[SOLVED] Help with a specific Conky!

Sector11 · 2010-11-26 22:28:24

I need people to test a conky on a desktop with various Distros, Desktop Managers and Window Managers.

What's it all about?

Some people say that using a CPU bar for a CPU you don't have causes conky to "crash" as you see I don't even get an error message with #! Statler regarding the CPU bar on the bottom. I do see errors in the terminal regarding the battery bar I'm using but it's not crashing the conky!
The LARGE box you see is created by the second last line in the conky:

${voffset -850}${battery_bar 870,240}

I have NO battery!

The little box on the bottom, is created by the last line:

${cpubar cpu6 10,240}

I have an AMD64 single core - no 6 cores here!

Feedback should include:

OS: Debian x86_64 - #! Statler
Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64
Resolution: 1280x1024
DE: Not Present
WM: OpenBox,
Conky Version: Conky 1.8.0~git925e80ac compiled Sun Mar 28 09:54:47 UTC 2010 for Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 (x86_64)
Does "right-click" work over the conky: Yes, and
A screenshot with the terminal open

The conky: all-text

alignment tl
background no
border_inner_margin 0
border_width 0
default_color FFFFFF
default_outline_color black
default_shade_color black
double_buffer yes
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
gap_x 10 # left-right
gap_y 20 # up-down
minimum_size 250 0
no_buffers yes
override_utf8_locale yes

own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_title alltext
own_window_class alltext

pad_percents 2
short_units yes
stippled_borders 0
top_name_width 5
update_interval 1
uppercase no
use_spacer right
use_xft yes
xftalpha 1.0 #0.2
xftfont Sans Mono:size=8

TEXT
${voffset 25}${goto 15}${nodename}
${goto 15}|
${goto 12}+----System
${goto 15}|${goto 40}|
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- OS${goto 125}${sysname}
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- Kernel ${goto 125}${kernel}
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- Machine${goto 125}${machine}
${goto 15}|
${goto 12}+----Memory
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- Total${goto 125}${memmax}
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- In Use${goto 125}${mem} (${memperc}%)
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- Free${goto 125}${memfree}
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- Up to${goto 125}${memeasyfree} freed easily
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- Swap
${goto 15}|${goto 60}+-- Total${goto 125}${swapmax}
${goto 15}|${goto 60}+-- Used${goto 125}${swap} - ${swapperc}%
${goto 15}|${goto 60}+-- Free${goto 125}${swapfree}
${goto 15}|
${goto 12}+----Status
${goto 15}|${goto 40}|
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- CPU${goto 125}${cpu cpu0}% - ${freq_g}GHz
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- Ram${goto 125}${memperc}%
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- LoadAvg${goto 125}${loadavg}
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- Disk${goto 125}${fs_used_perc /}% Used
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- Diskio ${goto 125}${diskio}
${goto 15}|${goto 60}+-- Read${goto 125}${diskio_read}
${goto 15}|${goto 60}+-- Write${goto 125}${diskio_write}
${goto 15}|
${goto 12}+----Storage
${goto 15}|${goto 40}|
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- /ROOT${goto 125}${fs_free /} / ${fs_size /}
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- /HOME${goto 125}${fs_free /home} / ${fs_size /home}
${goto 15}|
${goto 12}+----Processes
${goto 15}|${goto 40}|
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- Total${goto 125}${processes}
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- Running${goto 125}${running_processes}
${goto 15}|${goto 40}|
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- CPU
${goto 15}|${goto 40}|${goto 60}+-- ${top name 1}${goto 125}${top cpu 1}${top mem 1}
${goto 15}|${goto 40}|${goto 60}+-- ${top name 2}${goto 125}${top cpu 2}${top mem 2}
${goto 15}|${goto 40}|${goto 60}+-- ${top name 3}${goto 125}${top cpu 3}${top mem 3}
${goto 15}|${goto 40}|
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- MEM
${goto 15}|${goto 60}+-- ${top_mem name 1}${goto 125}${top_mem cpu 1}${top_mem mem 1}
${goto 15}|${goto 60}+-- ${top_mem name 2}${goto 125}${top_mem cpu 2}${top_mem mem 2}
${goto 15}|${goto 60}+-- ${top_mem name 3}${goto 125}${top_mem cpu 3}${top_mem mem 3}
${goto 15}|
${goto 12}+----Net
${goto 15}|${goto 40}|
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- eth0${goto 125}${addr eth0}
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- Up
${goto 15}|${goto 40}|${goto 60}+-- Speed${goto 125}${upspeedf eth0}KiB
${goto 15}|${goto 40}|${goto 60}+-- Total${goto 125}${totalup eth0}KiB
${goto 15}|${goto 40}|
${goto 15}|${goto 38}+-- Down
${goto 15}|${goto 60}+-- Speed${goto 125}${downspeedf eth0}KiB
${goto 15}|${goto 60}+-- Total${goto 125}${totaldown eth0}KiB
${goto 15}|
${goto 12}+----Time / Date Calcs
${goto 40}|
${goto 38}+-- Time${goto 125}${time %R:%S}
${goto 38}+-- Date${goto 125}${time %a, %d %b %y}
${goto 38}+-- Uptime${goto 125}${uptime}
${voffset -850}${battery_bar 870,240}
${cpubar cpu6 10,240}

It's all generic conky commands, nothing that should stop this from working on any computer - well, unless the CPU and Battery bars cause problems, but that is what I'm testing.

Thanks.

Last edited by Sector11 (2010-11-28 00:37:14)

anonymous · 2010-11-26 22:38:03

For science!

OS: Arch Linux i686
Kernel: 2.6.36-ARCH
Machine: i686
Resolution: 1280x1024
DE: N/A
WM: awesome
Right-click does not work over conky.

Sector11 · 2010-11-26 23:55:37

anonymous wrote:

For science!

Yes, of course --- for science. smile

Thanks a bunch - didn't mean to make you install conky just for this. smile

I forgot to add: Conky Version: ??

EDIT: Never mind it's in your "terminal" scrot!

Last edited by Sector11 (2010-11-26 23:59:30)

Unia · 2010-11-27 19:43:58

When running that specific conky, I only get a big, white box:

I'll have a look at the .conkyrc to see if I can fix this. (Using conky-lua from the AUR)

EDIT: No error messages in terminal

Last edited by Unia (2010-11-27 19:44:20)

anonymous · 2010-11-27 19:49:19

@Unia - do you have compositing enabled? Try disabling it. Also what DE/WM are you using?

Unia · 2010-11-27 20:02:28

I'm using Xfce4. Yes, I have compositing enabled, but even when I shut it off it stays white.

Unia · 2010-11-27 20:07:39

Changing the bar values to {7, } removed the whiteness. (I could change the colour of the whiteness by changing the default color big_smile )

EDIT: Here's how it looks now:

Last edited by Unia (2010-11-27 20:09:39)

Sector11 · 2010-11-27 20:13:41

Unia wrote:

Changing the bar values to {7, } removed the whiteness. (I could change the colour of the whiteness by changing the default color )
EDIT: Here's how it looks now:

Well that's different! But I think "K" came up with a way it will work for everyone ...

Back soon.

Sector11 · 2010-11-27 21:54:55

@ K - you are a genius

Some notes:

I created 2 images, one black, one white, 1x1 pixel each
I used: minimum_size 202 # Width Height
I never use an image command on a line by itself, it creates a "screen display line" if you do.

The test conky!

# To use #! in a conky use: ${exec echo '#!'}
# OB_timeup

alignment tl
background yes
cpu_avg_samples 2
default_outline_color d9d7d6
default_shade_color 000000
double_buffer yes
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
gap_x 100
gap_y 100
imlib_cache_size 0
no_buffers yes
override_utf8_locale no
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_title line-test
own_window_class line-test
total_run_times 0
uppercase no
use_xft yes
xftalpha 0.2
xftfont DejaVu Sans Mono:size=9
imlib_cache_size 0

# Colors
default_color DCDCDC #Gainsboro
color0 FFFFF0 #Ivory
color1 FFA07A #LightSalmon
color2 FF8C00 #Darkorange
color3 7FFF00 #Chartreuse
color4 778899 #LightSlateGrey
color5 FFDEAD #NavajoWhite
color6 00BFFF #DeepSkyBlue
color7 48D1CC #MediumTurquoise
color8 FFFF00 #Yellow
color9 FF0000 #Red
#maximum_width 1160 # Ummm, Width only here
minimum_size 202 # Width Height

update_interval 1
TEXT
${voffset 10}${goto 15}stuff${image ~/Conky/images/white-1.png -p 0,0 -s 1x215}
${goto 15}stuff${image ~/Conky/images/black-1.png -p 0,0 -s 200x1}
${goto 15}stuff${image ~/Conky/images/white-1.png -p 200,0 -s 1x215}
${goto 15}stuff${image ~/Conky/images/black-1.png -p 0,215 -s 200x1}
${goto 15}stuff
${goto 15}stuff
${goto 15}next is System heading
${voffset 20}${alignc 2}System${image ~/Conky/images/white-1.png -p 0,143 -s 70x1}${image ~/Conky/images/white-1.png -p 130,143 -s 70x1}
${goto 15}stuff
${goto 15}stuff
${goto 15}stuff
${goto 15}stuff

I used the two colours so you could "see" which line did what!

Which means this works too:

TEXT
${voffset 10}${goto 15}stuff
${goto 15}stuff
${goto 15}stuff
${goto 15}stuff
${goto 15}stuff
${goto 15}stuff
${goto 15}next is System heading
${voffset 20}${alignc 2}System${image ~/Conky/images/white-1.png -p 0,142 -s 70x3}${image ~/Conky/images/white-1.png -p 130,142 -s 70x3}
${goto 15}stuff
${goto 15}stuff
${goto 15}stuff
${goto 15}stuff

Last edited by Sector11 (2010-11-27 22:09:00)

Unia · 2010-11-27 22:13:43

The images don't show

anonymous · 2010-11-27 22:27:39

I edited Sector11's post with the images.

@Sector11 - Please don't try hotlinking attachments from the Ubuntu forums as you need to be logged in to access/view them.

Sector11 · 2010-11-27 22:32:24

Unia wrote:

The images don't show

Live and learn...

anonymous wrote:

I edited Sector11's post with the images.
@Sector11 - Please don't try hotlinking attachments from the Ubuntu forums as you need to be logged in to access/view them.

That's new for me - sorry.
Thanks for the tip and help.

Last edited by Sector11 (2010-11-27 22:33:53)

Unia · 2010-11-27 23:36:01

So what you've done is showing output bars as borders?

Sector11 · 2010-11-28 00:36:45

Unia wrote:

So what you've done is showing output bars as borders?

Borders, or lines. ${hr} in conky runs from where you start it to the edge.

With ${cpubar cpu6 1,50} it draws a line 1px thick 50px long. Then along came Conky v1.8.x and some machines complained.

So now a 1pixel image can do it. No more problems.

The first test with images on the first 4 lines uses the image to create the "border"

them the two image calls after "SYSTEM" create the lines before and after the text.

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[SOLVED] Help with a specific Conky!

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