right at the moment, i have a problem getting conky working. i've installed it via synaptic, and when i start it out of a
console, it works just fine. ...as long as i have the console window opened, which is, of course, annoying.
when i try to start it from a launcher i created in the main menu, nothing happens. except when i choose 'application in terminal'.
i then get an error message "There was an error creating the child process for this terminal".
i've been browsing the web for hours now, and there's no solution in sight yet.
hope one of you guys can help me. thanks in advance
oh, and btw, i've already tried to add the dbe module to xorg.conf. unfortunately, mine has no section "module" in it.
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# xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP]"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
# Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
# InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
and here's my .conkyrc, just in case it's needed
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# UBUNTU-CONKY
# A comprehensive conky script, configured 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 (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_type desktop # Try also 'normal' or 'override'
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
# Use double buffering (reduces 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 5
# Draw shades?
draw_shades no
# Text stuff
draw_outline no # amplifies text if yes
draw_borders no
font 12x12
uppercase no # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 3
# border margins
border_margin 9
# border width
border_width 10
# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color black
own_window_colour black
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 70
# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screenen
TEXT
$nodename - $sysname $kernel on $machine
${color black}Uptime:$color $uptime ${color black}- Load:$color $loadavg
${color black}CPU Usage:${color black} ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}
${color black}${cpugraph black black}
${color black}RAM Usage:$color $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${membar}
${color black}Swap Usage:$color $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${swapbar}
${color black}Processes:$color $processes ${color black}Running:$color $running_processes
Down:${color black} ${downspeed eth0} k/s${color black} ${offset 80}Up:${color black} ${upspeed eth0} k/s
${color black}${downspeedgraph eth0 32,150 black black} ${color black}${upspeedgraph eth0 32,150 black black}
/ $color${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home} ${fs_bar /home}
/Archiv $color${fs_used /media/Archiv}/${fs_size /media/Archiv} ${fs_bar /media/Archiv}
/mp3 $color${fs_used /media/mp3}/${fs_size /media/mp3} ${fs_bar /media/mp3}
${color}Name PID CPU% MEM%
${color black} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color black} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color black} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color black} ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
${color}Mem usage
${color black} ${top_mem name 1} ${top_mem pid 1} ${top_mem cpu 1} ${top_mem mem 1}
${color black} ${top_mem name 2} ${top_mem pid 2} ${top_mem cpu 2} ${top_mem mem 2}
${color black} ${top_mem name 3} ${top_mem pid 3} ${top_mem cpu 3} ${top_mem mem 3}
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