Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[xfile087]

Here's mine

[PartisanEntity]

Could someone explain to a newb how to write the pop3 entry in conky? From the conky site I found this:

Default global POP3 server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.

But I am not sure how to actually write that in the .conkyrc file?

Thank you

[Andifferous]

My code has been adapted from the code in the comments to this thread, and the thread here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...hlight=conkyrc

 # UBUNTU-CONKY
# A comprehensive conky script, configured for use on
# Ubuntu / Debian Gnome, without the need for any external scripts.
#
# Based on conky-jc and the default .conkyrc.
# INCLUDES:
# - tail of /var/log/messages 
# - netstat connections to your computer
#
# -- Pengo (conky@pengo.us)
#

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# fiddle with window
use_spacer yes
use_xft no

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1.0

# Minimum size of text area
# minimum_size 250 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Text stuff
draw_outline no # amplifies text if yes
draw_borders no
font arial
uppercase no # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 3

# border margins
border_margin 9

# border width
border_width 10

# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color grey90

own_window_colour brown
own_window_transparent yes

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 10
gap_y 10

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
$color
${color steel blue}SYSTEM ${hr 2}$color
Computer Name: $nodename 
Operating System: Ubuntu $sysname 6.06 LTS 
Kernel: $kernel 
Architecture: $machine
${time %a %d %b %Y %T}
Uptime: ${uptime}

${color steel blue}CPU ${hr 2}$color
AMD Duron ${freq}MHz   
Load: ${loadavg}   Temp: ${acpitemp}
Processes: ${processes}   Running: ${running_processes}

CPU: ${cpu 0}%   ${cpubar 6}
${cpugraph 000000 ffffff}
NAME             PID       CPU%      MEM%
${top name 1} ${top pid 1}   ${top cpu 1}    ${top mem 1}
${top name 2} ${top pid 2}   ${top cpu 2}    ${top mem 2}
${top name 3} ${top pid 3}   ${top cpu 3}    ${top mem 3}
${top name 4} ${top pid 4}   ${top cpu 4}    ${top mem 4}
${top name 5} ${top pid 5}   ${top cpu 5}    ${top mem 5}

${color steel blue}MEMORY ${hr 2}$color
RAM:   $memperc%  ${membar 6}$color
       ${mem} / ${memmax}

Swap:  $swapperc%   ${swapbar 6}$color
       ${swap} / ${swapmax}

${color steel blue}DISK ${hr 2}$color
Root:  ${fs_used_perc /}%   ${fs_bar 6 /}$color 
       ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /}

Andy:  ${fs_used_perc /mnt/files}%   ${fs_bar 6 /mnt/files}$color
       ${fs_used /mnt/files} / ${fs_size /mnt/files}

${color steel blue}NETWORK (${addr eth0}) ${hr 2}$color
Down: $color${downspeed eth0} k/s ${alignr}Up: ${upspeed eth0} k/s
${downspeedgraph eth0 25,140 000000 ff0000} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 
25,140 000000 00ff00}$color
Total: ${totaldown eth0} ${alignr}Total: ${totalup eth0}
Inbound: ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 count} Outbound: ${tcp_portmon 32768 
61000 count}${alignr}Total: ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}

${color steel blue}FORTUNE ${hr 2}$color
${execi 3600 fortune -s | fold -w50}

[dorcssa]

It's nice. Where have you found that background? It's beautiful!

[Andifferous]

Thank you
I made it originally for my gf, who loves killer whales (yes I know there are none there, lol). I had done this with some of the Flaming Pear filters that I had installed into Photoshop 7, I was probably using my windows partition so I could do a stats assignment for class, and I was likely stoned when I made the bg.
I started using the bg when my computer mysteriously at one I had of Tux as a borg.

[PartisanEntity]

How are colours defined? Where do I find the colour names or values? Thank you.

[PartisanEntity]

Here is what I have at the moment, it is a cut and paste job from things I have seen here

background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont HandelGotD:size=9
xftalpha 0.5
update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 200 5
maximum_width 200
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
default_color white
default_shade_color red
default_outline_color green
alignment top_right
gap_x 12
gap_y 48
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale no

TEXT
${color steel blue}$sysname $kernel on $machine

Uptime $alignr $uptime
Load $alignr $loadavg

Hostname $alignr $nodename
eth1 $alignr ${addr eth1}
ppp0 $alignr ${addr ppp0}

Inbound $alignr ${downspeed eth1} kb/s
Outbound $alignr ${upspeed eth1} kb/s

$processes processes ($running_processes running)

CPU $alignr ${cpu cpu0}%
${cpubar cpu0}
CPU Temp: ${acpitemp}C

MEM $alignc $mem / $memmax $alignr $memperc%
$membar

/ $alignc ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /}%
${fs_bar /}

swap $alignc $swap / $swapmax $alignr $swapperc%
${swapbar}

Mailbox One $alignr Mailbox Two
mail1: ${pop3_unseen mail.something.com mail1@something.com 1234 [-i] [-p]} $alignr mail2: ${pop3_unseen mail.something.com mail2@something.com 5678 [-i] [-p]} $color

[Andifferous]

Depends on how you would like to do it, I used words like "steel blue" and "grey", but you could use varying degrees such as "grey90" or html colors like "#FFF000"

[Andifferous]

Looks good, I like the colour manipulation that you did on the Dawn of Ubuntu background... hehe Dusk of Ubuntu.
I mentioned how to define the colours a minute ago to your question. I would like to ask how you changed the colour on the gnome panel. I can do it, but things like my notification area, or my menu bar don't take on the colours, they will stay the system default. I have tried even adding those things after changing the colour of gnome panel and still don't get desired results.

[PartisanEntity]

I am trying to remember if I did anything special but I don't think so, I simply right-clicked on the panels and changed their colours using the eye dropper as well as playing around with the opacity. I also used one of the how-to's here to change the font colour of the panels. That's all really.