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by **Habitual** on Sun Jan 02, 2011 4:07 pm

vrkalak:

CPS is the first place I send anybody that wants to learn more about conky.
Why re-invent the wheel? I always say.

mad props!

by **Habitual** on Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:02 pm

vrkalak wrote: ... I can immediately tell on who's Conky scripts you fashioned it after.

Well, with that many widgets, to me, they all start to look alike.

Nowadays, I only run a calendar and weather widget.

by **daquirm** on Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:43 am

Hi,
I was pretty unhappy with all these huge configs which turn your desktop into circus, so I wrote very minimalistic config for Conky to keep things simple and to match it with minimalistic distros like the Mint Fluxbox/Crunchbang etc. It basically does 3 things, it shows basic HW info, it shows weather info and it checks whether Exaile is playing something and if it is, it switches weather info for music info, to keep the panel really minimalistic and thin.
I want to make the look little bit more scifi, are there any other conky weather fonts to check, since the default one doesn't really match the font well?

whole panel:

: Selection_004.png (411.03 KiB) Viewed 3107 times

switching between weather and exaile info:

: Conky_left_weather.png (48.14 KiB) Viewed 3107 times

: Conky_left_exaile.png (39.94 KiB) Viewed 3107 times

requirements:
neuropol and weather font, conky, conky forecast, conky exaile, exaile and startup script like this one:

Code: Select all: #!/bin/sh sleep 5 && conky & sleep 16 && conky -c .conkyrcx & sleep 18 && sh /home/mint/.xcompmgr-switcher.sh &

.conkyrc file like this:

Code: Select all: background yes use_xft yes xftfont neuropol:size=9 xftalpha 1 update_interval 1 total_run_times 0 own_window yes own_window_transparent yes own_window_type desktop own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager double_buffer yes minimum_size 350 40 maximum_width 350 draw_shades yes draw_outline no draw_borders no draw_graph_borders no default_color grey default_shade_color black alignment bottom_left gap_x 70 gap_y 30 no_buffers yes uppercase no cpu_avg_samples 2 override_utf8_locale no use_spacer right color1 4C4C4C color2 red ############################################## # Output ############################################## TEXT $color1$nodename - $sysname$color $hr$color2 CPU Usage:$color $alignr$cpu%$color2 RAM Usage:$color$alignr$mem of $memmax$color2 Desktop: $alignr$color$desktop_name$color2

and .conkyrcx file like this:

Code: Select all: background yes use_xft yes xftfont neuropol:size=9 xftalpha 1 update_interval 1 total_run_times 0 own_window yes own_window_transparent yes own_window_type desktop own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager double_buffer yes minimum_size 350 40 maximum_width 370 draw_shades yes draw_outline no draw_borders no draw_graph_borders no default_color grey default_shade_color black alignment bottom_right gap_x 70 gap_y 30 no_buffers yes uppercase no cpu_avg_samples 2 override_utf8_locale no use_spacer right color1 4C4C4C color2 red ############################################## # Output ############################################## TEXT ${if_running exaile}$else$color1 ${goto 0}Weather in ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=CN} $color$hr$color2 ${goto 0}$color2${voffset 0}${font conky weather:size=28}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=WF}${goto 130}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=WF -s 1}${goto 260}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=WF -s 2}$color2${font neuropol:size=8} ${goto 40}${voffset -35}Today ${time %d. %m.}${goto 170}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=DW -s 1}${goto 300}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=DW -s 2}$color ${goto 44}${font neuropol:size=9}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=HT -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=HT -s 0 -u -x}${goto 174}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=LT -s 1 -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=HT -s 1 -u -x}${goto 304}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=LT -s 2 -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=HT -s 2 -u -x} $endif ${if_running exaile}${if_match "${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=ST}"!="Stopped"}$color1 Exaile playin' $color$hr$color2 ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=AR -n} - ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=TI -n} ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=AL -n}$color Track ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=TN -n}$alignr$color${execi 1 conkyExaile --datatype=PT -n} / ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=LE -n}$color1$else$color1 ${goto 0}Weather in ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=CN} $color$hr$color2 ${goto 0}$color2${voffset 0}${font conky weather:size=28}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=WF}${goto 130}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=WF -s 1}${goto 260}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=WF -s 2}$color2${font neuropol:size=8} ${goto 40}${voffset -35}Today ${time %d. %m.}${goto 170}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=DW -s 1}${goto 300}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=DW -s 2}$color ${goto 44}${font neuropol:size=9}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=HT -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=HT -s -1 -u -x}${goto 174}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=LT -s 1 -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=HT -s 1 -u -x}${goto 304}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=LT -s 2 -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=EZXX0012 --datatype=HT -s 2 -u -x} ${endif}${endif}

Feel free to post any suggestions, comments. It'll be cool if conky displayed the coverart from last.fm. If someone knows how to do that, pls reply.

by **willie42** on Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:17 pm

very nice daquirm....very clean and clear. I will be starting on mine this week when i am off work.

by **lead67** on Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:23 am

Hello Daquirm, may I kindly ask to help run your scripts or how do i make it work? i am new to linux and learning but if you can tell me steps, i know that i can have on mine, too.
thanks

by **daquirm** on Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:57 pm

Hi lead67,

go to your synaptic and add this repository to your software sources

Code: Select all: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/conkyhardcore/ppa/ubuntu lucid main

than install following packages:
conky
conky-all
conkyforecast
conkyexaile
exaile

Then go to this page http://www.dafont.com/neuropol.font download the neuropol font, unzip it to folder .fonts in your home folder.

Then go to this page http://www.weather.com/services/xmloap.html and sign up, you'll receive your XOAP_PARTNER_ID and XOAP_LICENCE_KEY in your email.
After that create file named .conkyForecast.config and place it to your /home/"username" directory, then open it in your favorite editor and place following text into that, don't forget to fill your ID and Key for http://www.weather.com:

Code: Select all: # config settings for conkyForecast.py CACHE_FOLDERPATH = /tmp/ CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 5 EXPIRY_MINUTES = 30 TIME_FORMAT = %H:%M DATE_FORMAT = %Y-%m-%d LOCALE = XOAP_PARTNER_ID = "paste your ID here" XOAP_LICENCE_KEY = "paste your key here"

Than create .conkyrc and .conkyrcx file in your home directory and paste the code according to my previous reply in them. Then run this from terminal:

Code: Select all: conky & conky --c .conkyrcx

Conky should be running with my configuration after that. It will show you the weather in Prague however, so if you want to switch the location for yours, you have to open the .conkyrcx file again and replace all "location=EZXX0012" for "location=yourlocationcode" To find the code use this URL http://xoap.weather.com, use search after you type name of your city and press enter, the code is the part of the URL like http://xoap.weather.com/weather/today/EZXX0012?lswe=Prague,%20Czech%20Republic&from=searchbox_typeahead
Then use Exaile (best music player for Linux IMHO) as your default music player and conky will function as expected, it will provide you either with the weather info or with the music info.
Then if you want to make conky run every startup you have to create a startup script (see my previous reply) and setup your distro to launch it on every start. My script basically does that it waits 5 seconds then it launches conky with the .conkyrc configuration then it waits for 16 seconds a it luanches conky with the .conkyrcx configuration. This delay is needed because otherwise conky sometimes fails to start in some distros, and it's also important to be connected to Internet first, so conky is able to download the weather data...

Hopefully everything is clear right now...

by **lead67** on Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:43 am

daquirm,

Beautiful, I followed all your words and the two conky are open but I was not able to get the code for my location I get a STATUS 404 web error and the weather conky is not showing anything.

The start up script, what do I name the file and it should also be in /home/username directory, right? and how do I make start at boot? I know you mentioned the start-up script but how do I configure it to start? If I log-out it doesn't start I have to enter the code to see it on desktop and if I right click on the desktop, they disappear and I have to go to the scripts and click save one and then the other so they show up again on my desktop.

Also, I tried to play a CD and I got this A Audio CD source plugin is required to play this stream, but not installed.
do I tried to CDs and nothing, do you know what do I have to do? EDIT + I got it but I have to add to the play list so it does not play automatically and the conky is showing the data, but i am still having the issue on the weather and in how to make appear at boot.

I am appreciated because you are sharing your time and knowledge and I bet you have busy life.

thanks

by **daquirm** on Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:05 am

Actually I'm ill so I have much more free time, so I'm glad to provide help, I need it all the time my self too..
after pressing search I got this 404 error too ...but still the location remains in the addressbar of your browser, the code is like this for new york for example: USNY0996. I believe you can see where it is in the address bellow. Use the same logic..

http://xoap.weather.com/weather/today/USNY0996?lswe=New%20York,%20NY,%20United%20States&from=searchbox_typeahead

The name of the start up script is up to you. mine is called .conky_start.sh, just make sure the file is labeled as executable. You can place it in your home folder to keep things simple. Making it autostart differs from distro to distro in gnome edition it's like this:

http://forum.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=35619&start=0&hilit=setup+conky

In fluxbox which I like the most you edit this file /home/daquirm/.fluxbox/startup and add this line to that at the right place:

Code: Select all: sh .conky_start.sh &

I'm not sure if I can help you with CD playback, because I have no CD ROM at all, but I believe that exaile is able to play it natively. Go to Exaile>Edit>Preferences>Plugins and there should be a checkbox CD Playback, Just check it. In exaile go to "Files" tab then paste this to path: /media. Then you should see the list of mounted devices, your CDROM should be there, just drag and drop it to your playlist. If it won't work, try to go to your synaptic and install package called ubuntu-restricted-extras It's just bunch of proprietary codecs and most used proprieatary apps like Flash, Java etc. It might help you...

The problem with disappearing might be solved like this (but I'm just guessing since I can't reproduce this error):
edit your .conkyrc and .conkyrcx
find the line

Code: Select all: own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

then replace the word "below" with "above" it might do the thing...

by **lead67** on Fri Jan 07, 2011 11:44 pm

well, I must be doing something wrong. The two conkys closed whenever I right click the desktop, only one open at boot, it is the cpu usage etc. the other doesn't.

I entered the above but still the same issue; and the weather I got the code as you stated but still does not display the weather, what do you think is making the conkys not work right or disappear? sorry that i am bothering too much.

the weather, I see on terminal "Failed to get location" did get my location as you stated and replaced all code from your:

Code: Select all: background yes use_xft yes xftfont neuropol:size=9 xftalpha 1 update_interval 1 total_run_times 0 own_window yes own_window_type override own_window_transparent yes own_window_type desktops own_window_hints undecorated,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager double_buffer yes minimum_size 350 40 maximum_width 370 draw_shades yes draw_outline no draw_borders no draw_graph_borders no default_color grey default_shade_color black alignment bottom_right gap_x 20 gap_y 60 no_buffers yes uppercase no cpu_avg_samples 2 override_utf8_locale no use_spacer right color1 4C4C4C color2 red ############################################## # Output ############################################## TEXT ${if_running exaile}$else$color1 ${goto 0}Weather in ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=CN} $color$hr$color2 ${goto 0}$color2${voffset 0}${font conky weather:size=28}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=WF}${goto 130}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=WF -s 1}${goto 260}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=WF -s 2}$color2${font neuropol:size=8} ${goto 40}${voffset -35}Today ${time %d. %m.}${goto 170}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=DW -s 1}${goto 300}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=DW -s 2}$color ${goto 44}${font neuropol:size=9}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -s 0 -u -x}${goto 174}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=LT -s 1 -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -s 1 -u -x}${goto 304}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=LT -s 2 -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -s 2 -u -x} $endif ${if_running exaile}${if_match "${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=ST}"!="Stopped"}$color1 Exaile playin' $color$hr$color2 ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=AR -n} - ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=TI -n} ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=AL -n}$color Track ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=TN -n}$alignr$color${execi 1 conkyExaile --datatype=PT -n} / ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=LE -n}$color1$else$color1 ${goto 0}Weather in ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=CN} $color$hr$color2 ${goto 0}$color2${voffset 0}${font conky weather:size=28}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=WF}${goto 130}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=WF -s 1}${goto 260}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=WF -s 2}$color2${font neuropol:size=8} ${goto 40}${voffset -35}Today ${time %d. %m.}${goto 170}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=DW -s 1}${goto 300}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=DW -s 2}$color ${goto 44}${font neuropol:size=9}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -s -1 -u -x}${goto 174}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=LT -s 1 -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -s 1 -u -x}${goto 304}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=LT -s 2 -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -s 2 -u -x} ${endif}${endif}

thanks

by **daquirm** on Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:27 am

this thread solves your problem http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=443605 it looks like you've found it also somewhere, because your code is little bit edited. Just remove this line from your configs:

Code: Select all: own_window_type desktops

and keep only this one

Code: Select all: own_window_type override

Pls note, that I made a mistake, valid own_window_type parameter is "desktop" not "desktops", I edited the code in my first post. However in my case everything worked fine even with this mistake.

Considering the weather config pls PM me your .conkyForecast.config file and your .conkyrcx file, I'll take a look at it..

If you wanna know how things work I'll suggest you to take a look at following links, the first is conky documentation,:
http://conky.sourceforge.net/docs.html the second is manual to conkyforecast:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=869328

by **hemimaniac** on Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:43 am

My conky

the scripts

Code: Select all: # Use Xft? use_xft yes xftfont OFL Sorts Mill Goudy:size=8 xftalpha 0.8 text_buffer_size 2048 # Update interval in seconds update_interval 1 # 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 yes own_window_transparent yes own_window_type none own_window_class conky own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager # Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone) double_buffer yes # Minimum size of text area minimum_size 180 0 #maximum_width 220 0 # Draw shades? draw_shades no # Draw outlines? draw_outline no # Draw borders around text draw_borders no # Stippled borders? stippled_borders 0 # border margins border_inner_margin 5 # border width border_width 1 # Default colors and also border colors default_color green #default_shade_color gray #default_outline_color black own_window_colour black #color1 black # 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 1350 gap_y 30 # 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 yes TEXT ${alignc 17}${font URW Chancery L:size=32}L${font URW Chancery L:size=14}inux ${font} ${font URW Chancery L:size=32}M${font URW Chancery L:size=14 --spaces=10}int ${font Goudy Bookletter 1911:style=Bold}SYSTEM${font} ${hr 2} ${font}${alignc}${time %H:%M %A %B %d %Y} ${alignc 17}${font Sniglet:size=16}hemimaniac${font} ${alignc}${font Comfortaa:size=10}Frankly, I don't give a damn${font} ${voffset 2}${font StyleBats:size=16}i${font} Kernel: ${alignr}${kernel} ${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font} CPU1: ${cpu cpu1}% ${alignr}${cpubar cpu1 8,60} ${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font} CPU2: ${cpu cpu2}% ${alignr}${cpubar cpu2 8,60} ${font StyleBats:size=16}g${font} RAM: $memperc% ${alignr}${membar 8,60} ${font StyleBats:size=16}j${font} SWAP: $swapperc% ${alignr}${swapbar 8,60} ${font StyleBats:size=16}q${font} Uptime: ${alignr}${uptime} ${font Goudy Bookletter 1911:style=Bold}HD${font} ${hr 2} ${voffset 4}${font Pie charts for maps:size=14}7${font} ${voffset -5}Root: ${voffset 4}${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} ${alignr}${fs_bar 8,60 /} ${font Pie charts for maps:size=14}7${font} ${voffset -5}Home: ${voffset 4}${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home} ${alignr}${fs_bar 8,60 /home} ${font Pie charts for maps:size=14}7${font} ${voffset -5}Media: ${voffset 4}${fs_used /media/Stores}/${fs_size /media/Stores} ${alignr}${fs_bar 8,60 /media/Stores} ${font Goudy Bookletter 1911:style=Bold}DUNGEON-NET.${font} ${hr 2} ${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font} Up: ${upspeed eth0} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 8,60 000000 000000} ${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font} Down: ${downspeed eth0} ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth0 8,60 000000 000000} ${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}O${font} Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth0} ${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}U${font} Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth0} ${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font} Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr eth0} ${font Goudy Bookletter 1911:style=Bold}MUSIC${font} ${hr 2} ${if_running banshee-1}${font}Artist: ${exec ~/conkybanshee/conkyBanshee.py --datatype=AR}$endif ${if_running banshee-1}${font}Track Title: ${exec ~/conkybanshee/conkyBanshee.py --datatype=TI}$endif ${if_running banshee-1}${font}Album: ${exec ~/conkybanshee/conkyBanshee.py --datatype=AL}$endif ${if_running banshee-1}${font}Length: ${exec ~/conkybanshee/conkyBanshee.py --datatype=LE}$endif ${if_running banshee-1}${font}Position: ${exec ~/conkybanshee/conkyBanshee.py --datatype=PT}$endif ${if_running banshee-1}${execibar 1 ~/banshee.sh progress}$endif ${font Goudy Bookletter 1911:style=Bold}PROCESSES${font} ${hr 2} NAME $alignr PID CPU ${top name 1} $alignr ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top name 2} $alignr ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top name 3} $alignr ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top name 4} $alignr ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top name 5} $alignr ${top pid 5} ${top cpu 5} ${font Goudy Bookletter 1911:style=Bold}WEATHER${font} ${hr 2} Location: ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --datatype=CN} Conditions: ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --datatype=CC} ${font ConkyWeather:size=36}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --night --datatype=WF}${font} Temp: ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --datatype=HT} - Feels Like: Low ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --datatype=LT} Hi ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --datatype=HT} Wind: ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --datatype=WD} - ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --datatype=WS} - ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --datatype=WG} Humidity: ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --datatype=HM} Sunrise: ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --datatype=SR} Sunset: ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --datatype=SS} Daylight: ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --datatype=DL} Extended Forecast ${font ConkyWeather:size=36}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --startday=1 --endday=4 --location=CAXX0255 --datatype=WF}${font} ${execpi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --template=/home/hemimaniac/Scripts/conkyrc-PCtemp}${font} ${voffset -12}${execpi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --template=/home/hemimaniac/Scripts/conkyrcLTtemp} ${voffset -12}${execpi 3600 conkyForecast --location=CAXX0255 --template=/home/hemimaniac/Scripts/conkyrcHTtemp} ${voffset -12}${execpi 3600 conkyForecast --shortweekday --location=CAXX0255 --template=/home/hemimaniac/Scripts/conkyrcDWtemp}

and

Code: Select all: # Use Xft? use_xft yes xftfont OFL Sorts Mill Goudy:size=8 xftalpha 0.8 text_buffer_size 4096 # Update interval in seconds update_interval 1 # 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 yes own_window_transparent yes own_window_type override own_window_class conky own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager # Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone) double_buffer yes # Minimum size of text area minimum_size 200 0 #maximum_width 200 0 # Draw shades? draw_shades no # Draw outlines? draw_outline no # Draw borders around text draw_borders no # Stippled borders? stippled_borders 0 # border margins border_inner_margin 5 # border width border_width 1 # Default colors and also border colors default_color green #default_shade_color gray #default_outline_color black own_window_colour black #color1 black # 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 50 gap_y 100 # 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 true #fork to background background yes TEXT ${font URW Chancery L:size=32}N${font URW Chancery L:size=14}ews ${font Goudy Bookletter 1911:style=Bold}CTV.CA-NEWS${font} ${hr 2} ${rss http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/freeheadlines/rdf/allNewsRss.xml 10 item_titles 10} ${font Goudy Bookletter 1911:style=Bold}LONDON FREE PRESS-NEWS${font} ${hr 2} ${rss http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/rss.xml 10 item_titles 10} ${font Goudy Bookletter 1911:style=Bold}TSN.CA${font} ${hr 2} ${rss http://www.tsn.ca/datafiles/rss/Stories.xml 30 item_titles 10} ${font Goudy Bookletter 1911:style=Bold}Linux Mint-Forums${font} ${hr 2} ${rss http://linuxmint.com/forum/rss.php 20 item_titles 20}

Remember conky is what it is - what YOU make it

PS.

for everything conky to make it easier for me, i made a conky-script folder in ~/hemimaniac and put it all there

by **lead67** on Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:46 pm

Daquirm,
You are one hundred percent correct, I placed that line of "...override" before I right clicked on my desktop so I am sure that had I not done that your code would have preformed as it does on yours.

As per your request, here is the code for the first file:
.conkyForecast.config

Code: Select all: # config settings for conkyForecast.py CACHE_FOLDERPATH = /tmp/ CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 16 EXPIRY_MINUTES = 30 TIME_FORMAT = %H:%M DATE_FORMAT = %Y-%m-%d LOCALE = XOAP_PARTNER_ID = "1230205785" XOAP_LICENCE_KEY = "606d77f662c29212"

And here is the second file.
.conkyrcx

Code: Select all: background yes use_xft yes xftfont neuropol:size=9 xftalpha 1 update_interval 1 total_run_times 0 own_window yes own_window_type override own_window_transparent yes own_window_hints undecorated,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager double_buffer yes minimum_size 350 40 maximum_width 370 draw_shades yes draw_outline no draw_borders no draw_graph_borders no default_color grey default_shade_color black alignment bottom_right gap_x 10 gap_y 70 no_buffers yes uppercase no cpu_avg_samples 2 override_utf8_locale no use_spacer right color1 4C4C4C color2 red ############################################## # Output ############################################## TEXT ${if_running exaile}$else$color1 ${goto 0}Weather in ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=CN} $color$hr$color2 ${goto 0}$color2${voffset 0}${font conky weather:size=28}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=WF}${goto 130}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=WF -s 1}${goto 260}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=WF -s 2}$color2${font neuropol:size=8} ${goto 40}${voffset -35}Today ${time %d. %m.}${goto 170}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=DW -s 1}${goto 300}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=DW -s 2}$color ${goto 44}${font neuropol:size=9}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -s 0 -u -x}${goto 174}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=LT -s 1 -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -s 1 -u -x}${goto 304}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=LT -s 2 -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -s 2 -u -x} $endif ${if_running exaile}${if_match "${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=ST}"!="Stopped"}$color1 Exaile playin' $color$hr$color2 ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=AR -n} - ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=TI -n} ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=AL -n}$color Track ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=TN -n}$alignr$color${execi 1 conkyExaile --datatype=PT -n} / ${execi 5 conkyExaile --datatype=LE -n}$color1$else$color1 ${goto 0}Weather in ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=CN} $color$hr$color2 ${goto 0}$color2${voffset 0}${font conky weather:size=28}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=WF}${goto 130}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=WF -s 1}${goto 260}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=WF -s 2}$color2${font neuropol:size=8} ${goto 40}${voffset -35}Today ${time %d. %m.}${goto 170}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=DW -s 1}${goto 300}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=DW -s 2}$color ${goto 44}${font neuropol:size=9}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -s -1 -u -x}${goto 174}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=LT -s 1 -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -s 1 -u -x}${goto 304}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=LT -s 2 -u -x} / ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=USCA0791 --datatype=HT -s 2 -u -x} ${endif}${endif}

the right click issue is gone but I still can't get it to show the weather it just shows the date and the rest is blank. Again, :oops:

I am very, very appreciated of the time you are taking to tutor this newbee.

thanks

by **zerozero** on Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:10 pm

In the end of this how-to i hope you can have this conky running in your screen;

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1st- install conky-all

Code: Select all: sudo apt-get install conky-all

2nd- the conkyrc:

Code: Select all: # -- Conky settings -- # background no update_interval 1 cpu_avg_samples 2 net_avg_samples 2 override_utf8_locale yes double_buffer yes no_buffers yes text_buffer_size 2048 imlib_cache_size 0 #Window settings own_window yes own_window_type override no own_window_transparent yes own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager border_inner_margin 0 border_outer_margin 0 minimum_size 1320 150 maximum_width 1320 alignment tm gap_x 10 gap_y 40 # -- Graphics settings -- # draw_shades no draw_outline no draw_borders no draw_graph_borders no # -- Text settings -- # use_xft yes xftfont Droid Sans:size=16 xftalpha 0.6 uppercase no default_color 666666 # -- Lua Load -- # lua_load ~/scripts/rings-lua lua_draw_hook_pre ring_stats TEXT ${voffset 35}${goto 40}${uptime_short}${voffset -35}${goto 170}ds ${downspeed eth2}${goto 300}us ${upspeed eth2}${goto 420}cpu ${acpitemp}C (${cpu cpu0}% ${cpu cpu1}%)${goto 620}${color ff00ff}ram ${memperc}% ${color}${goto 730}proc ${processes} (${running_processes} run)${goto 950}fs ${fs_used /}(${fs_used_perc /}%)${goto 1230} ${goto 165}${color ff00ff}${hr 1}${color} ${goto 900}${time %A, %d %B %Y}

Open Gedit and copy all text above
save it in the home folder as .conkyrc
mind the "." before the name

3rd- the rings-lua

Code: Select all: --[[ Ring Meters by londonali1010 (2009) This script draws percentage meters as rings. It is fully customisable; all options are described in the script. IMPORTANT: if you are using the 'cpu' function, it will cause a segmentation fault if it tries to draw a ring straight away. The if statement on line 145 uses a delay to make sure that this doesn't happen. It calculates the length of the delay by the number of updates since Conky started. Generally, a value of 5s is long enough, so if you update Conky every 1s, use update_num > 5 in that if statement (the default). If you only update Conky every 2s, you should change it to update_num > 3; conversely if you update Conky every 0.5s, you should use update_num > 10. ALSO, if you change your Conky, is it best to use "killall conky; conky" to update it, otherwise the update_num will not be reset and you will get an error. To call this script in Conky, use the following (assuming that you save this script to ~/scripts/rings.lua): lua_load ~/scripts/rings-v1.2.1.lua lua_draw_hook_pre ring_stats Changelog: + v1.2.1 -- Fixed minor bug that caused script to crash if conky_parse() returns a nil value (20.10.2009) + v1.2 -- Added option for the ending angle of the rings (07.10.2009) + v1.1 -- Added options for the starting angle of the rings, and added the "max" variable, to allow for variables that output a numerical value rather than a percentage (29.09.2009) + v1.0 -- Original release (28.09.2009) ]] settings_table = { { -- Edit this table to customise your rings. -- You can create more rings simply by adding more elements to settings_table. -- "name" is the type of stat to display; you can choose from 'cpu', 'memperc', 'fs_used_perc', 'battery_used_perc'. name='time', -- "arg" is the argument to the stat type, e.g. if in Conky you would write ${cpu cpu0}, 'cpu0' would be the argument. If you would not use an argument in the Conky variable, use ''. arg='%I.%M', -- "max" is the maximum value of the ring. If the Conky variable outputs a percentage, use 100. max=12, -- "bg_colour" is the colour of the base ring. bg_colour=0xffffff, -- "bg_alpha" is the alpha value of the base ring. bg_alpha=0.1, -- "fg_colour" is the colour of the indicator part of the ring. fg_colour=0xffffff, -- "fg_alpha" is the alpha value of the indicator part of the ring. fg_alpha=0.4, -- "x" and "y" are the x and y coordinates of the centre of the ring, relative to the top left corner of the Conky window. x=75, y=75, -- "radius" is the radius of the ring. radius=50, -- "thickness" is the thickness of the ring, centred around the radius. thickness=5, -- "start_angle" is the starting angle of the ring, in degrees, clockwise from top. Value can be either positive or negative. start_angle=0, -- "end_angle" is the ending angle of the ring, in degrees, clockwise from top. Value can be either positive or negative, but must be larger (e.g. more clockwise) than start_angle. end_angle=360 }, { name='time', arg='%M', max=60, bg_colour=0xffffff, bg_alpha=0.1, fg_colour=0xffffff, fg_alpha=0.4, x=75, y=75, radius=56, thickness=5, start_angle=0, end_angle=360 }, { name='time', arg='%S', max=60, bg_colour=0xffffff, bg_alpha=0.1, fg_colour=0xff0000, fg_alpha=0.8, x=75, y=75, radius=62, thickness=5, start_angle=0, end_angle=360 }, { name='loadavg', arg='1', max=1, bg_colour=0xffffff, bg_alpha=0.1, fg_colour=0xff0000, fg_alpha=0.8, x=1250, y=75, radius=62, thickness=5, start_angle=0, end_angle=360 }, { name='loadavg', arg='2', max=1, bg_colour=0xffffff, bg_alpha=0.1, fg_colour=0xff0000, fg_alpha=0.8, x=1250, y=75, radius=56, thickness=5, start_angle=0, end_angle=360 }, { name='loadavg', arg='3', max=1, bg_colour=0xffffff, bg_alpha=0.1, fg_colour=0xff0000, fg_alpha=0.8, x=1250, y=75, radius=50, thickness=5, start_angle=0, end_angle=360 }, } require 'cairo' function rgb_to_r_g_b(colour,alpha) return ((colour / 0x10000) % 0x100) / 255., ((colour / 0x100) % 0x100) / 255., (colour % 0x100) / 255., alpha end function draw_ring(cr,t,pt) local w,h=conky_window.width,conky_window.height local xc,yc,ring_r,ring_w,sa,ea=pt['x'],pt['y'],pt['radius'],pt['thickness'],pt['start_angle'],pt['end_angle'] local bgc, bga, fgc, fga=pt['bg_colour'], pt['bg_alpha'], pt['fg_colour'], pt['fg_alpha'] local angle_0=sa*(2*math.pi/360)-math.pi/2 local angle_f=ea*(2*math.pi/360)-math.pi/2 local t_arc=t*(angle_f-angle_0) -- Draw background ring cairo_arc(cr,xc,yc,ring_r,angle_0,angle_f) cairo_set_source_rgba(cr,rgb_to_r_g_b(bgc,bga)) cairo_set_line_width(cr,ring_w) cairo_stroke(cr) -- Draw indicator ring cairo_arc(cr,xc,yc,ring_r,angle_0,angle_0+t_arc) cairo_set_source_rgba(cr,rgb_to_r_g_b(fgc,fga)) cairo_stroke(cr) end function conky_ring_stats() local function setup_rings(cr,pt) local str='' local value=0 str=string.format('${%s %s}',pt['name'],pt['arg']) str=conky_parse(str) value=tonumber(str) if value == nil then value = 0 end pct=value/pt['max'] draw_ring(cr,pct,pt) end if conky_window==nil then return end local cs=cairo_xlib_surface_create(conky_window.display,conky_window.drawable,conky_window.visual, conky_window.width,conky_window.height) local cr=cairo_create(cs) local updates=conky_parse('${updates}') update_num=tonumber(updates) if update_num>5 then for i in pairs(settings_table) do setup_rings(cr,settings_table[i]) end end end

follow the same procedure as for the conkyrc:
- copy all text for a new document in Gedit;
- save it as rings-lua inside a folder named scripts in your home (if you don't have one, create it)

4th- Add conky to Startup Applications

Code: Select all: #!/bin/bash sleep 40 conky -c ~/.conkyrc & #conky -c ~/.conkyrc1 & #conky -c ~/.conkyrc2 exit

- same as before;
- save it as .conkystart.sh in your home folder;
- make it executable: right-click on it, properties, permissions, tick the box "allow executing file as program";
- open control centre, startup applications, add, name> conky, command, browse until you pick the saved .conkystart.sh
note: i have 3 conkys in the script, but 2 are commented out(#), if one day you want to add more conkys just remove the # as long as you follow those names

Tweaks:

${voffset 35}${goto 40}${uptime_short}${voffset -35}${goto 170}ds ${downspeed eth2}${goto 300}us ${upspeed eth2}${goto 420}cpu ${acpitemp}C (${cpu cpu0}% ${cpu cpu1}%)${goto 620}${color ff00ff}ram ${memperc}% ${color}${goto 730}proc ${processes} (${running_processes} run)${goto 950}fs ${fs_used /}(${fs_used_perc /}%)${goto 1230}
${goto 165}${color ff00ff}${hr 1}${color}
${goto 900}${time %A, %d %B %Y}

- the conkyrc was made for a 1366 px width screen, for bigger or smaller you have to play with the goto above and in the rings-lua;
- the internet may change (mine is eth2)
- this laptop has 2 processors (cpu0 and cpu1), change it accordly

by **mrpeachy** on Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:13 pm

here'w my conky to show off
everything is written in lua and displayed via conky (using conky vriables with the handy lua command conky_parse

it will display a system monitor like this:

or it will display the network monitor like this:

you can select which from the top of the scipt
there are several things you need to do before the network part will run for you and that is also explained at the top.
being as the script is a little lengthy i wont post the code directly, you can get it here:
http://ompldr.org/vNzF4bA
there are still bugs to work out

and code to pretty up
and in the works

by **dawgdoc** on Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:34 pm

MrPeachy, that is a lot of conky. :lol:

by **willie42** on Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:39 pm

He def knows what his system is doing.

by **mrpeachy** on Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:57 pm

dawgdoc wrote:MrPeachy, that is a lot of conky.

a mere 5000 lines of lua code and growing... although i suspect a lot of that number is because i write messy code!
if i acutally knew what i was doing i'm sure it would be half the size or less

willie42 wrote::shock: He def knows what his system is doing.

you have to keep a close eye on these things!

by **willie42** on Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:00 pm

Well I am sure as time goes on you will look and change it and make it just the perfect size

by **zerozero** on Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:04 pm

willie42 wrote:Well I am sure as time goes on you will look and change it and make it just the perfect size

and buy a 2nd monitor to display the rest :lol:

but really that is A conky

by **d00med** on Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:47 pm

I couldn't get a gmail checker to work with conky. I'm using scripts found in this wiki, but nothing is displayed. It does say to modify /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf, but this is for Arch. Is there a similar config needed for Mint?

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