Questions tagged [conky]
Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X that displays information on your desktop.
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Conky sensors stoped working
All conky sensors (cpu, disks...) suddenly stopped working. They was working like a charm and I was working on another problem and this happened. I didn't touch conky files.
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Conkies don't show curves
When I install a conky with curvature no matter what, I just see the text and straght lines. No circle, no curvature. I have an arch linux with conky-lua-nv installed and wayland. I have been able to ...
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How to install hybrid conky from source
My laptop is a Lenovo E550:
OS: Arch Linux
KERNEL: Linux 6.9.6-arch1-1
SHELL: zsh
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz
GPU: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500
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How to install Conky themes?
I' m asking how to installconkythemes that you download from the Pling store as zip and extract as folders on Linux.
I tried to rename the file name [name]. conf with Anything.conkyrc and then copy ...
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Conky transparency doesn't work
I have an Arch linux with plasma and trying to install conky (AUR).
The problem is all transparent parts are black,here is my config:
background yes
update_interval 1
cpu_avg_samples 1
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How do i use conky in i3 to make a custom widget to show rss feeds
I want to create a widget in my i3 desktop homescreen that shows rss feed. So far i have only been able to do it in the bar. I am thinking about trying conky and make it execute everytime i open i3.
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Can Conky display detailed information without being specifically configured to my current hardware?
I'd like Conky to display things like the usage of each CPU core, but I don't see a way to do this other than by manually writing a Conky config file which explicitly enumerates which cores I'd like ...
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Configure Conky to display arbitrary measurements as a number / percent / bar / graph / guage
Does Conky allow me to display an arbitrary measurement as a bar, gauge, graph, etc? Or only the ones that it provides explicit objects for, eg. CPU usage can be displayed as any of:
${cpuN} : A ...
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Conky - Set own variables
How can i set own variables inside the conky config?
I want to define some own variables and then output they per echo.
I tried a lot but unfortuanly i don't know how to handle that.
Maybe someone can ...
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Negative ram on conky
I've installed conky on arch linux with xfce as desktop. Ram used is not working properly. I'm getting negative ram used.
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Below is my config
conky.config = {
use_xft = true,
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Using cat in conky_parse doesn't work
I'm trying to show the name of my shell in conky. I can capture the name of the shell using this command:
cat /proc/$$/comm
But when I use this in my script.lua file, like this:
text = 'Shell: ' .. ...
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How remove conky manager from Linux Mint
I would like to ask how to completely remove conky manager from Linux Mint.
I used the following script link and sudo apt-get --purge remove conky conky-all but unsuccessfully
Thank you
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rss weather for Mexico in conky
I want to show the weather for my location, Ensenada, BC, Mexico on conky.
I have tried the following script:
#!/bin/sh
METRIC=1 #Should be 0 or 1; 0 for F, 1 for C
if [ -z $1 ]; then
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How to configure a conky file?
How can I change the conky theme? I have the text(code) for conky vision but I have no idea what to do with it, or where to put it? I'm running Linux Mint btw
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How can I use conky with own_window_type=panel to create a conky window along the top edge of the screen which does not overlap with other windows?
I am wanting to create a conky window that sits on the top edge of my screen and has no overlap with maximimed or non-maximized windows.
My attempts to use own_window with own_window_type=panel ...
