what system monitor

[V.8MR]

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Can anyone tell me what system monitor that is on the top of the desktop that is in a text format. I LOVE it.

[oz]

Can anyone tell me what system monitor that is on the top of the desktop that is in a text format. I LOVE it.

Welcome to the forums!

That's conky:

Conky - a light-weight system monitor

[V.8MR]

Welcome to the forums!

That's conky:

Conky - a light-weight system monitor

Hi,
Thanx!!

Can anyone shed any light on how to set it up similarly to the one shown in the above example.

[oz]

Here's the configuration file (conkyrc) I was using at the time I posted that screenshot:

# Conky sample configuration
#
# the list of variables has been removed from this file in favour
# of keeping the documentation more maintainable.
# Check http://conky.sf.net for an up-to-date-list.

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background no

# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 5x7
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
#font 8x13
#font 9x15
#font *mintsmild.se*
#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*


# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Set conky on the bottom of all other applications
own_window_hints below

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=8

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

# Print everything to stdout?
# out_to_console no

# MPD host/port
# mpd_host localhost
# mpd_port 6600
# mpd_password tinker_bell

# Print everything to console?
# out_to_console no

# mail spool
mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 2

# 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 no

# Use pseudo transparency with own_window?
own_window_transparent yes

# If own_window_transparent is set to no, you can set the background colour here
own_window_colour hotpink

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

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 110 2

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 6

# border margins
border_margin 1

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color black

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

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 10
gap_y -8

# 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 no


# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer no

#   mldonkey_hostname     Hostname for mldonkey stuff, defaults to localhost
#   mldonkey_port         Mldonkey port, 4001 default
#   mldonkey_login        Mldonkey login, default none
#   mldonkey_password     Mldonkey password, default none

# boinc (seti) dir
# seti_dir /opt/seti

# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
# stuff because of an argument

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT

${color grey}|   ${color grey}cpu:  ${color #ffffff}$cpu%   ${color grey}|   ${color grey}ram:  ${color #ffffff}$memperc%   ${color grey}|   ${color grey}swap:  ${color #ffffff}$swapperc%   ${color grey}|   ${color grey}processes:  ${color #ffffff}$processes   ${color grey}|   ${color grey}running:  ${color #ffffff}$running_processes   ${color grey}|   ${color grey}eth0 down:  ${color #ffffff}${downspeed eth0} ${color grey}k/s   ${color grey}|   ${color grey}eth0 up:  ${color #ffffff}${upspeed eth0} ${color grey}k/s   ${color grey}|   ${color grey}/: ${color #ffffff}${fs_free_perc /}% ${color grey}free   ${color grey}|   ${color grey}/home: ${color #ffffff}${fs_free_perc /home}% ${color grey}free   ${color grey}| ${offset 102}

You might give a few errors if you run it that way now because I think Conky has changed a few things, but it shouldn't be too hard to edit it for no errors.

Have fun with it, and with Linux.