Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[thebinz]

Ok, so how do you get the dual config files to work? I mean, you can't have two files named .conkyrc, so do you call one file from the other?

(I haven't tried either file yet - just getting ideas)

Another problem I have is that when I do a clock on my conky, it lags way behind my actual clock, by like 15 minutes. Maybe it's getting the time from somewhere else? I have my conky to update every 5 sec I think, so that shouldn't be it.

To get multiple files running i created a bash script to launch two conky configs. I put the file in my home folder and named it ".startconky"

$ gedit ~/.startconky

Add the following:

#!/bin/bash
conky -c ~/.conkyscripts/conkyscript1;
conky -c ~/.conkyscripts/conkyscript2;

This will launch both files at the specified locations.
Don't forget to change permissions to allow execution.

$ chmod u+x ~/.startconky

Create a folder in your home directory called ".conkyscripts"

$ mkdir ~/.conkyscripts

Rename your "conky.rc" files and place them in ~/.conkyscripts folder.

Mine are named "conkyscript1" and "conkyscript2"

Now we can execute conky with

$ ./.startconky

To execute on startup add the following to Session:

Name: Conky
Command: /home/phil/.startconky

as far as the clock is concerned i am not sure.
my update interval is set to 1.0 sec.

Check your Time & Date settings in ubuntu and make sure all is correct.

[Cammy]

Thanks thebinz!

Maybe this will cure my conky start-up problem too (conky is in sessions once, but when I boot up, it's invisible, and I find two of them running in System Monitor).

Now I just need to decide how I want my desktop to look, then I can start fiddling with my conky layout.

[Cammy]

Ok, got a bit of a problem here.

I have my two conky config files, as well as my bash script that launches my conky. The problem is, only the first one shows up, until I kill it out of System monitor, after which the second one will show.

It's like the bash script hangs after the first conky is launched.

Any way to make it launch both?

EDIT: Got it! Needed to change "background no" to "background yes" in the config files.

[Cammy]

Ok, so far so good. Here's a screenie.



A few questions now...

First, my username is hard-coded into the config file. Any way to make conky get it from the system in the rare event someone else is logged on?

Second, "Ubuntu" is hard-coded too. Any way to get that from conky?

[walkerk]

Thanks guys.

yeah you need the OpenLogos font.

As far as the weather goes... its a screenlet from the updated old 3rd party screenlets pack.

Found Here

Hey Walkerk, what do you mean by "on line displays"?

Typo... I meant to type "one" line displays... like my screenshot below

[Cammy]

Typo... I meant to type "one" line displays... like my screenshot below

I never really thought much about having it on a single line, but I really like how yours looks.

[wolfprintAG]

Newbie Here- I have Ubuntu 7.10 (Edgy) and was wonder if I have this mentioned .conkyrc file and if so where do I find it and if not what would I need to get it in order make my desktop look as good as some of the posts I have seen. If I am unable to and even if I am is there a web site somewheres that has some tutorials on the panels and such for making them look fantastik - Thanks for input!

[DeusEx]

wonder if I have this mentioned .conkyrc file and if so where do I find it

probably not / install conky (search in Synaptic Package Manager).
.conkyrc will be in your home folder.

Mine:

# conky config

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont Terminus:size=8

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

# Print everything to console?
# out_to_console no

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 2.0

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes

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

# Use pseudo transparency with own_window?
own_window_transparent yes

# If own_winlour hotpink

# If own_window is yes, these window manager hints may be used
#own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

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

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 130 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 5

# border margins
border_margin 5

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color white

# 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
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 12
gap_y 40

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

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

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2

# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 2

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale no

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer yes
#Note: doesn't work in conky 1.2 =(


# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
${color white}[${color red}$nodename${color white}]:
${color #888888}$sysname $kernel ${color #CCCCCC}on ${color #888888}$machine
${color #888888}Uptime: $uptime
${color #ffccaa}System ${color white}${hr 1}
${color #888888}cpu:
${color white}${execi 1000 cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sed -e 's/model name.*: //'} ${color #CCCCCC}${freq} MHz
${color #888888}load: ${color #CCCCCC}${cpu}%
${color #888888}${cpugraph 25 ff0000 ff00ff}
${color #888888}ram: ${color #CCCCCC}$mem${color #888888}/${color #CCCCCC}$memmax ${color #888888}, ${color #CCCCCC}$memperc%
${color #888888}swap: ${color #CCCCCC}$swap${color #888888}/${color #CCCCCC}$swapmax ${color #888888}, ${color #CCCCCC}$swapperc%
${color #888888}processes: ${color #CCCCCC}$processes	${color #888888}running: ${color #CCCCCC}$running_processes
${color #ffccaa}Health ${color white}${hr 1}
${color #888888}cpu  temp: ${color #CCCCCC}${execi 8 sensors | grep -A 0 'temp2' | cut -c12-16 | sed '/^$/d'} C
${color #888888}mobo temp: ${color #CCCCCC}${execi 8 sensors | grep -A 0 'temp3' | cut -c12-16 | sed '/^$/d'} C
${color #888888}case temp: ${color #CCCCCC}${execi 8 sensors | grep -A 0 'temp1' | cut -c12-16 | sed '/^$/d'} C
${color #ffccaa}Networking ${color white}${hr 1}
${color #888888}ip address: ${color #CCCCCC}${addr eth0}
${color #888888}total download: ${color #CCCCCC}${totaldown eth0}	 
${color #888888}download speed: ${color #CCCCCC}${downspeed eth0} k/s	
${color #888888}${downspeedgraph eth0 25,100 ff0000 0000ff}
${color #888888}total upload: ${color #CCCCCC}${totalup eth0}
${color #888888}upload speed: ${color #CCCCCC}${upspeed eth0} k/s
${color #888888}${upspeedgraph eth0 25,100 0000ff ff0000}     		   	      
${color #ffccaa}File Systems ${color white}${hr 1}
${color #888888}root: ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_free /} (${fs_free_perc /}%) ${color #888888}free
       ${fs_bar /}
${color #888888}hda5: ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_free /media/hda5} (${fs_free_perc /media/hda5}%) ${color #888888}free
       ${fs_bar /media/hda5}
${color #888888}usbdisk: ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_free /media/usbdisk} (${fs_free_perc /media/usbdisk}%) ${color #888888}free
       ${fs_bar /media/usbdisk}
${color #888888}Disk IO Rate: ${color #CCCCCC} $diskio
${color #888888}${diskiograph #FF0000 #0000FF}
${color #FFCCAA}Syslog ${color white}${hr 1}
${execi 30 cat /var/log/syslog |grep -v Inbound |grep -v MARK |tail -n1 |fold -w35}
${color #FFCCAA}Shared Files ${color white}${hr 1}
${execi 30 smbstatus |grep media |cut -c100- |fold -w35}

[thebinz]

Ok, so far so good. Here's a screenie.



A few questions now...

First, my username is hard-coded into the config file. Any way to make conky get it from the system in the rare event someone else is logged on?

Second, "Ubuntu" is hard-coded too. Any way to get that from conky?

Hey Cammy i think i found a solution to what you're trying to do.

try this in the terminal

$  who | tail -n1 | cut -c1-9

should produce just the username.

Upon further search i have found:

$ whoami

Which does the same thing. The only prob is that it is not capitalized.
I will do more searching to see if i can find a solution to this.

For now you should mess around with using cut and tail in the terminal.
I am sure there is a way of out putting "ubuntu" using cut and tail. You just have to find the right command.

try: $ man tail
and $ man cut
for more info on them.

also take a look at http://learnlinux.tsf.org.za/courses...g/ch03s04.html


So to have conky output the username, which will update every 60 seconds, add something like:

${font}${execi 60 whoami}

[thebinz]

Upon searching further i have discovered a way to get the users "Realname"

finger -m | tail -n1 | cut -c11-21

"-c11-21" is going to cut the 10 characters out and paste them to the output. so you can modify the numbers to fit the length of your user(s).

mine would be: finger -m | tail -n1 | cut -c11-14
Which would output: Phil
but if your users change then you may want to keep all 10 characters.

add the following to your conky script

${execi 60 finger -m | tail -n1 | cut -c11-21}

i believe "$ uname' will output "Linux"... which is prob the closest you will get to "Ubuntu Linux"

but check out this link for more linux commands.