Comments on: How to Create A Minimal And Beautiful Desktop With Conky http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30 Uncomplicating the complicated, making life easier Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Conky - ?????????? « Jamyy's Weblog http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-16082 Conky - ?????????? « Jamyy's Weblog Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:16:11 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-16082 [...] Make Tech Easier - How to Create A Minimal And Beautiful Desktop With Conky [...] [...] Make Tech Easier – How to Create A Minimal And Beautiful Desktop With Conky [...]

]]> By: GeekTool: Turn Your Mac’s Desktop Into An Information Center – Make Tech Easier http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-15518 GeekTool: Turn Your Mac’s Desktop Into An Information Center – Make Tech Easier Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:01:15 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-15518 [...] course applies to your desktop as well. You saw how your Linux friends can modify their desktop and display information with Conky and you are dying to have the same setting in Mac. If that is the case, then GeekTool is the one [...] [...] course applies to your desktop as well. You saw how your Linux friends can modify their desktop and display information with Conky and you are dying to have the same setting in Mac. If that is the case, then GeekTool is the one [...]

]]> By: Weevil http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-11726 Weevil Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:38:49 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-11726 The zcat command only seemed to mess up the config on my machine (Ubuntu 9.10). Conky wouldn´t start afterwards, strangely also after a reinstall. This can be fixed by running the command 'conky -C > ~/.conkyrc', which creates a default config. The zcat command only seemed to mess up the config on my machine (Ubuntu 9.10). Conky wouldn´t start afterwards, strangely also after a reinstall.

This can be fixed by running the command ‘conky -C > ~/.conkyrc’, which creates a default config.

]]> By: Weevil http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-20325 Weevil Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:38:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-20325 The zcat command only seemed to mess up the config on my machine (Ubuntu 9.10). Conky wouldn´t start afterwards, strangely also after a reinstall. This can be fixed by running the command 'conky -C > ~/.conkyrc', which creates a default config. The zcat command only seemed to mess up the config on my machine (Ubuntu 9.10). Conky wouldn´t start afterwards, strangely also after a reinstall.

This can be fixed by running the command ‘conky -C > ~/.conkyrc’, which creates a default config.

]]> By: Neziniux http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-11643 Neziniux Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:07:10 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-11643 try own_window_type normal try
own_window_type normal

]]> By: Neziniux http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-20324 Neziniux Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:07:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-20324 try own_window_type normal try
own_window_type normal

]]> By: Neziniux http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-11642 Neziniux Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:04:58 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-11642 Hello, Cana nyone tell me how to get teh statusbar of teh CPU, RAM and SWAP to be the same size? Thank you all in advance. By that link you will find my conkyrc file and screenshot of teh desktop: http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B9tjv_1T0fPtYjYxYjg5N2MtMWNkYy00MDYyLWE1MGUtMDY0MDJjNTU1YmM2&hl=en Hello,
Cana nyone tell me how to get teh statusbar of teh CPU, RAM and SWAP to be the same size?
Thank you all in advance.
By that link you will find my conkyrc file and screenshot of teh desktop: http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B9tjv_1T0fPtYjYxYjg5N2MtMWNkYy00MDYyLWE1MGUtMDY0MDJjNTU1YmM2&hl=en

]]> By: Neziniux http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-20323 Neziniux Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:04:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-20323 Hello, Cana nyone tell me how to get teh statusbar of teh CPU, RAM and SWAP to be the same size? Thank you all in advance. By that link you will find my conkyrc file and screenshot of teh desktop: http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B9tjv_1T0fPtYjYxYjg5N2MtMWNkYy00MDYyLWE1MGUtMDY0MDJjNTU1YmM2&hl=en Hello,
Cana nyone tell me how to get teh statusbar of teh CPU, RAM and SWAP to be the same size?
Thank you all in advance.
By that link you will find my conkyrc file and screenshot of teh desktop: http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B9tjv_1T0fPtYjYxYjg5N2MtMWNkYy00MDYyLWE1MGUtMDY0MDJjNTU1YmM2&hl=en

]]> By: Mauricio http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-11479 Mauricio Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:11:36 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-11479 Great thanx! The only problem I have is that conky covers the icons it has behind, I would love to have icons over conky. I know conky does not do real transparency, but can this be achieved somehow? Thanx in advanced. By the way, I have this settings: own_window_class Conky own_window yes own_window_type override own_window_transparent yes own_window_hints undecorated,below,stciky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager Great thanx! The only problem I have is that conky covers the icons it has behind, I would love to have icons over conky. I know conky does not do real transparency, but can this be achieved somehow?

Thanx in advanced.

By the way, I have this settings:

own_window_class Conky
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,stciky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

]]> By: Mauricio http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-20322 Mauricio Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:11:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-20322 Great thanx! The only problem I have is that conky covers the icons it has behind, I would love to have icons over conky. I know conky does not do real transparency, but can this be achieved somehow? Thanx in advanced. By the way, I have this settings: own_window_class Conky own_window yes own_window_type override own_window_transparent yes own_window_hints undecorated,below,stciky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager Great thanx! The only problem I have is that conky covers the icons it has behind, I would love to have icons over conky. I know conky does not do real transparency, but can this be achieved somehow?

Thanx in advanced.

By the way, I have this settings:

own_window_class Conky
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,stciky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

]]> By: Stephane http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-10934 Stephane Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:20:27 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-10934 Hello, Nice post ! As a complement, you might be interested in a post I've just written about conky, which demonstrate the "execpi" directive. This directive makes it easy to extend Conky by writing scripts. Those scripts simply have to output conky configuration directive, which will be parsed and executed. I've used that mechanisme to demonstrate how to monitor your rTorrent downloads progress :-) Hope you'll find that useful ! http://www.sakana.fr/blog/2009/10/11/conky-integrating-rtorrent-downloads-monitoring/ Stéphane Hello,

Nice post !

As a complement, you might be interested in a post I’ve just written about conky, which demonstrate the “execpi” directive.

This directive makes it easy to extend Conky by writing scripts. Those scripts simply have to output conky configuration directive, which will be parsed and executed.

I’ve used that mechanisme to demonstrate how to monitor your rTorrent downloads progress :-)

Hope you’ll find that useful !

http://www.sakana.fr/blog/2009/10/11/conky-integrating-rtorrent-downloads-monitoring/

Stéphane

]]> By: Stephane http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-20321 Stephane Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:20:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-20321 Hello, Nice post ! As a complement, you might be interested in a post I've just written about conky, which demonstrate the "execpi" directive. This directive makes it easy to extend Conky by writing scripts. Those scripts simply have to output conky configuration directive, which will be parsed and executed. I've used that mechanisme to demonstrate how to monitor your rTorrent downloads progress :-) Hope you'll find that useful ! http://www.sakana.fr/blog/2009/10/11/conky-integrating-rtorrent-downloads-monitoring/ Stéphane Hello,

Nice post !

As a complement, you might be interested in a post I’ve just written about conky, which demonstrate the “execpi” directive.

This directive makes it easy to extend Conky by writing scripts. Those scripts simply have to output conky configuration directive, which will be parsed and executed.

I’ve used that mechanisme to demonstrate how to monitor your rTorrent downloads progress :-)

Hope you’ll find that useful !

http://www.sakana.fr/blog/2009/10/11/conky-integrating-rtorrent-downloads-monitoring/

Stéphane

]]> By: iiskan epäblogi » Blog Archive » Arch Linux -kokemuksia ja EeePC:n tuunausta http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-9751 iiskan epäblogi » Blog Archive » Arch Linux -kokemuksia ja EeePC:n tuunausta Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:28:16 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-9751 [...] koristeluissa on pääosassa Conky, jonka virittelyyn sain inspiraatiota tästä ketjusta ja blogikirjoituksesta, ja taustakuva löytyi omista [...] [...] koristeluissa on pääosassa Conky, jonka virittelyyn sain inspiraatiota tästä ketjusta ja blogikirjoituksesta, ja taustakuva löytyi omista [...]

]]> By: Ben http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-9722 Ben Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:13:02 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-9722 Yep that is uncomplicated. Pretty straightforward really. Do we need to get the glove puppets out to explain it to you? Yep that is uncomplicated. Pretty straightforward really. Do we need to get the glove puppets out to explain it to you?

]]> By: Ben http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-20320 Ben Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:13:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-20320 Yep that is uncomplicated. Pretty straightforward really. Do we need to get the glove puppets out to explain it to you? Yep that is uncomplicated. Pretty straightforward really. Do we need to get the glove puppets out to explain it to you?

]]> By: Adam Gonnerman http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-8998 Adam Gonnerman Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:51:49 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-8998 Very nice explanation of how to set up conky. Thanks. Very nice explanation of how to set up conky. Thanks.

]]> By: Adam Gonnerman http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-20319 Adam Gonnerman Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:51:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-20319 Very nice explanation of how to set up conky. Thanks. Very nice explanation of how to set up conky. Thanks.

]]> By: mike http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-8483 mike Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:10:56 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-8483 I finally have everything configured as prescribed, but after I copy and paste your code and run Conky I get this: mike@mike-laptop:~$ conky Conky: /home/mike/.conkyrc: 110: no such configuration: 'stu' Conky: desktop window (14000a9) is subwindow of root window (77) Conky: window type - normal Conky: drawing to created window (0x3800001) Conky: drawing to double buffer Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused Conky: attempting to use more CPUs than you have! obj->data.cpu_index 2 info.cpu_count 1mike@mike-laptop:~$ If you could offer any help it would be greatly appreciated because I would really like to use this for my desk top. I finally have everything configured as prescribed, but after I copy and paste your code and run Conky I get this: mike@mike-laptop:~$ conky
Conky: /home/mike/.conkyrc: 110: no such configuration: ‘stu’
Conky: desktop window (14000a9) is subwindow of root window (77)
Conky: window type – normal
Conky: drawing to created window (0×3800001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from “localhost” on port 6600 : Connection refused

Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from “localhost” on port 6600 : Connection refused

Conky: attempting to use more CPUs than you have!
obj->data.cpu_index 2 info.cpu_count 1mike@mike-laptop:~$

If you could offer any help it would be greatly appreciated because I would really like to use this for my desk top.

]]> By: mike http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-20318 mike Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:10:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-20318 I finally have everything configured as prescribed, but after I copy and paste your code and run Conky I get this: mike@mike-laptop:~$ conky Conky: /home/mike/.conkyrc: 110: no such configuration: 'stu' Conky: desktop window (14000a9) is subwindow of root window (77) Conky: window type - normal Conky: drawing to created window (0x3800001) Conky: drawing to double buffer Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused Conky: attempting to use more CPUs than you have! obj->data.cpu_index 2 info.cpu_count 1mike@mike-laptop:~$ If you could offer any help it would be greatly appreciated because I would really like to use this for my desk top. I finally have everything configured as prescribed, but after I copy and paste your code and run Conky I get this: mike@mike-laptop:~$ conky
Conky: /home/mike/.conkyrc: 110: no such configuration: ‘stu’
Conky: desktop window (14000a9) is subwindow of root window (77)
Conky: window type – normal
Conky: drawing to created window (0×3800001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from “localhost” on port 6600 : Connection refused

Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from “localhost” on port 6600 : Connection refused

Conky: attempting to use more CPUs than you have!
obj->data.cpu_index 2 info.cpu_count 1mike@mike-laptop:~$

If you could offer any help it would be greatly appreciated because I would really like to use this for my desk top.

]]> By: Hozza http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30#comment-7838 Hozza Sun, 24 May 2009 21:56:47 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1024#comment-7838 remove the "--ssl" as mine worked after that :) remove the “–ssl” as mine worked after that :)

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