Michael Deats
November 17th, 2010, 11:59 AM
Hi all,
I hope this is the correct forum to post in. I'm looking for some help with Conky. My group is supporting a number of linux machines, all on Dell.. I'd like to display the machines service tag on the desktop using conky, purely to make it easier for the users to give me the tag when logging calls.
Is this possible?
Thanks very much!
stinkeye
November 18th, 2010, 03:06 PM
Yes, like a-user said, you can use grep etc to display the service tag number if it can be found in a file on the computer.
eg if you had a hidden text file in the home directory named .service_tag
with only one line in it saying something like Dell-12345 you could display with conky using...
Your Service Number: ${pre_exec cat ~/.service_tag}
Really need a bit more info to help.
See pic for result in a simple conky config.
Michael Deats
November 18th, 2010, 04:35 PM
The dell service tag is like a short serial number used to identify the machine when you log a hardware call with dell.
I've managed to pull the service tag from the bios and put it on top of the wallpaper in windows using this method:
http://forum.sysinternals.com/printer_friendly_posts.asp?TID=4609
I would like to know if the same thing is possible in Ubuntu.
The dell service tag is stored in the bios and can be retrived by using a WMI query
Create a new WMI custom field
in the path textbox enter
SELECT SerialNumber FROM Win32_BIOS
this is where the DELL service tag is stored (or it is on our DELLS)
a-user
November 18th, 2010, 05:53 PM
oh, well the question is not if this can be done with conky. the question is how you read the still unknown poistion in bios to get the service tag.
well, i can't help you here. but you should google for info about retrieving/reading the bios in linux. look for reading at a given address, not for standard entries, then try to discover the tag.
or maybe you find something directly related to dell servcie + bios + linux.
Michael Deats
November 19th, 2010, 06:42 AM
oh, well the question is not if this can be done with conky. the question is how you read the still unknown poistion in bios to get the service tag.
well, i can't help you here. but you should google for info about retrieving/reading the bios in linux. look for reading at a given address, not for standard entries, then try to discover the tag.
or maybe you find something directly related to dell servcie + bios + linux.
I've tried google, struggling a bit but I'll try some more :)
EDIT:
Hmm
http://www.shainmiley.com/wordpress/?p=66
EDIT 2:
Okay, used the post about to generate this:
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.4 present.
62 structures occupying 2879 bytes.
Table at 0x000F68F0.
Handle 0xDA00, DMI type 218, 251 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DA FB 00 DA B2 00 0D 5F 1F 37 40 7D 00 00 00 00
00 7E 00 02 00 00 00 40 00 04 00 01 00 41 00 04
00 00 00 90 00 05 00 00 00 91 00 05 00 01 00 92
00 05 00 02 00 65 00 06 00 00 00 66 00 06 00 01
00 5E 00 07 00 01 00 5F 00 07 00 00 00 F1 00 08
00 00 00 F2 00 08 00 01 00 F3 00 08 00 02 00 0F
00 09 00 00 00 11 00 09 00 01 00 05 00 09 00 02
00 12 00 09 00 03 00 06 00 09 00 04 00 07 00 0A
00 00 00 0B 00 0A 00 01 00 0C 00 0A 00 02 00 0D
00 0A 00 03 00 89 01 0B 00 00 00 8A 01 0B 00 01
00 42 00 0C 00 01 00 43 00 0C 00 00 00 55 00 0D
00 00 00 6D 00 0D 00 01 00 16 02 0D 00 02 00 98
01 0D 00 03 00 0A 01 0E 00 01 00 0B 01 0E 00 00
00 2D 00 0F 00 02 00 27 01 0F 00 03 00 6E 00 0F
00 01 00 2E 00 0F 00 00 00 11 01 10 00 00 00 10
01 10 00 01 00 FF FF 00 00 00 00
Handle 0xDA01, DMI type 218, 251 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DA FB 01 DA B2 00 0D 5F 1F 37 40 F0 00 11 00 01
00 ED 00 11 00 00 00 41 01 12 00 01 00 40 01 12
00 00 00 47 01 13 00 01 00 46 01 13 00 00 00 4A
01 14 00 00 00 4B 01 14 00 01 00 52 01 15 00 01
00 53 01 15 00 00 00 80 01 16 00 01 00 7F 01 16
00 00 00 7C 01 17 00 01 00 7B 01 17 00 00 00 7E
01 18 00 01 00 7D 01 18 00 00 00 92 01 19 00 00
00 91 01 19 00 01 00 94 01 1A 00 00 00 93 01 1A
00 01 00 86 01 1B 00 01 00 85 01 1B 00 00 00 82
01 1C 00 01 00 81 01 1C 00 00 00 84 01 1D 00 01
00 83 01 1D 00 00 00 9B 01 1E 00 00 00 9C 01 1E
00 01 00 9D 01 1E 00 02 00 9E 01 1E 00 03 00 8D
01 1F 00 00 00 8E 01 1F 00 01 00 EA 00 20 00 00
00 EB 00 20 00 01 00 EC 00 20 00 02 00 28 00 21
00 00 00 29 00 21 00 01 00 2A 00 21 00 02 00 2B
00 22 00 00 00 FF FF 00 00 00 00
Handle 0xDA02, DMI type 218, 251 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DA FB 02 DA B2 00 0D 5F 1F 37 40 2C 00 23 00 00
00 E7 00 24 00 01 00 E6 00 24 00 00 00 0E 01 25
00 01 00 0F 01 25 00 00 00 9B 00 26 00 01 00 9C
00 26 00 00 00 87 00 27 00 01 00 88 00 27 00 00
00 4D 01 28 00 01 00 4C 01 28 00 00 00 51 01 29
00 00 00 50 01 29 00 01 00 87 01 2A 00 00 00 88
01 2A 00 01 00 01 01 2B 00 00 00 02 01 2B 00 01
00 04 01 2B 00 02 00 37 01 2C 00 00 00 38 01 2C
00 01 00 D9 01 2D 00 01 00 D8 01 2D 00 00 00 C1
01 2E 00 00 00 C3 01 2E 00 01 00 C2 01 2E 00 02
00 DF 01 2F 00 01 00 DE 01 2F 00 00 00 EA 01 30
00 00 00 EB 01 30 00 01 00 EC 01 31 00 00 00 ED
01 31 00 01 00 00 02 32 00 00 00 01 02 32 00 01
00 45 01 45 01 01 00 44 01 44 01 00 00 00 80 00
80 01 00 00 A0 00 A0 01 00 05 80 05 80 01 00 76
01 76 01 01 00 FF FF 00 00 00 00
Handle 0xDA03, DMI type 218, 65 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DA 41 03 DA B2 00 0D 5F 1F 37 40 75 01 75 01 01
00 E3 01 E3 01 00 00 E1 01 E1 01 01 00 E2 01 E2
01 02 00 01 F0 01 F0 00 00 02 F0 02 F0 00 00 03
F0 03 F0 00 00 04 F0 04 F0 00 00 FF FF 00 00 00
00
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Dell Inc.
Version: A13
Release Date: 07/28/2008
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 2048 kB
Characteristics:
ISA is supported
PCI is supported
PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported
PNP is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
3.5"/720 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
AGP is supported
Smart battery is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Function key-initiated network boot is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
BIOS Revision: 1.3
Firmware Revision: 1.3
Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Latitude D630
Version: Not Specified
Serial Number: 1VP1D3J
UUID: 44454C4C-5600-1050-8031-B1C04F44334A
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: Not Specified
Family:
Handle 0x0200, DMI type 2, 9 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name:
Version:
Serial Number: .1VP1D3J. .
Handle 0x0300, DMI type 3, 13 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Type: Portable
Lock: Not Present
Version: Not Specified
Serial Number: 1VP1D3J
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
Handle 0x0301, DMI type 126, 13 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x0400, DMI type 4, 40 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: Microprocessor
Type: Central Processor
Family: <OUT OF SPEC>
Manufacturer: Intel
ID: FB 06 00 00 FF FB EB BF
Version: Not Specified
Voltage: 3.3 V
External Clock: 200 MHz
Max Speed: 2000 MHz
Current Speed: 2000 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: None
L1 Cache Handle: 0x0700
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0701
L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: Not Specified
Core Count: 2
Core Enabled: 2
Thread Count: 2
Characteristics:
64-bit capable
Handle 0x0700, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: Not Specified
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 32 KB
Maximum Size: 32 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Unknown
Installed SRAM Type: Unknown
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: None
System Type: Data
Associativity: 4-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0701, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: Not Specified
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2
Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 4096 KB
Maximum Size: 4096 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Pipeline Burst
Installed SRAM Type: Pipeline Burst
Speed: 15 ns
Error Correction Type: None
System Type: Unified
Associativity: Other
Handle 0x0800, DMI type 126, 9 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x0801, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: SERIAL1
Internal Connector Type: None
External Reference Designator: Not Specified
External Connector Type: DB-9 male
Port Type: Serial Port 16550A Compatible
Handle 0x0803, DMI type 126, 9 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x0804, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: USB
Internal Connector Type: None
External Reference Designator: Not Specified
External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB)
Port Type: USB
Handle 0x0805, DMI type 126, 9 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x0806, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: MONITOR
Internal Connector Type: None
External Reference Designator: Not Specified
External Connector Type: DB-15 female
Port Type: Video Port
Handle 0x0808, DMI type 126, 9 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x080A, DMI type 126, 9 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x080B, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: FireWire
Internal Connector Type: None
External Reference Designator: Not Specified
External Connector Type: IEEE 1394
Port Type: Firewire (IEEE P1394)
Handle 0x080C, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: Modem
Internal Connector Type: None
External Reference Designator: Not Specified
External Connector Type: RJ-11
Port Type: Modem Port
Handle 0x080D, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: Ethernet
Internal Connector Type: None
External Reference Designator: Not Specified
External Connector Type: RJ-45
Port Type: Network Port
Handle 0x0900, DMI type 9, 13 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: PCMCIA 0
Type: 32-bit PC Card (PCMCIA)
Current Usage: Available
Length: Other
ID: Adapter 0, Socket 0
Characteristics:
5.0 V is provided
3.3 V is provided
PC Card-16 is supported
Cardbus is supported
Zoom Video is supported
Modem ring resume is supported
Handle 0x0902, DMI type 126, 13 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x0A00, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
Type: Video
Status: Enabled
Description: Quadro NVS 135M
Handle 0x0A01, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
Type: Sound
Status: Enabled
Description: Sigmatel 9205
Handle 0x0B00, DMI type 11, 5 bytes
OEM Strings
String 1: Dell System
String 2: 5[0003]
String 3: 13[PP18L]
Handle 0x0D00, DMI type 13, 22 bytes
BIOS Language Information
Installable Languages: 1
en|US|iso8859-1
Currently Installed Language: en|US|iso8859-1
Handle 0x1000, DMI type 16, 15 bytes
Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: None
Maximum Capacity: 4 GB
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Number Of Devices: 2
Handle 0x1100, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x1000
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 1024 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: DIMM_A
Bank Locator: Not Specified
Type: DDR
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
Manufacturer: 7F7F7F0B00000000
Serial Number: ED37232A
Asset Tag: 000742
Part Number: NT1GT64U8HB0BN-3C
Handle 0x1101, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x1000
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 1024 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: DIMM_B
Bank Locator: Not Specified
Type: DDR
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
Manufacturer: 7F7F7F0B00000000
Serial Number: C6372326
Asset Tag: 000742
Part Number: NT1GT64U8HB0BN-3C
Handle 0x1301, DMI type 19, 15 bytes
Memory Array Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
Range Size: 2 GB
Physical Array Handle: 0x1000
Partition Width: 0
Handle 0x1401, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
Range Size: 2 GB
Physical Device Handle: 0x1100
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x1301
Partition Row Position: 1
Interleave Position: 1
Interleaved Data Depth: 8
Handle 0x1411, DMI type 126, 19 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x1402, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
Range Size: 2 GB
Physical Device Handle: 0x1101
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x1301
Partition Row Position: 1
Interleave Position: 2
Interleaved Data Depth: 8
Handle 0x1412, DMI type 126, 19 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x1500, DMI type 21, 7 bytes
Built-in Pointing Device
Type: Touch Pad
Interface: Bus Mouse
Buttons: 2
Handle 0x1600, DMI type 22, 26 bytes
Portable Battery
Location: Sys. Battery Bay
Manufacturer: Sony
Name: DELL KP42884
Design Capacity: 52000 mWh
Design Voltage: 11100 mV
SBDS Version: 1.0
Maximum Error: 8%
SBDS Serial Number: 75CE
SBDS Manufacture Date: 2008-04-06
SBDS Chemistry: LION
OEM-specific Information: 0x00000001
Handle 0x1601, DMI type 126, 26 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x1602, DMI type 126, 26 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x1B00, DMI type 27, 12 bytes
Cooling Device
Type: Fan
Status: OK
OEM-specific Information: 0x0000DD00
Handle 0x1C00, DMI type 28, 20 bytes
Temperature Probe
Description: CPU Internal Temperature
Location: Processor
Status: OK
Maximum Value: 127.0 deg C
Minimum Value 0.0 deg C
Resolution: 1.000 deg C
Tolerance: 0.5 deg C
Accuracy: Unknown
OEM-specific Information: 0x0000DC00
Handle 0x2000, DMI type 32, 11 bytes
System Boot Information
Status: No errors detected
Handle 0xB000, DMI type 176, 5 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
B0 05 00 B0 2F
Handle 0xB100, DMI type 177, 12 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
B1 0C 00 B1 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Handle 0xB200, DMI type 178, 6 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
B2 06 00 B2 99 99
Handle 0xD000, DMI type 208, 10 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
D0 0A 00 D0 01 04 FE 00 F9 01
Handle 0xD100, DMI type 126, 12 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0xD200, DMI type 210, 12 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
D2 0C 00 D2 F8 03 04 03 06 80 04 05
Handle 0xD800, DMI type 216, 9 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
D8 09 00 D8 01 03 01 F0 03
Strings:
NVidia Corp.
060.086.068.000.016.000
Handle 0xD900, DMI type 217, 8 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
D9 08 00 D9 01 02 01 03
Strings:
US-101
Proprietary
Handle 0xDB00, DMI type 219, 9 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DB 09 00 DB 03 01 02 03 FF
Strings:
System Device Bay
Floppy, Battery, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD, DVD+RW, DVD+/-RW, Hard Disk, BLU-RAY
CDRW+DVD
Handle 0xDB80, DMI type 126, 9 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0xDB81, DMI type 126, 9 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x8100, DMI type 129, 8 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
81 08 00 81 01 01 02 01
Strings:
Intel_ASF
Dell_ASF_001
Handle 0xDC00, DMI type 220, 22 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DC 16 00 DC 01 F0 00 00 02 F0 00 00 00 00 03 F0
04 F0 00 00 00 00
Handle 0xDD00, DMI type 221, 19 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DD 13 00 DD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00
Handle 0xD400, DMI type 212, 47 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
D4 2F 00 D4 74 00 75 00 00 10 2D 2E 5C 00 78 BF
40 5D 00 78 BF 00 2D 01 1D EF 10 2E 01 1D EF 00
08 00 1D DF 00 03 00 1D DF 00 FF FF 00 00 00
Handle 0xD401, DMI type 212, 17 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
D4 11 01 D4 74 00 75 00 03 40 49 4A FF FF 00 00
00
Handle 0xDE00, DMI type 222, 16 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DE 10 00 DE 01 02 FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01
Handle 0x7F00, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table
Now I'm interested in this area:
System Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Latitude D630
Version: Not Specified
Serial Number: 1VP1D3J
UUID: 44454C4C-5600-1050-8031-B1C04F44334A
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: Not Specified
Family:
Within that section specifically this:
Serial Number: 1VP1D3JNow my issue is that when you run dmidecode | grep "Serial Number:" it returns multiple entries of the "Serial Number:" field - how can I grep it so that it only displays that one serial number entry so that I can display it with conky?
Michael Deats
November 19th, 2010, 01:23 PM
There's probably a better way of doing it but with my limited knowlegde this works.
dmidecode | grep -A 7 "System Information" | grep "Serial Number:" | awk '{print $3}'
This works perfectly! How would one go about incorporating this into conky? I'm very limited in my knowledge with conky, and all the guides I find are the "install this then paste this into .conkyrc" - so it does not really explain the structure or syntax of the file.
Thanks so much for the help you guys have given so far!
stinkeye
November 19th, 2010, 02:27 PM
Firstly, after reading the manual page for dmidecode you can use the -s
option with dmidecode to get the info you need with
sudo dmidecode -s system-serial-number
Hope that's showing the right serial number.
Because you can't run sudo commands from within conky you have to get rid of the need for root access to issue the command.
sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/dmidecode
You should be able to use dmidecode in the terminal now without the need for sudo.
Now to show the output in conky you put this line in your conky config below
the word "TEXT"
${pre_exec dmidecode -s system-serial-number}
The pre_exec variable executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything and puts output as text.
This is used when the output of the command doesn't change so it doesn't need to run every time conky updates.
The update interval of conky is determined by update_interval in the config.
If you need help in creating a conky config let me know:
* If you want anything else displayed
* Color of the backgound
* Size and color of text
* Position on screen eg top left, bottom right
This config will display as in pic.
background yes
update_interval 10.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent no
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_colour 000000
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 60 5
alignment br
gap_x 5
gap_y 10
use_xft yes
xftfont Monospace:size=10
xftalpha 0.8
uppercase no
override_utf8_locale yes
use_spacer right
text_buffer_size 256
default_color ffffff
default_shade_color 333333
default_outline_color 00ff00
draw_shades yes
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no
# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes
# colours
#off white
color1 BDAC88
# cream
color2 D2B16A
# cyan
#color3 08A1A1
# bluemoon
color3 919FAA
# yellow
color4 F1BC49
# Green
color5 00940F
#dark cyan
color6 074C4C
#grey
color7 6b6b6b
#orange
color8 AF560D
#yellow
color9 F1BC49
TEXT
S/N:${pre_exec dmidecode -s system-serial-number}
Save this as .conkyrc in the home directory.
Few notes
When "conky" is executed it first looks in the home folder for a .conkyrc file.
If there is no .conkyrc it will load the default config at /etc/conky/conky.conf
You can also name your config file anything you want and start with
conky -c /path/to/your/config
It is also recommended to delay the start of conky at boot when using gnome
eg
#!/bin/bash
#start Conky with a 20 second delay
sleep 20
conky
Michael Deats
November 21st, 2010, 07:49 PM
Firstly, after reading the manual page for dmidecode you can use the -s
option with dmidecode to get the info you need with
sudo dmidecode -s system-serial-numberHope that's showing the right serial number.
Because you can't run sudo commands from within conky you have to get rid of the need for root access to issue the command.
sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/dmidecodeYou should be able to use dmidecode in the terminal now without the need for sudo.
Now to show the output in conky you put this line in your conky config below
the word "TEXT"
${pre_exec dmidecode -s system-serial-number}If you need help in creating a conky config let me know:
* If you want anything else displayed
* Color of the backgound
* Size and color of text
* Position on screen eg top left, bottom right
This config will display as in pic.
background yes
update_interval 10.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent no
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_colour 000000
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 60 5
alignment br
gap_x 5
gap_y 10
use_xft yes
xftfont Monospace:size=10
xftalpha 0.8
uppercase no
override_utf8_locale yes
use_spacer right
text_buffer_size 256
default_color ffffff
default_shade_color 333333
default_outline_color 00ff00
draw_shades yes
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no
# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes
# colours
#off white
color1 BDAC88
# cream
color2 D2B16A
# cyan
#color3 08A1A1
# bluemoon
color3 919FAA
# yellow
color4 F1BC49
# Green
color5 00940F
#dark cyan
color6 074C4C
#grey
color7 6b6b6b
#orange
color8 AF560D
#yellow
color9 F1BC49
TEXT
S/N:${pre_exec dmidecode -s system-serial-number}Save this as .conkyrc in the home directory.
Few notes
When "conky" is executed it first looks in the home folder for a .conkyrc file.
If there is no .conkyrc it will load the default config at /etc/conky/conky.conf
You can also name your config file anything you want and start with
conky -c /path/to/your/configIt is also recommended to delay the start of conky at boot when using gnome
eg
#!/bin/bash
#start Conky with a 20 second delay
sleep 20
conky
Thanks for the help so far! I'm going to have fun with this when I get back to my test machine :P Btw, out of curiosity - why is it recommended to start conky with the 20 sec delay?
stinkeye
November 21st, 2010, 08:11 PM
Thanks for the help so far! I'm going to have fun with this when I get back to my test machine :P Btw, out of curiosity - why is it recommended to start conky with the 20 sec delay?
When using gnome you need to give time for the desktop to load otherwise Conky sometimes doesn't display properly.
randumnumber
November 21st, 2010, 09:05 PM
Here is a link to the Man page for conky:
http://conky.sourceforge.net/docs.html
Here is a link for all of the commands and syntax on how to use them available in a standard conky install:
http://conky.sourceforge.net/config_settings.html
Some examples conky scripts:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=281865&page=50
And here is a script to load conky 10 seconds after boot.. to ensure it loads properly
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1475063
Hopefully this plus the info above will help you make a nice looking conky script.
Michael Deats
November 22nd, 2010, 06:34 AM
Here is a link to the Man page for conky:
http://conky.sourceforge.net/docs.html
Here is a link for all of the commands and syntax on how to use them available in a standard conky install:
http://conky.sourceforge.net/config_settings.html
Some examples conky scripts:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=281865&page=50
And here is a script to load conky 10 seconds after boot.. to ensure it loads properly
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1475063
Hopefully this plus the info above will help you make a nice looking conky script.
Thanks for the info! Loads of fun to be had with this!
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