Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[42dorian]

Heads up!

I just updated conkyForecast from 2.12 -> 2.13 on Ubu 10.10

When I was done, conkyForecast couldn't find Python2, e.g. my Weather Forecast quit working.

Problem: /usr/bin contains a simlink for Python, but not Python2.

The fix was simple...

$ sudo ln -s python2.6 /usr/bin/python2

The result...

vindsl@Zuul:~$ sudo ln -s python2.6 /usr/bin/python2

vindsl@Zuul:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/python*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       9 2010-10-10 04:44 /usr/bin/python -> python2.6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       9 2010-10-26 01:43 /usr/bin/python2 -> python2.6
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2279976 2010-09-15 09:21 /usr/bin/python2.6

Problem solved!

I thank you good sir! Though... question... for those of us addicted, does this count as a tweak on Conky? 'Cause really all we did was allow Conky to see what it couldn't before... Have we "Fallen off the Wagon" so to speak by doing this?

[42dorian]

Sunset and Sunrise weather code:

some code I hacked together that someone may be interested in...

First: go here... http://weather.yahoo.com/ and get your %z variable by entering your Zip Code

Replace the last numerical value of the resulting url for z
(Mine is http://weather.yahoo.com/united-stat...town-12776844/) so "my" %z becomes 12776844)

z=12776844;curl -s http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=$z|grep astronomy| awk -F" '{print $2 "n" $4;}'

I stuck this in my .bashrc rather than write ANOTHER conky file.
"Insanity is repeating the same code over and over expecting different results"...

echo Sunrise is at `z=12776844;curl -s http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=$z|grep astronomy| awk -F" '{print $2}'`
echo Sunset is at `z=12776844;curl -s http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=$z|grep astronomy| awk -F" '{print $4}'`

enjoy the goodness!?

Actually, conkyForecast does that in it's own funciton. Just call -d SS for Sunset and -d SR for sunrise from the conkyForecast function. Looks something like

Sunrise is at: ${execi 3600 conkyForecast -l (Your Location Code) -d SR}
Sunset is at: ${execi 3600 conkyForecast -l (Your Location Code) -d SS}

And what's better is that you don't have to be American to use conkyForecast, whereas that yahoo method only describes the USA zip code method.

[Habitual]

Actually, conkyForecast does that in it's own funciton. Just call -d SS for Sunset and -d SR for sunrise from the conkyForecast function. Looks something like

Sunrise is at: ${execi 3600 conkyForecast -l (Your Location Code) -d SR}
Sunset is at: ${execi 3600 conkyForecast -l (Your Location Code) -d SS}

And what's better is that you don't have to be American to use conkyForecast, whereas that yahoo method only describes the USA zip code method.

I was just demonstrating an alternative to writing more conky code.

[djyoung4]

I actually read this thread every day! Roughly 50 times a day. While I'm bored at work...

you are really bored at work. Probably should explain or post the CCCC license in order to enlighten some of our newer forum members.

[42dorian]

I was just demonstrating an alternative to writing more conky code.

Funny enough, conkyForecast works at command line too. Go ahead and type conkyForecast -l (your location code) -d SS (or SR) into your nearest prompt and it'll spit out the time. It doesn't only work for Conky. And a LOT less text to deal with too.

[Habitual]

Funny enough, conkyForecast works at command line too. Go ahead and type conkyForecast -l (your location code) -d SS (or SR) into your nearest prompt and it'll spit out the time. It doesn't only work for Conky. And a LOT less text to deal with too.

Thanks for the tip, but you're preaching to the choir.

[Jonny87]

OK so I've tried looking this up but couldn't find much in the time that I had, and I've tried a few tweaks myself but couldn't work it out.

How can I get conky to run across the full desktop?

The current screen resolution I'm working with if it matters is 1280x800.

[miegiel]

OK so I've tried looking this up but couldn't find much in the time that I had, and I've tried a few tweaks myself but couldn't work it out.

How can I get conky to run across the full desktop?

The current screen resolution I'm working with if it matters is 1280x800.

minimum_size 1280 800
maximum_width 1280
gap_x 0
gap_y 0

[42dorian]

minimum_size 1280 800
maximum_width 1280
gap_x 0
gap_y 0

I think I'll add that you might want to make sure you aren't covering up anything you need to click on. I can't remember which one it is, but I believe you want a different window type than "Normal" so that it does this.

Thanks for the tip, but you're preaching to the choir.

Well then! Happy Forecasting! Though, I don't know what possessed you to go the roundabout way with Yahoo there. Just for kicks? Bored typing "conkyForecast" so much? "Because it's a Challenge"? Just curious.

[Jonny87]

minimum_size 1280 800
maximum_width 1280
gap_x 0
gap_y 0

Tried this but still looks the same.
Any ideas?