Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[miegiel]

@londonali1010
Why don't you use $memperc and $cpu (or ${cpu cpu1}${cpu cpu2} etc.)?

[londonali1010]

@londonali1010
Why don't you use $memperc and $cpu (or ${cpu cpu1}${cpu cpu2} etc.)?

Because I just want to display how much resources Conky is using. I do a lot of messing about with images and large Conkys that take up the whole screen, and I've started noticing it pop up in my ${top} and ${top_mem} lists, when it didn't before; and I want to monitor how much what I'm doing has an effect on the "weight" of the program...IYKWIM. For instance, my latest one with just a battery widget is hovering around 4% CPU usage all the time...
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[GregaG]

ok have been reading and playing with conky for last 4 hours

and i got 1 problem how do i turn it down, so i can edit the file and try it, cause now editing it and starting conky at new doesnt hlp, old 1 stays

my noobish solution was restarting pc, but u can imagine it takes time

[mobilediesel]

ok have been reading and playing with conky for last 4 hours

and i got 1 problem how do i turn it down, so i can edit the file and try it, cause now edting it and starting conky at new doesnt hlp, old 1 stays

my noobish solution was restarting pc, but u can imagine it takes time

Try this in the terminal:

killall -SIGUSR1 conky

That sends the reload command to conky so you don't have to stop then start it.

[GregaG]

ty it works

[Bruce M.]

It worked on my 9.04 system with conky 1.7.1; however, there is no output for 0 (nothing in the trash), once I deleted some files it displayed.

I get the same thing on 8.10 - nothing shows until there is something in the trash. Empty it and it's blank again.

Have a nice day.
Bruce

[Bruce M.]

Hey guys, I'm really really interested in your Conkyrc, how do you add all 3 panels? Do you just put all 3 codes in the conkyrc config? the gedit ~/,conkyrc,

Also how do you change colors? and make the panels slimmer?

What conky did you see with three "panels" and what do you mean by "panels"

If you are talking about haveing conky display on the top right and more on the bottom left those are not "panels" but two different conky files running at the same time.

Take a look at Conky Hardcore!, HowTo: A Beginners Guide to Setting up Conky it explains how to set up and run multiple conkys.

As for colours you can have 10 defined colours in the conky "Settings" area" (Above TEXT):

# Colors
default_color DCDCDC #Gainsboro
color0 FFD700 #Gold
color1 FFA07A #LightSalmon#00FFFF Cyan
color2 FF8C00 #Darkorange
color3 7FFF00 #Chartreuse
color4 778899 #LightSlateGrey
color5 FFDEAD #NavajoWhite
color6 00BFFF #DeepSkyBlue
#	colours below used by colorize script
color7 48D1CC #MediumTurquoise
color8 FFFF00 #Yellow
color9 FF0000 #Red

You can choose any colour for the above and/or use names as well:

# Colors
default_color Gainsboro
color0 Gold
color1 LightSalmon
color2 Darkorange
color3 Chartreuse
color4 LightSlateGrey
color5 NavajoWhite
color6 DeepSkyBlue
#	colours below used by colorize script
color7 MediumTurquoise
color8 Yellow
color9 Red

And you can use the colour code in the file as well in the "Variables" area (below TEXT)

${color ffffff} or ${color white}text or command${color}

witha ${color} command when you want to use the "Default" colour as defineed above.

More questions, just ask.

Have a nice day.
Bruce

[Bruce M.]

This is my first post; wanted to drop a reply and say thanks to all that contribute to this thread. I'm a Linux newbie and I was able to get Conky to work on my own with the information provided here. I'm in the middle of customizing Xubuntu to fit my needs and you guys have been a life saver.

Thank you!

Chris
http://faaipdeoiad.com

First: Welcome to Linux! Second: Welcome to the forums!

And an Xfce fan too! That's a plus - my opinion.

When you get your first conky up and running come back and show us.

Have a nice day.
Bruce

[Bruce M.]

ok have been reading and playing with conky for last 4 hours

and i got 1 problem how do i turn it down, so i can edit the file and try it, cause now editing it and starting conky at new doesnt hlp, old 1 stays

my noobish solution was restarting pc, but u can imagine it takes time

Try this in the terminal:

killall -SIGUSR1 conky

That sends the reload command to conky so you don't have to stop then start it.

ty it works

Interesting that command has never worked for me. Don't know why.

@ GregaG - there is another way, that in my opinion, is faster, easier and serves two purposes; can be use to autosart conky on bootup and used as a "launcher" (desktop or panel) it can stop & restart conky with a mouse click.

Take a look at ssc.sh, see if it fits your needs.

Have a nice day.
Bruce

[miegiel]

ok have been reading and playing with conky for last 4 hours

and i got 1 problem how do i turn it down, so i can edit the file and try it, cause now editing it and starting conky at new doesnt hlp, old 1 stays

my noobish solution was restarting pc, but u can imagine it takes time

While testing it's easiest to start conky from the terminal and hit ctrl+C to stop/restart it after edits.