Conky Rhythmbox Python Script

[kaivalagi]

I'm using Intrepid now and this script is working, but I keep getting the following in my terminal over and over until I kill Conky. Is there a fix?

ERROR: Issue calling the dbus service:org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.UnmappedError.RbShellPlayerError.Code4: Playback position not available
ERROR: Issue calling the dbus service:org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.UnmappedError.RbShellPlayerError.Code4: Playback position not available
sh: Su: not found
sh: Su: not found
sh: Su: not found
sh: Su: not found
ERROR: Issue calling the dbus service:org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.UnmappedError.RbShellPlayerError.Code4: Playback position not available
ERROR: Issue calling the dbus service:org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.UnmappedError.RbShellPlayerError.Code4: Playback position not available
sh: Su: not found

The "Playback position not available" is a known issue, it happens when the script is half way through determining all the details for a song, and the song changes. I am not sure why the "SU: not found" error is occuring. I assume you are getting conky output for your songs?

If conky is started in a session instead, you wont get bombarded with these error messages...as there is no originating terminal window for the script.

I could remove the error messages altogether, but in doing so will also remove the messages that need to be displayed if there is a real problem.

At some point in the week I'll have a look and see what I can do...

[anxiousdog]

The "Playback position not available" is a known issue, it happens when the script is half way through determining all the details for a song, and the song changes. I am not sure why the "SU: not found" error is occuring. I assume you are getting conky output for your songs?

If conky is started in a session instead, you wont get bombarded with these error messages...as there is no originating terminal window for the script.

I could remove the error messages altogether, but in doing so will also remove the messages that need to be displayed if there is a real problem.

At some point in the week I'll have a look and see what I can do...

Eh, leave the error. I'll just reboot and that will fix that part.

I'm not sure why I have the sh:su error either. This is my conkyrc and the error I'm getting. I've posted that I do have an error with your gcal as well.

anxiousdog@ubuntu1:~$ killall conky
anxiousdog@ubuntu1:~$ conky &
[1] 26979
anxiousdog@ubuntu1:~$ Conky: desktop window (1c000b1) is subwindow of root window (1a6)
Conky: window type - override
Conky: drawing to created window (0x2c00001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
ERROR: GoogleCalendarEngine Initialisation:Unexpected error:'root'
sh: Su: not found

# conky configuration
# edited by Mark Buck (Kaivalagi) <m_buck@hotmail.com>

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background no

# 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=9

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

# 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 no

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

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 300 0
maximum_width 300

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 8

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

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

# own window options
own_window		yes
own_window_transparent	yes
own_window_type		override
own_window_hints	undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

# 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
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 10
gap_y 45

# 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

# 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 yes

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer right

# colours
color1 white
# pink
color2 ff3399
# pink again
color3 ff3399
# blue
color4 9dd7ff
# red
color5 CC0000

text_buffer_size 2048

# 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
${voffset 5}${font Impact:size=55}${time %I:%M}$font
${voffset -70}${font Impact:size=14}${color1}$alignr${time %A}
$alignr${time %B %d}
$alignr${time %Y}$font
${execpi 1800 conkyForecast --location=UKXX0103 --template=/usr/share/conkyforecast/example/conkyForecast.template --imperial}
${color0}${hr 1}$color
${font Awesome 80s,:size=30}${color1}g${font Disko:size=30}${color2}What's Doin'
${color1}${font Print Bold:size=14}${execi 600 conkyGoogleCalendar --username=username --password=password --daysahead=8 --limit=5 --requestCalendarNames="kids"}
${color1}${font Mono:size=8}${pre_exec cal -3 | cut -c23-64 | sed 's/^/   /' }
${voffset -78}${color1}${font Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=8}${execpi 60 DKV=`date +%_d`; cal | sed '1d' | sed '1e' | sed '/./!d' | sed 's/^/   /' | sed 's/$/ /' | fold -w 24 | sed -n '/^.\{21\}/p' | sed /" $DKV "/s/" $DKV "/" "'${color2}'"$DKV"'${color1}'" "/}$font$color
${color0}${hr 1}$color
${font Rock Star 2.0,:size=30}${color1}o${font Disko:size=30}${color2}Now Playin'
${voffset -15}${font Print Bold:size=14}${color2} Artist:  ${color1}${exec conkyRhythmbox --datatype=AR}${font}
${font Print Bold:size=14}${color2} Title:  ${color1}${exec conkyRhythmbox --datatype=TI}${font}
${font Print Bold:size=14}${color2} Duration:  ${color1}${exec conkyRhythmbox --datatype=PT}/${exec conkyRhythmbox --datatype=LE}${font}

[kaivalagi]

Eh, leave the error. I'll just reboot and that will fix that part.

I'm not sure why I have the sh:su error either. This is my conkyrc and the error I'm getting. I've posted that I do have an error with your gcal as well.

${color1}${font Mono:size=8}${pre_exec cal -3 | cut -c23-64 | sed 's/^/   /' }
${voffset -78}${color1}${font Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=8}${execpi 60 DKV=`date +%_d`; cal | sed '1d' | sed '1e' | sed '/./!d' | sed 's/^/   /' | sed 's/$/ /' | fold -w 24 | sed -n '/^.\{21\}/p' | sed /" $DKV "/s/" $DKV "/" "'${color2}'"$DKV"'${color1}'" "/}$font$color
${color0}${hr 1}$color

The su error is from your calendar script I think, I recall it being mentioned on the conkyrc thread before now...I don't use it my self so I don't know the solution, but I think there is one

I've replied to your post on the gcal thread

[anxiousdog]

The "Playback position not available" is a known issue, it happens when the script is half way through determining all the details for a song, and the song changes. I am not sure why the "SU: not found" error is occuring. I assume you are getting conky output for your songs?

If conky is started in a session instead, you wont get bombarded with these error messages...as there is no originating terminal window for the script.

I could remove the error messages altogether, but in doing so will also remove the messages that need to be displayed if there is a real problem.

At some point in the week I'll have a look and see what I can do...

Nevermind... I took away my code part by part and I see the sh: Su: issue is with my little calendar script, not with Rhythmbox or gcal.

But for what it's worth, the playback position error is not throwing.

Also, is there a way to draw a progress bar for playback rather than the numbers?

[kaivalagi]

Nevermind... I took away my code part by part and I see the sh: Su: issue is with my little calendar script, not with Rhythmbox or gcal.

But for what it's worth, the playback position error is not throwing.

Also, is there a way to draw a progress bar for playback rather than the numbers?

yep, I use the percent position output with the execibar, like so:

${execibar 1 conkyRhythmbox --datatype=PP}

execbar doesn't behave properly, so execibar 1 is used instead...

[anxiousdog]

yep, I use the percent position output with the execibar, like so:

${execibar 1 conkyRhythmbox --datatype=PP}

execbar doesn't behave properly, so execibar 1 is used instead...

Thanks, I like that bar.

[champs]

Would it be possible to pipe the album art somehow?

[ad_267]

How does this perform when listening to radio? I'm using rhythmbox-client at the moment and when listening to the radio I get a blank artist and the title is the station name, even when Rhythmbox knows the actual song artist and title and artist and is showing them in the title bar.

[kaivalagi]

How does this perform when listening to radio? I'm using rhythmbox-client at the moment and when listening to the radio I get a blank artist and the title is the station name, even when Rhythmbox knows the actual song artist and title and artist and is showing them in the title bar.

Never tried using radio with this script

If rhythmbox provides all radio based info in the title then that's where it will come from...

Does my script not display this info?

[ad_267]

I tried using this when listening to the radio and I get this output for anything:

ERROR: Issue calling the dbus service:float division
Unknown

That's with errors disabled. With errors enabled:

ERROR: Issue calling the dbus service:float division
ERROR: Issue calling the dbus service:float division

rhythmbox-client gives a blank artist and the radio station as the title.