Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

**Bruce M.** · May 30th, 2008

Originally Posted by Fenris_rising

pretty cool stuff on here. linux is amazing!!! i can do very little things with it but for the interesting stuff i have to resort to theivery!!! in mitigation i do try and read your coding to get some sort of grasp of it. ive found the variables page but is there a definitive guide to conky? heres my small offering just added the amarok code from one of you chaps.

Conky documentation can be found on the conky sourceforge site, quick links below:

Have a nice day
Bruce

**Bruce M.** · May 30th, 2008

Originally Posted by cl0ckwork

heres my setup.
just put it all together today from browsing this thread

THIEF!
Oh wait, that's how I started too.

Conky has aquired another: BORROWER!

Can you point me in the direction of that wonderful wood panel wallpaper?

**gean gustavo** · May 30th, 2008

Originally Posted by sanus|art

You need "open logos" font: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/sh...?content=54390

Then in your conky put:
${font openlogos:size=32}U${font}

sanus|art, Thank you for your help achieve, even thank you.

**RebounD11** · May 31st, 2008

Code:

#avoid flicker

double_buffer yes



#own window to run simultanious 2 or more conkys
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager



#borders

draw_borders no

border_margin 0
border_width 3
draw_outline no
default_outline_color 777777



#shades

draw_shades no



#position

gap_x 0

gap_y 24

alignment top_right



#behaviour

update_interval 5



#colour

default_color  8f8f8f

#default_shade_color 359748

own_window_colour 262729



#font

use_xft yes

xftfont bauhaus:pixelsize=12



#to prevent window from moving

use_spacer yes

minimum_size 1680 20


draw_graph_borders no


TEXT
$alignc}CPU1: ${color e0e0e0}${font}${cpu cpu0}% ${color} | CPU2: ${color e0e0e0}${font}${cpu cpu1}% ${color} | MEM: ${color e0e0e0}${font}${mem} ${color} | ${color} UPTIME: ${color e0e0e0}${font}${uptime_short}${color}  | ${color} NET: ${color e0e0e0}${font} ${downspeed eth0} Kb/s DOWN ${upspeed eth0} Kb/s UP ${color} |  ${color}Root: ${color e0e0e0}${font}${fs_free /} ${color} Multimedia: ${color e0e0e0}${font}${fs_free /multimedia} ${color} ${color} Kituri: ${color e0e0e0}${font}${fs_free /kituri} ${color} | TOP PRC ${color e0e0e0}${top name 1} 
${color e04613}${hr 3}

this is my new simplified (but let's call it elegant

) conky. it has the bare-necessities.

**Crinos512** · June 1st, 2008

I am trying to get my conky config transparent in KDE4, and I can tell I am close... any suggestions?

in KDE 3 ${exec feh --bg-scale 'dcop kdesktop KBackgroundIface currentWallpaper 1'} is advised to get around this problem...
and indeed entering ${exec feh --bg-scale '/path/to/my/wallpaper'} into conky works!

typing grep 'wallpaper=' ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-appletsrc | tail --bytes=+11 gets my wallpaper and path from the plasma config file.

but entering ${exec feh --bg-scale 'grep 'wallpaper=' ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-appletsrc | tail --bytes=+11'} does not work

what am I doing wrong?

--- Screen shots attached ---

DesktopA.png

DesktopB.jpg

--- .conkyrc ---

Code:

##	.conkyrc configuration
##Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, bottom_left, bottom_right, or none
alignment top_right

##Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started
background yes

##Border margin in pixels
border_margin 5
##Border width in pixels
border_width 5

##Color variables for use inside TEXT segments
#color0
#color1
#color2
#color3
#color4
#color5
#color6
#color7
#color8
#color9

##The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
cpu_avg_samples 2

##Default color and border color
default_color grey90
##Default outline color
default_outline_color 555555
##Default shading color and border's shading color
default_shade_color black

##Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker)
##It is highly recommended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be so big.
double_buffer yes

##Draw borders around text?
draw_borders no
##Draw borders around graphs?
draw_graph_borders yes
##Draw outlines?
draw_outline no
##Draw shades?
draw_shades no

##Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
#font

##Gap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as passing -x at command line, e.g. gap_x 10
gap_x 12
##Gap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same as passing -y at command line, e.g. gap_y 10.
gap_y 96

##Default global IMAP server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-f folder] [-p port] [-e command]".
##Default port is 143, default folder is 'INBOX', default interval is 5 minutes.
##If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
#imap

##Mail spool for mail checking
#mail_spool $MAIL

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

##Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns, etc. (default is 512)
max_specials 512
##Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in config file (default is 16384 bytes)
max_user_text 20000
##Size of the standard text buffer (default is 1280 bytes).
text_buffer_size 2000

##Maximum width of window
maximum_width 400
##Minimum size of window
minimum_size 200

##Host of MPD server
#mpd_host
##Port of MPD server
#mpd_port
##MPD server password
#mpd_password
##Music player thread update interval (defaults to Conky's update interval)
#music_player_interval

##The number of samples to average for net data
net_avg_samples 2

##Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

##Force UTF8? requires XFT
override_utf8_locale yes

##Boolean, create own window to draw?
own_window yes
##Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to "Conky". 	own_window_class
##If own_window_transparent no, set a specified background colour (defaults to black).
##Takes either a hex value (#ffffff) or a valid RGB name (see /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt)
own_window_colour 000000
##If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to affect the way Conky displays.
##Notes: Use own_window_type desktop as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
##If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have no meaning and are ignored.
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
##Manually set the window name. Defaults to "<hostname> - conky".
#own_window_title
##Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
own_window_transparent yes
##if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop or override (default: normal).
##Desktop windows are special windows that have no window decorations; are always visible on your desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are sticky across all workspaces.
##Override windows are not under the control of the window manager. Hints are ignored. This type of window can be useful for certain situations.
own_window_type normal

##Print text to stdout.
#out_to_console
##Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
pad_percents 2
##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.
#pop3

##Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
stippled_borders 3

##Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero makes Conky run forever
total_run_times 0

##Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1.0

##Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
uppercase no

##Adds spaces after certain objects to stop them from moving other things around.
##Note that this only helps if you are using a mono font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.
use_spacer right
##Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
use_xft yes
##Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.
xftalpha 0.9
##Xft font to use.
xftfont Liberation Sans:size=12

#	*** RHYTHMBOX FORMAT SETTINGS ***

#	${rhythmbox-client --print-playing}
#              Print the title and artist of the playing song

#	${rhythmbox-client --print-playing-format}
#              Print formatted details of the song

#	*** PARAMETERS ***

#       %at    Album title
#       %aT    Album title in lowercase
#       %aa    Album artist
#       %aA    Album artist in lowercase
#       %ay    Release year of album
#       %an    Album disc number
#       %aN    Album disc number with leading zero
#       %ag    Album genre
#       %aG    Album genre in lowercase
#       %tt    Track title
#       %tT    Track title in lowercase
#       %ta    Track artist
#       %tA    Track artist in lowercase
#       %tn    Track number
#       %tN    Track number with leading zero
#       %td    Track duration
#       %te    Elapsed time of track

#       Variables can be combined using quotes. For example "%tn %aa %tt", will
#       print the track number followed by the artist  and  the  title  of  the
#       track.

#After this begins text to be formatted on screen
TEXT
${font Liberation Sans:size=12}${color white}${time %a}, ${time %e %B %G} ${alignr} ${time %H:%M:%S}$font
${color #9999FF}${hr 1}
${font Liberation Sans:size=8}${color white}${execi 60000 grep -m1 'model name' /proc/cpuinfo | sed -e 's/model name.*: //'}
    | ${color white}Core 0 @ ${acpitemp}C ${alignr} ..:: ${freq_dyn_g cpu1}Ghz ::..
    `- Usage: ${cpu cpu1}% ${color white}${cpubar cpu1}
    | ${color white}Core 1 @ ${acpitemp}C ${alignr} ..:: ${freq_dyn_g cpu2}Ghz ::..
    `- Usage: ${cpu cpu2}% ${color white}${cpubar cpu2}
  ${color #9999FF}RAM Usage: ${alignr}${color white} $mem/$memmax - $memperc%
  $membar
  ${color #9999FF}Processes Loaded:${color white} $processes${alignr} ${color #9999FF}Running:${color white} $running_processes
  ${cpugraph 333333 ffffff}

${color #9999FF}File Systems: ${hr 1}
  ${color white}/ ${alignr} ${fs_free /} (${fs_free_perc /}%) free of ${fs_size /}
  ${fs_bar /}
  ${color white}/home ${alignr} ${fs_free /home} (${fs_free_perc /home}%) free of ${fs_size /home}
  ${fs_bar /home}${if_mounted /media/PTAH}
  ${color white}/media/PTAH ${alignr} ${fs_free /media/PTAH} (${fs_free_perc /media/PTAH}%) free of ${fs_size /media/PTAH}
  ${fs_bar /media/PTAH}${endif}

${color #9999FF}Network: ${hr 1}
  ${color #9999FF}Wired ( ${color #ff9900}${addr eth0}${color #9999FF} )
    ${color white}| down ${color #ff9900}${downspeedf eth0} ${color white}k/s ${alignr}${color white}up ${color #0099ff}${upspeedf eth0} ${color white}k/s
    `- ${color white}total down: ${totaldown eth0} ${alignr} total up: ${totalup eth0}
  ${color #9999FF}Modem ( ${color #ff9900}${addr ppp0}${color #9999FF} )
    ${color white}| down ${color #ff9900}${downspeedf ppp0} ${color white}k/s ${alignr}${color white}up ${color #0099ff}${upspeedf ppp0} ${color white}k/s
    `- ${color white}total down: ${totaldown ppp0} ${alignr} total up: ${totalup ppp0} $color$stippled_hr${if_running amarok}


${color #9999FF}Music: ${hr 1}
${color}${alignc}Now Playing${color white}
${alignc}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh artist}
${alignc}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh title}
${execibar 1 ~/.conky/amarok.sh progress}
${alignc}"${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh album}"
${alignc}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh year} - ${color white}${alignc}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh genre}
$color$stippled_hr
${alignc}Collection Information
Artists: ${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh totalArtists} $color${alignr}Compilations: ${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh totalCompilations}$color
Albums:  ${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh totalAlbums} $color${alignr}Genres: ${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh totalGenres}$color
Tracks:  ${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh totalTracks}
$color$stippled_hr
${alignc}Collection Statisctics
Most songs by ${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh most_songs_by_artist} $alignr${color}(${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh most_songs_by_artist_n}${color})
Most songs are ${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh most_songs_are_genre} $alignr${color}(${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh most_songs_are_genre_n}${color})
Most songs during ${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh most_songs_during_year} $alignr${color}(${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh most_songs_during_year_n}${color})
Most albums by ${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh most_albums_by_artist} $alignr${color}(${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh most_albums_by_artist_n}${color})
Most albums are ${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh most_albums_are_genre} $alignr${color}(${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh most_albums_are_genre_n}${color})
Most albums during ${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh most_albums_during_year} $alignr${color}(${color white}${execi 100 ~/.conky/amarok.sh most_albums_during_year_n}${color})$endif

${exec feh --bg-scale 'grep 'wallpaper=' ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-appletsrc | tail --bytes=+11'}

**crazyhunk** · June 1st, 2008

hey I am pretty new to conky.... so i installed in on my laptop....copied a few config files(heheh... Thanx guyz...) .... but i dont seem to get it right...in terminal it gives me

Code:

 Conky: invalid configuration file '/home/crazyhunk/.conkyrc1'

Conky: forked to background, pid is 11454

Conky: desktop window (10000bb) is subwindow of root window (68)
Conky: window type - normal
Conky: drawing to created window (2e00002)
Conky: drawing to single buffer
Conky: invalid configuration file '/home/crazyhunk/.conkyrc'

Conky: forked to background, pid is 11455

Conky: desktop window (10000bb) is subwindow of root window (68)
Conky: window type - normal
Conky: drawing to created window (3000002)
Conky: drawing to single buffer

btw I have 2 conky config files .conkyrc and .conkyrc1..... but just the first file shows up two times in a window...

**tasos** · June 1st, 2008

Originally Posted by crazyhunk

hey I am pretty new to conky.... so i installed in on my laptop....copied a few config files(heheh... Thanx guyz...) .... but i dont seem to get it right...in terminal it gives me

Code:

 Conky: invalid configuration file '/home/crazyhunk/.conkyrc1'

Conky: forked to background, pid is 11454

Conky: desktop window (10000bb) is subwindow of root window (68)
Conky: window type - normal
Conky: drawing to created window (2e00002)
Conky: drawing to single buffer
Conky: invalid configuration file '/home/crazyhunk/.conkyrc'

Conky: forked to background, pid is 11455

Conky: desktop window (10000bb) is subwindow of root window (68)
Conky: window type - normal
Conky: drawing to created window (3000002)
Conky: drawing to single buffer

btw I have 2 conky config files .conkyrc and .conkyrc1..... but just the first file shows up two times in a window...

Do you start 2 instances of conky?
see this : http://ubuntu-utah.ubuntuforums.org/...281865&page=95

Originally Posted by sanus|art
You need "open logos" font: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/sh...?content=54390

Then in your conky put:
${font openlogos:size=32}U${font}

Where do I put the .ttf font? at ~.fonts/ or /usr/share/fonts ??

lastly my conky :

Code:

#
# Conky configuration file
#

#
# 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
background yes

#
# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, usually)
#
double_buffer yes

#
# fiddle with window
#
use_xft yes
use_spacer yes

#
# update interval in seconds
#
update_interval 1.0

#
# Size of text area
#
minimum_size 220 5
maximum_width 220

#
# Draw shades ?
#
draw_shades yes

#
# Borders and Outlines
#
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
draw_outline no

#
# Fonts
#
font Zekton:size=7
xftfont Terminus:size=8
xftalpha 0.1
override_utf8_locale yes
uppercase no

#
# Colors
#
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color black

#
# Window aligment
#
alignment top_right
gap_x 2
gap_y 30

#
# Cpu stuff
#
cpu_avg_samples 2

#
# Ram stuff
#
no_buffers yes

#
# Run forever?
#
total_run_times 0

TEXT
${font Zekton:size=8}
SYSTEM ${hr 1 }

OS: $alignr Ubuntu Linux 7.10
Kernel: $alignr$kernel
Uptime: $alignr$uptime
Processes: ${alignr}$processes ($running_processes running)
Load: ${alignr}$loadavg

CORE SYSTEM ${hr 1}

GPU ${alignr} E : 540MHz M : 1400MHz / ${execi 30 nvidia-settings -query GPUCoreTemp | perl -ne 'print $1 if /GPUCoreTemp.*?: (\d+)./;'}°C

CPU ${alignc} ${freq}MHz / ${execi 30 /usr/bin/sensors | grep [+] | cut -d"+" -f2}  ${alignr}(${cpu cpu1}%)
${cpubar 4 cpu1}
${cpugraph}
RAM ${alignr}$mem / $memmax ($memperc%)
${membar 4}
SWAP ${alignr}$swap / $swapmax ($swapperc%)
${swapbar 4}

Highest 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}

Highest 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}

FILESYSTEM ${hr 1}${color}

Root: ${alignr}${fs_free /} / ${fs_size /}
${fs_bar 4 /}
Storage: ${alignr}${fs_free /media/sda6} / ${fs_size /media/sda6}
${fs_bar 4 /media/sda6}

NETWORK ${hr 1}${color}

Down ${downspeed eth0} k/s ${alignr}Up ${upspeed eth0} k/s
${downspeedgraph eth0 25,107} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 25,107}
Total ${totaldown eth0} ${alignr}Total ${totalup eth0}
IN : ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 count} ${alignc}TOTAL : ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count} ${alignr}OUT : ${tcp_portmon 32768
61000 count}

${if_running amarokapp}
AMAROK${hr 1}${color}

Title ${alignr} ${execi 3 ~/conky/amaroK.sh title}
Artist ${alignr} ${execi 3 ~/conky/amaroK.sh artist}
Album ${alignr} ${execi 3 ~/conky/amaroK.sh album}
Year ${alignr} ${execi 3 ~/conky/amaroK.sh year}
Genre ${alignr} ${execi 3 ~/conky/amaroK.sh genre}
${execibar 1 ~/conky/amaroK.sh progress}

$endif

summer-desk.jpg conky.png

**corney91** · June 1st, 2008

Originally Posted by crazyhunk

hey I am pretty new to conky.... so i installed in on my laptop....copied a few config files(heheh... Thanx guyz...) .... but i dont seem to get it right...in terminal it gives me

Code:

 Conky: invalid configuration file '/home/crazyhunk/.conkyrc1'

Conky: forked to background, pid is 11454

Conky: desktop window (10000bb) is subwindow of root window (68)
Conky: window type - normal
Conky: drawing to created window (2e00002)
Conky: drawing to single buffer
Conky: invalid configuration file '/home/crazyhunk/.conkyrc'

Conky: forked to background, pid is 11455

Conky: desktop window (10000bb) is subwindow of root window (68)
Conky: window type - normal
Conky: drawing to created window (3000002)
Conky: drawing to single buffer

btw I have 2 conky config files .conkyrc and .conkyrc1..... but just the first file shows up two times in a window...

There's something wrong with your .conkyrc1 so that reverts to .conkyrc, therefore two instances show up. Can you post your .conkyrc1?

Originally Posted by tasos

Where do I put the .ttf font? at ~.fonts/ or /usr/share/fonts ??

Both would work, I think. But you'd need root privileges for the /usr/share/fonts so I'd go with ~/.fonts

**tasos** · June 1st, 2008

Originally Posted by corney91

Both would work, I think. But you'd need root privileges for the /usr/share/fonts so I'd go with ~/.fonts

It worked under home

But unfortunately i can't get the logo centered in conky..any clues?

**sanus|art** · June 1st, 2008

Originally Posted by tasos

It worked under home

But unfortunately i can't get the logo centered in conky..any clues?

use '${goto NNN}' when NNN is number - play with it.

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