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chameleon

#! Junkie

From: luxembourg (uk guy)

Registered: 2009-01-13

Posts: 394

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conky in dwm

I am trying to get conky into dwm status bar but it is not loading with DWM;

out_to_console yes
background no
update_interval 2
total_run_times 0
use_spacer none

TEXT
$mpd_smart :: ${cpu cpu1}% / ${cpu cpu2}%  ${loadavg 1} ${loadavg 2 3} :: ${acpitemp}c :: $memperc% ($mem) :: ${downspeed eth0}K/s ${upspeed eth0}K/s :: ${time %a %b %d %H:%M%P}

~/.xinitrc

xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
nitrogen --restore &
conky | while read -r; do xsetroot -name "$REPLY"; done &
exec dwm

If I enter the command after dwm has started;

conky | while read -r; do xsetroot -name "$REPLY"; done

then this works and conky shows up just fine in the DWM status bar.
So for some reason it is not starting with ~/.xinitrc ??

Any ideas welcome.

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el_koraco

#!/loony/bun

From: inside Ed

Registered: 2011-07-25

Posts: 4,654

Re: conky in dwm

Try this in .xinitrc

(conky | while read LINE; do xsetroot -name "$LINE"; done) &

And add this in .conkyrc

out_to_x no

chameleon

#! Junkie

From: luxembourg (uk guy)

Registered: 2009-01-13

Posts: 394

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Re: conky in dwm

@el_koraco

You are my hero Sir!

I was basically following the Arch wiki - good or bad move?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dwm
Can you explain the difference in the command?

Also, I had in conky;

 
out_to_x no

but I noticed that when I was manually starting conky it was complaining about this command not being recognized...so I removed it.

Thanks again.

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el_koraco

#!/loony/bun

From: inside Ed

Registered: 2011-07-25

Posts: 4,654

Re: conky in dwm

Can you explain the difference in the command?

Nope, I just copied mine from gutterslob or someone

porkpiehat

Member

Registered: 2012-10-02

Posts: 41

Re: conky in dwm

Can you explain the difference in the command?

The conky web page is a good resource for questions like this.

out_to_x
When set to no, there will be no output in X (useful when you also use things like out_to_console). If you set it to no, make sure that it's placed before all other X-related setting (take the first line of your configfile to be sure). Default value is yes.

Last edited by porkpiehat (2012-10-07 16:05:01)

chameleon

#! Junkie

From: luxembourg (uk guy)

Registered: 2009-01-13

Posts: 394

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Re: conky in dwm

@porkpiehat
Thanks for your input but I meant the difference between;

conky | while read -r; do xsetroot -name "$REPLY"; done &

and

(conky | while read LINE; do xsetroot -name "$LINE"; done) &

Like I said I had 'out_to_x' set to 'no' but my conky was complaining about this command.

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super.luser

Member

From: Luserville

Registered: 2012-09-29

Posts: 36

Re: conky in dwm

Honestly, I'm not sure what the difference is, but I never got the method used in the Arch Wiki to work for me, personally. I use something slightly different from what's been shown, but in effect, it's the same trick, so I guess I'm kinda doing the same thing differently.

For what it's worth, I've never had any problems doing it the way el_koraco mentioned.

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m5

#! CrunchBanger

From: 200 years ago.

Registered: 2011-12-08

Posts: 221

Re: conky in dwm

@chameloen,
Maybe the problem lied in read -r in the while line,
if you are still curious,try changing:

conky | while read -r; do xsetroot -name "$REPLY"; done &

to :

conky | while read REPLY; do xsetroot -name "$REPLY"; done &

to see if this one works or not,if it works then problem was While read -r line.   

Edit : I don`t think this is problem either,it seems both should work too. sorry. 

Last edited by m5 (2012-11-02 14:33:39)

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chameleon

#! Junkie

From: luxembourg (uk guy)

Registered: 2009-01-13

Posts: 394

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Re: conky in dwm

@m5
Thanks for the info...I will bookmark this for future DWM/Conky tests.

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