Post your Conky or Applets with screenshots 2011

***elija*** · 11-25-2011

I've switched to straight Debian now. I figured if I was using direct derivatives, I may as well roll my own. The down side is that my kernel is *quite* old at the moment but working OK.

Thanks to Hazel for the bash scrip to get the kernel name. This is a slightly modified version which you place in a directory of choice.

Code:

#! /bin/bash
#
[ -h /usr/src/linux ] && namesource=`readlink /usr/src/linux`
name=`grep NAME /usr/src/$namesource/Makefile | cut -c 8-`
echo $name
exit

You will also need the Linux source for your kernel downloaded, extracted and symlinked as /usr/src/linux.

This is the .conkyrc file. I have made a comment where you need to set the path to your kernel name script

Code:

##############################################
#  Settings
##############################################
background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont sans:size=9
xftalpha 1
update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 200 200
maximum_width 240
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
default_color d8d8d8
default_shade_color 000000
default_outline_color d9d7d6
alignment top_right
gap_x 12
gap_y 20
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale no
##############################################
#  Output
##############################################
TEXT
S Y S T E M    I N F O
${hr}
Host:$alignr$nodename
Kernel:$alignr${exec YOUR KERNEL NAME SCRIPT HERE}
Uptime:$alignr$uptime

RAM:$alignr$mem/$memmax
Swap usage:$alignr$swap/$swapmax

/$alignr${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}
/home/$alignr${fs_used /home/}/${fs_size /home/}
/tmp/$alignr${fs_used /tmp/}/${fs_size /tmp/}


C P U
${hr}
Core 1:$alignr${cpu cpu1}%
Frequency:$alignr${freq cpu1}MHz 
${cpubar cpu1 10}
Core 2:$alignr${cpu cpu2}%
Frequency:$alignr${freq cpu2}MHz 
${cpubar cpu2 10}
Core 3:$alignr${cpu cpu3}%
Frequency:$alignr${freq cpu3}MHz 
${cpubar cpu3 10}
Core 4:$alignr${cpu cpu4}%
Frequency:$alignr${freq cpu4}MHz 
${cpubar cpu4 10}

Temp:$alignr${hwmon 0 temp 1}${iconv_start UTF-8 ISO_8859-1}°${iconv_stop}
Load:${alignr}${loadavg}


N V I D I A
${hr}
GPU Tempurature:$alignr${nvidia temp}${iconv_start UTF-8 ISO_8859-1}°${iconv_stop}
GPU Frequency:$alignr${nvidia gpufreq}MHz
RAM Tempurature:$alignr${nvidia memfreq}MHz


P R O C E S S
${hr}
Name${goto 150}CPU%${goto 200}MEM%
${top name 1}${goto 150}${top cpu 1}${goto 200}${top mem 1}
${top name 2}${goto 150}${top cpu 2}${goto 200}${top mem 2}
${top name 3}${goto 150}${top cpu 3}${goto 200}${top mem 3}
${top name 4}${goto 150}${top cpu 4}${goto 200}${top mem 4}
${top name 5}${goto 150}${top cpu 5}${goto 200}${top mem 5}


E T H E R N E T
${hr}
Down:${alignr}${downspeed eth0}
Up:${alignr}${upspeed eth0}
${downspeedgraph eth0 25,120 000000 ff0000} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 
25,120 000000 00ff00}$color
Total: ${totaldown eth0} ${alignr}Total: ${totalup eth0}

${iconv_start UTF-8 ISO_8859-1}
B B C   H E A D L I N E S
${hr}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 1}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 2}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 3}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 4}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 5}${iconv_stop}

And this is what it looks like

I would love to get the headlines clickable but I don't think conky handles click events and I haven't yet managed to get the CPU frequency bars to change colour based on the %age if that's possible. Any of our conky wizards know if that is achievable?

**MikeTbob** · 12-03-2011

Originally Posted by elija

I've switched to straight Debian now. I figured if I was using direct derivatives, I may as well roll my own. The down side is that my kernel is *quite* old at the moment but working OK.

Thanks to Hazel for the bash scrip to get the kernel name. This is a slightly modified version which you place in a directory of choice.

Code:

#! /bin/bash
#
[ -h /usr/src/linux ] && namesource=`readlink /usr/src/linux`
name=`grep NAME /usr/src/$namesource/Makefile | cut -c 8-`
echo $name
exit

You will also need the Linux source for your kernel downloaded, extracted and symlinked as /usr/src/linux.

This is the .conkyrc file. I have made a comment where you need to set the path to your kernel name script

Code:

##############################################
#  Settings
##############################################
background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont sans:size=9
xftalpha 1
update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 200 200
maximum_width 240
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
default_color d8d8d8
default_shade_color 000000
default_outline_color d9d7d6
alignment top_right
gap_x 12
gap_y 20
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale no
##############################################
#  Output
##############################################
TEXT
S Y S T E M    I N F O
${hr}
Host:$alignr$nodename
Kernel:$alignr${exec YOUR KERNEL NAME SCRIPT HERE}
Uptime:$alignr$uptime

RAM:$alignr$mem/$memmax
Swap usage:$alignr$swap/$swapmax

/$alignr${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}
/home/$alignr${fs_used /home/}/${fs_size /home/}
/tmp/$alignr${fs_used /tmp/}/${fs_size /tmp/}


C P U
${hr}
Core 1:$alignr${cpu cpu1}%
Frequency:$alignr${freq cpu1}MHz 
${cpubar cpu1 10}
Core 2:$alignr${cpu cpu2}%
Frequency:$alignr${freq cpu2}MHz 
${cpubar cpu2 10}
Core 3:$alignr${cpu cpu3}%
Frequency:$alignr${freq cpu3}MHz 
${cpubar cpu3 10}
Core 4:$alignr${cpu cpu4}%
Frequency:$alignr${freq cpu4}MHz 
${cpubar cpu4 10}

Temp:$alignr${hwmon 0 temp 1}${iconv_start UTF-8 ISO_8859-1}°${iconv_stop}
Load:${alignr}${loadavg}


N V I D I A
${hr}
GPU Tempurature:$alignr${nvidia temp}${iconv_start UTF-8 ISO_8859-1}°${iconv_stop}
GPU Frequency:$alignr${nvidia gpufreq}MHz
RAM Tempurature:$alignr${nvidia memfreq}MHz


P R O C E S S
${hr}
Name${goto 150}CPU%${goto 200}MEM%
${top name 1}${goto 150}${top cpu 1}${goto 200}${top mem 1}
${top name 2}${goto 150}${top cpu 2}${goto 200}${top mem 2}
${top name 3}${goto 150}${top cpu 3}${goto 200}${top mem 3}
${top name 4}${goto 150}${top cpu 4}${goto 200}${top mem 4}
${top name 5}${goto 150}${top cpu 5}${goto 200}${top mem 5}


E T H E R N E T
${hr}
Down:${alignr}${downspeed eth0}
Up:${alignr}${upspeed eth0}
${downspeedgraph eth0 25,120 000000 ff0000} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 
25,120 000000 00ff00}$color
Total: ${totaldown eth0} ${alignr}Total: ${totalup eth0}

${iconv_start UTF-8 ISO_8859-1}
B B C   H E A D L I N E S
${hr}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 1}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 2}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 3}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 4}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 5}${iconv_stop}

And this is what it looks like

I would love to get the headlines clickable but I don't think conky handles click events and I haven't yet managed to get the CPU frequency bars to change colour based on the %age if that's possible. Any of our conky wizards know if that is achievable?

Kudos to you kind sir, that's a nice setup. I like it and I may have pilfer it from you.

***jayd512*** · 12-04-2011

Originally Posted by elija

...I haven't yet managed to get the CPU frequency bars to change colour based on the %age if that's possible.

I've been looking for something like that, but I haven't come across anything yet.
You had any luck on that, elija?

***elija*** · 12-04-2011

Originally Posted by jayd512

I've been looking for something like that, but I haven't come across anything yet.
You had any luck on that, elija?

Not yet. I'm thinking it might be a job for a lua script which I'm reading up on.

***elija*** · 12-04-2011

OK, got something working to colour the CPU bars. It's fairly basic as it changes the colour of the whole bar rather than a gradient colour change.

The colourise lua script which should be placed in a directory of your choice.

Code:

--
--  Conky Lua script to colorise the cpu bar of well um conky!
--
--    First attempt at Lua

-- found on the Internet
function colour_to_components(colour)
    -- Take the RGB components r, g, b, and return an RGB integer
    return (colour / 0x10000) % 0x100, (colour / 0x100) % 0x100, colour % 0x100
end

function components_to_colour(r, g, b)
    -- Take the RGB components r, g, b, and return an RGB integer
    return ((math.floor(r + 0.5) * 0x10000) + (math.floor(g + 0.5) * 0x100) + math.floor(b + 0.5)) % 0xffffff -- no bit shifting operator in Lua afaik
end
-- /found on the Internet


function conky_colourise_cpu_bar(cpuID, defaultColour)
    local red, green, blue = colour_to_components(defaultColour)
    local colour = 0
    local cpuPercent = tonumber(conky_parse(string.format('${cpu cpu%i}', tonumber(cpuID))))
    if cpuPercent ~= nil and (cpuPercent - 10) > 0 then
        if cpuPercent > 90 then 
            value = 90 
        end
        local percentage = (cpuPercent - 10) / (90 - 10)
        if percentage > 1 then 
            percentage = 1 
        end
        red = red + percentage * (0xff - red)
        green = green - percentage * green
        blue = blue - percentage * blue
    end
    colour = components_to_colour(red, green, blue)

    return string.format("${color #%06x}", colour)
end

and the revised .conkyrc with the changes highlighted

Code:

##############################################
#  Settings
##############################################
background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont sans:size=9
xftalpha 1
update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 200 200
maximum_width 240
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
default_color 111166
color0 111166
default_shade_color 000000
default_outline_color d9d7d6
alignment top_right
gap_x 12
gap_y 20
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale no

lua_load PATH TO YOUR COLOURISE SCRIPT

##############################################
#  Output
##############################################
TEXT
S Y S T E M    I N F O
${hr}
Host:$alignr$nodename
Kernel:$alignr${exec YOUR KERNEL NAME SCRIPT HERE}
Uptime:$alignr$uptime

RAM:$alignr$mem/$memmax
Swap usage:$alignr$swap/$swapmax

/$alignr${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}
/home/$alignr${fs_used /home/}/${fs_size /home/}
/tmp/$alignr${fs_used /tmp/}/${fs_size /tmp/}


C P U
${hr}
Core 1:$alignr${cpu cpu1}%
Frequency:$alignr${freq cpu1}MHz
${lua_parse conky_colourise_cpu_bar 1 0x111166}${cpubar cpu1 10}${color}
Core 2:$alignr${cpu cpu2}%
Frequency:$alignr${freq cpu2}MHz 
${lua_parse conky_colourise_cpu_bar 2 0x111166}${cpubar cpu2 10}${color}
Core 3:$alignr${cpu cpu3}%
Frequency:$alignr${freq cpu3}MHz 
${lua_parse conky_colourise_cpu_bar 3 0x111166}${cpubar cpu3 10}${color}
Core 4:$alignr${cpu cpu4}%
Frequency:$alignr${freq cpu4}MHz 
${lua_parse conky_colourise_cpu_bar 4 0x111166}${cpubar cpu4 10}${color}

Temp:$alignr${hwmon 0 temp 1}${iconv_start UTF-8 ISO_8859-1}°${iconv_stop}
Load:${alignr}${loadavg}


N V I D I A
${hr}
GPU Temperature:$alignr${nvidia temp}${iconv_start UTF-8 ISO_8859-1}°${iconv_stop}
GPU Frequency:$alignr${nvidia gpufreq}MHz
RAM Frequency:$alignr${nvidia memfreq}MHz


P R O C E S S
${hr}
Name${goto 150}CPU%${goto 200}MEM%
${top name 1}${goto 150}${top cpu 1}${goto 200}${top mem 1}
${top name 2}${goto 150}${top cpu 2}${goto 200}${top mem 2}
${top name 3}${goto 150}${top cpu 3}${goto 200}${top mem 3}
${top name 4}${goto 150}${top cpu 4}${goto 200}${top mem 4}
${top name 5}${goto 150}${top cpu 5}${goto 200}${top mem 5}


E T H E R N E T
${hr}
Down:${alignr}${downspeed eth0}
Up:${alignr}${upspeed eth0}
${downspeedgraph eth0 25,120 000000 ff0000} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 
25,120 000000 00ff00}$color
Total: ${totaldown eth0} ${alignr}Total: ${totalup eth0}

${iconv_start UTF-8 ISO_8859-1}
B B C   H E A D L I N E S
${hr}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 1}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 2}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 3}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 4}
${rss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml 60 item_title 5}${iconv_stop}

I haven't figured out how to not hard code the default colour into the lua script (in my case 111166) so just change that as needed.

Screenshot.jpg

***jayd512*** · 12-04-2011

Nice.
Does the color change according to CPU usage or frequency?

***elija*** · 12-04-2011

Originally Posted by jayd512

Nice.
Does the color change according to CPU usage or frequency?

CPU percentage which makes more sense. To me anyway.

**rokytnji** · 12-06-2011

Some borrowed from elija and Hazel. Current weather borrowed from Arch. Nothing real fancy or colors or a long text file but suits me to a T. Just the facts maa'm.

Code:

# 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

# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 7x12
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
 font 8x12
#font 7x12
#font *mintsmild.se*
#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#font -artwiz-snap-normal-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont gentium:size=10

own_window_transparent yes
own_window_colour black
own_window_type desktop

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus, pcmanfm and rox desktops)
own_window yes

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

#on_bottom no

# mail spool
mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1

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

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 10 10
maximum_width 300
max_user_text 90000

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0

# border margins
#border_margin 10

# border width
border_width 2

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

# 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 30
gap_y 30

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer right

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

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

# Possible variables to be used:
#
#      Variable         Arguments                  Description                
#  acpiacadapter                     ACPI ac adapter state.                   
#  acpifan                           ACPI fan state                           
#  acpitemp                          ACPI temperature.                        
#  adt746xcpu                        CPU temperature from therm_adt746x       
#  adt746xfan                        Fan speed from therm_adt746x             
#  battery           (num)           Remaining capasity in ACPI or APM        
#                                    battery. ACPI battery number can be      
#                                    given as argument (default is BAT0).     
#  buffers                           Amount of memory buffered                
#  cached                            Amount of memory cached                  
#  color             (color)         Change drawing color to color            
#  cpu                               CPU usage in percents                    
#  cpubar            (height)        Bar that shows CPU usage, height is      
#                                    bar's height in pixels                   
#  downspeed         net             Download speed in kilobytes              
#  downspeedf        net             Download speed in kilobytes with one     
#                                    decimal                                  
#  exec              shell command   Executes a shell command and displays    
#                                    the output in torsmo. warning: this      
#                                    takes a lot more resources than other    
#                                    variables. I'd recommend coding wanted   
#                                    behaviour in C and posting a patch :-).  
#  execi             interval, shell Same as exec but with specific interval. 
#                    command         Interval can't be less than              
#                                    update_interval in configuration.        
#  fs_bar            (height), (fs)  Bar that shows how much space is used on 
#                                    a file system. height is the height in   
#                                    pixels. fs is any file on that file      
#                                    system.                                  
#  fs_free           (fs)            Free space on a file system available    
#                                    for users.                               
#  fs_free_perc      (fs)            Free percentage of space on a file       
#                                    system available for users.              
#  fs_size           (fs)            File system size                         
#  fs_used           (fs)            File system used space                   
#  hr                (height)        Horizontal line, height is the height in 
#                                    pixels                                   
#  i2c               (dev), type, n  I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev   
#                                    may be omitted if you have only one I2C  
#                                    device. type is either in (or vol)       
#                                    meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp 
#                                    meaning temperature. n is number of the  
#                                    sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on     
#                                    your local computer.                     
#  kernel                            Kernel version                           
#  loadavg           (1), (2), (3)   System load average, 1 is for past 1     
#                                    minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for   
#                                    past 15 minutes.                         
#  machine                           Machine, i686 for example                
#  mails                             Mail count in mail spool. You can use    
#                                    program like fetchmail to get mails from 
#                                    some server using your favourite         
#                                    protocol. See also new_mails.            
#  mem                               Amount of memory in use                  
#  membar            (height)        Bar that shows amount of memory in use   
#  memmax                            Total amount of memory                   
#  memperc                           Percentage of memory in use              
#  new_mails                         Unread mail count in mail spool.         
#  nodename                          Hostname                                 
#  outlinecolor      (color)         Change outline color                     
#  pre_exec          shell command   Executes a shell command one time before 
#                                    torsmo displays anything and puts output 
#                                    as text.                                 
#  processes                         Total processes (sleeping and running)   
#  running_processes                 Running processes (not sleeping),        
#                                    requires Linux 2.6                       
#  shadecolor        (color)         Change shading color                     
#  stippled_hr       (space),        Stippled (dashed) horizontal line        
#                    (height)        
#  swapbar           (height)        Bar that shows amount of swap in use     
#  swap                              Amount of swap in use                    
#  swapmax                           Total amount of swap                     
#  swapperc                          Percentage of swap in use                
#  sysname                           System name, Linux for example           
#  time              (format)        Local time, see man strftime to get more 
#                                    information about format                 
#  totaldown         net             Total download, overflows at 4 GB on     
#                                    Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't 
#                                    seem to be a way to know how many times  
#                                    it has already done that before torsmo   
#                                    has started.                             
#  totalup           net             Total upload, this one too, may overflow 
#  updates                           Number of updates (for debugging)        
#  upspeed           net             Upload speed in kilobytes                
#  upspeedf          net             Upload speed in kilobytes with one       
#                                    decimal                                  
#  uptime                            Uptime                                   
#  uptime_short                      Uptime in a shorter format               
#
#  seti_prog                         Seti@home current progress
#  seti_progbar      (height)        Seti@home current progress bar
#  seti_credit                       Seti@hoome total user credit


## antiX additives examples. Add below Text##
##${color cccccc}battery: ${color cccccc}$acpiacadapter, ${battery_percent BAT1}% 
##${color}battery:${color} ${battery}
##Witeless example##
#${color cccccc}Wireless:
#${color cccccc}essid: ${wireless_essid wlan0}
#${color cccccc}IP:${color cccccc} ${addr wlan0}
#${color cccccc}speed: ${color cccccc} ${wireless_bitrate wlan0}
#${color cccccc}link strength: ${color cccccc} ${wireless_link_bar 7,50 wlan0}

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
${image /home/harry/Icons/antix-logo.png 105x85}





${color}AntiX-M11-base-686 Fluxbox
${color}$sysname $kernel
${color}Kernel:${exec /home/harry/Documents/kernelname}
${color}Uptime: $uptime
${color}${time %a %d %b %k:%M}
${color}Monitors:
${color}Cpu: ${color}${cpu}%
${color}Fan: ${color}${hwmon fan 1}
${color}Temp: ${color} ${hwmon temp 1}C
${color}Ram : ${color}$mem${color}/${color}$memmax ${color}- ${color}$memperc%
${color}Swap: ${color}$swap${color}/${color}$swapmax ${color}- ${color}$swapperc%
${color}Processes: ${color}$processes  ${color}running: ${color}$running_processes
${color}Link Strength: ${color} ${wireless_link_bar 7,50 wlan0}
${color}Root:${color} ${fs_free /} ${color}= ${fs_free_perc /}%
${execi 300 /home/harry/.weather.sh 79772}

What it looks like

http://i43.tinypic.com/noby9g.jpg

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