Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[PurposeOfReason]

DerangedDingo, thanks. In the end I was just stupid and needed one more thing from synaptic. My only quarl now is that the time at the bottom updates only once every twenty seconds and the track doesn't change right away. If that can be fixed could someone help? If no I'll live.

[DerangedDingo]

Sorry... i don't even have XMMS installed... that's why I couldn't explain anything

I have a question of my own

Does "mem" translate to RAM?
As in the memory variables and whatnot, do they keep track of RAM? or is MEM some cocktail of the different cache's on the motherboard?

[PurposeOfReason]

Mem is RAM. So membar would just show how much RAM is in use etc.

[DerangedDingo]

But the membar shows a different value than "cache"

[me1on]

My conky has:

• Date and Time
• CPU, RAM, and SWAP usage
• Top Processes
• Partition Usage
• Network Up/Down Speed
• Amarok "Now Playing" Info

and it works perfectly in KDE/Beryl.

If you use my .conkyrc, you'll have to adjust a couple things (such as the partition names), but most of it should work fine. If you download the scripts, rename "amarak.txt" to "amarok" and ".conkyrc.txt" to "conkyrc." Also, if you want to use the Amarok "Now Playing" feature, you'll have to copy the amarok script into ~/.conky/.

[DerangedDingo]

PurposeOfReason, in your .conkeyrc, there should be an execi command that fetches XMMS info. exec(i) commands have an interval, which, in your case, might be '20'. Change that to 1 and you'll be set! It might eat RAM though

[ITdrummer]

Hey guys, i have a conky question and i figured since there were so many users in this thread that i would throw it out there. My conky is set-up and working fine. It doesnt blink, and i can get it to show on all workspaces, but whenever i click on the icon to "show desktop" (bottom left corner default) conky disappears. Is there anything i can add to my .conkyrc file that will alow conky to always be on top, or something of that nature?

[PurposeOfReason]

Hey guys, i have a conky question and i figured since there were so many users in this thread that i would throw it out there. My conky is set-up and working fine. It doesnt blink, and i can get it to show on all workspaces, but whenever i click on the icon to "show desktop" (bottom left corner default) conky disappears. Is there anything i can add to my .conkyrc file that will alow conky to always be on top, or something of that nature?

Can you post your conky file? Or check to see if you have own_window yes.

It was the execi command. Even at one it's not using any RAM.

[ITdrummer]

# 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_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 400 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

# 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 10
gap_y 10

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

override_utf8_locale no
xftfont Terminus:size=8
xftalpha 0.8

TEXT

${offset 240}${color slate grey}${time %a, } ${color }${time %e %B %G}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}${time %Z,    }${color }${time %H:%M:%S}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}UpTime: ${color }$uptime
${offset 240}${color slate grey}Kern:${color }$kernel
${offset 240}${color slate grey}CPU:${color } $cpu% ${acpitemp}C
${offset 240}${cpugraph 20,130 000000 ffffff}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}Load: ${color }$loadavg
${offset 240}${color slate grey}Processes: ${color }$processes  
${offset 240}${color slate grey}Running:   ${color }$running_processes

${offset 240}${color slate grey}Highest CPU:
${offset 240}${color #ddaa00} ${top name 1}${top_mem cpu 1}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top name 2}${top cpu 2}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top name 3}${top cpu 3}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top name 4}${top cpu 4}

${offset 240}${color slate grey}Highest MEM:
${offset 240}${color #ddaa00} ${top_mem name 1}${top_mem mem 1}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 2}${top_mem mem 2}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 3}${top_mem mem 3}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 4}${top_mem mem 4}

${offset 240}${color slate grey}MEM:  ${color } $memperc% $mem/$memmax
${offset 240}${membar 3,100}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}SWAP: ${color }$swapperc% $swap/$swapmax
${offset 240}${swapbar 3,100}

${offset 240}${color slate grey}ROOT:    ${color }${fs_free /}/${fs_size /}
${offset 240}${fs_bar 3,100 /}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}HOME:  ${color }${fs_free /home}/${fs_size /home}
${offset 240}${fs_bar 3,100 /home}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}NET: 
${offset 240}${color}Up: ${color }${upspeed eth0} k/s
${offset 240}${upspeedgraph eth0 20,130 000000 ffffff}
${offset 240}${color}Down: ${color }${downspeed eth0}k/s${color}
${offset 240}${downspeedgraph eth0 20,130 000000 ffffff}

[PurposeOfReason]

Add this.

own_window_type override

after this

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

only if you're anal about everything being organized. It can go anywhere in the top.