Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[Nessa]

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 yes
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
$sysname $kernel on $machine

Uptime $alignr $uptime
Load $alignr $loadavg

Hostname $alignr $nodename
eth0 $alignr ${addr eth0}
Mobo CPU Temp $alignr ${hwmon temp 1}C ${hwmon temp 2}C
HDDlinux $alignr /dev/hdb ${execi 300 nc localhost 7634 | cut -c53-54 ;}C
HDDwindows $alignr /dev/hda ${execi 300 nc localhost 7634 | cut -c27-28 ;}C

CPU $alignr ${cpu cpu0}%
${cpubar cpu0}

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

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

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

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

$processes processes ($running_processes running)

${color white}Highest CPU:
${color de0b0b}${top name 1}${top_mem cpu 1}
${color white}${top name 2}${top cpu 2}
${top name 3}${top cpu 3}
${top name 4}${top cpu 4}
${top name 5}${top cpu 5}

${color white}Highest MEM:
${color de0b0b}${top_mem name 1}${top_mem mem 1}
${color white}${top_mem name 2}${top_mem mem 2}
${top_mem name 3}${top_mem mem 3}
${top_mem name 4}${top_mem mem 4}
${top_mem name 5}${top_mem mem 5}

${color}Networking:
Down:${color} $alignr ${downspeed eth0} k/s${color} ${offset 80}
$alignc ${downspeedgraph eth0 32,150 de0b0b de0b0b}
Up:${color} $alignr ${upspeed eth0} k/s ${offset 80}
$alignc ${upspeedgraph eth0 32,150 de0b0b de0b0b}

FINALLY! I found the key word "hwmon", added it and now works great! Thanks for all your help guys!

[Cammy]

Hmm, I think my CPU temp isn't working, or my CPU fan works so well that the temp never changes. It always says 25C, even when I first boot up.

Plus, I have an Intel CPU temp in addition to my AMD temp, even though I have no Intel anything on this board.

Here's my "sensors" output:

Adapter: SMBus nForce2 adapter at 5500
VCore 1:   +1.70 V  (min =  +1.31 V, max =  +1.97 V)       
+3.3V:     +3.38 V  (min =  +2.96 V, max =  +3.63 V)       
+5V:       +5.05 V  (min =  +4.49 V, max =  +5.51 V)       
+12V:     +11.73 V  (min =  +9.55 V, max = +14.41 V)       
-12V (reserved):
          -12.20 V  (min =  -0.00 V, max =  -0.00 V)       
-5V (reserved):
           -5.12 V  (min =  -0.00 V, max =  -0.00 V)       
CPU Fan:  7417 RPM  (min = 675000 RPM, div = 2)              
Chassis Fan:
          3426 RPM  (min = 42187 RPM, div = 2)              
Power Fan:   0 RPM  (min = 337500 RPM, div = 2)              
M/B Temp:    +34°C  (high =   +80°C, hyst =   +75°C)   
CPU Temp (Intel):
             +17°C  (high =   +80°C, hyst =   +75°C)   
Power Temp:
              -0°C  (high =   +80°C, hyst =   +75°C)   
CPU Temp (AMD):
             +25°C  (high =   +80°C, hyst =   +75°C)   
vid:      +1.650 V  (VRM Version 9.0)
alarms:   

w83l785ts-i2c-1-2e
Adapter: SMBus nForce2 adapter at 5500
temp:        +44°C  (high =  +110°C)

[Derspankster]

Here's my conkyrc file. I'm running a K8 board and can't seem to get the CPU temperature right. I get this weird "A" symbol after the temp reading. haven't been able to get rid of it. Any suggestions?

# Conky configuration
#
# the list of variables has been removed from this file in favour
# of keeping the documentation more maintainable.
# Check http://conky.sf.net for an up-to-date-list.

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes



# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 5x7
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
#font 8x13
#font 9x15
#font *mintsmild.se*
#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=8

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

# Print everything to stdout?
# out_to_console no

# MPD host/port
# mpd_host localhost
# mpd_port 6600
# mpd_password tinker_bell

# Print everything to console?
# out_to_console no

# mail spool
mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1.0

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes


# If own_window is yes, you may use type normal, desktop or override
own_window_type normal

# Use pseudo transparency with own_window?
own_window_transparent yes

# If own_window_transparent is set to no, you can set the background colour here
own_window_colour black

# If own_window is yes, these window manager hints may be used
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

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

#Maximum width
maximum_width 305

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 280 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Draw borders around graphs
draw_graph_borders yes

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 8

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 8

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color black

dexter_client no
dexter_server no
# config file for libdexter (default search path: $HOME/.dexterrc; /etc/libdexter/dexter.conf)
dexter_config

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
#alignment none

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 12
gap_y 30

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# none, xmms, bmp, audacious, infopipe (default is none)
none

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2


freq_dyn

# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 2

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale no

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer no

# Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
#max_port_monitor_connections 256

# Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns, etc.
#max_specials 512

# Maximum size of buffer for user text, i.e. below TEXT line.
#max_user_text 16384

# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
# stuff because of an argument

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
$nodename - $sysname $kernel on $machine
$stippled_hr
${color lightgrey}Uptime:$color $uptime ${color lightgrey}- Load:$color $loadavg
${color lightgrey}CPU Usage:${color #cc2222} $cpu% ${cpubar}
${color lightgrey}CPU Temperature: ${color lightgrey}${execi 2 cat /sys/bus/pci/drivers/k8temp/000*/temp1_input | cut -c1,2}°C
${color lightgrey}${execi 1000 cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sed -e 's/model name.*: //'} ${freq_dyn}Mhz
${color red}${cpugraph 0000ff 00ff00}
${color lightgrey}RAM Usage:$color $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${membar}
${color lightgrey}Swap Usage:$color $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${swapbar}
${color lightgrey}Processes:$color $processes  ${color grey}Running:$color $running_processes
$color$stippled_hr
${color lightgrey}Networking:
 Down:${color #8844ee} ${downspeed eth0} k/s${color lightgrey} ${offset 80}Up:${color #22ccff} ${upspeed eth0} k/s
${color #0000ff}${downspeedgraph eth0 32,150 ff0000 0000ff} ${color #22ccff}${upspeedgraph eth0 32,150 0000ff ff0000}
${color lightgrey}Hard Disks:
${color lightgrey} Root ${color lightgrey}${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}${alignr}${color #cc2222}${fs_bar 5,120 /}
${color lightgrey} Music ${color lightgrey}${fs_used /media/Music}/${fs_size /media/Music}${alignr}${color #cc2222}${fs_bar 5,120 /media/Music}
${color lightgrey} Photos ${color lightgrey}${fs_used /media/Photos}/${fs_size /media/Photos}${alignr}${color #cc2222}${fs_bar 5,120 /media/Photos}

${color}Name                PID     CPU%   MEM%
${color #ddaa00} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
${color}Mem usage
${color #ddaa00} ${top_mem name 1} ${top_mem pid 1} ${top_mem cpu 1} ${top_mem mem 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 2} ${top_mem pid 2} ${top_mem cpu 2} ${top_mem mem 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 3} ${top_mem pid 3} ${top_mem cpu 3} ${top_mem mem 3}
${tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log 3 30}
$stippled_hr
${color #ddaa00}Port(s)${alignr}#Connections   
$color Inbound: ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 count}  Outbound: ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 count}${alignr}ALL: ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}
${color #ddaa00}Inbound Connection ${alignr} Local Service/Port$color
 ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 0} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 0}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 1} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 1}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 2} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 2}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 3} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 3}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 4} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 4}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 5} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 5}
${color #ddaa00}Outbound Connection ${alignr} Remote Service/Port$color
 ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 0} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 0}
 ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 1} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 1}
 ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 2} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 2}
 ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 3} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 3}
 ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 4} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 4}
 ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 5} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 5}

[Derspankster]

Solved my problem with the weird "A" character. Turned out it was the "degree" symbol I was using. I deleted it and everything is now wonderful.

Original line

${color lightgrey}CPU Temperature: ${color lightgrey}${execi 2 cat /sys/bus/pci/drivers/k8temp/000*/temp1_input | cut -c1,2}°C

Modified line

${color lightgrey}CPU Temperature: ${color lightgrey}${execi 2 cat /sys/bus/pci/drivers/k8temp/000*/temp1_input | cut -c1,2}C

[RottenBananas]

I have a question.

All of the scripts you guys write to go along with conky...where did you learn how to write them? What would i need to do if i wanted to learn to script? Any useful tutorials for linux newbies? And what languages can be used for these scripts? any?

Thanks for the help

-Bananas

[lvleph]

[b]@DerSpankster:[b] The A symbol is a result of the font you are using.

@Bananas: There are online tutorials for all sorts of programming languages.

[NonPermissive]

@Bananas: It helps to look at sample configs like the ones you see here, that's how I started out. The man page (link) is also very useful. Good luck!

[Atomic Dog]

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont Trebuchet MS:size=9

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.9

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1.0

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes

# If own_window is yes, you may use type normal, desktop or override
own_window_type normal

# Use pseudo transparency with own_window?
own_window_transparent yes

# If own_window is yes, these window manager hints may be used
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

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

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 185 5

# Maximum width
maximum_width 185

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Draw borders around graphs
draw_graph_borders no

# Stippled borders?
# stippled_borders 8

# border margins
# border_margin 2

# border width
# border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color red
default_outline_color green

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
#alignment none

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 12
gap_y 12

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale no

# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen


TEXT
${color #88ECE0}SYSTEM ${hr 2}$color
 $nodename   $sysname 
 $kernel  on $machine 
${color #88ECE0}CPU ${hr 2}$color
 Current Speed:   ${freq}MHz   
 Load:${alignr}${loadavg}
 Uptime:${alignr}${uptime}
 ${color}Core 1 Usage:$color ${alignc} ${cpu cpu1}% ${color #EEEEEE}${cpubar cpu1}
 ${color}Core 2 Usage:$color ${alignc} ${cpu cpu2}% ${color #EEEEEE}${cpubar cpu2}
 ${cpugraph 000000 FFFF00}
 CPU                ${alignr}CPU%     MEM%
 ${top name 1}${alignr}${top cpu 1}    ${top mem 1}
 ${top name 2}${alignr}${top cpu 2}    ${top mem 2}
 ${top name 3}${alignr}${top cpu 3}    ${top mem 3}
 
 MEM              ${alignr}CPU%     MEM%
 ${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top_mem cpu 1}    ${top_mem mem 1}
 ${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top_mem cpu 2}    ${top_mem mem 2}
 ${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top_mem cpu 3}    ${top_mem mem 3}

${color #88ECE0}MEMORY / DISK ${hr 2}$color
 RAM:   $mem/$memmax - ${alignr}$memperc%
 ${color #EEEEEE}${membar 6}$color
 ROOT:  ${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}${alignr} -   ${fs_used_perc /}%   
 ${color #EEEEEE}${fs_bar 6 /}$color 
 ${color}DiskI/O:${color}${diskio} 
 ${diskiograph 000000 FFCC33}
${color #88ECE0}NETWORK ${hr 2}$color
 Wireless ip:$alignr${addr eth1}
 Signal Strength:$alignr${linkstatus  eth1}
 Speed:${alignr}${execi 20 /home/john/conky/.conkyrc_eth1} Mbits/sec
 Down: $color${downspeed eth1} k/s ${alignr}Up: ${upspeed eth1} k/s
 ${downspeedgraph eth1 25,93 000000 ff0000} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth1 
25,92 000000 00ff00}$color
 Total: ${totaldown eth1} ${alignr}Total: ${totalup eth1}
 Inbound: ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 count} Outbound: ${tcp_portmon 32768 
 61000 count}${alignr}Total: ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}

${color #88ECE0}LOCAL WEATHER: ${hr 2}
${color}${execi 1800 /home/john/conky/weather/weather.sh 85008}

[Bruce M.]

Here's my conkyrc file. I'm running a K8 board and can't seem to get the CPU temperature right. I get this weird "A" symbol after the temp reading. haven't been able to get rid of it. Any suggestions?

Change:

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale no

to:

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes

Try that and see.

[uzusan]

My current conky config.

(most of this was adapted from this page - http://howto.wikia.com/wiki/Howto_ad..._feed_to_Conky )

#avoid flicker

double_buffer yes



#own window to run simultanious 2 or more conkys

own_window  yes

own_window_transparent yes

own_window_type desktop

own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager 



#borders

draw_borders no

border_margin 1



#shades

draw_shades no



#position

gap_x 20

gap_y 50

alignment top_right



#behaviour

update_interval 1



#colour

default_color  8f8f8f

#default_shade_color 000000

own_window_colour 262626



#font

use_xft yes

xftfont bauhaus:pixelsize=10



#to prevent window from moving





TEXT
${color orange}Boing Boing ${hr 2}$color 
${color 000000}${execi 300 ~/.scripts/boingboing.pl}${color}

${color orange}Ars Technica ${hr 2}$color 
${color 000000}${execi 300 ~/.scripts/arstech.pl}${color}

${color orange}Slashdot ${hr 2}$color 
${color 000000}${execi 300 ~/.scripts/slashdot.pl}${color}

${color orange}Lifehacker ${hr 2}$color 
${color 000000}${execi 300 ~/.scripts/lifehacker.pl}${color}

${color orange}The Daily WTF ${hr 2}$color 
${color 000000}${execi 300 ~/.scripts/wtf.pl}${color}

${color orange}Status${hr 2}$color
${color 000000}Cpu: ${color}${color red}${font}${cpu}% ${color}
${color 000000}Mem: ${color}${color red}${font}${mem} ${color}
${color 000000}Up: ${color}${color red}${font}${uptime_short}${color}
${color 000000}Net Down: ${color} ${color red}${font}${downspeed eth0} Kb/s ${color}${color 000000} ${totaldown eth0} downloaded${color}
${color 000000}Net Up: ${color}${color red}${upspeed eth0} Kb/s ${color}${color 000000} ${totalup eth0} uploaded${color}
${color 000000}Root: ${color}${color red}${font}${fs_free /}${color}
${color 000000}Gmail: ${color}${color red}${execi 1 ~/.config/gmail.sh} New Messages${color}

It uses different perl files for each rss feed. the only change in each file is the URI for each feed.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

############################
# Creator: Jeff Israel
#
# Script:	./simple-rss-reader-v3.pl
# Version: 	3.001
#
# Coded for for Wikihowto http://howto.wikia.com
#
# Description: 	This code downloads an RSS feed, 
# 		extracts the <title> lines,
# 		cleans them up lines,
# 		prints the pretty lines
# 		exits on max-lines
# Usage:
# .conkyrc: ${execi [time] /path/to/script/simple-rss-reader-v3.pl}
#
# Usage Example
# ${execi 300 /path/to/script/simple-rss-reader-v3.pl}
#

use LWP::Simple;


############################
# Configs
#

#$rssPage = "http://tvrss.net/feed/combined/";
$rssPage = "http://feeds.boingboing.net/boingboing/iBag";
$numLines = 10;
$maxTitleLenght = 50;

###########################
# Code
#

# Downloading RSS feed
my $pageCont = get($rssPage);

# Spliting the page to lines
@pageLines = split(/\n/,$pageCont);

# Parse each line, strip no-fun data, exit on max-lines
$numLines--; #correcting count for loop
$x = 0;
foreach $line (@pageLines) {
	if($line =~ /\<title\>/){ # Is a good line?
		#print "- $line\n";
		$lineCat = $line;
		$lineCat =~ s/.*\<title\>//;
		$lineCat =~ s/\<\/title\>.*//;
		$lineCat =~ s/\[.{4,25}\]$//; # strip no-fun data ( [from blaaa] )
		$lineCat = substr($lineCat, 0, $maxTitleLenght);
		print "- $lineCat \n";
		$x++;
	}
	if($x > $numLines) {
		last; #exit on max-lines
	}
	
}

#print $page;
#print "\nBy Bye\n";

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