Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[Boiz]

Hey,


I just started with conky-colors in Karmic.
After following the instructions and commands I can't find the .conkyrc file
though after the last command I got the right message ("Congrats your conkyrc ...").
It's definitely not in my home folder.

Latest version of conky-colors & conky 1.7.2.

Any help would be appreciated.

The same for me "Congrats..." But where is the .conkyrc ??

[VCoolio]

The same for me "Congrats..." But where is the .conkyrc ??

In these cases try to do 'appname --help' or 'man appname' in a terminal or find the homepage. Anyway, you can create the file yourself, or let conky create a default conkyrc to get you going:
conky -C > ~/.conkyrc

If you run just 'conky' it will first look for ~/.conkyrc, then the conkyrc that comes with the package. You can specify any other rc with:
conky -c /path/to/config

[VCoolio]

Hi thanks for the tip.

My problem is that I do not want to show couple lines of text. I want to show whole page of texts on my desktop. I do not plan to use any other utility command in Conky at all, just plain text but full desktop size.

All the commands I tried

"$head", it does not update properly. Conky never udpates the display

"$cat", it does update fine however my text is dipslayed at the bottom of the screen

-----------------|
|                |
|                |
|                |
|        Text is |
|          here  |
-----------------|

"$tail", it seems to work better. I managed to move the text little higher with tail. Something like this

-----------------|
|                |
|        Text is |
|           here |
|        Text is |
|          here  |
-----------------|

But I want to be able to use the whole desktop for showing text if I can

Please post your config so we can have a look. At least you'll need a high number for text_buffer_size. Also I wonder why you don't create something like a terminal widget on your desktop. Gnome-terminal, roxterm, vte all support true transparancy, the latter two being very lightweight; configure the window manager to forget about the window decoration; configure the terminal settings to not show the menubar and that would be about it.

[PatrickMoore]

is there a script i can use or a variable that will tell me how much charge time i have on my battery?

[degan]

I have installed KK..
Now this is conky:

deegan@deegan-karmic:~$ conky -Version
Conky 1.7.2 compiled Fri Oct 23 15:55:48 UTC 2009 for Linux 2.6.24-23-server (i686)

Compiled in features:

System config file: /etc/conky/conky.conf
Package library path: /usr/lib/conky

 X11:
  * Xdamage extension
  * XDBE (double buffer extension)
  * Xft

 Music detection:
  * MPD
  * MOC

 General:
  * math
  * hddtemp
  * portmon
  * Curl
  * RSS
  * Weather (METAR)
  * Weather (XOAP)
  * wireless
  * support for IBM/Lenovo notebooks
  * nvidia
  * eve-online
  * config-output
  * Imlib2
  * ALSA mixer support
  * apcupsd
  * iostats
  * Lua

  Lua bindings:
   * Cairo
   * Imlib2
deegan@deegan-karmic:~$

If I launch the conky in.lua with:
cpu0 cpu1 battery_percent memperc fs_used_perc
OK..
But if:

{
	name='wireless_link_qual_perc',
	arg='wlan0',
	max=100,
	bg_colour=0x3399cc,
	bg_alpha=0.2,
	fg_colour=0x3399cc,
	fg_alpha=0.6,
	x=350, y=100,
	radius=25,
	thickness=5,
	start_angle=-90,
	end_angle=180
    },
    {
	name='upspeedf',
	arg='wlan0',
	max=100,
	bg_colour=0x3399cc,
	bg_alpha=0.2,
	fg_colour=0x3399cc,
	fg_alpha=0.3,
	x=350, y=100,
	radius=15,
	thickness=4,
	start_angle=-90,
	end_angle=180
    },
    {
	name='downspeedf',
	arg='wlan0',
	max=100,
	bg_colour=0x3399cc,
	bg_alpha=0.2,
	fg_colour=0x3399cc,
	fg_alpha=0.3,
	x=350, y=100,
	radius=20,
	thickness=4,
	start_angle=-90,
	end_angle=180
     },
     {
	name='fs_used_perc',
	arg='/media/Xp black',
	max=100,
	bg_colour=0x3399cc,
	bg_alpha=0.2,
	fg_colour=0x3399cc,
	fg_alpha=0.3,
	x=900, y=40,
	radius=20,
	thickness=4,
	start_angle=-90,
	end_angle=180
	},
	{
	name='fs_used_perc',
	arg='/media/Xp black',
	max=100,
	bg_colour=0x3399cc,
	bg_alpha=0.2,
	fg_colour=0x3399cc,
	fg_alpha=0.2,
	x=900, y=40,
	radius=15,
	thickness=4,
	start_angle=-90,
	end_angle=180
	},

deegan@deegan-karmic:~$ conky -c .conkyrc3
Conky: desktop window (20000bc) is subwindow of root window (109)
Conky: window type - override
Conky: drawing to created window (0x4e00001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_clock_rings execution failed: /home/deegan/Scrivania/clock_rings.lua:314: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'value' (a nil value)
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_clock_rings execution failed: /home/deegan/Scrivania/clock_rings.lua:314: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'value' (a nil value)
^CConky: received SIGINT or SIGTERM to terminate. bye!
deegan@deegan-karmic:~$

[dmillerct]

is there a script i can use or a variable that will tell me how much charge time i have on my battery?

You can use ${battery} or ${battery_percent} ${battery_time}, etc.

Check out the conky objects page for the complete list of variables:

http://conky.sourceforge.net/variables.html

[varsamakos]

In these cases try to do 'appname --help' or 'man appname' in a terminal or find the homepage. Anyway, you can create the file yourself, or let conky create a default conkyrc to get you going:
conky -C > ~/.conkyrc

If you run just 'conky' it will first look for ~/.conkyrc, then the conkyrc that comes with the package. You can specify any other rc with:
conky -c /path/to/config

I know that I can make the file but the question is where's
the output file after configuring conky-colors ? :/

[Boiz]

In these cases try to do 'appname --help' or 'man appname' in a terminal or find the homepage. Anyway, you can create the file yourself, or let conky create a default conkyrc to get you going:
conky -C > ~/.conkyrc

If you run just 'conky' it will first look for ~/.conkyrc, then the conkyrc that comes with the package. You can specify any other rc with:
conky -c /path/to/config

Thanks but it doesn't work. Now I have the .conkyrc but nothing comes after Alt+F2 "conky"..

I just want to install that conky : http://www.cairo-dock.org/mc_element.php?a=3&e=140


Does someone has this conkyrc please ??

[kartal]

Please post your config so we can have a look. At least you'll need a high number for text_buffer_size. Also I wonder why you don't create something like a terminal widget on your desktop. Gnome-terminal, roxterm, vte all support true transparancy, the latter two being very lightweight; configure the window manager to forget about the window decoration; configure the terminal settings to not show the menubar and that would be about it.

Hi

That sounds like a nice tip. I did not about such features.


thanks

[PatrickMoore]

battery is on there... however is there another variable i need enter if i have a 12 cell battery? reason being is that my battery reading is still showing full even though it is indeed discharging... currently at 82.7 my time till dead line isn't working either