That would be Jedcurtis's right conky seen in post 22015.
^ well, some of my "tweaks" are in that one so I remembered it.
Plus, you asked for the horizontal calendar from that same setup.
Hello degan! Here you go! If you need help feel free to ask...
It's all right here; http://vsido.org/index.php/topic,18....2.html#msg4992
Last edited by Jedcurtis; June 4th, 2013 at 05:25 AM.
Ok, so I did the " sudo apt-get install conky-all" now what? Also, for some strange reason I saw the conky display show up in the upper left corner of my desktop but couldn't move it or do anything with it and I have no idea where it is or how to reopen it. HELP!!!!
P.S.
Also, I'd like to put it into the start up bar(guess that's what you call it) at the top of the desk top where the battery, WiFi, Date and Time, ect. are so I can get to it easily.
Last edited by TNFrank; June 4th, 2013 at 02:37 PM.
Have a look 2 posts up at Sector11's sig...Setting Up Conky
Read the link, then if you need more info ask questions.
I did do a bit of Startpage'ing and found this
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpConky and it has helped. I've got a file set up and I need to cut and past the config that I like into it as a next step I guess.
Not being a Coder and being new to the Linux Terminal I know I'm going to have to struggle a bit and do a little "cut and paste" to get things working but I catch on fairly quickly so I'm just going to hang in there until I get it working the way I'd like. Sorry in advance if I ask a bunch of "noobie" question but please bare with me, I'm sure ya'll have been there at one point in your life too. Also, thanks in advance for any help ya'll can give.
Don't worry, most of us are cut and pasters.
Basically, when you run conky you need your config to be @ ~/.conkyrc
The "~" symbol is short for /home/username.
Eg for me ~/.conkyrc is the same as /home/glen/.conkyrc for you it may be /home/frank/.conkyrc
The preceeding DOT makes a file or folder hidden.
ctrl+h to show hidden files in the file browser.
So you need to open gedit and paste in a config and save as .conkyrc to your home folder.
Include the preceding DOT or conky wont find the config and will load a sample config.
If you open a terminal and run...
It will open a blank gedit tab for you to paste in a config and save.Code:gedit ~/.conkyrc
If a ~/.conkyrc file already exists it will open it for editing.
Last edited by stinkeye; June 4th, 2013 at 03:40 PM.
Ok, I've muddled through and used this config in a .conkyrc file in my home directory.
# UBUNTU-CONKY
# A comprehensive conky script, configugold 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 (requigold 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 (golduces 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 4
minimum_size 280
maximum_width 280
# Draw shades?
draw_shades no
# 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 5
# border width
border_width 2b0
# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color white
own_window_colour white
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 40
# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
TEXT
$color
${color gold}SYSTEM ${hr 2}$color
$nodename $sysname $kernel on $machine
Uptime: ${uptime}
${color gold}CPU ${hr 2}$color
${execi 1000 cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sed -e 's/model name.*: //'}
${freq}MHz Load: ${loadavg} Temp: ${acpitemp}
$cpubar
${cpugraph FFFFFF 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 gold}MEMORY / DISK ${hr 2}$color
RAM: $memperc% ${membar 6}$color
Swap: $swapperc% ${swapbar 6}$color
Root: ${fs_free_perc /}% ${fs_bar 6 /}$color
Shared: ${fs_free_perc /media/shared}% ${fs_bar 6 /media/shared}$color
${color gold}NETWORK (${addr eth0}) ${hr 2}$color
Down: $color${downspeed eth0} k/s ${alignr}Up: ${upspeed eth0} k/s
${downspeedgraph eth0 25,140 FFFFFF $color} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0
25,140 000000 $color}$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 gold}CURRENTLY LISTENING TO ${hr 2}$color
Artist : $color${execi 5 muine-shell -c | grep 'artist:' | sed -e 's/artist:*: //'}
Song : $color${execi 5 muine-shell -c | grep 'title:' | sed -e 's/title:*: //'}
Album : $color${execi 5 muine-shell -c | grep 'album:' | sed -e 's/album:*: //'}
Track : $color${execi 5 muine-shell -c | grep 'track_number:' | sed -e 's/track_number:*: //'}
Year : $color${execi 5 muine-shell -c | grep 'year:' | sed -e 's/year:*: //'}
The only problem is that I don't want it on top of my browser window all the time. What line can I alter to fix that? Trust me, give me a month or so and I'll be better at working all this code stuff and using Terminal but for now I need some "training wheels" to get me started. LOL.
Also, I'd like to get rid of the "Currently Listening To" part at the bottom of the Monitor. I guess I could always look around this thread for something I like better and just cut and paste it into my conky folder.
Last edited by TNFrank; June 4th, 2013 at 03:39 PM.
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