Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[El_Belgicano]

do you have double_buffer enabled in conky, as well as in your xorg.conf?

double_buffer yes --in .conkyrc or /etc/conky/conky.conf
Load dbe --in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

that should solve it.

It's done in .conkyrc, but not in xorg.conf, where does it need to be?
Also, I compiled conky 1.5.1, better said, I tried to compile, ... My conky isn't showing the whole text I want it to, and the "wireless" option isn't enabled when I thought it was with:

./configure --enable-wlan=yes

Can someone give me the proper compile command and the setting that need to be fixed please...
thnx in advance

[unutbu]

Bruce M., I like your wallpaper too.

TwinStinger, you can find Bruce M.'s wallpaper here:
01301_rubik_1280x102 + Google = http://www.zomgclan.com/nate/WG/

El_Belgicano, adding Load "dbe" to xorg.conf did nothing for me, but I have read it helps some people. If you wish to try it, here is what to do:

Edit your xorg.conf this way:

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Find the stanza that begins with Section "Module".
Add a line that says 'Load "dbe"':

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
EndSection

Save and exit.

Restart X by pressing CTRL-ALT-Backspace -- but be aware that this will kill all X applications (like Firefox) that may be running. You can check that dbe has been loaded by looking inside the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log. It should say something like

(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so

[markp1989]

how would i go about getting information from my Graphics card to display in conky?

i have a nvidia 6200 256mb of memory, and i want to display the temp, amount of memory used, and amount of cpu used.

thankyou for any help

[TwinStinger]

Thanks Bruce, I located the wallpaper after some googling and they had quiet a few nice wallpapers there.

The cube:
http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/details.php?id=1301

Index:
http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/

If I only could get that ¤%#"¤&¤& conkyweather to work the way I want it to I will post my conkyrc's

Thank you all for all sh's and configs, love this thread.

[John.Michael.Kane]

how would i go about getting information from my Graphics card to display in conky?

i have a nvidia 6200 256mb of memory, and i want to display the temp, amount of memory used, and amount of cpu used.

thankyou for any help

First make sure you have nvclock installed.

Next run:

nvclock -i | grep 'Card:'

Count the numbers corresponding to the information you want shown. You would grep for each piece of information you wish to show concerning your card.

Next you would use those numbers as cut numbers.

Examples are listed below. Edit the cut numbers to match the ones for your card.

GPU Temp: ${execi 30 nvclock -T | grep GPU | cut -c20-22}°C

Video Board Temp: ${execi 30 nvclock -T | grep Board | cut -c23-24}°C

Video RAM and clock: ${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'Amount:' | cut -c10-15} ${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'Type:' | cut -c16-20} @ ${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'Clock:' | cut -c10-20}

Video card model:${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'Card:' | cut -c16-30} @ ${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'GPU clock:' | cut -c13-23}

[cardinals_fan]

It's done in .conkyrc, but not in xorg.conf, where does it need to be?

That was my problem too. The flickering is gone now. Hooray!

[markp1989]

Heres my Current conkyrc

# 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 yes

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1.0

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 10 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Text stuff
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?
stippled_borders 8

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color 75B6D1
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color white

own_window_colour transparent
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 25
gap_y 30

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen



override_utf8_locale no
xftfont Monospace:size=8
xftalpha 0.8
TEXT
${offset 0}${color #ffffff}Date/Time: 
${offset 0}${color #ffffff} ${time %a, } ${color }${time %e %B %G}
${offset 0}${color #ffffff} ${time %Z,    }${color }${time %H:%M:%S}

${offset 0}${color #ffffff}System Info: 
${offset 0}${color #ffffff} UpTime: ${color }$uptime
${offset 0}${color #ffffff} Kern:${color }$kernel

${offset 0}${color #ffffff}CPU INFO: 
${offset 0}${color #ffffff} Speed: ${color }${freq_g} GHz
${offset 0}${color #ffffff} Temp:  ${color }${acpitemp} C
${offset 0}${color #ffffff} Load:  ${color }$cpu  %
${offset 0}${color #ffffff} Load Avg: ${color }$loadavg
${offset 0}${color #ffffff} Processes: ${color }$processes  
${offset 0}${color #ffffff} Running:   ${color }$running_processes

${offset 0}${color #ffffff}Video Card:
${offset 0}${color #ffffff} GPU Temp:    ${color }${execi 30 nvclock -T | grep GPU | cut -c20-22}°C
${offset 0}${color #ffffff} Video RAM:    ${color }${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'Amount:' | cut -c10-15} ${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'Type:' | cut -c16-20}
${offset 0}${color #ffffff} Memory Clock: ${color }${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'Clock:' | cut -c10-20}
${offset 0}${color #ffffff} GPU Clock:    ${color }${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'GPU clock:' | cut -c13-23}

${offset 0}${color #ffffff}Highest CPU:
${offset 0}${color } ${top name 1}${top_mem cpu 1}
${offset 0}${color } ${top name 2}${top cpu 2}

${offset 0}${color #ffffff}Highest MEM:
${offset 0}${color } ${top_mem name 1}${top_mem mem 1}
${offset 0}${color } ${top_mem name 2}${top_mem mem 2}

${offset 0}${color #ffffff}Memory and Storage:

${offset 0}${color #ffffff}MEM:
${offset 0}${color }$memperc% $mem/$memmax
${offset 0}${membar 3,150}
${offset 0}${color #ffffff}SWAP:
${offset 0}${color }$swapperc% $swap/$swapmax
${offset 0}${swapbar 3,150}
${offset 0}${color #ffffff}ROOT:
${offset 0}${color }${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}
${offset 0}${fs_bar 3,150 /}
${offset 0}${color #ffffff}HOME:
${offset 0}${color }${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home}
${offset 0}${fs_bar 3,150 /home}
${offset 0}${color #ffffff}DATA:
${offset 0}${color }${fs_used /media/data}/${fs_size /media/data}
${offset 0}${fs_bar 3,150 /media/data}

${color #ffffff}NETWORK (${addr eth0})
${color #ffffff}Down: $color${downspeed eth0} k/s 
${downspeedgraph eth0 25,150 000000 00ff00}
${color #ffffff}UP:   $color${upspeed eth0} k/s 
${upspeedgraph eth0 25,150 000000 ff0000}$color
Total Down: ${totaldown eth0} 
Total Up:   ${totalup eth0}

[lswest]

i finally got some time to work on my conky again, but i have a slight hitch with my exaile info.

exaile --get-title

gives me:

lswest@lswest-laptop:~$ exaile --get-title
Drift Away  #this is all i want to have displayed
location: /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9b5/libxpcom.so 
before 3

same problem with --get-artist. Anyone know how i can filter out all other lines (marked in red) from the output? ironically the only thing i can do with what i know is filter out the first line of code and beyond, which doesn't really help me. Any help would be appreciated.

Also, nice thread here, gave me some ideas of how i should set up my conky, so thanks to everyone!

[unutbu]

My bash skills are pretty minimal, so there might be a better way, but this should work:

If you want "Drift Away" with a return:

exaile --get-title | sed 's/ *$//'

If you want "Drift Away" without a return:

exaile --get-title | sed 's/ *$//' | awk '{ ORS=""; print }'

[lswest]

My bash skills are pretty minimal, so there might be a better way, but this should work:

If you want "Drift Away" with a return:

exaile --get-title | sed 's/ *$//'

If you want "Drift Away" without a return:

exaile --get-title | sed 's/ *$//' | awk '{ ORS=""; print }'

Yeah, i thought it would work with sed too, but sadly the first code displays the excess 2 lines (that i want to actually have removed), and the second command puts all the info on one line after, again, removing the name of the song. Hmm, i'll keep thinking about it.