LesterPalooza
April 15th, 2009, 05:11 AM
How can I keep my Desktop Icons while making my conky border invisible? Here is a picture of my current Desktop.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l238/lhester_12/Screenshot-1.png
And here is my code for conky:
alignment top_right
maximum_width 300
total_run_times 0
background yes
border_width 1
cpu_avg_samples 2
default_color white
default_outline_color white
default_shade_color white
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
use_xft yes
xftfont HandelGotD:size=9
xftalpha 0.5
gap_x 15
gap_y 35
minimum_size 200 5
net_avg_samples 2
no_buffers yes
out_to_console no
own_window yes
own_window_class Conky
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
stippled_borders 0
update_interval 1.0
uppercase no
use_spacer yes
alignment top_right
double_buffer yes
TEXT
${font Zekton:size=20}${alignc}${color Gray}${time %B %d}
${font Zekton:size=30}${alignc}${color Gray}${time %H:%M:%S}${alignr}${font Zekton:size=8}
${color grey}$hr
${color grey}$hr
$alignc ${color grey}OS:${color green}Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
$alignc ${color grey}Kernel:${color 2499ff}$sysname $kernel
$alignc ${color grey}Architecture:${color 2499ff}$machine
$alignc ${color grey}User@Hostname:${color 2499ff}lester${color 2499ff}@${color 2499ff}$nodename
${color grey}$hr
${alignc}${color green}CPU Info:
${color grey}CPU:$alignr ${color white}${exec cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sort -u | cut -c 18-59}
${color grey}Frequency (in MHz):$alignr ${color white}$freq
${color grey}Frequency (in GHz):$alignr ${color white}$freq_g
${color grey}CPU Usage:${alignr}${color white}${cpu cpu0}% ${cpubar cpu0 4,145}
${color grey}Core1 Usage:${alignr}${color white}${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1 4,145}
${color grey}Core2 Usage:${alignr}${color white}${cpu cpu2}% ${cpubar cpu2 4,145}
${color grey}$hr
${alignc}${color green}Memory Info:
${color grey}RAM Usage:${alignr}${color white}$mem/$memmax ${membar 4,75}
${color grey}Swap Usage:${alignr}${color white}$swap/$swapmax ${swapbar 4,75}
${color grey}$hr
${alignc}${color green}Video Card Info:
${color grey}GPU Temp:$alignr${color white}+${exec nvidia-settings -q GPUCoreTemp | grep Attribute | cut -d ' ' -f 6 | cut -c 1-2} °C
${color grey}M/B Temperature: $alignr${color white}$acpitemp°C
${color grey}$hr
${alignc}${color green}File systems:
${color grey}${color white}${fs_free /}/${fs_size /} $alignr${fs_bar 4,145 /}
${color grey}$hr
${alignc}${color green}Networking:${color grey}
${alignc}IP:${color white}${addr ath0}
${color grey}Up: ${color white}${upspeed ath0}Kb/s${color grey}${alignr}Down: ${color white}${downspeed ath0}Kb/s${color grey}
${color grey}$hr
${color grey}Uptime:$alignr ${color white} $uptime
${color grey}Processes running/total:$alignr ${color white}$running_processes/$processes
${color white}Name ${alignr 30} PID ${alignr 10} CPU% $alignr MEM%
${color grey} ${top name 1} ${alignr 30} ${top pid 1} ${alignr 10} ${top cpu 1} $alignr ${top mem 1}
${color grey} ${top name 2} ${alignr 30} ${top pid 2} ${alignr 10} ${top cpu 2} $alignr ${top mem 2}
${color grey} ${top name 3} ${alignr 30} ${top pid 3} ${alignr 10} ${top cpu 3} $alignr ${top mem 3}
${color grey} ${top name 4} ${alignr 30} ${top pid 4} ${alignr 10} ${top cpu 4} $alignr ${top mem 4}
${color grey} ${top name 5} ${alignr 30} ${top pid 5} ${alignr 10} ${top cpu 5} $alignr ${top mem 5}
Problem:
When I change the own_window to no, I lose my Desktop Icons but conky also loses its border.
I want conky to "blend in" to my Desktop...
I've seen it in someone else's Desktop. Here's an example.
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/2282/ubu5ys0.jpg
it's a really crappy desktop but notice the difference in the conky border?
Please advise. Thank you!
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l238/lhester_12/Screenshot-1.png
And here is my code for conky:
alignment top_right
maximum_width 300
total_run_times 0
background yes
border_width 1
cpu_avg_samples 2
default_color white
default_outline_color white
default_shade_color white
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
use_xft yes
xftfont HandelGotD:size=9
xftalpha 0.5
gap_x 15
gap_y 35
minimum_size 200 5
net_avg_samples 2
no_buffers yes
out_to_console no
own_window yes
own_window_class Conky
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
stippled_borders 0
update_interval 1.0
uppercase no
use_spacer yes
alignment top_right
double_buffer yes
TEXT
${font Zekton:size=20}${alignc}${color Gray}${time %B %d}
${font Zekton:size=30}${alignc}${color Gray}${time %H:%M:%S}${alignr}${font Zekton:size=8}
${color grey}$hr
${color grey}$hr
$alignc ${color grey}OS:${color green}Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
$alignc ${color grey}Kernel:${color 2499ff}$sysname $kernel
$alignc ${color grey}Architecture:${color 2499ff}$machine
$alignc ${color grey}User@Hostname:${color 2499ff}lester${color 2499ff}@${color 2499ff}$nodename
${color grey}$hr
${alignc}${color green}CPU Info:
${color grey}CPU:$alignr ${color white}${exec cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sort -u | cut -c 18-59}
${color grey}Frequency (in MHz):$alignr ${color white}$freq
${color grey}Frequency (in GHz):$alignr ${color white}$freq_g
${color grey}CPU Usage:${alignr}${color white}${cpu cpu0}% ${cpubar cpu0 4,145}
${color grey}Core1 Usage:${alignr}${color white}${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1 4,145}
${color grey}Core2 Usage:${alignr}${color white}${cpu cpu2}% ${cpubar cpu2 4,145}
${color grey}$hr
${alignc}${color green}Memory Info:
${color grey}RAM Usage:${alignr}${color white}$mem/$memmax ${membar 4,75}
${color grey}Swap Usage:${alignr}${color white}$swap/$swapmax ${swapbar 4,75}
${color grey}$hr
${alignc}${color green}Video Card Info:
${color grey}GPU Temp:$alignr${color white}+${exec nvidia-settings -q GPUCoreTemp | grep Attribute | cut -d ' ' -f 6 | cut -c 1-2} °C
${color grey}M/B Temperature: $alignr${color white}$acpitemp°C
${color grey}$hr
${alignc}${color green}File systems:
${color grey}${color white}${fs_free /}/${fs_size /} $alignr${fs_bar 4,145 /}
${color grey}$hr
${alignc}${color green}Networking:${color grey}
${alignc}IP:${color white}${addr ath0}
${color grey}Up: ${color white}${upspeed ath0}Kb/s${color grey}${alignr}Down: ${color white}${downspeed ath0}Kb/s${color grey}
${color grey}$hr
${color grey}Uptime:$alignr ${color white} $uptime
${color grey}Processes running/total:$alignr ${color white}$running_processes/$processes
${color white}Name ${alignr 30} PID ${alignr 10} CPU% $alignr MEM%
${color grey} ${top name 1} ${alignr 30} ${top pid 1} ${alignr 10} ${top cpu 1} $alignr ${top mem 1}
${color grey} ${top name 2} ${alignr 30} ${top pid 2} ${alignr 10} ${top cpu 2} $alignr ${top mem 2}
${color grey} ${top name 3} ${alignr 30} ${top pid 3} ${alignr 10} ${top cpu 3} $alignr ${top mem 3}
${color grey} ${top name 4} ${alignr 30} ${top pid 4} ${alignr 10} ${top cpu 4} $alignr ${top mem 4}
${color grey} ${top name 5} ${alignr 30} ${top pid 5} ${alignr 10} ${top cpu 5} $alignr ${top mem 5}
Problem:
When I change the own_window to no, I lose my Desktop Icons but conky also loses its border.
I want conky to "blend in" to my Desktop...
I've seen it in someone else's Desktop. Here's an example.
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/2282/ubu5ys0.jpg
it's a really crappy desktop but notice the difference in the conky border?
Please advise. Thank you!