Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

trapster · Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 1966 Location: Maine, USA

I believe if you shutdown/logout xfce from the menu bar, it remembers what is open for the next start.
Open conky from the menu then click on the "quit" button on the bar. Choose log out, then at the prompt try xwin.

izic · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 13

ok conky works fine on my computer if i run it from console , accept i do get that stupid battery error, guess its looking for laptop thing. Anyways i followed the instructions right and added this:

qiv -z /root/Choices/ROX-background.jpg
conky -d

that was to be added in the .xinitrc file which is located in root. I added it to the right line and saved it. Rebooted and the thing still dont start up automatically.. The instructions are not right for 3.01 puppy.

Wolf Pup · Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 637

check in /tmp/xerrs.log and see of the following text is in there. If not, then check to see if the commands to start conky dont start with #'s.

Botanic · Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 240 Location: Toulouse, France

hi,
just a question, is there a way not to show the conky process in the [ALT+TAB] list, when switching applications?
i use IceWM, Puppy 2.16, and i launch conky this way in /root/.icewm/startup:

Wolf Pup · Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 637

Conky updated to 1.5.1

magerlab · Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 730

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)

Wolf Pup · Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 637

brymway · Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 410

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?

alienjeff · Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Posts: 2290 Location: Winsted, CT - USA

Fenris · Joined: 05 Jun 2008 Posts: 12

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.

Fenris · Joined: 05 Jun 2008 Posts: 12

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.

brymway · Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 410

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.

brymway · Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 410

...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.

Pizzasgood · Posted: Sun 08 Jun 2008, 15:19 Post subject:

Make sure these two options are enabled:

ttuuxxx · Posted: Sun 08 Jun 2008, 15:30 Post subject:

I compiled conky 1.5.1 on puppy 4.0
You'll have to configure it Smile

It shouldn't need anything.
ttuuxxx