Conky v1.9 Thread

mustlearnuse · 2013-09-19 18:05:31

hey guys another questions,

is there a way to have conky detected if you're plugged into an outlet? and have the battery display color changed based on that?

currently this is my battery code

${color d2cbb9}Battery:${offset 3}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}<=15}${color FFFF00}${blink ${battery_percent BAT1}%}${color}${else}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}<=33}${color FFA500}${battery_percent BAT1}%${else}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}>33}${color7}${battery_percent BAT1}%${endif}${endif}${endif}${offset 15}\

it blinks yellow when the battery is low but if i plug it in, i would like it to stop blinking and turn a different color

Sector11 · 2013-09-19 18:27:27

@ ragamatrix - I agree with oliverseal - an excellent find ....

@ oliverseal - A custom compile of compton with the fade in animation doing a "flicker" ????????

Sector11 · 2013-09-19 18:37:46

mustlearnuse wrote:

hey guys another questions,
is there a way to have conky detected if you're plugged into an outlet? and have the battery display color changed based on that?
currently this is my battery code
${color d2cbb9}Battery:${offset 3}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}<=15}${color FFFF00}${blink ${battery_percent BAT1}%}${color}${else}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}<=33}${color FFA500}${battery_percent BAT1}%${else}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}>33}${color7}${battery_percent BAT1}%${endif}${endif}${endif}${offset 15}\
it blinks yellow when the battery is low but if i plug it in, i would like it to stop blinking and turn a different color

I don't use a battery so it's a shot in the dark

What do you get for:
Plugged in ${battery bat1}
Unplugged ${battery bat1}

Let assume: "P" (plugged in) and "U" (unplugged)

${color d2cbb9}Battery:${offset 3}${if_match "${battery BAT1}" == "U"}\
${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}<=15}${color FFFF00}${blink ${battery_percent BAT1}%}${color}\
${else}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}<=33}${color FFA500}${battery_percent BAT1}%\
${else}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}>33}${color7}${battery_percent BAT1}%\
${else}Plugged in stuff here\
${endif}${endif}${endif}${endif}${offset 15}\

oliverseal · 2013-09-19 18:54:12

@ oliverseal - A custom compile of compton with the fade in animation doing a "flicker" ????????

I have compton set up to do fade in and fade out. Modifying compton with a "flicker" option would be cool so that windows "flicker" fade. Just for the sci-fi feel of it. Over a display like the one that ragamatrix posted it would look sweet.

I threw together a quick "conkytoggle" binary that I bound to W-c in rc.xml so I can turn on and off a conky overlay for my screen (W-c is similar to a shortcut in Windows 8 apparently)

Conkytoggle hackery:
Looks for a window with the class name "conkytoggle-dock" and iconifies or shows it.

#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include <X11/Xutil.h>
#include <X11/Xatom.h>
#include <X11/Xos.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>


#define NORMAL_STATE 1
#define ICONIFIED_STATE 3


Window display_tree_info_1(Display* dpy, Window window, char* search_term, int recurse, int level)
{
  int i;
  Window root_win, parent_win;
  unsigned int num_children;
  Window *child_list;
  Window result = -1;
  XClassHint classhint;

  if (!XQueryTree(dpy, window, &root_win, &parent_win, &child_list, &num_children)) {
    printf("Can't query window tree.");
    exit(1);
  }

  for (i = (int)num_children - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    if(XGetClassHint(dpy, child_list[i], &classhint)) {
      if(classhint.res_class) {
          // printf("Found \"%s\"\n", classhint.res_name);
          if (strcmp(search_term, classhint.res_name) == 0) {
            // printf("--------------------------------------------------->\n");
            result = child_list[i];
            break;
          }

          XFree(classhint.res_class);
      }
    }
    
    if (recurse && result == -1) {
      result = display_tree_info_1(dpy, child_list[i], search_term, 1, level+1);
    }
  }

  if (child_list) XFree((char *)child_list);

  if (result != -1)
    return result;
  else
    return -1;
}


static inline void
win_set_opacity_prop(Display* dpy, Window win, int opacity_atom, long val) {
  XChangeProperty(dpy, win, opacity_atom, XA_CARDINAL, 32, PropModeReplace, (unsigned char *) &val, 1);
}

static inline void
win_rm_opacity_prop(Display* dpy, Window win, int opacity_atom) {
  XDeleteProperty(dpy, win, opacity_atom);
}

int is_window_minimized(Display *display, Window window) {
    Atom actual_type;
    int actual_format;
    unsigned long i, num_items, bytes_after;
    Atom *atoms;

    int wmStateAtom = XInternAtom(display, "_NET_WM_STATE", False);
    int wmStateHiddenAtom = XInternAtom(display, "_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN", False);


    atoms=NULL;

    XGetWindowProperty(display, window, wmStateAtom, 0, 1024, False, XA_ATOM, &actual_type, &actual_format, &num_items, &bytes_after, (unsigned char**)&atoms);

    for(i=0; i<num_items; ++i) {
        if(atoms[i]==wmStateHiddenAtom) {
            XFree(atoms);
            return 1;
        }
    }
    XFree(atoms);
    return 0;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  Display *dpy;
  Window rootwin;
  Window win;
  int scr;

  if(!(dpy=XOpenDisplay(NULL))) {
    fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Could not open display\n");
    exit(1);
  }

  scr=DefaultScreen(dpy);
  rootwin=RootWindow(dpy, scr);

  // search the windows for the conky
  win = display_tree_info_1(dpy, rootwin, "conkytoggle-dock", 1, 0);
  if (win != -1) {
    XClassHint classhint;
    XGetClassHint(dpy, win, &classhint);
    printf("\"%s\" (%s) found.\n", classhint.res_class, classhint.res_name);
  } else {
    // printf("\"conkytoggle-dock\" not found.\n");
  }
  int minimized = is_window_minimized(dpy, win);

  if (minimized == 0) {
    printf("hiding conky\n");
    XIconifyWindow(dpy, win, scr);
  } else {
    printf("showing conky\n");
    XClientMessageEvent ev;
    Atom prop;

    prop = XInternAtom(dpy, "WM_CHANGE_STATE", False);
    if(prop == None)
      return False;

    ev.type = ClientMessage;
    ev.window = win;
    ev.message_type = prop;
    ev.format = 32;
    ev.data.l[0] = NormalState;
    XSendEvent(dpy, RootWindow(dpy, scr), False,
            SubstructureRedirectMask|SubstructureNotifyMask,
            (XEvent *)&ev);

  }

  XFlush(dpy);

  return 0;
}

Makefile

CC=/usr/bin/gcc
LD=/use/bin/ld


CFLAGS=-Wall -std=c99 -pedantic -g -I/usr/X11R6/include `pkg-config --cflags cairo`
LDFLAGS=-Wall -g `pkg-config --libs cairo` -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11

all: conkytoggle

conkytoggle: conkytoggle.o 
	${CC} -o conkytoggle ${LDFLAGS} conkytoggle.o

conkytoggle.o: conkytoggle.c
	${CC} -o conkytoggle.o ${CFLAGS} -c conkytoggle.c

clean:
	rm -f *.o

EDIT: Example of it in use
conkytoggle example

Last edited by oliverseal (2013-09-20 03:53:54)

Sector11 · 2013-09-19 20:19:40

oliverseal wrote:

I have compton set up to do fade in and fade out. Modifying compton with a "flicker" option would be cool so that windows "flicker" fade. Just for the sci-fi feel of it. Over a display like the one that ragamatrix posted it would look sweet.

Everything beyond this was like talking Martian. But I thank you for the explanation.

mustlearnuse · 2013-09-19 23:46:43

Sector11 wrote:

mustlearnuse wrote:
hey guys another questions,
is there a way to have conky detected if you're plugged into an outlet? and have the battery display color changed based on that?
currently this is my battery code
${color d2cbb9}Battery:${offset 3}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}<=15}${color FFFF00}${blink ${battery_percent BAT1}%}${color}${else}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}<=33}${color FFA500}${battery_percent BAT1}%${else}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}>33}${color7}${battery_percent BAT1}%${endif}${endif}${endif}${offset 15}\
it blinks yellow when the battery is low but if i plug it in, i would like it to stop blinking and turn a different color
I don't use a battery so it's a shot in the dark
What do you get for:
Plugged in ${battery bat1}
Unplugged ${battery bat1}
Let assume: "P" (plugged in) and "U" (unplugged)
${color d2cbb9}Battery:${offset 3}${if_match "${battery BAT1}" == "U"}\
${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}<=15}${color FFFF00}${blink ${battery_percent BAT1}%}${color}\
${else}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}<=33}${color FFA500}${battery_percent BAT1}%\
${else}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1}>33}${color7}${battery_percent BAT1}%\
${else}Plugged in stuff here\
${endif}${endif}${endif}${endif}${offset 15}\

seems like it may work. i actually think i want to just change the word 'battery' to a different color if it's unplugged rather than change the whole battery script i have going. seems like it might be easier. is there a way of doing that? because the ${battery bat1} doesn't seem to work for something like that

aleza66 · 2013-09-20 00:18:16

Sector11 wrote:

aleza66 wrote:

When I execute conkywonky, I get all the data I'm supposed to see but in terminal.
Any idea where can I debug?

First lets try a process of elimination - try this:
I added a closing } to everything and eliminated the non-standard stuff at the end.

TEXT
${nodename} - ${sysname} ${kernel} on ${machine}
${hr}
${color grey}Uptime:${color} ${uptime}
${color grey}Frequency (in MHz):${color} ${freq}
${color grey}Frequency (in GHz):${color} ${freq_g}
${color grey}RAM Usage:${color} ${mem}/${memmax} - ${memperc}% ${membar 4}
${color grey}Swap Usage:${color} ${swap}/${swapmax} - ${swapperc}% ${swapbar 4}
${color grey}CPU Usage:${color} ${cpu}% ${cpubar 4}
${color grey}Processes:${color} ${processes}  ${color grey}Running:${color} ${running_processes}
${hr}
${color grey}File systems:
 / ${color}${fs_free /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar 6 /}
${color grey}Networking:
 Up:${color} ${upspeed eth0} k/s${color grey} - Down:${color} ${downspeed eth0} k/s
${hr}
${color grey}Name		PID	CPU%	MEM%
 ${color lightgrey} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
 ${color lightgrey} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
 ${color lightgrey} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
 ${color lightgrey} ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
${tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log 3}

Without the ending

${color grey}MPD: ${mpd_status} ${mpd_artist} - ${mpd_title from ${mpd_album} at ${mpd_vol}
Bitrate: ${mpd_bitrate\n} Progress: ${mpd_bar}
${color grey}XMMS2: ${xmms2_status} ${xmms2_artist} - ${xmms2_title} from ${xmms2_album}
Progress: ${xmms2_bar}

Why?

Bitrate: $mpd_bitrate\n" "Progress: $mpd_bar

the " " in that line?

and the "; ending?

${tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log 3}";

Tested, still no change on desktop, terminal shows everything.

PackRat · 2013-09-20 01:23:21

mustlearnuse wrote:

hey guys another questions,
is there a way to have conky detected if you're plugged into an outlet? and have the battery display color changed based on that?

there is also upower - someone (lionhead?) was trying to do something similar to what you want.

This post - I think - is part of that forum conversation, read a bit past the post and you'll find some scripts that might be useful to you.

ragamatrix · 2013-09-20 07:48:31

Hello !
May be it's not that ?? 8o I didn't really understand too...
post#6179

ragamatrix wrote:

@chepioq->waoh !
I was searching a tool to manage all my conky(s) on openbox and I've founded a great one with the help of arpinux on the #! french forum.
conky-tool video
page to dl the deb pack
May be useful for openbox users...

Sector11 wrote:

oliverseal wrote:
I have compton set up to do fade in and fade out. Modifying compton with a "flicker" option would be cool so that windows "flicker" fade. Just for the sci-fi feel of it. Over a display like the one that ragamatrix posted it would look sweet.
Everything beyond this was like talking Martian. But I thank you for the explanation.

Last edited by ragamatrix (2013-09-20 07:51:35)

ragamatrix · 2013-09-20 10:04:23

I played a little with gimp to make a .png conky machine...
kaoss_conky_machine

Last edited by ragamatrix (2013-09-20 10:20:49)

Naik · 2013-09-20 11:20:36

^would love to see this in action!

I`ve got a little problem:
i use this:

${if_running mocp}${goto 42}MoC: $alignc${execi 1 mocp --info | grep Artist | cut -f2 -d ":"}$alignr[ ${execi 1 mocp --info | grep State| cut -f2 -d ":"} ]
${goto 42}${voffset 7}${execi 1 mocp --info | grep CurrentTime | cut -f2 -d ":"}:${execi 1 mocp --info | grep CurrentTime | cut -f3 -d ":"}  ${execbar ~/scripts/mocbar.sh}   ${execi 1 mocp --info | grep TotalTime | cut -f2 -d ":"}:${execi 1 mocp --info | grep TotalTime | cut -f3 -d ":"}
${goto 42}${voffset 3}${scroll 37 ${exec mocp --info | grep Title | cut -f2 -d ":"}} $endif

to show what`s playing.
But if i "accidentally" start moc as root, there is no information provided for normal users and conkys.
has anyone an idea how to get around this?

thanks in advance -naik

ragamatrix · 2013-09-20 11:56:32

Hi Naik !
Hey I did it for everybody work on it, to see different ones... ]:D
Here's the file in medium size one if people are interested in : kaoss_conky_machine_medium
Sorry I can't help for moc... I just know someone else who made a conky with: conky_moc

Sector11 · 2013-09-20 15:36:33

mustlearnuse wrote:

hey guys another questions,
is there a way to have conky detected if you're plugged into an outlet? and have the battery display color changed based on that?

What are the outputs of:
Plugged in ${battery bat1}
Unplugged ${battery bat1}

battery (num) Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).

mustlearnuse · 2013-09-20 23:53:30

Sector11 wrote:

mustlearnuse wrote:
hey guys another questions,
is there a way to have conky detected if you're plugged into an outlet? and have the battery display color changed based on that?
What are the outputs of:
Plugged in ${battery bat1}
Unplugged ${battery bat1}
battery (num) Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).

so, i tried them in conky and they don't seem to return anything for me.
it's just blank. is there any place i can check what kind of battery thing my computer uses? because battery_percent BAT1 works fine but battery BAT1 returns nothing

Sector11 · 2013-09-21 00:02:45

Like I said earlier:

I don't use a battery so it's a shot in the dark

... now if

battery_percent BAT1

works fine but

battery BAT1

returns nothing, I'm at a loss.

You'll need to wait for someone that uses a battery, surprised no one showed up already.

HEY ... YOU ... Yea you, with the notebook ... Come over here a sec will you please ...

mustlearnuse · 2013-09-21 01:55:33

Sector11 wrote:

Like I said earlier:
I don't use a battery so it's a shot in the dark
... now if
battery_percent BAT1
works fine but
battery BAT1
returns nothing, I'm at a loss.
You'll need to wait for someone that uses a battery, surprised no one showed up already.
HEY ... YOU ... Yea you, with the notebook ... Come over here a sec will you please ...

yeah very weird since i though those would work for any computer.

it seems like that'd be like cout working on one computer and not another for C++

PackRat · 2013-09-21 02:38:35

mustlearnuse wrote:

is there any place i can check what kind of battery thing my computer uses? because battery_percent BAT1 works fine but battery BAT1 returns nothing

in a terminal -

acpi -i

or, if you have upower installed,

upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0

will give you a lot of information about your battery, change it to BAT1 if you need to.

You may be able to use the acpiacadapter variable of conky in an if_match statement to get the color change you're after; or you may be able to create a bash script that uses:

 
acpi -a | awk '{print $3}'

to determine adapter state and then generate an output that conky will display. Note that the '{print $3}' may need to change for your system, run acpi -a in a terminal first to check it.

Last edited by PackRat (2013-09-21 02:39:25)

mustlearnuse · 2013-09-21 03:10:43

^

strange i have acpi installed but i can't run the acpi -i or acpi -a

what a headache. have to figure this out

dk75 · 2013-09-21 10:47:28

For me, "${battery}" ("BAT0" if want to add device) gives me either "charged" or "discharging" or "charging" status with number of percentage of charge/discharge.
"acpi" command is not available and "upower" could enumerate devices only.

But i can read "/sys/class/power_supply/AC/online" and check whatever it have value of "1" (online) or "0" (offline).
There's also a lot if infos in "/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0" directory.

mustlearnuse · 2013-09-21 13:00:05

dk75 wrote:

For me, "${battery}" ("BAT0" if want to add device) gives me either "charged" or "discharging" or "charging" status with number of percentage of charge/discharge.
"acpi" command is not available and "upower" could enumerate devices only.
But i can read "/sys/class/power_supply/AC/online" and check whatever it have value of "1" (online) or "0" (offline).
There's also a lot if infos in "/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0" directory.

quite interesting. i found that file and i see it change between 1 and 0

now i'll just figure out how to check that file and changed the text color for the word "batter" in my code based on if there is a 1 or 0

thank!

pwnsauce · 2013-09-21 13:25:43

Here's a screenshot of my current conky. It's just a basic layout until I can get something better in.

Here's the conky script:

# conky configuration
#
# The list of variables has been removed from this file in favour
# of keeping the documentation more maintainable.
# Check http://conky.sf.net for an up-to-date-list.
#
# For ideas about how to modify conky, please see:
# http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/59/my-conky-config/
#
# For help with conky, please see:
# http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/2047/conky-help/
#
# Enjoy! :)
##############################################
# Settings
##############################################
#==============================================================================
#  MinHXR
#
#  Date    : 11/08/2011
#  author  : xeNULL / pwnsauce
#  Revision: 9/21/2013
#  version : v0.1
#  license : Distributed under the terms of GNU GPL version 2 or later
#
#==============================================================================

background yes
update_interval 1

cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2
temperature_unit celsius
short_units yes

double_buffer yes
no_buffers yes
text_buffer_size 2048

gap_x 0
gap_y 10

minimum_size 100 0
maximum_width 500
own_window yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,below
border_inner_margin 0
border_outer_margin 0
alignment br

draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes

default_bar_size 150 10

override_utf8_locale no
use_xft yes
xftfont Terminus:size=9
xftalpha 1.0
uppercase no

##############################################
#  				Color Table				     #
##############################################
default_color ccccff ## white
color1 999999 ## Medium Grey
color2 510000 ## Dark Red
color3 00ff00 ## Bright Green
color4 ffff00 ## Yellow
color5 ff9900 ## Orange
color6 339999 ## Teal

##############################################
#  					Output					 #
##############################################
TEXT
${alignc 20}${font Monospace:size=16}PWNSAUCE${font}
${color2}${hr}${color}
#$color You have $color2 ${texeci 100 python ~/Scripts/gmail.
${font Monospace:style=Bold:size=10} $color1 ${time %c} ${font}
${color2}${hr}${color}

${color5}S Y S T E M    R E P O R T${color} ${hr}

${color6}OS${color}:$alignr $sysname 
${color6}Host${color}:$alignr$nodename
${color6}Kernal${color}:$alignr CrunchBang Linux on $machine
${color6}Uptime${color}:$alignr$uptime
${color6}Swap usage${color}:$alignr$swap/$swapmax
${color6}Disk usage${color}:$alignr${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}

${color5}P R O C E S S O R S${color} ${hr}

${color6}CORE1${color}:  $alignr${cpu cpu0}% ${color2}${cpubar cpu0}${color}
${color6}CORE2${color}:  $alignr${cpu cpu1}% ${color2}${cpubar cpu1}${color}
${color6}CORE3${color}:  $alignr${cpu cpu2}% ${color2}${cpubar cpu2}${color}
${color6}CORE4${color}:  $alignr${cpu cpu3}% ${color2}${cpubar cpu3}${color}
${color6}CORE5${color}:  $alignr${cpu cpu4}% ${color2}${cpubar cpu4}${color}
${color6}CORE6${color}:  $alignr${cpu cpu5}% ${color2}${cpubar cpu5}${color}
${color6}CORE7${color}:  $alignr${cpu cpu6}% ${color2}${cpubar cpu6}${color}
${color6}CORE8${color}:  $alignr${cpu cpu7}% ${color2}${cpubar cpu7}${color}

${color5}M E M O R Y${color} $alignr$mem/$memmax
${hr}
${color6}RAM${color}: $memperc% ${alignr}${color2}${membar 8,60}${color}

${color5}S H O R T C U T    K E Y S${color} ${hr}

${color6}Alt${color}+${color6}F2${color}$alignr Run Dialog
${color6}Alt${color}+${color6}F3${color}$alignr Alt Menu
${color6}Super${color}+${color6}Space${color}$alignr Main Menu
${color6}Super${color}+${color6}Tab${color}$alignr Client Menu
${color6}Super${color}+${color6}t${color}$alignr Terminal
${color6}Super${color}+${color6}f${color}$alignr File Manager
${color6}Super${color}+${color6}e${color}$alignr Editor
${color6}Super${color}+${color6}m${color}$alignr Media Player
${color6}Super${color}+${color6}w${color}$alignr Web Browser
${color6}Super${color}+${color6}h${color}$alignr Task Manager
${color6}Super${color}+${color6}l${color}$alignr Lock Screen
${color6}Super${color}+${color6}v${color}$alignr Volume Control
${color6}Super${color}+${color6}x${color}$alignr Logout
${color6}PrtSc${color}$alignr Screenshot

${color5}N E T W O R K${color} ${hr 2}

${color6}Up${color}: ${upspeed wlan0} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 F57900 FCAF3E}
${color6}Down${color}: ${downspeed wlan0} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 F57900 FCAF3E}
${color6}Upload${color}: ${alignr}${totalup wlan0}
${color6}Download${color}: ${alignr}${totaldown wlan0}
${color6}Local Ip${color}: ${alignr}${addr wlan0}


${color5}P R O C E S S E S${color} ${hr 2}
$processes processes ($running_processes running)
    
NAME $alignr PID    CPU  MEM
${color6}${top name 1}${color} $alignr ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color6}${top name 2}${color} $alignr ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color6}${top name 3}${color} $alignr ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color6}${top name 4}${color} $alignr ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
${color6}${top name 5}${color} $alignr ${top pid 5} ${top cpu 5} ${top mem 5}
${color6}${top name 6}${color} $alignr ${top pid 6} ${top cpu 6} ${top mem 6}
${color6}${top name 7}${color} $alignr ${top pid 7} ${top cpu 7} ${top mem 7}
${color6}${top name 8}${color} $alignr ${top pid 8} ${top cpu 8} ${top mem 8}

Naik · 2013-09-21 15:21:17

@raggamatrix: Thanks for the link but this seems to be a little too much effort for what i need. a simple display of track and time is enough for me.
to clearify: The real question seems to be wheter there is a way for normal user to get the info mocp parses when started as root or not? and in case, why not? do they use different sessions of the message-bus or stuff like that? and is this even conky-related enough to be diskussed here?

greetz -naik

boisei0 · 2013-09-21 20:30:20

Currently working on an interactive conky, but having the following issue:
When using the base script from mrpeachy, the window type needs to be set to normal. In combination with own_window_transparant on yes, it creates a greyish transparant 'field' with round borders. Is it possible to get rid of this 'field' and have it like own_window_transparant yes in combination with own_window_type desktop, like the conky on the left and right in following picture?

Last edited by boisei0 (2013-09-21 20:39:48)

falldown · 2013-09-22 03:48:11

Hello boisei0..
Lets try this.
Change conkyrc to this..

own_window yes
# own_window_argb_visual yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type normal

Now does your conkyrc have a title?
for example..

own_window_title conky1

If it is one of Peachy's scripts then it will have a title.
Anyway.. you now need to add a line to your compton.conf file.
It can be found in your home directory.. ~/.config/compton.conf
Just open it and add this (using title example above)..

shadow-exclude = ["n:e:conky1"];

That should fix the problem.. which is just your composite manager (compton) trying to draw a shadow
for your conky window.

Ututo · 2013-09-22 06:48:29

My current android clock conky...thing

# conky configuration by Ututo
#
# The list of variables has been removed from this file in favour
# of keeping the documentation more maintainable.
# Check http://conky.sf.net for an up-to-date-list.
#
# For ideas about how to modify conky, please see:
# http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/59/my-conky-config/
#
# For help with conky, please see:
# http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/2047/conky-help/
#
# Enjoy! :)
##############################################
# Settings
##############################################
background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont Roboto:size=9
xftalpha 0.8
update_interval 1
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
##############################################
# Compositing tips:
# Conky can play strangely when used with
# different compositors. I have found the
# following to work well, but your mileage
# may vary. Comment/uncomment to suit.
##############################################
## no compositor
#own_window_type override
#own_window_argb_visual no

## xcompmgr
#own_window_type override
#own_window_argb_visual yes

## cairo-compmgr
own_window_type desktop
own_window_argb_visual yes
##############################################
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
stippled_borders 0
border_margin 5
border_width 1
default_color 000000
default_shade_color 000000
default_outline_color 000000
alignment br
minimum_size 100
maximum_width 450
gap_x 40
gap_y 90
alignment bl
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2
short_units yes
text_buffer_size 2048
use_spacer none
override_utf8_locale yes
color1 494949
color2 39576F

##############################################
#  Output
##############################################
TEXT
${color1}${font Roboto:weight=Light:size=38}${time %H}${color1}${font Roboto:weight=Thin:size=38}.${time %M}${font}
${color1}${font Roboto:size=13}${voffset -40}${offset 135}${time %A}${font}
${font Roboto:weight=Light:size=11}${voffset 0}${offset 135}${time %d %B %Y}${font}

You'll need 'Roboto' font. You can download it from here.

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