Conky

[konaexpress]

Whats with my cronkle vision (conky), its got narly nacho logo's all over it. Help, d@mm my eyes!

[djohnston]

Did you install conky from a PCLinuxOS repository? If you downloaded a custom .conkyrc file from somewhere, that config file may point to a "foreign" graphics file. But, you'd have to download the "foreign" graphics file, too.

[konaexpress]

I downloaded it with synaptic that came with PCLOS. Did I screw it up somehow?

[menotu]

If you are averse to Narly logo's  you could try gkrellm (and plugins) for a useful monitoring utility.

[Meemaw]

If you are averse to Narly logo's  you could try gkrellm (and plugins) for a useful monitoring utility.

Or you could edit your conky file or replace it with one of the many that have been shared here.... (that's what I did...)
Here are a couple
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,91206.0.html

Or you can have this one to edit....

# conky configuration

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

# 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

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

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

# Print everything to console?
# out_to_console no

# mail spool
#mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 2.0

# 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 yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_class Conky
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

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

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 100 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline yes

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 8

# border margins
#border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 6

# 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

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 5
gap_y 40

# 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


# 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

${offset 20}${color grey}User:${color } ${uid_name 500}
${offset 20}${color grey}Date:${color } ${time %a, } ${time %B %e, %G}
${offset 20}${color grey}Time:${color } ${color }${time %H:%M:%S} ${time %Z}
${offset 20}${color grey}UpTime: ${color }$uptime
${offset 20}${color grey}Kernel: ${color }$kernel
${offset 20}${color grey}CPU:${color } $cpu%   ${color grey}Temp: ${color }${acpitemp}C
${offset 20}${cpugraph 20,130 000000 ffffff}
${offset 20}${color grey}Load: ${color }$loadavg
${offset 20}${color grey}Processes: ${color }$processes 
${offset 20}${color grey}Running:   ${color }$running_processes

${offset 20}${color grey}Highest CPU:
${offset 20}${color #f8fb03} ${top name 1}${top_mem cpu 1}
${offset 20}${color lightgrey} ${top name 2}${top cpu 2}
${offset 20}${color lightgrey} ${top name 3}${top cpu 3}
${offset 20}${color lightgrey} ${top name 4}${top cpu 4}

${offset 20}${color grey}Highest MEM:
${offset 20}${color #f8fb03} ${top_mem name 1}${top_mem mem 1}
${offset 20}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 2}${top_mem mem 2}
${offset 20}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 3}${top_mem mem 3}
${offset 20}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 4}${top_mem mem 4}

${offset 20}${color grey}MEM:  ${color }$memperc% $mem/$memmax
${offset 20}${membar 3,100}
${offset 20}${color grey}SWAP: ${color }$swapperc% $swap/$swapmax
${offset 20}${swapbar 3,100}

${offset 20}${color grey}ROOT:    ${color }${fs_free /}/${fs_size /}
${offset 20}${fs_bar 3,100 /}
${offset 20}${color grey}HOME:    ${color }${fs_free /home}/${fs_size /home}
${offset 20}${fs_bar 3,100 /home}
#${offset 20}${color grey}SLACK:  ${color }${fs_free /mnt/slack}/${fs_size /mnt/slack}
#${offset 20}${fs_bar 3,100 /mnt/slack}

${offset 20}${color grey}NET:
${offset 20}${color grey}IP Addr: ${color }${addr eth0}
${offset 20}${color grey}ESSID: ${color }${wireless_essid eth0} on eth0
${offset 20}${color grey}Bitrate: ${color }${wireless_bitrate eth0}
${offset 20}${color grey}Strength: ${color }${wireless_link_bar 3,50 eth0} ${wireless_link_qual_perc eth0}%
${offset 20}${color grey}Up: ${color }${upspeed eth0} k/s
${offset 20}${upspeedgraph eth0 20,130 000000 ffffff}
${offset 20}${color grey}Down: ${color }${downspeed eth0}k/s${color}
${offset 20}${downspeedgraph eth0 20,130 000000 ffffff}

${offset 20}${color grey}BATTERY:
${offset 20}${color grey}Main: ${color }${battery_time BAT0} ${battery BAT0}
${offset 20}${color grey}Aux:  ${color }${battery_time BAT0} ${battery BAT1}

[cstrike77]

Whats with my cronkle vision (conky), its got narly nacho logo's all over it. Help, d@mm my eyes!

He downloaded conky wizard, which has the narly nacho logo.

[konaexpress]

Whats with my cronkle vision (conky), its got narly nacho logo's all over it. Help, d@mm my eyes!

He downloaded conky wizard, which has the narly nacho logo.

Yes I did, does this make a dif? To bad you can't theme it.

[Meemaw]

In your /home folder, there is a hidden file that the wizard created called .ConkyWizardTheme ... there is a folder called pix which has your background in it. simply change that background to a different one, or open the file in that folder called ConkyWizardTheme and put a # symbol in front of the line that says
${image ~/.ConkyWizardTheme/pix/background.png -p 0,0 -s 256x735}

so the front of the line says

# ${(rest of the line)    then save and close it

conky isn't hard but the terminology is hard to get used to. After you get familiar with conky you can edit it to include what you want.

Hope that helps!     

[konaexpress]

Hi, thanks for the help, I will see if I can figure it out.

I bit the bullet and opened the terminal to try and load a sensor and I got this?

[john@localhost ~]$ sudo apt install lm-sensors
Password:
john is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.
[john@localhost ~]$ sudo apt install lm-sensors
Password:
john is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.
[john@localhost ~]$


WT.................what did I do wrong now?

Also, I googled about the theme and PCLOS forums show up at the top of the list but all the links are dead for a PCLOS theme. Any ideas? Guess I could make one if I could find the file.

[Meemaw]

The conky files can be edited without being root (and we don't use sudo, only su)   and you can get that from Synaptic.

I also edited the entry before your last one so it's specific to the files that you added with the wizard.

 

[djohnston]

Hi, thanks for the help, I will see if I can figure it out.

I bit the bullet and opened the terminal to try and load a sensor and I got this?

[john@localhost ~]$ sudo apt install lm-sensors

WT.................what did I do wrong now?

We don't use sudo for system tasks. If you want to do something as root user, use su. http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,90479.0.html

You do not need to use apt-get from the command line. In fact, it is discouraged. If you want to install lm_sensors, open Synaptic and search for the package lm_sensors. http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,63201.0.html

Use the GUI, Luke. Use the GUI.

Look at Meemaw's post again. http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,96199.msg812406.html#msg812406 She has posted an entire conkyrc file to experiment with. You can copy that text and save it as the file name .conkyrc in your home directory. Because of the dot preceding the file name, the file will be hidden. You need to unhide files and folders in your file browser to see it. You can make changes to that file while conky is running and you will immediately see the effect each change has when you save the edited file. You can also play with the conky wizard to see what options it has if you are averse to editing text files.

After you have installed lm_sensors, open a terminal. As user root, run the command sensors-detect and follow the prompts. (Yeah, I know. It's not a GUI.)

[konaexpress]

OK, let me start by saying thank you to all that have tried to help me, but I am not getting what I need from this thread. It is really my fault I think and here is why-

1. I am an OS X user who looks at things as a Mac user would. I am not use to an OS that is so hands on and so configurable(?).

2. I am trying to use a program (conky) without using it in the way it was intended to be used (text edit?).

3. I am trying to use a program that does what I want it to do but in the wrong environment (conky wizard/PCLOS).

So let me ask again in a new way. What is the best way to learn and use conky?

P.S. This was posted at the same time as djohnston posted his message, thank you for the help. I am going to delete conky wizard (how?) and use the text editor from now on. I really want to make this work (PCLOS).

[konaexpress]

In your /home folder, there is a hidden file that the wizard created called .ConkyWizardTheme ... there is a folder called pix which has your background in it. simply change that background to a different one, or open the file in that folder called ConkyWizardTheme and put a # symbol in front of the line that says
${image ~/.ConkyWizardTheme/pix/background.png -p 0,0 -s 256x735}

so the front of the line says

# ${(rest of the line)    then save and close it

conky isn't hard but the terminology is hard to get used to. After you get familiar with conky you can edit it to include what you want.

Hope that helps!     

I LOVE YOU! - A very humble John

[djohnston]

I am going to delete conky wizard (how?) and use the text editor from now on. I really want to make this work (PCLOS).

If you really want to delete the conky wizard, just open Synaptic. Find it in installed packages, or just do a search for "conky". Mark the package for removal, then remove it. Easy as that. It ain't all command line and text. One of the things that makes PCLinuxOS so special, at least to me, are the GUI configuration tools. Not just the Synaptic software (package) manager, but PCLinuxOS Control Center. It's the equivalent of Windows Control Panel, and then some. And Leiche has written some really good GUI tools, such as update-notifier and systeminfo.

[konaexpress]

Its one heck of an OS, that is for sure. It isn't as shiny as OS X but I can do way more in it. I just have to get my head out of Apple and rap it around PCLOS.