Conky & Ubuntu

PDD

Hi Folks,

I have been trying to install conky for my Ubutu 10.10 system according to the guide below.

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/conky-a-light-weight-system-monitor-for-ubuntu-linux-systems.html

However after getting conky installed and the configuration file created I went to add it to my startup applications however under System -> Preferences there is no sessions shortcut. As Im a linux n00b Ive no idea how to set it up via command line except that it has something to do with init.d. Any help getting that link back on the menu and hence conky up and running would be most appreciated.

Regards,

Dave

Mycroft H

PDD wrote: »

Hi Folks,

I have been trying to install conky for my Ubutu 10.10 system according to the guide below.

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/conky-a-light-weight-system-monitor-for-ubuntu-linux-systems.html

However after getting conky installed and the configuration file created I went to add it to my startup applications however under System -> Preferences there is no sessions shortcut. As Im a linux n00b Ive no idea how to set it up via command line except that it has something to do with init.d. Any help getting that link back on the menu and hence conky up and running would be most appreciated.

Regards,

Dave

Nothign to do with init.d at all



Firstly to create an autostart script for conky

gedit .conkstart.sh

Edit the file so it looks like this

[B]#!/bin/bash[/B]
[B]sleep 10 && conky;[/B]

Sleep will control how many seconds after WM is started, conky starts.


In a terminal, make the script executable by,

[B]chmod a+x .conkystart.sh[/B]

Next look for Startup Programmes. I can't remember where its located, its either under Administration or Prefrences.


Add a startup programme;





Click Add




Under name put Conky or whatever you want.


Under command put

[B]/home/<INSERT USERNAME HERE>/.conkystart.sh
[/B]

And under comment put a description of whatever you want.






Now conky is by default edited by .conkyrc file in your home directory, and there is millions of scripts out there for it

Heres a good place to start

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/59/my-conky-config/


And for some fancier setups

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/01/five-seriously-cool-conky-set-ups-for-linux-desktop/




Some more reading on how to set up conky

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Conky (BTW the arch linux wiki is a good read )

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Conky

croo

landyman wrote: »

And for some fancier setups

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/01/five-seriously-cool-conky-set-ups-for-linux-desktop/

Geez, I was happy & proud of my conky configuration until I click on that link
Circles of Imagination & Conky Ken look particularly nice.

loldog

There's another good one here, I'm going to try it out I think.

This is my present conky setup, but I want to try out lua scripts, find out a bit more about them.

Click image to embiggen if you wish.

PDD

@landyman - Cheers for that mate got it sorted mostly. When I reboot my machine I can seek conky for afew seconds then it seems as soon as my desktop background is loaded it covers over it and I can't see it anymore.

Awesome link for Conky configs - thank god they are copy and paste :P

Mycroft H

PDD wrote: »

@landyman - Cheers for that mate got it sorted mostly. When I reboot my machine I can seek conky for afew seconds then it seems as soon as my desktop background is loaded it covers over it and I can't see it anymore.

Awesome link for Conky configs - thank god they are copy and paste :P

Have a look at this. Copy paste into the .conkyrc.

Problems on GNOME

Conky is not really compatible with Nautilus. Nautilus draws directly on your desktop, and conky wants to do so, too. But there are workarounds:

File: ~/.conkyrc
own_window yes 
own_window_type normal 
own_window_transparent yes 
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

PDD

@landyman - That worked a treat, thanks a million :-)