_xft yes
xftfont 123:size=8
xftalpha 0.1
update_interval 3
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_argb_visual yes
own_window_argb_value 0
gap_x 1650
gap_y 20
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 650 1000
maximum_width 700
draw_shades yes
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
default_color e0e0e0
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color green
alignment tr
gap_x 15
gap_y 25
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 1
override_utf8_locale yes
use_spacer right
background yes
text_buffer_size 1024


TEXT
${voffset 10}${color #dddddd}${font Ubuntu:pixelsize=120}${time %H:%M}${font}${voffset -84}${offset 29}${color #FCD97B}${font Ubuntu:pixelsize=42}${time %d}${voffset -10}${color #dddddd}${font Ubuntu:pixelsize=22} ${time  %B} ${time %Y}${font}${voffset 24}${font Ubuntu:pixelsize=58}${offset -165}${time %A}${font}
${voffset 22}${offset 12}${font Ubuntu:pixelsize=12}${color #FCD97B}HD ${offset 5}${color #dddddd}${fs_free /home} / ${fs_size /home}${offset 15}${color #FCD97B}RAM ${offset 5}${color #dddddd}$mem / $memmax${offset 15}${color #FCD97B}CPU ${offset 5}${color #dddddd}${cpu}%${offset 15}${color #FCD97B}DOWN${color #dddddd}${offset 5}${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}${downspeed wlan0}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}${downspeed eth0}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}${downspeed eth0}${endif}${endif}${endif}${offset 15}${color #FCD97B}UP${color #dddddd}${offset 5}${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}${upspeed wlan0}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}${upspeed eth0}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}${upspeed eth0}${endif}${endif}${endif}
${execpi 10 cat ~/.conky-config/conky_text}

Example calendar output file:

${alignr 250}${color #FCD97B}TODAY:
${alignr 220}${color #FCD97B}Gas Dynamics:
${alignr 200}${color #dddddd}544 Baldwin
${alignr 200}11:00-12:20
${alignr 200}
${alignr 220}${color #FCD97B}Solid Mechanics I:
${alignr 200}${color #dddddd}3200 CRC
${alignr 200}14:00-15:20
${alignr 200}
${alignr 220}${color #FCD97B}Numerical Methods:
${alignr 200}${color #dddddd}3220 CRC
${alignr 200}15:30-17:20
${alignr 200}
${alignr 250}${color #FCD97B}TOMORROW:
${alignr 220}${color #FCD97B}Modeling and Simulation of Engineering Dynamics:
${alignr 200}${color #dddddd}3230 CRC
${alignr 200}11:15-12:10
${alignr 200}
${alignr 220}${color #FCD97B}Integrated Aircraft Design:
${alignr 200}${color #dddddd}3200 CRC
${alignr 200}13:25-14:20
${alignr 200}

It has a slight problem when there is too much stuff to display for a certain day's events and just truncates the output, but I don't know what it is. I tried setting the text buffer limit to something higher, but it doesn't help. Anyway, feel free to criticize.

[CantankRus]

@ nicklas3
Try adding these settings above "TEXT" in your config and increasing default values.

max_specials 1024
max_user_text 32768

From man conky...

max_specials
Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns, etc. (default is 512)

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

[ozark_hillbilly]

Looking for correct place to find script code needed to output lm sensors to conkyrc. Specifically i want to read motherboard voltages. I am suspicious of the +5 volt value. I don't things would be working that well if it really was that low.

sensors output in terminal mode:

ed@ed-G41MT-S2PT:~$ sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +37.0°C (high = +78.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +32.0°C (high = +78.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

it8720-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0: +1.12 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in1: +1.52 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in2: +3.26 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
+5V: +2.96 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in4: +0.45 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +2.10 V)
in5: +3.14 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in6: +2.14 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
5VSB: +2.14 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
Vbat: +3.30 V
fan1: 950 RPM (min = 10 RPM)
fan2: 2616 RPM (min = 10 RPM)
temp1: -55.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp2: -2.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp3: +27.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +60.0°C) sensor = thermal diode
cpu0_vid: +1.150 V
intrusion0: ALARM

[CantankRus]

You need to use sed or awk to filter the text you want to see from your sensors output.
eg test the command in terminal...

sensors | awk '/+5V:/{print $2}'

To use in conky...

${exec sensors | awk '/+5V:/{print $2}'}

PS Don't know what the voltages mean but my output has no +5V

glen@Trusty:~$ sensors
it8728-isa-0228
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0:          +0.84 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +3.06 V)
in1:          +1.49 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +3.06 V)
in2:          +1.98 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +3.06 V)
+3.3V:        +3.22 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +6.12 V)
in4:          +1.92 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +3.06 V)
in5:          +2.21 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +3.06 V)
in6:          +2.21 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +3.06 V)
3VSB:         +3.26 V  (min =  +0.00 V, max =  +6.12 V)
Vbat:         +3.24 V  
fan1:        2896 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)
fan2:        1147 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)
fan3:           0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)
temp1:        +36.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp2:        +43.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermal diode
temp3:        +47.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = Intel PECI
intrusion0:  ALARM

k10temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1:        +31.2°C  (high = +70.0°C)
                       (crit = +80.0°C, hyst = +77.0°C)

fam15h_power-pci-00c4
Adapter: PCI adapter
power1:       87.59 W  (crit =  95.06 W)

[ozark_hillbilly]

CantankRus,

Here is what test result gave:

ed@ed-G41MT-S2PT:~$ sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +37.0°C (high = +78.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +32.0°C (high = +78.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

it8720-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0: +1.12 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in1: +1.54 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in2: +3.28 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
+5V: +2.96 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in4: +0.43 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +2.10 V)
in5: +3.14 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
in6: +2.14 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
5VSB: +2.14 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
Vbat: +3.30 V
fan1: 852 RPM (min = 10 RPM)
fan2: 2419 RPM (min = 10 RPM)
temp1: -55.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp2: -2.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +127.0°C) sensor = thermistor
temp3: +19.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +60.0°C) sensor = thermal diode
cpu0_vid: +1.150 V
intrusion0: ALARM

ed@ed-G41MT-S2PT:~$ sensors | awk '/+5V:/{print $2}'
awk: line 1: regular expression compile failed (missing operand)
+5V:
ed@ed-G41MT-S2PT:~$

[CantankRus]

Try this one...may have to escape"\" the "+"....

sensors | awk '/\+5V:/{print $2}'

[ozark_hillbilly]

CantankRus,

The suggested change worked!

ed@ed-G41MT-S2PT:~$ sensors | awk '/\+5V:/{print $2}'
+2.96
ed@ed-G41MT-S2PT:~$

Now I need to see if I can embed this code in the conky file and get things rolling.....I appreciate the advice and may need to pick your cantankerous brain again.....thanks much! ed