conky not working

[JLloyd137]

i installed conky but it wont open. when a give it the comannd in termanail it says text block missing please help

[jayd512]

I am in no way a conky trouble-shooter.
But it sounds like an issue with your ~/.conkyrc file.
Post your file, and maybe someone can give some help.

*EDIT*
And post your exact error message.

[JLloyd137]

and where would that be?

A880GZ jlloyd13 # conky
Conky: missing text block in configuration; exiting
***** Imlib2 Developer Warning ***** :
This program is calling the Imlib call:

imlib_context_free();

With the parameter:

context

being NULL. Please fix your program.
A880GZ jlloyd13 #

[rokytnji]

What distro are you running.?

Basically your error message says that your hidden text file in /home named .conkyrc is missing everything under Text line.

You need to view hidden files in /home to see it using whatever file manager your distro uses. We have a conky thread in this forum with posted .conkyrc files.

Example to show what you are probably missing in your .conkyrc from one of my posts.

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen


TEXT
${color }$nodename ${hr}
${color #9fb6cd}Kernel:$alignr${color }$kernel
${color #9fb6cd}UpTime: $alignr${color }$uptime

The thread is here
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/cof...ts-2011-a.html

Command To find file locations and names for conky in terminal.

locate conky

I am posting from Lighthouse Puppy 5.03 right now and I run pwidgets instead of conky on this install though I can run a combo of both since I also have conky installed also.

Just a example of locate command in my Puppy. install showing location of Conky files
Your readout will be different from mine

sh-4.1# locate conky
/etc/skel/.conkyrc
/etc/skel/.pwidgets/profiles/Puppy___right/pwidgets-exec_conky
/etc/skel/.pwidgets/profiles/dashboard___bottom/pwidgets-exec_conky
/etc/skel/.pwidgets/profiles/default/pwidgets-exec_conky
/etc/skel/.pwidgets/profiles/system-corner___top-left/pwidgets-exec_conky
/etc/skel/.pwidgets/profiles/system___left/pwidgets-exec_conky
/etc/skel/.pwidgets/pwidgets-exec_conky
/etc/skel/.pwidgets/tmp/pwidgets-exec_conky
/root/.pwidgets/pwidgets-exec_conky
/root/.pwidgets/tmp/pwidgets-exec_conky
/root/.pwidgets/profiles/Puppy___right/pwidgets-exec_conky
/root/.pwidgets/profiles/dashboard___bottom/pwidgets-exec_conky
sh-4.1# locate conky
/etc/skel/.conkyrc
/etc/skel/.pwidgets/profiles/Puppy___right/pwidgets-exec_conky
/etc/skel/.pwidgets/profiles/dashboard___bottom/pwidgets-exec_conky
/etc/skel/.pwidgets/profiles/default/pwidgets-exec_conky
/etc/skel/.pwidgets/profiles/system-corner___top-left/pwidgets-exec_conky
/etc/skel/.pwidgets/profiles/system___left/pwidgets-exec_conky
/etc/skel/.pwidgets/pwidgets-exec_conky
/etc/skel/.pwidgets/tmp/pwidgets-exec_conky
/root/.pwidgets/pwidgets-exec_conky
/root/.pwidgets/tmp/pwidgets-exec_conky
/root/.pwidgets/profiles/Puppy___right/pwidgets-exec_conky
/root/.pwidgets/profiles/dashboard___bottom/pwidgets-exec_conky
/root/.pwidgets/profiles/default/pwidgets-exec_conky
/root/.pwidgets/profiles/system-corner___top-left/pwidgets-exec_conky
/root/.pwidgets/profiles/system___left/pwidgets-exec_conky
/root/.conkyrc
/usr/bin/conky
/usr/bin/conky-LHP
/usr/share/doc/conky
/usr/share/doc/conky/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/conky/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/conky/config_settings.html
/usr/share/doc/conky/conky.conf
/usr/share/doc/conky/docs.html
/usr/share/doc/conky/variables.html
/home/spot/.pwidgets/profiles/system-corner___top-left/pwidgets-exec_conky
/home/spot/.pwidgets/profiles/default/pwidgets-exec_conky
/home/spot/.pwidgets/profiles/dashboard___bottom/pwidgets-exec_conky
/home/spot/.pwidgets/profiles/system___left/pwidgets-exec_conky
/home/spot/.pwidgets/profiles/Puppy___right/pwidgets-exec_conky
/home/spot/.pwidgets/pwidgets-exec_conky
/home/spot/.pwidgets/tmp/pwidgets-exec_conky
/home/spot/.conkyrc

Here is my .conkyrc you can borrow from if you want

# ~/.conkyrc
# 2009-8 TazOC www.puppylinux.org
# see conky.sourceforge.net and /usr/share/doc/conky

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes

cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2

out_to_console no

#font *edges*
#font -*-fixed-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#font -urw-bookman l-light-i-normal--18-0-100-100-p-0-iso8859-2
#font -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso8859-1
#font -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso8859-1

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont LiberationMono:size=9
#xftfont lucidatypewriter:size=10
#xftfont fixed:size=12
#xftfont Terminus:size=12

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
#if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop or override (default: normal)
#own_window_type desktop
#own_window_type override
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar
#own_window_colour black
# Text alpha when using Xft
#xftalpha 0.8
xftalpha 1.0

# mail spool
mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 3

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

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 250 5
maximum_width 250
#minimum_size 10 10

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
#stippled_borders 1

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color gray20
default_outline_color orange

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
# Gap between borders of screen and text
#gap_x 63
gap_x 4
#gap_y 230
gap_y 70
# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer none

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no
# ${color #FFEB9B}${if_existing /etc/LHPVERSION}${color #99bbff}Lighthouse ${head /etc/LHPVERSION 1}${endif}

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
TEXT
${color #FFEB9B}${time %-l:%M%p %a}${alignr}${color #FFAA00}Conky
${color #FFEB9B}${time %b %e, %Y}${color #33FFFF}${alignc}${offset 20}${freq_g} GHz ${alignr}${color #FFF7D7}${nodename}
${color #FFEB9B}${if_existing /etc/LHPVERSION}${color #99bbff}Lighthouse ${head /etc/LHPVERSION 1}${endif}${color #FFEB9B}${alignr}K${kernel}
${color lightgrey}Uptime${color #FFEB9B} $uptime ${color lightgrey}${alignr}Load${color #FFEB9B} $loadavg
${color #615E5D}${cpugraph 48,249 ff0000 0099ff}
${color #33FFFF}${cpu cpu1}%${color lightgrey}${alignc}${offset -74}CPU1 ${color #FFAA00}${cpubar cpu1}
${if_existing /proc/acpi/processor/P002/info}${color #33FFFF}${cpu cpu2}%${color lightgrey}${alignc}${offset -74}CPU2 ${color #FFAA00}${cpubar cpu2}$endif${if_existing /proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/info}${color #33FFFF}${cpu cpu2}%${color lightgrey}${alignc}${offset -74}CPU2 ${color #FFAA00}${cpubar cpu2}$endif
${if_existing /proc/acpi/processor/P003/info}${color #33FFFF}${cpu cpu3}%${color lightgrey}${alignc}${offset -74}CPU3 ${color #FFAA00}${cpubar cpu3}$endif${if_existing /proc/acpi/processor/CPU2/info}${color #33FFFF}${cpu cpu3}%${color lightgrey}${alignc}${offset -74}CPU3 ${color #FFAA00}${cpubar cpu3}$endif
${if_existing /proc/acpi/processor/P004/info}${color #33FFFF}${cpu cpu4}%${color lightgrey}${alignc}${offset -74}CPU4 ${color #FFAA00}${cpubar cpu4}$endif${if_existing /proc/acpi/processor/CPU3/info}${color #33FFFF}${cpu cpu4}%${color lightgrey}${alignc}${offset -74}CPU4 ${color #FFAA00}${cpubar cpu4}$endif
${color #99ff99}RAM  $memmax $memperc% ${alignc}${offset 2}$membar
${color aquamarine2}Swap $swapmax $swapperc% ${alignc}${offset 2}${swapbar}
${if_existing /usr/bin/pmusic_conky.sh}${color #FFAA00}${scroll 33 ${execi 3 pmusic_conky.sh info}}
${execibar 2 pmusic_conky.sh progress}$endif
${color lightgrey}File systems:
${color #22CCFF}/ ${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} ${alignc}${offset 2}${fs_bar /}
${color #99bbff}/home ${fs_used /initrd/mnt/dev_save}/${fs_size /initrd/mnt/dev_save} ${alignc}${offset 2}${fs_bar /initrd/mnt/dev_save}

${color #33FFFF}$processes ${color lightgrey}Processes${color #33FFFF}     $running_processes ${color lightgrey}Running ${alignr}${color #33FFFF}$processes
${color lightgrey}Top CPU Usage    CPU%   MEM%   PID
${color} ${top name 1}${color #33FFFF}${top cpu 1}$color ${top mem 1} ${top pid 1}
${color} ${top name 2}${color #55FFFF}${top cpu 2}$color ${top mem 2} ${top pid 2}
${color} ${top name 3}${color #AAFFFF}${top cpu 3}$color ${top mem 3} ${top pid 3}
${color} ${top name 4}${color #CCFFFF}${top cpu 4}$color ${top mem 4} ${top pid 4}

${color lightgrey}Top Memory       CPU%   MEM%   PID
${color} ${top_mem name 1}${top_mem cpu 1}${color #99ff99} ${top_mem mem 1}$color ${top_mem pid 1}
${color} ${top_mem name 2}${top_mem cpu 2}${color #BBFFBB} ${top_mem mem 2}$color ${top_mem pid 2}
${color} ${top_mem name 3}${top_mem cpu 3}${color #DDFFDD} ${top_mem mem 3}$color ${top_mem pid 3}                  

${color #ff6600}${downspeed eth0} kB/s${color lightgrey} Down${color lightgrey} ${offset 52} ${color #33FFFF}${upspeed eth0} kB/s ${color lightgrey}Up
${color #615E5D}${downspeedgraph eth0 36,123 ff0000 ffcc00}$alignr${color #615E5D}${upspeedgraph eth0 36,123 0000ff 33FFFF}
${color #33FFFF}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count} ${color lightgrey}${alignc}${offset 5}TCP Connections ${alignr}${offset -8}${color #33FFFF}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}
${color lightgrey}Remote Address ${alignr} Local Service/Port
${color #FFAA00}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 0}${alignr}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 0}
${color #FFAA00}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 1}${alignr}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 1}
${color #FFAA00}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 2}${alignr}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 2}
${color #FFAA00}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 3}${alignr}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 3}
${color #FFAA00}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 4}${alignr}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 4}
${color #FFAA00}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 5}${alignr}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 5}

${if_existing /usr/bin/moblock}MoBlock${exec if [ "`pidof moblock`" ];then echo " is active"; tail /var/log/moblock.log|grep 'Ranges'|cut -f 2 -d '*'; else echo " is inactive";fi}
${exec if [ "`pidof moblock`" ];then tail -n 5 /var/log/moblock.log|cut -f 2 -d '|';fi}$endif