Help with conky

[lepi420]

I have been searching the forums on how to configure and intsall conky on my computer well i gotten to the part where i finnished installing from terminal and now im lost on what to do next. Thank you.


Lepi

I have messanger if anyone wants to i.m me and help me out that would be awesome. Please send a message and i will give u my add

[4Orbs]

In the terminal, type conky and hit enter and it should appear on your desktop.

[2hot6ft2]

I have messanger if anyone wants to i.m me and help me out that would be awesome. Please send a message and i will give u my add

Then nobody else would benefit from the answers. That's what the forum is for

Setting up conky
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=867076
conky weather
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=869328
conky screenshots and configurations
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8713982
Conky website
http://conky.sourceforge.net/docs.html

My first conky

[tom.swartz07]

There are a TON of amazing conky config files.


The way conky works is thus;

when you launch conky, it looks for a file in your home directory titled .conkyrc (its normally hidden because its a 'dot file', click show hidden files in nautilus file browser to see them)

conky reads this file and outputs information on the desktop or window based on this.

There are many sites available to show you how to configure your .conkyrc file.

Here are some:
http://www.quicktweaks.com/2008/09/2...buntu-desktop/

If you want, You could even take my conky setup! Look at this thread here for that: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...17#post8741617

[2hot6ft2]

My conky configuration files are attached to this post.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...postcount=1970

By the way I just saw your bean count. Welcome to the forum.

[lepi420]

I dont even see a .conky folder in my home folder or anywhere......

[2hot6ft2]

I dont even see a .conky folder in my home folder or anywhere......

It's .conkyrc and it's a file NOT a folder. You have to unhide hidden files and folders using Ctrl+h or View > Show hidden files

[tom.swartz07]

I dont even see a .conky folder in my home folder or anywhere......

Please read all of the instructions CAREFULLY!
If you miss something or enter something wrong, you will end up with unnecessary problems and maybe even a headache... haha

Like the guy above me said. Its a .conkyrc file, It might not be there because you didnt create it yet. Just follow the instructions on my link to MY LOOK to see exactly how to set it up, you could always tweak it after that!