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Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X that displays information on your desktop.

Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any information on your desktop.

Documentation: Conky - Documentation
Example configurations: Conky - Screenshots

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Modify Conky to handle variable length values

I currently experimenting with DWM and Conky to create a minimal looking desktop to use for coding and things like that. I've got something nice going on, but there's something I'm having an issue with at the moment. Right now, my Conky TEXT section…
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Is it possible to change update interval in Conky for specific variables?

Is it possible to change the update interval in Conky for specific variables? Can I change it just like I would change the font in a Conky?
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How to run a bash script and display any output in Conky?

The Bash script I’d like to run in Conky is a loop so only needs to be run once. It’s a monitoring script in case my VoIP router goes down. ${execi 3600 /home/justin/pingvoip} Conky doesn’t want to start with the above code.
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Is there anyway to show nethogs output in conky?

I've searched a lot but I can't find a way to show nethogs in conky. nethogs prints to terminal and there seems to be no way to capture output in real time. This is one thing I have been wanting for conky FOR AGES.
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Can Conky remain always visible alongside other windows?

I want conky visible at all times and all windows to respect the boundaries of conky. They should not overlap conky. Right now when i open a new application it overlaps conky and i have to manually drag it to the left. I want that apps never appear…
koogee
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Can I detect the presence of a second display in a shell script or Conky config?

I want to modify my conky placement depending on whether I'm working with my laptop in my lap (one screen) or have it at my desk attached to a larger monitor (dual display). The problem is that I want it to appear on the bottom left of my laptop…
Amanda
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Put Conky behind the desktop icons

Maybe I am trying do something impossible, but after hours of Googling I didn't get 100% answer yet. So - it is possible put Conky on Desktop backgroud (behind desktop icons)? The usual config: own_window yes own_window_type normal # (desktop,…
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How to get weather alerts using RSS in Conky?

Quick question about how to get weather alerts with conky. I'm using the following bit of code: ${execpi 3600 ~/.conky/scripts/conky-rss.sh "http://www.weather.gov/alerts/wwarssget.php?zone=MDZ006"|sed '1,3d'|fold -sw 62} This (correctly) display a…
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how to run conky on startup?i am using ubuntu lucid lynx i386

i haved configured my conky, and i want to run it on startup, i did found some tuts on internet, i haved put my conky in the startup, but in the screen, it just show just a second and gone..so how will i resolve that?
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Conky setups - samples / ideas?

Is anyone using Conky on Linux for desktop statistics displays? I have a simple script mostly adapted from samples, but I'm interested in seeing more complex setups - particularly with weather forcasts / e-mail updates / etc. # Create own window…
Andy Mikula
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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. screenshot Below is my config conky.config = { use_xft = true, xftalpha = 0.8, update_interval = 1.0, …
Piyush Mishra
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Gnome get list of tray notifications

Is there a way to get notifications from tray? My ideas is print with bash notifications to conky. I use Archlinux and gnome.
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How do I insert a constantly changing (dynamic) string from a text document into .conkyrc as an image path

I want to change the Clementine album art with each song. Essentially, I am trying to insert an image path in Conky that changes every few seconds. I have a script clementine.sh that runs every 5 seconds in Conky using this line: ${execi 5 sh…
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Conky opens several instances

I've been using conky for a couple of months already in several of my machines and I've noticed that in almost all of them it runs a bunch of instances, literally seeing the conky process all over the task manager. This either affects the way conky…
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Reserve space on my screen for Conky in Xfce

I'm trying to make Conky act as a panel so that it reserves space for itself correctly. The problem is, if I have own_window_type panel own_window_hints above (source) in my .conkyrc, maximized windows are either placed way too far down or don't…
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