Hi All,
I have a bit of a problem with getting Conky to work the way I want it. The problem is about positioning, and it occurs when I have two monitors connected to my graphics card.
This is my setup:
One desktop computer with an Nvidia Graphics card that I'm running perfectly with the help of sgfxi. To this card I've connected_
1. An Acer 22" monitor - resolution 1680*1050 - connected to my vga-port
2. A LG 32" TV - resolution 1360*768 - connected to my hdmi-port
The setup in Nvidia-settings are done with using twinview, with my Acer monitor being the primary monitor and the TV extending the desktop to the right of that monitor.
The reason I went for twinview was because I couldn't get my video apps to behave the way I wanted them to when I ran these "monitors" as separate x-screens. (Couldn't direct the fullscreen video to the TV in a good way). This works very well, and the movies behave exactly as I want them to.
My problem is that I've set up conky to be aligned to run top-right which works perfectly when I only have the Acer monitor connected to my computer, but when I connect the tv conky automatically jumps to the far right of the extended desktop - out of my sight.
So - my question is - is it possible to give conky a position by pixels rather than by left/right/top/bottom, so that I can enjoy seeing Conky in the same place no matter if I have one or two monitors connected?
Thanks in advance,
gosa
BTW - some of you might suggest changing the setup in nvidia-settings so that my TV ends up to the left of my Acer monitor. That would work - if it weren't for the fact that every application I launch seem to end up "out of view" for me, even though I specified the Acer monitor to be the principal monitor. It all ends up to the left of my view, and I have to "move" it back. So if someone can explain how I can get my applications to launch where I want them (in a quick and easy manner) I won'yt have to bother with Conkys positioning...
Ideas?
[SOLVED] Conky and two monitors... absolute positioning?
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[SOLVED] Conky and two monitors... absolute positioning?
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Re: Conky and two monitors... absolute positioning?
Yeah, basically you do exactly what you suggested. Align it to your top left and then define the number of pixels away from that point.
# Window size/position settings
alignment top_left
gap_x XX
gap_y YY
Change X and Y to whatever you want.
# Window size/position settings
alignment top_left
gap_x XX
gap_y YY
Change X and Y to whatever you want.
Re: Conky and two monitors... absolute positioning?
Ok, that was a little bit too easy...pluraldave wrote:Yeah, basically you do exactly what you suggested. Align it to your top left and then define the number of pixels away from that point.
# Window size/position settings
alignment top_left
gap_x XX
gap_y YY
Change X and Y to whatever you want.
Thanks!