Conky 1.7.1.1

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#21 Post by magerlab »

there's no executable in new conky 1.5.1 .pet!
ive installed this pet but nothing happens and there's nothing in usr/bin( or /usr/local/bin)

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#22 Post by Wolf Pup »

magerlab wrote:there's no executable in new conky 1.5.1 .pet!
ive installed this pet but nothing happens and there's nothing in usr/bin( or /usr/local/bin)
you sure? I've just downloaded conky and found the executable in /usr/local/bin/conky. Try downloading conky again
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#23 Post by brymway »

I've been trying to get Conky to work on Dingo but trying to follow your directions isn't getting me anywhere. When I try to download something from the links you provide it won't let me enter the site. I get the same
libidn.so.11 error when I try to open it up with rxvt. I have the conky icon under my system menu but it won't open up. Any new leads with getting it to work with Dingo?

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Re: Conky 1.5.1

#24 Post by alienjeff »

Wolf Pup wrote:...move xlock icon down, to above pupzip or conky will cover xlock icon.
Conky can be moved around, too. In .conkyrc, try fiddling with this:

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# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment bottom_left
#bottom_right, top_left, top_right or none

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 14
gap_y 42
This works when running Conky "own_window false" ... haven't tried "true."
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#25 Post by Fenris »

hi all
well ive ported my conky file across from my PC to my laptop. installed conky 1.5.1 installed the 3 library's as mentioned in here. my only problem is that conky will only open if told to from terminal and if terminal is then closed so does conky.
on my PC i have ubuntu 8.04 and the trick there is to create a 'sh file' called .conky_start.sh that has a delay time and then executes the conky code. the delay allows the system to get the background done when you log in so that conky isnt covered by it if conky opens to early. then in the startup file you add a string command > /home/fenris/.conky_start.sh. this is the pointer for the sh file. now ive tried adding the conky to the startup folder where the ducumentation suggest that it waits for everything to settle before it fires up the programs in the folder. can anyone guide me in the ways of the puppy. ontop of that its not going transparent. when qiv was installed it popped up a ream of dependancies to do with 'libgmodule-1.2.so.0. im having trouble trying to locate a package that puppy can use.

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#26 Post by Fenris »

hi all

tracked down the module i needed but although conky starts transparent it reverts to a black background. the only way ive been able to get it transparent is if it is set to;

'own_window no'

but although it then acts as text and graphs on the background pic it wipes out all the desktop icons. they are still there but it takes a wild guess as to position with the mouse to find them. i dont have this problem on my PC under 8.04. so what may i be missing?
as an aside i have used this method to auto start puppy for those of you who may be interested.

open a new document in geany or your prefered text editor and type the following.

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#!/bin/bash

sleep 20 && conky;
save as

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 './conky_start.sh'
notice the full stop at the beginning! and put it into the startup folder then set the permissions

from the right clk mouse menu 'file 'conky_start.sh > permissions and the string in the command box should say.

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a+x (make executable/searchable)
the '20' in the conky start doc is a delay time. this lets everything else initialise before conky fires up, especially the background picture, as if conky fires up before it will dissappear behind the background. sorry if im teaching anyone to suck eggs just thought this might help someone..................now about this transparency problem.......... anyone? also heres a screen shot of my PC desktop, the setup is the same on my lappy though the conky script is chopped down a good bit due to various hardware and app differences. EDIT im also trying to use the tar.gz version now ive unpacked and configured but i get an error message..........................
no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH.........ok i no what it is and what it does but i wouldnt recognise it if it bit me on the a****! can somebody give me a name from the pet files please.

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#27 Post by brymway »

Figured it out. The package that had the missing dependencies should be unpackaged in /usr/lib, or unpackage it wherever, then drag the libxxx... to the /usr/lib directory. Then reboot the computer (at least I did) and it works. I was using xvesa but it didn't look right so I flipped over to xorg and it's clear. So to summarize, put all the dependencies in /usr/lib and reboot. You should be fine.

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#28 Post by brymway »

...but if I change the settings of .conkyrc to produce a transparent background, my icons disappear. I'm still able to click on them, I just can't see them until I click. If I turn the transparency off, I get a black (unattractive) background but I can see my icons. Oh, and there's no battery read out, (this is a laptop), cpu temp is always zero, and the readout from the fan status is: no fans? Other than that, it works pretty good.

I am using a Chembook laptop running Dingo running wireless.

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#29 Post by Pizzasgood »

Make sure these two options are enabled:

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# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
# Use pseudo transparency with own_window?
own_window_transparent yes
You may also want this one if it flickers:

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# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

For the battery, temp, and fans, run these commands in a terminal:

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modprobe battery
modprobe thermal
modprobe fan
That doesn't let me see my fans, but it might let you see yours. It does work for my temperature and battery. You may need to restart Conky before the changes show up. If it works, you can add these commands to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file so that they get run every time Puppy boots.
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#30 Post by ttuuxxx »

I compiled conky 1.5.1 on puppy 4.0
You'll have to configure it :)
It shouldn't need anything.
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#31 Post by ttuuxxx »

*****Updated *****
Hi I removed the min/max buttons on this one
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#32 Post by brymway »

I have added the 'modprobes' to my boot folder like someone suggested but still no battery, cpu temp, or fans. I have scanned the internet and copied about ten different conkyrc files and tried them but still nothing. The directions for configuring conky that are out there are like everything else with Linux, 'not for the clueless'. Usually things start to make sense after about three months of un-natural amounts of online reading and experimenting. It stinks being a slow learner. Anyway, Mr. Tux, is your compiled version on Dingo any different from what I've got running now? I'm wondering if I should delete all my conky stuff and download yours with the hopes that those other levels that I want would work?

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#33 Post by Pizzasgood »

Rather than fiddling with conky, it may be a good idea to see if your Puppy is even able to read your temperature and such. Take a gander in /proc/acpi/thermal, /proc/acpi/battery/, and /proc/acpi/fan/. If everything is set up right, there should be at least one directory in each one, which will contain files related to it. So you might have /proc/acpi/thermal/THM0/, which has a file named temperature, that lists the temperature of whichever device THM0 is for (varies from laptop to laptop - on mine I just have one for CPU, but other people have one for the MOBO or maybe even drives). Similar situation for batteries and, I assume, fans. My fans don't seem to report anything and I've never bothered trying to make them, so I'm not sure what that would look like if it worked.

Anyways, if you see those files, then take the time to get Conky working. Otherwise first focus on getting your machine to report its stats. If you boot with acpi=off, that would probably cause problems. Also, if your machine uses APM instead of ACPI, you may need to look at /proc/apm/ instead. I'm just guessing as I've never used an APM machine. And of course be sure to modprobe thermal, battery, and fan or those directories I mentioned won't even appear.

When you start configuring Conky, you might need to go into the .conkyrc and specify which device it reports. On all my systems the defaults work, so you probably only need to do this if you have more than one battery or temp sensor. Specifying is done by something like this: ${battery 0}
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#34 Post by wolfwatcher51 »

Hey group, Thanks for the new conky and your information.

I had to switch tp pupy4 to get xorg to work on my lappy, si dingo is very new to me.

In puppy 301 conky was set up in .conky, but there is no .conky in dingo. Instead, it looks like there is an abreviated .conky like file called conk.conf.

I used ttuuxxx's compiled for puppy4 dot pet and conky opened and had the same display as is in the first picture.

Please excuse if I use the wrong terminology here, but I think you will get my point. Conky opens as if it is an application like say, a text editor. There is a button on the taskbar and a window for conky. The window has the -.min/max and close buttons as well as a rollup button. The window has it's own border and it's background is not transparent, black or at least dark.

So, If you would be so kind, how do I get conky to display and act like it does in 301? Is what I have described how conky is supposed to look/work in dingo or am I missing something needed so it will look "right"

If this is the only way conky works in dingo, will the older conky version that comes up transparent and uses a .conky file for it's configs work in dingo?

Thanks in advance, Chris.

P.S. OT, does anybody know if someone is making a gdesklets for dingo, or how to get the one for 301 to work in dingo? Again, Thanks,Chris.

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#35 Post by ttuuxxx »

wolfwatcher51 wrote:Hey group, Thanks for the new conky and your information.

I had to switch tp pupy4 to get xorg to work on my lappy, si dingo is very new to me.

In puppy 301 conky was set up in .conky, but there is no .conky in dingo. Instead, it looks like there is an abreviated .conky like file called conk.conf.

I used ttuuxxx's compiled for puppy4 dot pet and conky opened and had the same display as is in the first picture.

Please excuse if I use the wrong terminology here, but I think you will get my point. Conky opens as if it is an application like say, a text editor. There is a button on the taskbar and a window for conky. The window has the -.min/max and close buttons as well as a rollup button. The window has it's own border and it's background is not transparent, black or at least dark.

So, If you would be so kind, how do I get conky to display and act like it does in 301? Is what I have described how conky is supposed to look/work in dingo or am I missing something needed so it will look "right"

If this is the only way conky works in dingo, will the older conky version that comes up transparent and uses a .conky file for it's configs work in dingo?

Thanks in advance, Chris.

P.S. OT, does anybody know if someone is making a gdesklets for dingo, or how to get the one for 301 to work in dingo? Again, Thanks,Chris.
The first version I posted had min/max buttons and borders, I then updated it without borders, but conky has a black background by default, if you want a transparent background you need to install "Qiv" its a puppy 3.0 series program you can install via petget on puppy 4.0, just click on puppy 3 files in petget, its a new feature.
the conky file your looking for, my version for series 4.0 is located /usr/local/etc/conky/conky.config

this is what the original untouched conky.config looks like


# Conky, a system monitor, based on torsmo
#
# Any original torsmo code is licensed under the BSD license
#
# All code written since the fork of torsmo is licensed under the GPL
#
# Please see COPYING for details
#
# Copyright (c) 2004, Hannu Saransaari and Lauri Hakkarainen
# Copyright (c) 2005-2007 Brenden Matthews, Philip Kovacs, et. al. (see AUTHORS)
# All rights reserved.
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#
# $Id: conky.conf 990 2007-11-22 19:38:17Z pkovacs $

alignment bottom_left
background no
border_width 1
cpu_avg_samples 2
default_color white
default_outline_color white
default_shade_color white
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
font 6x10
gap_x 5
gap_y 60
minimum_size 5 5
net_avg_samples 2
no_buffers yes
out_to_console no
own_window yes
own_window_class Conky
own_window_type normal
stippled_borders 0
update_interval 3.0
uppercase no
use_spacer no

TEXT
$nodename - $sysname $kernel on $machine
$hr
${color grey}Uptime:$color $uptime
${color grey}Frequency (in MHz):$color $freq
${color grey}Frequency (in GHz):$color $freq_g
${color grey}RAM Usage:$color $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${membar 4}
${color grey}Swap Usage:$color $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${swapbar 4}
${color grey}CPU Usage:$color $cpu% ${cpubar 4}
${color grey}Processes:$color $processes ${color grey}Running:$color $running_processes
$hr
${color grey}File systems:
/ $color${fs_free /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar 6 /}
${color grey}Networking:
Up:$color ${upspeed eth0} k/s${color grey} - Down:$color ${downspeed eth0} k/s
$hr
${color grey}Name PID CPU% MEM%
${color lightgrey} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}

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#36 Post by wolfwatcher51 »

ttuuxxx,

Thanks for the reply.

I removed the first puppy4 pet, rebooted, then installed the second puppy4 pet. It opened top right like it is supposed to and with a black background like you said it would.

I went to the conky.conf file and changed it from top right to top left and restarted. Hmmm... came back top right.

I got qiv pet and libgdk_imlib.so.1(which is a symlink to xxx.so.1..9.15) and installed the giv. I then made a copy of xxx.0.9.15 and renamed it xxx.so.1. I then put them in usr/bin. Rebooted and conky still black background and top right position.

In 301 I had the following in icewm/startup:
killall conky
qiv -z /root/Choices/ROX-background.jpg
conky -d.
I got this from this forum and it worked perfectly.

In dingo, I had:
killall conky
sleep 12 && conky

It worked with your first puppy4 pet in that it started and was in the top left position and displayed according to the text changes I made to it.

With your second puppy4 pet, it starts top right with black background with both of the icewm startup file entries, rebooting between each.

So, if you would be so kind, what am I doing wrong and how do I fix it so it will open top left, with transparent background? Your help is much appreciated by me and I am sure by other noobs who just read the posts.

Thanks in advance, Chris.

P.S. While you are being so generous with your knowledge and experience, I had a question which I posted in your "Dingo 4.0 Fix" posting. Thanks, Chris.

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#37 Post by jimsiff »

Ttuuxxx,

I'm running Macpup Dingo. When I try to use the wireless_essid, wireless_link_qual, etc wireless options, I just get the config text in the Conky window instead of the variable values.

Was Conky compiled with the --enable-wlan flag? Without it, we can't use the wireless variables.

Thanks,

Jim

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#38 Post by ttuuxxx »

umm no it wasn't because i don't use wireless, butttttttt since you were nice enough to give me the commands I'll recompile it after supper :)
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#39 Post by ttuuxxx »

heres the first wireless conky compiled 1.5.1,
-with a black background
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Black default background
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#40 Post by jimsiff »

ttuuxxx,

That was fast!! Thank you so much... conky works as expeected now. Here's a screen shot...

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