Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[Cammy]

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

I just installed gDesklets, but can't figure out how to make it display weather. I mean, I have the applet on my desktop, but it says "failed to retrieve".

The right-click, config, only asks for city and country, not zip. I'm not sure how to get it to see the weather.

[gruvsyco]

Has anyone here tried hacking the gmail.py script to retrieve the unread count from Google Reader?

[mate84]

Hi!

Can anyone help me? How and where can I paste the conkyrc files? I can't find it in the home d. I am new on ubuntu so please write it down what shall I do now.

[thio83]

i need help for a problem with conky. I want my conky trasparent but when i start it, it has a black background, then if i change the wallpaper the background become transparent,,,

this my conkyrc:

 
#Author: Thio
# Conky sample configuration
#
# the list of variables has been removed from this file in favour
# of keeping the documentation more maintainable.
# Check http://conky.sf.net for an up-to-date-list.

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

# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 5x7
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
#font 8x13
#font 9x15
#font *mintsmild.se*
#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont xirod:size=6

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

# Print everything to stdout?
# out_to_console no

# MPD host/port
# mpd_host localhost
# mpd_port 6600
# mpd_password tinker_bell

# Print everything to console?
# out_to_console no

# mail spool
# mail_spool $MAIL

# 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_window_transparent is set to no, you can set the background colour here
# own_window_colour 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 220 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Draw borders around graphs
draw_graph_borders yes

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 8

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

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

dexter_client no
dexter_server no
# config file for libdexter (default search path: $HOME/.dexterrc; /etc/libdexter/dexter.conf)
dexter_config

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
#alignment none

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 320
gap_y 25

# 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 no

# Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
#max_port_monitor_connections 256

# Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns, etc.
#max_specials 512

# Maximum size of buffer for user text, i.e. below TEXT line.
#max_user_text 16384

# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
# stuff because of an argument

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT


Intel Core Duo $alignr${freq_g cpu1} Ghz
   temp: $acpitemp C$alignr${freq_g cpu2} Ghz

${color red}CPU#1    ${color black}${cpu cpu1} %${alignr}${cpu cpu2} %${color red}    CPU#2
${color black}${cpugraph cpu1 25,110 FF8200 ff0000} ${alignr}${cpugraph cpu2 
25,110 FF0000 FF9900}$color


MEM $alignc $mem / $memmax $alignr $memperc%
${membar FF8200 ff0000}

SWAP $alignc $swap / $swapmax $alignr $swapperc%
$swapbar


${color red}Devices$color

Root $alignc ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /}%
${fs_bar /}

Home $alignc ${fs_used /home} / ${fs_size /home} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /home}%
${fs_bar /home}

Store $alignc ${fs_used /media/sda8} / ${fs_size /media/sda8} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /media/sda8}%
${fs_bar /media/sda8}

XP $alignc ${fs_used /media/sda1} / ${fs_size /media/sda1} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /media/sda1}%
${fs_bar /media/sda1}


${color red}Top Processes$color

 CPU  $alignr % 
      ${top name 1}$alignr${top cpu 1}
      ${top name 2}$alignr${top cpu 2}
      ${top name 3}$alignr${top cpu 2}

 MEM  $alignr % 
      ${top_mem name 1}$alignr${top_mem mem 1}
      ${top_mem name 2}$alignr${top_mem mem 2}
      ${top_mem name 3}$alignr${top_mem mem 3}


${color red}Battery$color
   time:$alignr$battery_time
   battery percent:$alignr$battery_percent %

[John.Michael.Kane]

Hi!

Can anyone help me? How and where can I paste the conkyrc files? I can't find it in the home d. I am new on ubuntu so please write it down what shall I do now.

The below command typed in terminal should bring up your conkyrc file.

gedit ~/.conkyrc

On the other hand if you are trying to install conky read the below thread.
Howto: Get a beautiful Conky setup

[ice60]

Hi!

Can anyone help me? How and where can I paste the conkyrc files? I can't find it in the home d. I am new on ubuntu so please write it down what shall I do now.

you can do that command SD-Plissken said then paste in one you want, and save and exit. it's not there because i don't think it's made with the default conky install.

[Cammy]

you can do that command SD-Plissken said then paste in one you want, and save and exit. it's not there because i don't think it's made with the default conky install.

It's hidden, so you can hit ctrl+h in the file browser and and see it.

[ice60]

It's hidden, so you can hit ctrl+h in the file browser and and see it.

no, i'm fairly certain it's not there until you create it. i just installed it on a clean install and there's no sign of .conkyrc, maybe we're doing something different from each other

[WiFi Ed]

no, i'm fairly certain it's not there until you create it. i just installed it on a clean install and there's no sign of .conkyrc, maybe we're doing something different from each other

There's a .conkyrc somewhere after a fresh install because when I install conky and then immediately open a terminal and type "conky" it runs (in the lower-lefthand corner), with some default stuff about ram and ethernet, etc.

But I agree that it's not in the preferred /home/username folder location, I have to add my customized .conkyrc there to get it to display the way I want.

[John.Michael.Kane]

There's a .conkyrc somewhere after a fresh install because when I install conky and then immediately open a terminal and type "conky" it runs (in the lower-lefthand corner), with some default stuff about ram and ethernet, etc.

But I agree that it's not in the preferred /home/username folder location, I have to add my customized .conkyrc there to get it to display the way I want.

After apt-getting conky one can simply run the command below to install a default version of conkyrc in ~/

zcat /usr/share/doc/conky/examples/conkyrc.sample.gz > ~/.conkyrc