Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[Petro Dawg]

That worked after a bit of fiddling with the cut a bit but now I cant get the max temp to show with this one:

${font}HARD-DISK TEMP:${alignr}${exec hddtemp /dev/sda -n --unit=C}°C / ${color #FCAF3E}${exec sensors | grep 'CPU Temperature' | cut -c52-53}°C$color

Sorry if I seem helpless but this is all very new to me.

That is because your terminal sensors output has no line which contains the words "CPU Temperature"; instead you need to grep something like 'Core 0' or 'Core 2' or something unique in a line that does appear in your terminal sensor output.

However, for something which appears twice with 'exec sensors' (like 'Temp 1') you might need to be more specific with your terminal command execution such as

exec sensors acpitz-virtual-0

or

exec sensors it8721-isa-0a10

So you can see what is going on behind the scenes, try running

sensors acpitz-virtual-0

and

sensors it8721-isa-0a10

in terminal to see the difference between them, hopefully this will start to make a little more sense.

"exec" is basically telling conky to run something in terminal, so having "exec sensors" in Conky is like running "sensors" in terminal. "exec lsb_release -a" in conky is like running "lsb_release -a" in terminal. With a little practice you can have Conky display nearly anything you can display in terminal.

[DobsonM]

OK this is the output for sensors acpitz-virtual-0

dobbie@Dobbie:~$ sensors acpitz-virtual-0
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +30.0°C  (crit = +110.0°C)

and for sensors it8721-isa-0a10:

dobbie@Dobbie:~$ sensors it8721-isa-0a10
it8721-isa-0a10
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0:          +2.82 V  (min =  +0.95 V, max =  +1.63 V)  ALARM
in1:          +2.53 V  (min =  +0.44 V, max =  +0.31 V)  ALARM
in2:          +2.92 V  (min =  +2.15 V, max =  +2.98 V)
+3.3V:        +3.34 V  (min =  +5.86 V, max =  +0.86 V)  ALARM
in4:          +0.90 V  (min =  +1.40 V, max =  +0.92 V)  ALARM
in5:          +1.07 V  (min =  +1.52 V, max =  +0.22 V)  ALARM
in6:          +2.03 V  (min =  +0.58 V, max =  +2.71 V)
3VSB:         +3.24 V  (min =  +4.73 V, max =  +1.92 V)  ALARM
Vbat:         +3.29 V  
fan1:        1061 RPM  (min =   20 RPM)
fan2:           0 RPM  (min =   96 RPM)  ALARM
temp1:        +42.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +80.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp2:        +59.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp3:        +28.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermal diode
intrusion0:  ALARM

The other two commands just seemed to kill terminal.

[Petro Dawg]

OK this is the output for sensors acpitz-virtual-0

dobbie@Dobbie:~$ sensors acpitz-virtual-0
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +30.0°C  (crit = +110.0°C)

and for sensors it8721-isa-0a10:

dobbie@Dobbie:~$ sensors it8721-isa-0a10
it8721-isa-0a10
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0:          +2.82 V  (min =  +0.95 V, max =  +1.63 V)  ALARM
in1:          +2.53 V  (min =  +0.44 V, max =  +0.31 V)  ALARM
in2:          +2.92 V  (min =  +2.15 V, max =  +2.98 V)
+3.3V:        +3.34 V  (min =  +5.86 V, max =  +0.86 V)  ALARM
in4:          +0.90 V  (min =  +1.40 V, max =  +0.92 V)  ALARM
in5:          +1.07 V  (min =  +1.52 V, max =  +0.22 V)  ALARM
in6:          +2.03 V  (min =  +0.58 V, max =  +2.71 V)
3VSB:         +3.24 V  (min =  +4.73 V, max =  +1.92 V)  ALARM
Vbat:         +3.29 V  
fan1:        1061 RPM  (min =   20 RPM)
fan2:           0 RPM  (min =   96 RPM)  ALARM
temp1:        +42.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +80.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp2:        +59.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp3:        +28.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermal diode
intrusion0:  ALARM

The other two commands just seemed to kill terminal.

which other 2 commands kill your terminal?

"exec sensors acpitz-virtual-0" is conky code, not to be run in terminal

[DobsonM]

which other 2 commands kill your terminal? exec sensors acpitz-virtual-0 is conky code, not to be run in terminal

Ignore me, I didn't ready your other post properly.....please proceed

[Petro Dawg]

Ignore me, I didn't ready your other post properly.....please proceed

Ok, no worries.

So now the question is, which temperatures do you want to display from the two outputs you previously posted or your original "sensor" output you posted a while back?

You need to decide if you want "temp 1" from sensors acpitz-virtual-0, and/or "temp 1, 2, or 3" from sensors it8721-isa-0a10, and/or "Core 0, or 2" from sensors.

Once you know which temperature/s you want, we can start grep'ing.

[DobsonM]

Ok, no worries.

So now the question is, which temperature do you want to display from the two outputs you previously posted or your original "sensor" output you posted a while back?

You need to decide if you want "temp 1" from sensors acpitz-virtual-0, or "temp 1, 2, or 3" from sensors it8721-isa-0a10, or "Core 0, or 2" from sensors.

Once you know which temperature/s you want, we can start grep'ing.

Ok, awesome.

These are the ones I would like to display:

fan1:        1061 RPM  (min =   20 RPM)
fan2:           0 RPM  (min =   96 RPM)  ALARM
temp1:        +42.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +80.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp2:        +59.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp3:        +28.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermal diode

If thats ok with you to set up?

[Petro Dawg]

Ok, awesome.

These are the ones I would like to display:

fan1:        1061 RPM  (min =   20 RPM)
fan2:           0 RPM  (min =   96 RPM)  ALARM
temp1:        +42.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +80.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp2:        +59.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp3:        +28.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermal diode

If thats ok with you to set up?

well I will set up ONE, you can set up the rest.

it looks like everything you want is in "sensors it8721-isa-0a10"

for example to get the output for "fan1" the Conky code will follow the following form for grep.

${font}FAN1: ${alignr}${exec sensors it8721-isa-0a10 | grep 'fan1' | cut -c13-16}RPM${font}

So lets look at what this line is doing. First, "${font}" is setting the following text as your default font. You can change this by changing it to "${font name_of_font : size= any_number_here}. Next "FAN1: " is simply printing text to the Conky; you can call this what ever you want and change it to "Spinning Whirl-A-Mo-Bob:" if you wish . "${alignr}" is aligning the remaning text to the right side of the conky window.

"exec sensors it8721-isa-0a10" is telling conky to run "sensors it8721-isa-0a10" in terminal. "grep 'fan1'" is telling conky to search for the resulting line containing "fan1". And "cut -c13-16" is telling conky to display the 13th to 16th characters in the line containing fan1. Again you may have to adjust this, I'm just guessing at the cut points.

"RPM" is again simply printing text to conky (anything not wrapped between ${ } will be printed directly to conky). And "${font}" is setting the following text as your default font (in case you changed the font in the first ${font} command).


I do hope the Conky Gurus will forgive my simplification and misclassification of how Conky actually interacts with Linux.

[DobsonM]

well I will set up ONE, you can set up the rest.

it looks like everything you want is in "sensors it8721-isa-0a10"

for example to get the output for "fan1" the Conky code will follow the following form for grep.

${font}FAN1: ${alignr}${exec sensors it8721-isa-0a10 | grep 'fan1' | cut -c13-16}RPM${font}

So lets look at what this line is doing. First, "${font}" is setting the following text as your default font. You can change this by changing it to "${font name_of_font : size= any_number_here}. Next "FAN1: " is simply printing text to the Conky; you can call this what ever you want and change it to "Spinning Whirl-A-Mo-Bob:" if you wish . "${alignr}" is aligning the remaning text to the right side of the conky window.

"exec sensors it8721-isa-0a10" is telling conky to run "sensors it8721-isa-0a10" in terminal. "grep 'fan1'" is telling conky to search for the resulting line containing "fan1". And "cut -c13-16" is telling conky to display the 13th to 16th characters in the line containing fan1. Again you may have to adjust this, I'm just guessing at the cut points.

"RPM" is again simply printing text to conky (anything not wrapped between ${ } will be printed directly to conky). And "${font}" is setting the following text as your default font (in case you changed the font in the first font command).


I do hope the Conky Gurus will forgive my simplification and misclassification of how Conky actually interacts with Linux.

Magic!

Thanks so much for the help, all temps etc are perfect!

Thanks again, much appreciated.

[Petro Dawg]

Ok, awesome.

These are the ones I would like to display:

fan1:        1061 RPM  (min =   20 RPM)
fan2:           0 RPM  (min =   96 RPM)  ALARM
temp1:        +42.0°C  (low  = +127.0°C, high = +80.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp2:        +59.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp3:        +28.0°C  (low  =  -1.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermal diode

If thats ok with you to set up?

Just as a side note, do you actually have a fan2 or is it dead? It appears to be at 0 RPM.

[Petro Dawg]

Magic!

Thanks so much for the help, all temps etc are perfect!

Thanks again, much appreciated.

Cool; post a screen shot when you are done.