Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[aonegodman]

Bruce said -

Tell me what files you have in:

/.conkyscripts
and
~/scripts

You should have
~/.conkyscripts
conkymain
conkyweather
~/scripts
weather.sh
weather.xslt

That is correct! I do.

[Bruce M.]

Found this line in my weather.sh file:

STEP
# you probably don't need to modify anything below this point....

# CURL url. Use cc=* for current forecast or dayf=10 to get a multi-day forecast
CURLURL="http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/$LOCID?dayf=10&unit=$UNITS&cc=*"

Do I need to do something here?

You really lost me here.
What are you trying to do?

EDIT: I know now ...

Do nothing with this

# CURL url. Use cc=* for current forecast or dayf=10 to get a multi-day forecast
CURLURL="http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/$LOCID?dayf=10&unit=$UNITS&cc=*"

but highter up in this file your see:

# your Location ID: use http://xoap.weather.com/search/search?where=[yourcity] to find it 
# U.S. users can just use their zip code; doubt that works for anyone else though (YMMV)
LOCID=USTN132

Where is says: LOCID= make sure you have it like the code above

[aonegodman]

Bruce -

This is a copy of the weather.sh file that you originally provided in your first post.

I started by following your 7 step tutorial and copied your examples to suggested locations

and I'm modifying them as instructed to meet my local needs.

This file should be familiar to you?

[corney91]

BUT! if I close CLI then conky shuts down also.

You need to make the process independant to the terminal. Add brackets and an &:

(./.startconky &)

[Bruce M.]

Bruce -

This is a copy of the weather.sh file that you originally provided in your first post.

I started by following your 7 step tutorial and copied your examples to suggested locations

and I'm modifying them as instructed to meet my local needs.

This file should be familiar to you?

Yes, check post 1532 again

[aonegodman]

My conkyweather script:

# conkyweather script
#
#

background yes
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
use_spacer yes
use_xft yes
xftfont Candara:size=8
xftalpha 0.5
update_interval 1.0
draw_shades no
draw_outline no # amplifies text if yes
draw_borders no
uppercase no # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
stippled_borders 3
border_margin 9
border_width 10
default_color white
own_window_colour brown
own_window_transparent yes
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
gap_x 10
gap_y 25
# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

TEXT
${color cyan}WEATHER: ${hr 1}$color
${color white}${execi 60 ~/scripts/weather.sh USTN0132}$color



My weather.sh file:

#!/bin/sh

#
# Grab weather data from weather.com and format it according to the given XSLT
# Script written by boojit
# Modified by Hellf[i]re
# Modified by Vredfreak
# The orignal script and xslt can be downloaded from http://pondol.com/weather.tar.gz

# Usage:
# ${execi 1800 /path/to/weather/weather.sh location}
# Usage Example:
# ${execi 1800 /home/user/weather/weather.sh 03833}

# your Location ID: use http://xoap.weather.com/search/search?where=[yourcity] to find it
# U.S. users can just use their zip code; doubt that works for anyone else though (YMMV)
LOCID=37321

# s=standard units, m=metric units
UNITS=s

# where this script and the XSLT lives#
RUNDIR=~/scripts
Winnipeg
# there's probably other stuff besides CURL that will work for this, but i haven't
# tried any others.
# you can get curl at http://curl.haxx.se/
CURLCMD=/usr/bin/curl

# get it at http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/
XSLTCMD=/usr/bin/xsltproc#
STEP
# you probably don't need to modify anything below this point....

# CURL url. Use cc=* for current forecast or dayf=10 to get a multi-day forecast
CURLURL="http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/$LOCID?dayf=10&unit=$UNITS&cc=*"

# The XSLT to use when translating the response from weather.com
# You can modify this xslt to your liking
XSLT=$RUNDIR/weather.xslt

#filter (if you want to convert stuff to lower-case or upper case or something)
#FILTER="|gawk '{print(tolower(\$0));}'"


#####
eval "$CURLCMD \"$CURLURL\" 2>/dev/null| $XSLTCMD $XSLT - $FILTER"


My weather.xslt file:

<!--

This XSLT is used to translate an XML response from the weather.com
XML API.

You can format this file to your liking. Two things you may feel
like doing:

1) Modify the layout of the fields or static text already defined
2) Add other fields from the XML response file that aren't referenced in this
XSLT. You can grab a full list by just doing a:
wget "http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/$LOCID?cc=*&unit=$UNITS"
(change $LOCID and $UNITS to suit your needs)
-->

<xsl:stylesheet xmlnssl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0" >
<xslutput method="text" disable-output-escaping="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="weather">
<xsl:apply-templates select="loc"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="cc"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="dayf/day[@d='1']"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="loc">
<xsl:value-of select="dnam"/>
<xsl:text>

Lat: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="lat"/>
<xsl:text> Long: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="lon"/>
<xsl:text>
SUN: Rise: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="sunr"/>
<xsl:text> Set: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="suns"/>


</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="cc">
<xsl:text>

Temp: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="tmp"/><xsl:value-of select="/weather/head/ut"/>

<xsl:text> Feels Like: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="flik"/><xsl:value-of select="/weather/head/ut"/>
<xsl:text>

Conditions: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="t"/>
<xsl:text> Visibility: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="vis"/><xsl:text> KM</xsl:text>
<xsl:text>
Humidity: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="hmid"/><xsl:text>%</xsl:text>

<xsl:text> Wind: </xsl:text>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="wind/s = 'calm'"><xsl:text>0</xsl:text></xsl:when>
<xsltherwise><xsl:value-of select="wind/s"/></xsltherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:value-of select="/weather/head/us"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="wind/s = 'calm'"><xsl:text>(0kph)</xsl:text></xsl:when>
<xsltherwise><xsl:text> (</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="round(wind/s * 0.6214)"/><xsl:text> mph)</xsl:text></xsltherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:text> (</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="wind/t"/>
<xsl:text>)</xsl:text>

<xsl:text>

Barometric Pressure: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="bar/r"/>
<xsl:text> ~ and ~ </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="bar/d"/>

<xsl:text>

UV: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="uv/i"/>
<xsl:text> ~ </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="uv/t"/>

<xsl:text> Dew Point: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="dewp"/>

<xsl:text>

MOON: Icon: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="moon/icon"/>
<xsl:text> ~ </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="moon/t"/>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="dayf/day[@d='1']">
<xsl:text>

Tomorrow: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="low"/><xsl:value-of select="/weather/head/ut"/>
<xsl:text> to </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="hi"/><xsl:value-of select="/weather/head/ut"/>
<xsl:text> ~ </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="part[@p='d']/t"/>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="/weather/swa/a/t"/>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>


My conkymain script(originally 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 3.0

# Minimum size of text area
# minimum_size 250 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Fonts gs location
# font /var/lib/deforma/gs.d/dirs/fonts

# 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 grey

own_window_colour blue
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

# FORTUNE - move below TEXT for display
# ${color orange}FORTUNE ${hr 2}$color
# ${execi 120 fortune -s | fold -w50}

# Local Weather - move below TEXT for display
# ${color #e9c703}Local Weather:
# $color${execi 1800 /usr/bin/conky2/weather.gov.sh 0520}

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
$color
${color cyan}SYSTEM ${hr 2}$color
$nodename $sysname $kernel on $machine

${color cyan}CPU ${hr 2}$color
${freq}MHz Load: ${loadavg} Temp: ${acpitemp}
$cpubar
${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}

${color cyan}MEMORY / DISK ${hr 2}$color
RAM: $memperc% ${membar 6}$color
Swap: $swapperc% ${swapbar 6}$color

Root: ${fs_free_perc /}% ${fs_bar 6 /}$color
Home: ${fs_free_perc /home}% $color${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home} ${fs_bar 6 /home}$color

${color cyan}NETWORK (${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 cyan}LOGGING ${hr 2}$color
${execi 30 tail -n3 /var/log/messages | fold -w50}

You got it all - but wait - might as well see the .startconky file too:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 25 &&
conky -c ~/.conkyscripts/conkymain;
sleep 1 &&
conky -c ~/.conkyscripts/conkyweather;

There it is . . . . the whole kit and kabootle!

[Bruce M.]

You need to make the process independant to the terminal. Add brackets and an &:

(./.startconky &)

my ~/.startconky

#!/bin/bash
sleep 25 &&
conky -c ~/.conkyscripts/conkymain;
sleep 1 &&
conky -c ~/.conkyscripts/conkyweather;

Why the brackets?

[Bruce M.]

Huston we have BooBoos ... Bruce's BooBoos!

I'm sorry for putting you through this. -Bruce

My conkyweather script:

# conkyweather script

This is OK!

Here we correct MY booboos here - I'm sorry!

My weather.sh file:

# U.S. users can just use their zip code; doubt that works for anyone else though (YMMV)
LOCID=37321

If this doesn't work, and probably won't since you're using USTN132
Change it to:

# U.S. users can just use their zip code; doubt that works for anyone else though (YMMV)
LOCID=USTN132

Get rid of the word Winnipeg delete it completely. I'm so embarrassed here.

# where this script and the XSLT lives#
RUNDIR=~/scripts
Winnipeg
# there's probably other stuff besides CURL that will work for this, but i haven't
# tried any others.
# you can get curl at http://curl.haxx.se/
CURLCMD=/usr/bin/curl

Get rid of of the word STEP delete it completely. I'm doubly embarrassed here.

The rest is fine

My weather.xslt file:

That's OK too

My conkymain script(originally conkyrc):

You said this worked. So no need to look.

You got it all - but wait - might as well see the .startconky file too:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 25 &&
conky -c ~/.conkyscripts/conkymain;
sleep 1 &&
conky -c ~/.conkyscripts/conkyweather;

There it is . . . . the whole kit and kabootle!

OK, that's it, I think ( I have been wrong before) we're done.

BTW, when testing your conky, do what I do,
I open .startconky with gedit and change/save it to:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 1 &&
conky -c ~/.conkyscripts/conkymain;
sleep 1 &&
conky -c ~/.conkyscripts/conkyweather;

1 second each - that way you don't have to wait 25 seconds

Try this and let me know what happens.

[corney91]

Why the brackets?

Using the & sends the process to the background and the brackets (I think) makes it independant to the terminal so when you close the terminal, it doesn't close the processs as well.

[Bruce M.]

Using the & sends the process to the background and the brackets (I think) makes it independant to the terminal so when you close the terminal, it doesn't close the processs as well.

I knew about the & but not the brackets I have always used:

bruloo@The-Team:~$ killall conky
bruloo@The-Team:~$ ./.startconky

Today I'm using:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 25 &&
conky -c ~/.conkyscripts/conkymain;
#sleep 1 &&
#conky -c ~/.conkyscripts/conkyweather;
#sleep 1 &&
#conky -c ~/.conkyscripts/conkyw5;
#sleep 1 &&
#conky -c ~/.conkyscripts/conkytest;

Works for me.