Installing and & Configuring Conky in KDE4

[Anikan]

Install conky
# apt-get install conky --yes

To autostart conky create this link Actually this is not necessary
$ ln -s /usr/bin/conky ~/.kde4/Autostart/conkylink
conky can be autostarted from the fehconkybg script

Install feh
# apt-get install feh --yes

Make a script to allow transparency with the desktop
$ nano -w ~/.kde4/Autostart/fehconkybg

Add these lines

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#!/bin/sh
sleep 1 && feh --bg-scale /usr/share/wallpapers/current.png
conky &Change "current.png" to the current wallpaper being used
use --bg-center if you use a centered wallpaper.
or you could add this; This lets conky use the default kde4 wallpaper for its pseudo-transparency

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feh --bg-scale /usr/share/wallpapers/Air/contents/images/1920x1200.jpg
conky &
while inotifywait ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-appletsrc; do
feh --bg-scale /usr/share/wallpapers/Air/contents/images/1920x1200.jpg
Make it executable
     $ chmod +x ~/.kde4/Autostart/fehconkybg


Done!

Anikan

[SmileeeM]

Shouldn't it point to kde4 directory not kde?

$ chmod +x ~/.kde/Autostart/fehconkybg

[Anikan]

Shouldn't it point to kde4 directory not kde?

$ chmod +x ~/.kde/Autostart/fehconkybg

Yes you're 100% correct!
 I fixed it

Thank You

Anikan