Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[SkonesMickLoud]

Added panel .... conky does not show through.

Did you try starting conky after the panel?

[Rodney9]

Here's mine thanks to http://www.gnome-look.org/content/sh...28&forumpage=0
Just made a few of my own little adjustments.

[Crinos512]

My current desktop... conky, compiz and KDE4

C2.jpg

[dastasha]

I have the temperatures and fan speed working - a bit of a necessity for me. I have to keep my hardware up on the fridge away from the kids. It can get a little hot up there near the roof.

Thanks Gandalf2000, I modified the temperatures section of your script.
I've sorta worked out about how to 'grep' the information required then pick out the bit of text I want from that.

Also I've changed my file to space things out a little better.
Perhaps I'll incorporate a calendar and lose the heading and some of the other spacing to make it fit.

Conky has ended up being so much more than what I was after in a system monitor. It's addictive.
Now the code we are playing with here - the conkyrc file - this is written in python, right?

[stinkeye]

I have the temperatures and fan speed working - a bit of a necessity for me. I have to keep my hardware up on the fridge away from the kids. It can get a little hot up there near the roof.

Thanks Gandalf2000, I modified the temperatures section of your script.
I've sorta worked out about how to 'grep' the information required then pick out the bit of text I want from that.

Also I've changed my file to space things out a little better.
Perhaps I'll incorporate a calendar and lose the heading and some of the other spacing to make it fit.

Conky has ended up being so much more than what I was after in a system monitor. It's addictive.
Now the code we are playing with here - the conkyrc file - this is written in python, right?

Nice desktop.
Your missing just one thing.
The nose of a surfboard peeking out from under that lip.

[RD1]

Did you try starting conky after the panel?

Yes ... no joy.

[nephish]

My current desktop... conky, compiz and KDE4

C2.jpg

what bluish color are you using? I want to do something similar to how you have your hostname at the top.

(nice work, btw)

[Crinos512]

Here are the main files for the conky.

.conkyrc

#!/usr/bin/conky -d -c
##	.conkyrc configuration
alignment top_right
background yes
border_margin 5
border_width 5
color0 F8F8FF			# Ghost white
color1 483D8B			# Dark Slate Blue
color2 B8860B			# Dark goldenrod
color3 4682B4			# Steelblue
color4 8B0000			# Dark red
color5 008080			# Teal
color6 333333			#
color7 C8C8FF			#  (COOL)
color8 FFFFCC			#  (WARM)
color9 FCCCCC			#  (HOT)
cpu_avg_samples 2
default_color F8F8FF		# Ghost white
default_outline_color 000000 	# Black
default_shade_color 000000	# Black
double_buffer yes
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
gap_x 0
gap_y 50
max_specials 512
max_user_text 20000
maximum_width 360
minimum_size 850
net_avg_samples 2
no_buffers yes
override_utf8_locale yes
own_window yes
own_window_colour 000000	# Black
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type normal
pad_percents 2
short_units yes
stippled_borders 3
text_buffer_size 2000
total_run_times 0
update_interval 1.0
uppercase no
use_spacer right
use_xft yes
xftalpha 0.75
xftfont Liberation Sans:size=9

#After this begins text to be formatted on screen
TEXT
${font Algerian:Bold:size=16}${alignc}${color3}$nodename${font}
${font Liberation Sans:Bold:size=10}${alignc}~ $kernel ~
${alignc}~ K${pre_exec lsb_release -i | cut -f 2| tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"} ${pre_exec lsb_release -c | cut -f 2} ( ${pre_exec lsb_release -r | cut -f 2} ) ~ ${pre_exec kde4-config --version | grep 'KDE' | head --bytes=11} ~${color}${font}
${execi 60 date +"%B %Y" | tr "[:lower:]" "[:upper:]"} ${color1}${hr 1}${color}
${font Liberation Mono:size=9}${execpi 60 DJS=`date +%_d`; cal | sed '1d' | sed '/./!d' | sed 's/$/                     /' | fold -w 21 | sed -n '/^.\{21\}/p' | sed 's/^/${alignc} /' | sed /" $DJS "/s/" $DJS "/" "'${color2}'"$DJS"'${color}'" "/}
${alignc}..:: ${color2}${execi 1 perl ~/.conky/howLong.pl "April 1, 2009"} until Devin''s Graduation${color} ::..$font

Core Systems: ${color1}${hr 1}${color}
 ${color2}${pre_exec dmidecode --string=processor-version | tail -n1}${color}${font Liberation Mono:size=9}
 ${cpugraph 25,360 000000 4682B4}
${voffset -48}
  `Core 0 (${color2}${cpu cpu1}%${color})${goto 150}..:: ${color2}${freq_dyn_g cpu1}Ghz${color} ::..${alignr}${font Liberation Mono:Bold:size=9}${execpi 6 sensors | grep Core0 | paste -s | cut -c15-18 | xargs ~/.conky/colorize.sh}°C ${color}${font Liberation Mono:size=9}
  `Core 1 (${color2}${cpu cpu2}%${color})${goto 150}..:: ${color2}${freq_dyn_g cpu2}Ghz${color} ::..${alignr}${font Liberation Mono:Bold:size=9}${execpi 6 sensors | grep Core1 | paste -s | cut -c15-18 | xargs ~/.conky/colorize.sh}°C ${color}${font}
    ${color3}$cpubar${color}

 ${memgraph 25,360 000000 4682B4}
${voffset -60}${font Liberation Mono:size=9}
 RAM Usage: ${color2}$memperc%${color}${goto 225}${color2}$mem${color} of ${color2}$memmax${color}
  Processes Loaded: ${color2}$processes${color}${goto 225}Cached: ${color2}$cached${color}
  Processes Running: ${color2}$running_processes${color}${goto 225}Buffers: ${color2}$buffers${color}${font}
    ${color3}$membar${color}

Graphics: ${color1}${hr 1}${color}
  ${color2}${pre_exec lspci | grep VGA | tail -c+36}${color}
  Driver Version: ${color2}NVIDIA ${pre_exec nvidia-settings -q nVidiaDriverVersion -t}${color}${alignr}Screen: ${color2}${pre_exec nvidia-settings -q FrontEndResolution -t}${color} @ ${color2}${pre_exec nvidia-settings -q RefreshRate3 -t}${color}

File Systems: ${color1}${hr 1}${color}
  /dev/sda (${pre_exec hddtemp /dev/sda | cut -c11-28 })${alignr}${font Liberation Mono:Bold:size=9}${execpi 6 hddtemp /dev/sda -n | xargs ~/.conky/colorize.sh}°C${color}${font}
    ${color3}${fs_bar 15 /}${color}
${voffset -20}       / ${alignr}${fs_free /} (${fs_free_perc /}%) free of ${fs_size /}
    ${color3}${fs_bar 15 /home}${color}
${voffset -20}       /home ${alignr}${fs_free /home} (${fs_free_perc /home}%) free of ${fs_size /home}

  /dev/sdb ${if_mounted /media/PTAH}(${pre_exec hddtemp /dev/sdb | cut -c11-29})
    ${color3}${fs_bar 15 /media/PTAH}${color}
${voffset -20}       /media/PTAH ${alignr}${fs_free /media/PTAH} (${fs_free_perc /media/PTAH}%) free of ${fs_size /media/PTAH}${else}( -- )
    ${color 000000}${fs_bar 15 /media/PTAH}${color}
${voffset -20}     /media/PTAH ${alignr}- NOT MOUNTED -${endif}

Network: (Internal: ${color2}${addrs eth1}${color}, External: ${color2}${pre_exec wget -O - http://whatismyip.org/ | tail}${color} ) ${color1}${hr 1}${color}
${downspeedgraph eth1 25,180 000000 ff0000} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth1 25,180 000000 00ff00}
${voffset -35}   ` down ${color2}${downspeedf eth1} k/s ${color}${goto 190}up ${color3}${upspeedf eth1} k/s${color}
   ` total down: ${color2}${totaldown eth1}${color}${goto 190}total up: ${color3}${totalup eth1}${color}

Weather: ( ${color2}${execi 1000 python ~/.conky/conkyLatLong.py}${color} ) ${color1}${hr 1}${color}
${execpi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USOK0233 --template=/home/crinos/.conky/weather.template}

${color1}( Conky ${conky_version}${alignr}${pre_exec conkyForecast -V} )${color}
${texeci 1000 feh --bg-scale "`grep 'wallpaper=' ~/.kde/share/config/plasma-appletsrc | tail -n1 | tail --bytes=+11`"}

weather.template

  Conditions: ${color2}[--datatype=CC]${color}
  Currrent temp: ${color2}[--datatype=HT --imperial]${color} ( Feels like ${color2}[--datatype=LT --imperial]${color} )
  Chance of rain: ${color2}[--datatype=PC]${color}
  Winds at ${color2}[--datatype=WS --imperial]${color} Gusting to ${color2}[--datatype=WG --imperial]${color}
${voffset -46}${goto 240}${font Arrows:size=46}${color3}[--datatype=BF]${color}${font}
${voffset -46}${goto 240}${font ConkyWeather:size=46}[--datatype=WF]${font}
${voffset -46}${goto 320}${font Moon Phases:size=32}[--datatype=MF]${font}

[--datatype=DW --startday=1]: ${color1}${hr 1}${color}
  Conditions will be ${color2}[--datatype=CT --startday=1].${color}${alignr}Rain Chance: ${color2}[--datatype=PC --startday=1]${color}
  Winds will come from the ${color2}[--datatype=WD --startday=1]${color} at ${color2}[--datatype=WS --startday=1 --imperial].${color}${alignr}Humidity: ${color2}[--datatype=HM --startday=1]${color}
  Sunrise: ${color2}[--datatype=SR --startday=1]${color}${alignr}Sunset: ${color2}[--datatype=SS --startday=1]${color}
  Pollen Count: ${color2}${execi 3000 curl -q -d "affiliateid=6176&zip=73034" http://www.pollen.com/forecast.asp | cut -d'|' -f5} / 12${color}${alignr}( ${color2}${exec curl -q -d "affiliateid=6176&zip=73034" http://www.pollen.com/forecast.asp | cut -d'|' -f11}${color} )

Four day forecast: ${color1}${hr 1}${color}
${color3}${font Arrows:size=36}[--datatype=BF --startday=1]${font Liberation Sans:size=9}${voffset -22}[--datatype=WS --startday=1 --imperial]${font Arrows:size=36}${goto 90}[--datatype=BF --startday=2]${font Liberation Sans:size=9}${voffset -22}[--datatype=WS --startday=2 --imperial]${font Arrows:size=36}${goto 180}[--datatype=BF --startday=3]${font Liberation Sans:size=9}${voffset -22}[--datatype=WS --startday=3 --imperial]${font Arrows:size=36}${goto 270}[--datatype=BF --startday=4]${font Liberation Sans:size=9}${voffset -22}[--datatype=WS --startday=4 --imperial]${font}${color}
${voffset -14}${font ConkyWeather:size=36}[--datatype=WF --startday=1]${goto 90}[--datatype=WF --startday=2]${goto 180}[--datatype=WF --startday=3]${goto 270}[--datatype=WF --startday=4]${font}
${font Liberation Mono:size=9}[--datatype=HT --startday=1 --imperial]/[--datatype=LT --startday=1 --imperial]${goto 90}[--datatype=HT --startday=2 --imperial]/[--datatype=LT --startday=2 --imperial]${goto 180}[--datatype=HT --startday=3 --imperial]/[--datatype=LT --startday=3 --imperial]${goto 270}[--datatype=HT --startday=4 --imperial]/[--datatype=LT --startday=4 --imperial]$font
${color2}${font Liberation Mono:size=9}[--datatype=DW --startday=1]${goto 90}[--datatype=DW --startday=2]${goto 180}[--datatype=DW --startday=3]${goto 270}[--datatype=DW --startday=4]${font}${color}

[blipp]

my conky setup...

[ddnev45]

Nice setup. Can you post a link to the wallpaper?