markwolfe Veteran Posted April 11, 2008 Veteran Share Posted April 11, 2008 I have seen a few posts in the desktop section from members that use conky, and was just wondering what you like to do with conky. (I have seen weather displayed using special fonts to show conditions, but have never tried it) Anyhow, mine is nothing fancy. I do extract out the GPU temperature, and have an "if" statement to display my removable USB media if I have it inserted and mounted. I don't use any charting, to keep CPU usage down, but do have a few basic bars. And the .conkyrc is attached. .conkyrc.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rson451 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 i don't do anything special with it, only basic status and levels. the right is an update notify script from the arch community. ^ yes it's there ^ http://rsontech.net/~randy/dotfiles/laptop/.conkyrc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rson451 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 cant edit now :( but i forgot to mention that the wireless signal strength is actually controlled by a script i wrote and a modified webdings font that i put together to have the bars like i wanted. if i could only get that font working in non xft i would be set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKHelloNasty Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Nothing special in mine, I like to keep it simple. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APH-Alex Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I have seen a few posts in the desktop section from members that use conky, and was just wondering what you like to do with conky. (I have seen weather displayed using special fonts to show conditions, but have never tried it)Anyhow, mine is nothing fancy. I do extract out the GPU temperature, and have an "if" statement to display my removable USB media if I have it inserted and mounted. I don't use any charting, to keep CPU usage down, but do have a few basic bars. And the .conkyrc is attached. Do you know what font "Conky" uses in that screenshot, and if that font is available for windows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKHelloNasty Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Looking at his .conkyrc file it looks like it is: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightIdea Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Bitstream Vera Sans Mono is the font it is using. I don't think it's available for windows though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APH-Alex Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Got it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKHelloNasty Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 lol, how cheesy. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted April 16, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted April 16, 2008 Looking at his .conkyrc file it looks like it is:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=8 I don't do a lot of fiddling with fonts. By "not a lot", I mean "none". :p That was whatever font was used in the sample I based mine off of, and since it was acceptable to me, I just left it alone. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkz Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 cool, using it on my linuxbox now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 I've been playing with conky today. I like it fairly simple; just showing me what I need to know - override_utf8_locale yes xftfont Nimbus Sans L:size=7 xftalpha 0.8 TEXT ${offset 240}${color slate grey}UpTime: ${color }$uptime ${offset 240}${color slate grey}CPU:${color } $cpu% ${acpitemp}?C ${offset 240}${cpugraph 20,100 000000 ffffff} ${offset 240}${color slate grey}MEM: ${color } $memperc% ${offset 240}${membar 3,100} ${offset 240}${color slate grey}SWAP: ${color }$swapperc% ${offset 240}${swapbar 3,100} ${offset 240}${color slate grey}ROOT: ${color }${fs_free /}Free ${offset 240}${fs_bar 3,100 /} ${offset 240}${color slate grey}HOME: ${color }${fs_free /home}Free ${offset 240}${fs_bar 3,100 /home} ${offset 240}${color slate grey}NET: ${offset 240}${color}Up: ${color }${upspeed eth0} k/s ${offset 240}${upspeedgraph eth0 20,100 000000 ffffff} ${offset 240}${color}Down: ${color }${downspeed eth0}k/s${color} ${offset 240}${downspeedgraph eth0 20,100 000000 ffffff} ${offset 240}${color slate grey}TODAY: ${offset 240}${color}${font Weather:size=36}${execi 1800 conkyForecast --location=UKXX1640 --datatype=WF}${font} ${offset 280}${voffset -30}${execi 1800 conkyForecast --location=UKXX1640 --datatype=HT} ${offset 280}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=UKXX1640 --datatype=CC} ${offset 240}${color slate grey}FORECAST: ${offset 240}${color}${execi 1800 conkyForecast --location=UKXX1640 --startday=1 --endday=2 --datatype=DW --shortweekday --spaces=17} ${offset 240}${execi 1800 conkyForecast --location=UKXX1640 --startday=1 --endday=2 --datatype=HT --refetch --spaces=15} ${offset 220}${font Weather:size=30} ${execi 1800 conkyForecast --location=UKXX1640 --startday=1 --endday=2 --datatype=WF --refetch --spaces=2}${font} The weather stuff is fairly easy to do. I used this guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted September 29, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted September 29, 2008 ^^^ I like the weather stuff with icons. I have added in a "execi curl" call in my conkyrc to extract temperature data, but I really think that what you have is much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 I am using this config right now. Modified some minor things for my config. I just started using it today but it's so easy to customize! http://sen7.deviantart.com/art/Conky-Mira-100078939 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosleep Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 I'll post what I used to use here, really simple for what I need. background no own_window yes own_window_transparent yes own_window_type root own_window_hints undecorate,sticky double_buffer yes update_interval 1 use_xft yes xftfont cure:size=9 xftalpha 1 border_margin 2 border_width 2 alignment bottom_right gap_x 2 gap_y 2 TEXT ${color 9ACD32}${mpd_smart} ${color #5555FF}(${battery}) ${color orange}${time %D} ${color orange}${time %I:%M%P} ${color 9ACD32}${wireless_link_qual_perc wlan0}% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_was_here Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 My conky is rather plain but it does what I need: http://anonymous-bot.deviantart.com/art/co...setup-105827014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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