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(Solved)Conky Configurations

Post by willie42 »

I am trying to get a nice looking conky set up and I am working on the weather. I am having some issues with it and if someone can shed some light on what I might be doing wrong. I have been working on this for several weeks and I have come up empty on how to get my weather working. If someone would be kind enough to look at it and tell me where I am going wrong or what I am forgetting to do it would be much appreciated. I have installed Conky forcast and I have looked at other threads and just can't see where I am going wrong at. here is my Conky Script.

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background no
use_xft yes
xftfont 123:size=8
xftalpha 0.1
update_interval 0.5
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 250 5
maximum_width 400
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
default_color gray
default_shade_color green
default_outline_color green
alignment top_right
gap_x 10
gap_y 10
no_buffers no
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 1
override_utf8_locale yes
use_spacer yes
text_buffer_size 256

TEXT

${font openlogos:size=20}${font Arial:size=20}${color Green}Linux Mint
${color red}Debian Edition${font openlogos:size=20}

${voffset -90}
${color white}
${font}
${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color green}SYSTEM ${color white} ${hr 2}
$font${color white}$sysname $kernel $alignr $machine
${color white}${execi 1000 cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sed -e 's/model name.*: //'}

Uptime $alignr${uptime}
File System $alignr${fs_type}

${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color green}PROCESSORS ${color white}${hr 2}
$font${color white}CPU1  ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}
CPU2  ${cpu cpu2}% ${cpubar cpu2}

${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color Green}MEMORY ${color white}${hr 2}
$font${color white}MEM $alignc $mem / $memmax $alignr $memperc%
$membar

${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color green}HDD ${color white}${hr 2}
$font${color white}/home $alignc ${fs_used /home} / ${fs_size /home} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /home}%
${fs_bar /home}
/data $alignc ${fs_used /media/data} / ${fs_size /media/data} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /media/data}%
${fs_bar /media/data}
/Backup-Data $alignc ${fs_used /media/Backup-Data} / ${fs_size /media/Backup-Data} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /media/Backup-Data}%
${fs_bar /media/Backup-Data}
/backup-home $alignc ${fs_used /media/backup-home} / ${fs_size /media/backup-home} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /media/backup-home}%
${fs_bar /media/backup-home}

${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color green}TOP PROCESSES ${color white}${hr 2}
${color white}$font${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top mem 2} %
$font${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top mem 3} %
$font${top_mem name 4}${alignr}${top mem 4} %
$font${top_mem name 5}${alignr}${top mem 5} %

${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color Green}NETWORK ${color white}${hr 2}
$font${color white}IP on eth0 $alignr ${addr eth1}

Down $alignr ${downspeed eth1} kb/s
Up $alignr ${upspeed eth1} kb/s

Downloaded: $alignr  ${totaldown eth1}
Uploaded: $alignr  ${totalup eth1}

${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color Green}WEATHER ${color white}${hr 2}
${font}${color white}

${voffset -25}${font Weather:size=45}${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=37830:4:US –datatype=WF}
${alignc 22}${voffset -60}${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color DimGray}${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=37830:4:US –datatype=HT}
$font${voffset -55}${alignr}${color white}Wind: ${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=37830:4:US –datatype=WS}
${alignr}${color white}Humidity: ${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=37830:4:US –datatype=HM}
${alignr}${color white}Precipitation: ${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=37830:4:US –datatype=PC}

${color white}Sunrise: $alignr${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=37830:4:US –datatype=SR}${alignr}
Sunset: $alignr${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=37830:4:US –datatype=SS}$color


Thank you in advance. :D
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Re: Conky Configurations

Post by Habitual »

I got this.

Check your PMs.
edwardr

Re: Conky Configurations

Post by edwardr »

I'm putting the kids to bed so don't have time to look through your code, but here's mine that works pretty good for me. Maybe you can find a hint here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 60#p326232
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Re: Conky Configurations

Post by Habitual »

willie:

The last 7 lines of your code should read like this:

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${voffset -25}${font ConkyWeather:size=45}${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=USTN0370 --datatype=WF --imperial}
${alignc 22}${voffset -60}${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color DimGray}${execi 1800 conkyForecast --location=USTN0370 --datatype=HT --imperial}
$font${voffset -55}${alignr}${color white}Wind: ${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=USTN0370 --datatype=WS --imperial}
${alignr}${color white}Humidity: ${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=USTN0370 --datatype=HM --imperial}
${alignr}${color white}Precipitation: ${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=USTN0370 --datatype=PC --imperial}

${color white}Sunrise: $alignr${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=USTN0370 --datatype=SR}${alignr}
Sunset: $alignr${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=USTN0370 --datatype=SS}$color

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use_spacer right
above TEXT is correct.

Lemme know...

JJ
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Re: Conky Configurations

Post by Habitual »

willie42:
I hope this does the job for you.

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background no
use_xft yes
xftfont 123:size=8
xftalpha 0.1
update_interval 0.5
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 250 5
maximum_width 400
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
default_color gray
default_shade_color green
default_outline_color green
alignment top_right
gap_x 10
gap_y 10
no_buffers no
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 1
override_utf8_locale yes
use_spacer right
text_buffer_size 256

TEXT

${font openlogos:size=20}${font Arial:size=20}${color Green}Linux Mint
${color red}Debian Edition${font openlogos:size=20}

${voffset -90}
${color white}
${font}
${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color green}SYSTEM ${color white} ${hr 2}
$font${color white}$sysname $kernel $alignr $machine
${color white}${execi 1000 cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sed -e 's/model name.*: //'}

Uptime $alignr${uptime}
File System $alignr${fs_type}

${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color green}PROCESSORS ${color white}${hr 2}
$font${color white}CPU1  ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}
CPU2  ${cpu cpu2}% ${cpubar cpu2}

${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color Green}MEMORY ${color white}${hr 2}
$font${color white}MEM $alignc $mem / $memmax $alignr $memperc%
$membar

${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color green}HDD ${color white}${hr 2}
$font${color white}/home $alignc ${fs_used /home} / ${fs_size /home} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /home}%
${fs_bar /home}
/data $alignc ${fs_used /media/data} / ${fs_size /media/data} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /media/data}%
${fs_bar /media/data}
/Backup-Data $alignc ${fs_used /media/Backup-Data} / ${fs_size /media/Backup-Data} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /media/Backup-Data}%
${fs_bar /media/Backup-Data}
/backup-home $alignc ${fs_used /media/backup-home} / ${fs_size /media/backup-home} $alignr ${fs_free_perc /media/backup-home}%
${fs_bar /media/backup-home}

${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color green}TOP PROCESSES ${color white}${hr 2}
${color white}$font${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top mem 2} %
$font${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top mem 3} %
$font${top_mem name 4}${alignr}${top mem 4} %
$font${top_mem name 5}${alignr}${top mem 5} %

${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color Green}NETWORK 
${color white}${hr 2}
$font${color white}IP on eth0 $alignr ${addr eth1}

Down $alignr ${downspeed eth1} kb/s
Up $alignr ${upspeed eth1} kb/s

Downloaded: $alignr  ${totaldown eth1}
Uploaded: $alignr  ${totalup eth1}

${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color Green}WEATHER ${color white}${hr 2}
${font}${color white}

${voffset -25}${font ConkyWeather:size=45}${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=USTN0370 --datatype=WF --imperial}
${alignc 22}${voffset -60}${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color DimGray}${execi 1800 conkyForecast --location=USTN0370 --datatype=HT --imperial}
$font${voffset -55}${alignr}${color white}Wind: ${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=USTN0370 --datatype=WS --imperial}
${alignr}${color white}Humidity: ${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=USTN0370 --datatype=HM --imperial}
${alignr}${color white}Precipitation: ${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=USTN0370 --datatype=PC --imperial}

${color white}Sunrise: $alignr${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=USTN0370 --datatype=SR}${alignr}
Sunset: $alignr${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=USTN0370 --datatype=SS}$color
and here's what it looks like
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