LM13 Cinnamon & Conky

[fallen1011]

i tried 4 ways to try and get Conky to work, i even tried the conky wizard which automatically sets up everything for you, and it is not working, this did use to work in LM12.

anyone have any ideas on how to get this working?

and please i dont want to use HTop...

[terdon]

Hi,
we're going to need a bit more information than that. What 4 ways did you try? What exactly does not working mean? What is your .conkyrc?

[Oscar799]

Moved here by moderator

[fallen1011]

Hi,
we're going to need a bit more information than that. What 4 ways did you try? What exactly does not working mean? What is your .conkyrc?

http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/545

this 1 is auto conky - http://code.google.com/p/conkywizard/downloads/list

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/ ... ent=126352

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/06/conkywiz ... conky.html

ive tried these ways

ive also made sure i had conky from software manager, and ive used to conky rc, listed in the mint link it has one to use there.

[terdon]

OK, so when you say it does not work what do you mean? Do you see anything at all?

Let's make a simple test. Create a new text file (you can use menu => Accesories => gedit) and paste this code into it:

Code: Select all

    update_interval 1
    total_run_times 0
    own_window yes
    own_window_type desktop
    minimum_size 230 5
    maximum_width 230
    alignment top_right
    gap_x 15
    gap_y 5
   

TEXT
This is a test!


Then, save the file as conkytest.txt in your home directory and then open a terminal (menu => Accesories => terminal), paste this command and hit enter:

Code: Select all

conky -c conkytest.txt

Do you see the words "This is a test!" on the top right corner of your screen? If not, please post any error messages from the terminal here.

[fallen1011]

OK, so when you say it does not work what do you mean? Do you see anything at all?

Let's make a simple test. Create a new text file (you can use menu => Accesories => gedit) and paste this code into it:

Code: Select all

    update_interval 1
    total_run_times 0
    own_window yes
    own_window_type desktop
    minimum_size 230 5
    maximum_width 230
    alignment top_right
    gap_x 15
    gap_y 5
   

TEXT
This is a test!


Then, save the file as conkytest.txt in your home directory and then open a terminal (menu => Accesories => terminal), paste this command and hit enter:

Code: Select all

conky -c conkytest.txt

Do you see the words "This is a test!" on the top right corner of your screen? If not, please post any error messages from the terminal here.

well sir you have stumbled me, this worked. but how come my code did not work?? here is the code page

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K3L ... t?hl=en_US

[terdon]

It was an honor and a privilege sir.

The window type option might be the problem. Try changing this line:

Code: Select all

 own_window_type override


to:

Code: Select all

    own_window_type desktop


[fallen1011]

you sir are godly, i am forever in your debt *slaps face at how simple the mistake was* *takes off hat*

It was an honor and a privilege sir!

The window type option might be the problem. Try changing this line:

Code: Select all

 own_window_type override


to:

Code: Select all

    own_window_type desktop


[fallen1011]

1 more thing sorry, but what is wrong here? were the non wanted code is on the conky for public ip, the local is fine but public is not going through

better look - http://postimage.org/image/akiw0xy63/

[terdon]

Try changing this:

Code: Select all

${execi 3600 wget -O - http://whatismyip.org/ | tail}


to this:

Code: Select all

${execi 3600 wget -O - http://cfaj.freeshell.org/ipaddr.cgi}