I run conky in Ubuntu and have just installed (about 12 hours ago) xubuntu desktop.
I opened conky and it comes and goes from the desktop.
Is this something to do with it being a Gnome installation running in Xfce?
I run conky in Ubuntu and have just installed (about 12 hours ago) xubuntu desktop.
I opened conky and it comes and goes from the desktop.
Is this something to do with it being a Gnome installation running in Xfce?
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I can't find my configuration file. I believe it's .conkyrc but I can't find it.
I installed conky without any configuration, so it's possible I haven't created a config file. I just installed conky and ran it from terminal.
I've looked in my /home folder including hidden files.
Thanks for your help.
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yes, you need to create a .conkyrc configuration file, to keep a permanant conky on screen, you need to enable double-buffering. Check someone elses config file, theres loads of the Ubuntu forum.
look here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ighlight=conky
Last edited by mister_p_1998; July 7th, 2008 at 10:30 AM.
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I've been running conky (reasonably) successfully in Gnome for some time. It's only in Xfce that it seems "flakey" but I admit I had no .conkyrc. I had looked briefly for instructions on configuring conky but hadn't spent any time on it.
Then I tried xubuntu and it would flash on and off the desktop.
I checked this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ighlight=conky
and used the first example .conkyrc file. Because it's based on a dual-core I tried commenting out all the references to additional CPUs. I still get an error when trying to run it.
Could someone show me where I could remove/comment out lines to let it work on a single CPU.
I must admit that initial searches for configuring conky had brought up nothing of value, but when I simplified the search parameters it worked much better. I'll keep looking but if someone could look at that example....if not I can paste what I have, which is basically that example with some lines commented out.
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Go to etc/conky/conky.conf and edit configuration...
Last edited by bagy; October 6th, 2009 at 10:39 PM. Reason: ...
ok really guys... no we have to keep the unititated running in circles?? when one installs conky it DOES NOT generate its own .conky.rc file in your home directory... with a lot of distros this is the case.. so... just copy the conky.conf located at /etc/conky/ and rename it to .conky.rc and paste in your home directory...
yes there is a "." before conkyrc, it should be a hidden file..
for future reference-- if you have a .conky.rc file in your home directory, conky will work from that.. if not it pulls from the /etc/conky/conky.conf file...
You of course CAN just edit and use the /etc/conky/conky.conf file but you have to become root to make any changes EACH and EVERYTIME you want to edit it... ridiculous for day-to-day IMO..
above command will copy the default conky.conf and rename it properly and place in your home directory.. don't forget to change USERNAME to your own of course!Code:cp /etc/conky/conky.conf /home/USERNAME/.conky.rc
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