Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[Yunus Emre]

Please open this screenshot, what I'm complaining about is, conky seems running on window mode. I mean, there it writes "Conky (oguzhan-desktop)" and there is the "x" to close the window, square to maximize window etc. I don't think this is the way it should be running?

[Bruce M.]

Hi Yunus Emre,

Welcome to Ubuntu and conky.

Before reading this post, please check the screen shot which I've sent yesterday. I mean "more than just a widget" it appears in the running programs toolbar, runs on window mode, just like any other program. But I don't want it to run like that. I hope I made you understand with my crappy English

First: See my post above, it works, but it looks like you are calling to run in a terminal window.

Second: your English is not crappy, it's a whole lot better than my Turkish, which by the way would get me a 0% if I had to take a test.

Third: Check out HowTo: A Beginner's Guide to Setting up Conky in my sig, it will explain how to set up a ~/.startconky so conky will run on your desktop when you boot your computer.

If that doesn't work, we'll still be here to help with questions.

Have a nice day.
Bruce

EDIT: See image - it is your complete conky file running normally with ~/.startconky.

[Yunus Emre]

It didnt change anything to make Conky run on startup. I've sent another screenshot but this time I had indicated things that I dont want them to appear.

Second: Turkish is not a common language

[HippyRandall]

it appears in the running programs toolbar, runs on window mode, just like any other program. But I don't want it to run like that. I hope I made you understand with my crappy English

here is your problem:

# If own_window is yes, you may use type normal, desktop or overide
own_window_type normal

change to:

# If own_window is yes, you may use type normal, desktop or overide
own_window_type overide

and you should be fine

Hippy

[jjgomera]

Here's mine.. I've got one mysterious problem, my cpugraph fades from black to blue instead of white even though I've got this in my conkyrc: ${cpugraph 20 000000 ffffff}
Afaik that should be correct? My eth0 info shows up white (check the screenshot) with the same line?!

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar
background no

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

# fiddle with window
#use_spacer yes
use_xft yes

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 3.0

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 130 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Text stuff
draw_outline no # amplifies text if yes
draw_borders no

uppercase no # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 8

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color white

own_window_colour brown
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints sticky,skip_pager

# 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 50
gap_y 275

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

override_utf8_locale no
xftfont Terminus:size=8
xftalpha 0.8

TEXT
${color grey}Uptime  $alignr${color }$uptime_short
${color grey}$sysname ${color }$kernel $alignr$machine
${color grey}CPU ${color } $cpu%  ${cpubar 7}
${cpugraph 20 000000 ffffff}
${color grey}Load  ${color }$loadavg
${color grey}Processes  ${color }$processes  
${color grey}Running  ${color }$running_processes

${color grey}RAM Usage ${color } $alignr$memperc%
${membar 5}
${color }$mem / $memmax

${color grey}SWAP Usage${color }$alignr$swapperc%
${swapbar 5}
$swap / $swapmax


${color grey}/home ${color } $alignr${fs_used_perc /}%
${fs_bar 5 /}
${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /}

${color grey}/media/disk-1  ${color } $alignr${fs_used_perc /media/disk-1}%
${fs_bar 5 /media/disk-1}
${color grey}/media/disk-2  ${color } $alignr${fs_used_perc /media/disk-2}%
${fs_bar 5 /media/disk-2}
${color grey}/media/disk  ${color } $alignr${fs_used_perc /media/disk}%
${fs_bar 5 /media/disk}


${color grey}eth0
${color }Down:${color } ${downspeed eth0} k/s${color } ${offset 20}Up:${color } ${upspeed eth0} k/s
${color }${downspeedgraph eth0 20,70 000000 ffffff} $alignr${color }${upspeedgraph eth0 20,70 000000 ffffff}
${color }${totaldown eth0}${offset 43}${totalup eth0}




${color }${font :size=30}$alignc${time %H:%M}
${color grey}${voffset -25}${font :size=10}$alignc${time %d %b. %Y}
${color grey}${font :size=8}$alignc${time %A}

Any thoughts?

Have you try with:

${cpugraph 20,130 000000 ffffff}

black for old, white for recent data

[Bruce M.]

here is your problem:

# If own_window is yes, you may use type normal, desktop or overide
own_window_type normal

change to:

# If own_window is yes, you may use type normal, desktop or overide
own_window_type overide

and you should be fine

Hippy

Hi Hippy, I missed that. I agree.

[Bruce M.]

It didnt change anything to make Conky run on startup. I've sent another screenshot but this time I had indicated things that I dont want them to appear.

Second: Turkish is not a common language

Hi again...

It's common where you are.

OK, try this one:
Above TEXT is a combination of yours and mine....
Below TEXT is all yours...

background no
own_window yes
own_window_type override # normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_colour black
double_buffer yes
use_spacer left
override_utf8_locale yes
use_xft	no
font 9x15
xftalpha 0.5
update_interval 5.0
uppercase no  # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
stippled_borders 3
border_margin 9
border_width 10
default_color white
default_outline_color black
default_shade_color black
draw_borders no
draw_outline yes  # amplifies text if yes
draw_shades no  # shadecolor black
color0 cyan
color1 lightblue
color2 orange
color3 yellow
color4 wheat
color5 salmon
color6 red
color7 DarkCyan
color8 Brown
color9 grey
# Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, top_middle, bottom_left, bottom_right, bottom_middle, middle_left, middle_right, or none (also can be abreviated as tl, tr, tm, bl, br, bm, ml, mr)
alignment br
gap_x 12
gap_y 28
text_buffer_size 256
no_buffers yes  # Subtract file system buffers from used memory?

TEXT
           $sysname $kernel on $machine

${color}Uptime:$color $uptime ${color}- Load:$color $loadavg
${color}CPU Usage:${color} $cpu% ${cpubar}
${color}${cpugraph 88aadd 88aaee}

${color}RAM Usage:$color $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${membar}
${color}Swap Usage:$color $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${swapbar}
${color}Processes:$color $processes  ${color}Running:$color $running_processes

${color}Networking:
 Down:${color} ${downspeed eth0} k/s${color} ${offset 80}Up:${color} ${upspeed eth0} k/s
${color}${downspeedgraph eth0 32,150 88aadd 88aaee} ${color}${upspeedgraph eth0 32,150 88aadd 88aaee}

${color}File systems:
 / $color${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar /}
 /home $color${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home} ${fs_bar /home}

${color}Name              PID     CPU%   MEM%
${color lightgrey} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color} ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
${color}Mem usage
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 1} ${top_mem pid 1} ${top_mem cpu 1} ${top_mem mem 1}
${color} ${top_mem name 2} ${top_mem pid 2} ${top_mem cpu 2} ${top_mem mem 2}
${color} ${top_mem name 3} ${top_mem pid 3} ${top_mem cpu 3} ${top_mem mem 3}

[cl0ckwork]

quick question,
what is text alpha?

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

the text in my setup seems a little fuzzy, would changing this value help it at all?

[yabbadabbadont]

quick question,
what is text alpha?

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

the text in my setup seems a little fuzzy, would changing this value help it at all?

Since alpha is the transparency setting, and your setting is for 20% transparent, I would guess that changing it to 1 might help.

[cl0ckwork]

Since alpha is the transparency setting, and your setting is for 20% transparent, I would guess that changing it to 1 might help.

thanks

always wondered what that was for.
i just changed it and it seems to help, but might just be my font thats a little fuzzy