NAME
conky - A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but
- more kickass. It just keeps on given’er. Yeah.
+ more kickass. It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.
SYNOPSIS
conky [options]
DESCRIPTION
Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code.
- Since it’s original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from it’s
+ Since it's original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from it's
predecessor. Conky can display just about anything, either on your
- root desktop or in it’s own window. Conky has many built-in objects,
+ root desktop or in it's own window. Conky has many built-in objects,
as well as the ability to execute programs and scripts, then display
the output from stdout.
libraries installed. This should be a package along the lines of
"libx11-dev or xorg-x11-dev".
- Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo’s Portage... simply use "emerge app-
+ Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage... simply use "emerge app-
admin/conky" for installation. There is also usually an up-to-date
- ebuild within Conky’s package or in CVS.
+ ebuild within Conky's package or in CVS.
- Debian,etc. users -- Conky will be in Debian’s repositories soon (by
+ Debian,etc. users -- Conky will be in Debian's repositories soon (by
mid-September, hopefully), and then Ubuntu shortly thereafter. Until
then, "dpkg -i" the .deb package to install.
./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc
- --localstatedir=/var/lib --enable-xft --enable-seti --enable-dou‐
+ --localstatedir=/var/lib --enable-xft --enable-seti --enable-dou-
ble-buffer --enable-own-window --enable-proc-uptime --enable-mpd
- --enable-mldonkey --enable-x11 --enable-portmon
+ --enable-mldonkey --enable-x11 --enable-portmon --enable-xmms
+ --enable-bmp --enable-audacious --enable-infopipe --enable-bmpx
make
src/conky
- Conky probably doesn’t compile with compilers other than gcc and icc.
- It doesn’t compile with C89 compiler and not even with pure C99. It
- uses a few things that might not exist: strdup(), strcasecmp(), strn‐
+ Conky probably doesn't compile with compilers other than gcc and icc.
+ It doesn't compile with C89 compiler and not even with pure C99. It
+ uses a few things that might not exist: strdup(), strcasecmp(), strn-
casecmp(), optarg variable with getopt() and long long (not in C89).
- Crashes in file system statistics stuff when compiled with icc, I don’t
+ Crashes in file system statistics stuff when compiled with icc, I don't
know exactly why.
- You can disable ’drawing to own window’ feature in case you don’t need
+ You can disable 'drawing to own window' feature in case you don't need
it by passing --disable-own-window to configure -script.
rest of Conky.
If you do use them, please do not complain about memory or CPU usage,
- unless you think something’s seriously wrong (mem leak, etc.).
+ unless you think something's seriously wrong (mem leak, etc.).
An easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1
conky". Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then restart.
IMPORTANT: For previous Conky users, Conky 1.3 no longer supports the
metar stuff. mdsplib was causing way too many problems. Hopefully
- there’ll be a better solution in Conky 2.x...
+ there'll be a better solution in Conky 2.x...
OPTIONS
Command line options override configurations defined in configuration
-t TEXT
- Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ’ $uptime ’
+ Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ' $uptime '
-u SECONDS
CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
Default configuration file is $HOME/.conkyrc (can be changed from
conky.c among other things). See conkyrc.sample. If installing from
- Debian package, this should be in /usr/share/doc/conky/examples ("gun‐
+ Debian package, this should be in /usr/share/doc/conky/examples ("gun-
zip conkyrc.sample.gz" to get conkyrc.sample).
You might want to copy it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying
it. Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net
alignment
- Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, bot‐
+ Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, bot-
tom_left, bottom_right, or none
default_shade_color
- Default shading color and border’s shading color
+ Default shading color and border's shading color
default_outline_color
double_buffer
- Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recom‐
- mended to use own window with this one so double buffer won’t be
+ Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recom-
+ mended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be
so big.
Draw borders around text?
+ draw_graph_borders
+ Draw borders around graphs?
+
+
draw_shades
Draw shades?
Minimum size of window
+ min_port_monitors
+ Allow for the creation of at least this number of port monitors
+ (if 0 or not set, default is 16)
+
+
+ min_port_monitor_connections
+ Allow each port monitor to track at least this many connections
+ (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
+
+
mldonkey_hostname
Hostname for mldonkey stuff, defaults to localhost
valid RGB name (see /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt)
+ out_to_console
+ Print text to stdout.
+
+
pad_percents
Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
- min_port_monitors
- Allow for the creation of at least this number of port monitors
- (if 0 or not set, default is 16)
-
-
- min_port_monitor_connections
- Allow each port monitor to track at least this many connections
- (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
+ xmms_player
+ Use specified player/plugin for the xmms status variables. Valid
+ items are: none, xmms, bmp, audacious and infopipe. (default is
+ none). Note that bmpx is currently handled separately.
TEXT After this begins text to be formatted on screen
VARIABLES
Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt. Also, http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html
- [http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html]. Color can be also in #rrggbb for‐
+ [http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html]. Color can be also in #rrggbb for-
mat (hex). Note that when displaying bytes, power is 1024 and not 1000
so 1M really means 1024*1024 bytes and not 1000*1000.
can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
+ bmpx_artist
+ Artist in current BMPx track
+
+
+ bmpx_album
+ Album in current BMPx track
+
+
+ bmpx_title
+ Title of the current BMPx track
+
+
+ bmpx_track
+ Track number of the current BMPx track
+
+
+ bmpx_bitrate
+ Bitrate of the current BMPx track
+
+
+ bmpx_uri
+ URI of the current BMPx track
+
+
buffers
Amount of memory buffered
cpubar (cpu number) (height),(width)
- Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar’s height in pixels. See
+ Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See
$cpu for more info on SMP.
exec command
- Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn‐
- ing: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I’d
+ Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn-
+ ing: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd
recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.
execi interval command
- Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can’t be less
+ Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less
than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
head logfile lines (interval)
Displays first N lines of supplied text text file. If interval
- is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky’s interval. Max of 30
+ is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30
lines can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
i8k_left_fan_rpm
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
- the left fan’s rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as
+ the left fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as
listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans
in reverse order.
i8k_right_fan_rpm
If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
- the right fan’s rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as
+ the right fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as
listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans
in reverse order.
mpd_bar (height),(width)
- Bar of mpd’s progress
+ Bar of mpd's progress
mpd_bitrate
mpd_vol
- MPD’s volume
+ MPD's volume
mpd_elapsed
- Song’s elapsed time
+ Song's elapsed time
mpd_length
- Song’s length
+ Song's length
mpd_percent
- Percent of song’s progress
+ Percent of song's progress
mpd_random
Examples:
- ${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} - displays the number of connec‐
+ ${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} - displays the number of connec-
tions in the bittorrent port range
${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} - displays the remote host ip of the
name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports
Note that port monitor variables which share the same port range
- actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a sin‐
+ actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a sin-
gle port range for different items and different indexes all use
the same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids
creating redundant monitors.
texeci interval command
Runs a command at an interval inside a thread and displays the
output. Same as $execi, except the command is run inside a
- thread. Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updat‐
+ thread. Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updat-
ing. You should make the interval slightly longer then the time
it takes your script to execute. For example, if you have a
script that take 5 seconds to execute, you should make the
tail logfile lines (interval)
Displays last N lines of supplied text text file. If interval is
- not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky’s interval. Max of 30 lines
+ not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30 lines
can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
time (format)
- Local time, see man strftime to get more information about for‐
+ Local time, see man strftime to get more information about for-
mat
totaldown net
Total download, overflows at 4 GB on Linux with 32-bit arch and
- there doesn’t seem to be a way to know how many times it has
+ there doesn't seem to be a way to know how many times it has
already done that before conky has started.
text to overlap. See also $offset.
+ xmms_bar (height),(width)
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: progress bar
+
+
+ xmms_bitrate
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: bitrate of current tune
+
+
+ xmms_channels
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: number of audio channels of
+ current tune
+
+
+ xmms_filename
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: full path and filename of
+ current tune
+
+
+ xmms_frequency
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: sampling frequency of current
+ tune
+
+
+ xmms_length
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: total length of current tune
+ as MM:SS
+
+
+ xmms_length_seconds
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: total length of current tune
+ in seconds
+
+
+ xmms_playlist_position
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: playlist position of current
+ tune
+
+
+ xmms_playlist_length
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: number of tunes in playlist
+
+
+ xmms_position
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: MM:SS position of current
+ tune
+
+
+ xmms_position_seconds
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: position of current tune in
+ seconds
+
+
+ xmms_status
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: player status (Play-
+ ing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)
+
+
+ xmms_title
+ xmms / bmp / audacious / infopipe: title of current tune
+
+
EXAMPLES
- conky -t ’${time %D %H:%m}’ -o -u 30
+ conky -t '${time %D %H:%m}' -o -u 30
Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30
sec update interval.
~/.conkyrc default configuration file
BUGS
- Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn’t work with
- all window managers. Especially doesn’t work well with Gnome and it has
- been reported that it doesn’t work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
- disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
- show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in
- Conky to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree
- useful to find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument
+ Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
+ all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
+ been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
+ disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
+ show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in
+ Conky to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree
+ useful to find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument
which makes Conky to create its own window.
SEE ALSO
http://conky.sourceforge.net [http://conky.sourceforge.net]
- http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky [http://www.source‐
+ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky [http://www.source-
forge.net/projects/conky]
#conky on irc.freenode.net
AUTHORS
- The Conky dev team. What’s up now!
+ The Conky dev team. What's up now!
- 2005-11-16 conky(1)
+ 2006-01-01 conky(1)
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