6 conky - A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but
7 more kickass. It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.
13 Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code.
14 Since it's original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from it's
15 predecessor. Conky can display just about anything, either on your
16 root desktop or in it's own window. Conky has many built-in objects,
17 as well as the ability to execute programs and scripts, then display
18 the output from stdout.
20 We are always looking for help, and anyone interested in becoming a de-
21 veloper is welcome. Please use the facilities at SourceForge to make
22 bug reports, feature requests, and submit patches.
24 Thanks for your interest in Conky.
27 For users compiling from source, make sure you have the X development
28 libraries installed. This should be a package along the lines of
29 "libx11-dev or xorg-x11-dev".
31 Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage... simply use "emerge app-
32 admin/conky" for installation. There is also usually an up-to-date
33 ebuild within Conky's package or in Svn.
35 Debian,etc. users -- Conky will be in Debian's repositories soon (by
36 mid-September, hopefully), and then Ubuntu shortly thereafter. Until
37 then, "dpkg -i" the .deb package to install.
39 Example to compile and run Conky with all optional components (note
40 that some configure options may differ for your system):
42 sh autogen.sh # Only required if building from Svn
44 ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --in-
45 fodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --local-
46 statedir=/var/lib --disable-own-window --enable-audacious --enable-bmpx
47 --disable-hddtemp --disable-mpd --enable-xmms2 --disable-portmon --dis-
48 able-network --enable-debug --disable-x11 --disable-double-buffer
49 --disable-xdamage --disable-xft
53 make install # Optional
57 Conky probably doesn't compile with compilers other than gcc and icc.
58 It doesn't compile with C89 compiler and not even with pure C99. It
59 uses a few things that might not exist: strdup(), strcasecmp(), strn-
60 casecmp(), optarg variable with getopt() and long long (not in C89).
61 Crashes in file system statistics stuff when compiled with icc, I don't
64 You can disable 'drawing to own window' feature in case you don't need
65 it by passing --disable-own-window to configure -script.
69 Conky is generally very good on resources. However, certain objects in
70 Conky are harder on resources then others. In particular, the $tail,
71 $top, $font, and $graph objects are quite costly in comparison to the
74 If you do use them, please do not complain about memory or CPU usage,
75 unless you think something's seriously wrong (mem leak, etc.).
77 An easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1
78 conky". Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then restart.
80 IMPORTANT: For previous Conky users, Conky 1.3 no longer supports the
81 metar stuff. mdsplib was causing way too many problems. Hopefully
82 there'll be a better solution in Conky 2.x...
85 Command line options override configurations defined in configuration
89 Prints version and exits
93 Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right} or none
96 -b Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker")
100 Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc
103 -d Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background
110 -h Prints command line help and exits
113 -o Create own window to draw
117 Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ' $uptime '
136 CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
137 Default configuration file is $HOME/.conkyrc (can be changed from
138 conky.c among other things). See conkyrc.sample. If installing from De-
139 bian package, this should be in /usr/share/doc/conky/examples ("gunzip
140 conkyrc.sample.gz" to get conkyrc.sample).
142 You might want to copy it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying
143 it. Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net
146 Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, bot-
147 tom_left, bottom_right, or none
151 Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when
156 Border margin in pixels
160 Border width in pixels
163 color0 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
166 color1 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
169 color2 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
172 color3 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
175 color4 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
178 color5 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
181 color6 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
184 color7 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
187 color8 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
190 color9 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments
194 The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
198 Default color and border color
201 default_outline_color
202 Default outline color
206 Default shading color and border's shading color
210 Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recom-
211 mended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be
216 Draw borders around text?
220 Draw borders around graphs?
231 font Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
234 gap_x Gap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as
235 passing -x at command line, e.g. gap_x 10
238 gap_y Gap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same as
239 passing -y at command line, e.g. gap_y 10.
242 imap Default global IMAP server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i
243 interval] [-f folder] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is
244 143, default folder is 'INBOX', default interval is 5 minutes.
245 If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to en-
246 ter the password when Conky starts.
250 Mail spool for mail checking
253 max_port_monitor_connections
254 Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections
255 (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
259 Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns,
260 etc. (default is 512)
264 Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in
265 config file (default is 16384 bytes)
268 text_buffer_size bytes
269 Size of the standard text buffer (default is 1280 bytes).
273 Maximum width of window
276 minimum_size width (height)
277 Minimum size of window
293 The number of samples to average for net data
297 Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
301 Force UTF8? requires XFT
305 Boolean, create own window to draw?
309 Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to "Conky".
312 own_window_colour colour
313 If own_window_transparent no, set a specified background colour
314 (defaults to black). Takes either a hex value (#ffffff) or a
315 valid RGB name (see /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt)
318 own_window_hints undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
319 If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to
320 affect the way Conky displays. Notes: Use own_window_type desk-
321 top as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
322 If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have
323 no meaning and are ignored.
327 Manually set the window name. Defaults to "<hostname> - conky".
330 own_window_transparent
331 Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
335 if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop or
336 override (default: normal). Desktop windows are special windows
337 that have no window decorations; are always visible on your
338 desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are sticky
339 across all workspaces. Override windows are not under the con-
340 trol of the window manager. Hints are ignored. This type of win-
341 dow can be useful for certain situations.
345 Print text to stdout.
349 Set to yes if you have Linux kernel 2.6.22 or newer
353 Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
356 pop3 Default global POP3 server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i
357 interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 110, default
358 interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*', you
359 will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
363 Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
367 Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero
368 makes Conky run forever
372 Update interval in seconds
376 Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
380 Adds spaces after certain objects to stop them from moving other
381 things around. Note that this only helps if you are using a mono
382 font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.
386 Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
390 Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.
397 TEXT After this begins text to be formatted on screen
401 Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
402 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt. Also, <http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html>.
403 Color can be also in #rrggbb format (hex). Note that when displaying
404 bytes, power is 1024 and not 1000 so 1M really means 1024*1024 bytes
408 IP address for an interface
412 ACPI ac adapter state.
420 ACPI temperature in C.
424 ACPI temperature in F.
428 CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
432 Fan speed from therm_adt746x
436 Right-justify text, with space of N
444 Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)
448 Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)
452 Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
453 AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)
456 audacious_bar (height),(width)
461 Bitrate of current tune
465 Number of audio channels of current tune
469 Full path and filename of current tune
473 Sampling frequency of current tune
477 Total length of current tune as MM:SS
480 audacious_length_seconds
481 Total length of current tune in seconds
484 audacious_playlist_position
485 Playlist position of current tune
488 audacious_playlist_length
489 Number of tunes in playlist
493 Position of current tune (MM:SS)
496 audacious_position_seconds
497 Position of current tune in seconds
501 Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)
504 audacious_title (max length)
505 Title of current tune with optional maximum length specifier
509 Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM
510 battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default
514 battery_bar (height),(width) (num)
515 Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a bar. ACPI bat-
516 tery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
519 battery_percent (num)
520 Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery. ACPI battery num-
521 ber can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
525 Battery charge/discharge time remaining of ACPI battery. ACPI
526 battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
530 Artist in current BMPx track
534 Album in current BMPx track
538 Title of the current BMPx track
542 Track number of the current BMPx track
546 Bitrate of the current BMPx track
550 URI of the current BMPx track
554 Amount of memory buffered
557 cached Amount of memory cached
561 Change drawing color to color
564 color0 Change drawing color to color0 configuration option
567 color1 Change drawing color to color1 configuration option
570 color2 Change drawing color to color2 configuration option
573 color3 Change drawing color to color3 configuration option
576 color4 Change drawing color to color4 configuration option
579 color5 Change drawing color to color5 configuration option
582 color6 Change drawing color to color6 configuration option
585 color7 Change drawing color to color7 configuration option
588 color8 Change drawing color to color8 configuration option
591 color9 Change drawing color to color9 configuration option
595 CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number can be
596 provided as an argument. ${cpu cpu0} is the total usage, and
597 ${cpu cpuX} (X >= 1) are individual CPUs.
600 cpubar (cpu number) (height),(width)
601 Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See
602 $cpu for more info on SMP.
605 cpugraph (cpu number) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
607 CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See
608 $cpu for more info on SMP.
611 diskio Displays current disk IO.
614 diskiograph (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)
616 Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is
617 non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
621 Displays current disk IO for reads.
624 diskio_readgraph (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour
626 Disk IO graph for reads, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
627 scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
631 Displays current disk IO for writes.
634 diskio_writegraph (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour
636 Disk IO graph for writes, colours defined in hex, minus the #.
637 If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
641 Download speed in kilobytes
645 Download speed in kilobytes with one decimal
648 downspeedgraph net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
650 Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
651 scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
654 else Text to show if any of the above are not true
658 Current entropy available for crypto freaks
661 entropy_bar (height),(width)
662 Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks
666 Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks
670 Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn-
671 ing: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd
672 recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.
676 Same as exec, except if the first value return is a value be-
677 tween 0-100, it will use that number for a bar. The size for the
678 bar is currently fixed, but that may change in the future.
682 Same as execbar, but graphs values.
685 execi interval command
686 Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less
687 than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
690 execibar interval command
691 Same as execbar, except with an interval
694 execigraph interval command
695 Same as execigraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values
699 Specify a different font. This new font will apply to the cur-
700 rent line and everything following. You can use a $font with no
701 arguments to change back to the default font (much like with
706 Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If
707 omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
711 Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If
712 omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
716 Returns CPU frequency in MHz, but is calculated by counting to
717 clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for
722 Returns CPU frequency in GHz, but is calculated by counting to
723 clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for
727 fs_bar (height),(width) fs
728 Bar that shows how much space is used on a file system. height
729 is the height in pixels. fs is any file on that file system.
733 Free space on a file system available for users.
737 Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.
745 File system used space
748 goto x The next element will be printed at position 'x'.
751 hddtemp dev, (host,(port))
752 Displays temperature of a selected hard disk drive as reported
753 by the hddtemp daemon running on host:port. Default host is
754 127.0.0.1, default port is 7634.
757 head logfile lines (interval)
758 Displays first N lines of supplied text text file. If interval
759 is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30
760 lines can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
764 Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
767 hwmon N sensor number input
768 This has the ability to display the contents of hwmon files lo-
769 cated under "/sys/class/hwmon/hwmonX/device/N". For example, use
770 ${hwmon 0 temp 1 input} to read the temperature of the CPU (in
771 oC) from "/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/temp1_input". If the
772 sensor name equals "temp", then the value read will be divided
773 by 1000, otherwise the number will be used unchanged. The factor
774 1000 is just for the Abit uGuru sensor.
777 iconv_start codeset_from codeset_to
778 Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv. Needs
779 to be stopped with iconv_stop.
783 Stop iconv codeset conversion.
787 I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev may be omitted if you
788 have only one I2C device. type is either in (or vol) meaning
789 voltage, fan meaning fan or temp/tempf (first in C, second in F)
790 meaning temperature. n is number of the sensor. See
791 /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.
795 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
796 whether ac power is on, as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to
797 human-readable). Beware that this is by default not enabled by
802 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
803 the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
807 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
808 the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.
812 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
813 the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.
817 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
818 the cpu temperature in Fahrenheit, as reported by /proc/i8k.
822 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
823 the left fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as
824 listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans
829 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
830 the left fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human-
831 readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in re-
836 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
837 the right fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as
838 listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans
843 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
844 the right fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to hu-
845 man-readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in
850 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
851 your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.
855 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
856 the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
860 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.
864 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures from the IBM
865 temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is on the CPU, 3 is on the
870 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume, con-
871 trolled by the volume keys (0-14).
875 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the laptops's
880 if conky variable VAR is empty, display everything between
881 $if_empty and the matching $endif
885 if PROCESS is running, display everything $if_running and the
889 if_existing file (string)
890 if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the
891 matching $endif. The optional second paramater checks for FILE
892 containing the specified string and prints everything between
893 $if_existing and the matching $endif.
896 if_mounted (mountpoint)
897 if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between $if_mounted
898 and the matching $endif
902 Displays the number of messages in your global IMAP inbox by de-
903 fault. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by
904 passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
905 [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, de-
906 fault interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*',
907 you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
911 Displays the number of unseen messages in your global IMAP inbox
912 by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by
913 passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
914 [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, de-
915 fault interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*',
916 you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
919 kernel Kernel version
923 (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past
924 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
928 Machine, i686 for example
931 mails Mail count in mail spool. You can use program like fetchmail to
932 get mails from some server using your favourite protocol. See
936 mboxscan (-n number of messages to print) (-fw from width) (-sw subject
938 Print a summary of recent messages in an mbox format mailbox.
939 mbox parameter is the filename of the mailbox (can be encapsu-
940 lated using '"', ie. ${mboxscan -n 10 "/home/brenden/some box"}
943 mem Amount of memory in use
946 membar (height),(width)
947 Bar that shows amount of memory in use
950 memmax Total amount of memory
954 Percentage of memory in use
958 Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
962 Album in current MPD song
965 mpd_bar (height),(width)
966 Bar of mpd's progress
970 Bitrate of current song
974 Playing, stopped, et cetera.
977 mpd_title (max length)
978 Title of current MPD song
994 Percent of song's progress
998 Random status (On/Off)
1002 Repeat status (On/Off)
1006 Prints the MPD track field
1010 Prints the MPD name field
1014 Prints the file name of the current MPD song
1018 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
1019 name, depending on whats available
1023 Unread mail count in mail spool.
1030 outlinecolor (color)
1031 Change outline color
1035 If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display information on bat-
1036 tery status. The item parameter specifies, what information to
1037 display. Exactly one item must be specified. Valid items are:
1039 status: Display if battery is fully charged, charging, discharg-
1040 ing or absent (running on AC)
1041 percent: Display charge of battery in percent, if charging or
1042 discharging. Nothing will be displayed, if battery is fully
1044 time: Display the time remaining until the battery will be fully
1045 charged or discharged at current rate. Nothing is displayed, if
1046 battery is absent or if it's present but fully charged and not
1051 Displays the number of unseen messages in your global POP3 inbox
1052 by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes seperately by
1053 passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
1054 [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 110, de-
1055 fault interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*',
1056 you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
1060 Displays the amount of space (in MiB, 2^20) used in your global
1061 POP3 inbox by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes
1062 seperately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are:
1063 "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default
1064 port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is
1065 supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when
1069 pre_exec shell command
1070 Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything
1071 and puts output as text.
1075 Total processes (sleeping and running)
1079 Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6
1083 Change shading color
1087 Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
1090 swapbar (height),(width)
1091 Bar that shows amount of swap in use
1094 swap Amount of swap in use
1098 Total amount of swap
1102 Percentage of swap in use
1106 System name, Linux for example
1109 tcp_portmon port_begin port_end item (index) (ip4 only at present)
1110 TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be
1111 in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
1113 count - total number of connections in the range
1114 rip - remote ip address
1115 rhost - remote host name
1116 rport - remote port number
1117 rservice - remote service name from /etc/services
1118 lip - local ip address
1119 lhost - local host name
1120 lport - local port number
1121 lservice - local service name from /etc/services
1123 The connection index provides you with access to each connection
1124 in the port monitor. The monitor will return information for in-
1125 dex values from 0 to n-1 connections. Values higher than n-1 are
1126 simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index must
1127 be omitted. It is required for all other items.
1130 ${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} - displays the number of connec-
1131 tions in the bittorrent port range
1132 ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} - displays the remote host ip of the
1133 first sshd connection
1134 ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9} - displays the remote host ip of the
1135 tenth sshd connection
1136 ${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0} - displays the remote host name of
1137 the first connection on a privileged port
1138 ${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4} - displays the remote host port of
1139 the fifth connection on a privileged port
1140 ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14} - displays the local service
1141 name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports
1143 Note that port monitor variables which share the same port range
1144 actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a sin-
1145 gle port range for different items and different indexes all use
1146 the same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids
1147 creating redundant monitors.
1149 texeci interval command
1150 Runs a command at an interval inside a thread and displays the
1151 output. Same as $execi, except the command is run inside a
1152 thread. Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updat-
1153 ing. You should make the interval slightly longer then the time
1154 it takes your script to execute. For example, if you have a
1155 script that take 5 seconds to execute, you should make the in-
1156 terval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi.
1160 Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
1163 rss url delay_in_minutes action item_num
1164 Download and parse RSS feeds. Action may be one of the follow-
1165 ing: feed_title, item_title (with num par), item_desc (with num
1166 par) and item_titles.
1169 tab (width, (start))
1170 Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'.
1173 tail logfile lines (interval)
1174 Displays last N lines of supplied text text file. If interval is
1175 not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30 lines
1176 can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
1180 Local time, see man strftime to get more information about for-
1185 Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).
1188 tztime (timezone) (format)
1189 Local time for specified timezone, see man strftime to get more
1190 information about format. The timezone argument is specified in
1191 similar fashion as TZ environment variable. For hints, look in
1192 /usr/share/zoneinfo. e.g. US/Pacific, Europe/Zurich, etc.
1196 Total download, overflows at 4 GB on Linux with 32-bit arch and
1197 there doesn't seem to be a way to know how many times it has al-
1198 ready done that before conky has started.
1202 This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically,
1203 processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu us-
1204 age, which is what (num) represents. The types are: "name",
1205 "pid", "cpu", and "mem". There can be a max of 10 processes
1210 Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
1214 Total upload, this one too, may overflow
1217 updates Number of updates
1222 Upload speed in kilobytes
1226 Upload speed in kilobytes with one decimal
1229 upspeedgraph net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour
1231 Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
1232 scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
1239 Uptime in a shorter format
1243 Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause
1244 text to overlap. See also $offset.
1248 Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are counted from 1. If
1249 omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
1253 Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are counted from 1. If omit-
1254 ted, the parameter defaults to 1.
1258 Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)
1262 Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only)
1265 wireless_bitrate net
1266 Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)
1270 Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)
1273 wireless_link_qual net
1274 Wireless link quality (Linux only)
1277 wireless_link_qual_max net
1278 Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)
1281 wireless_link_qual_perc net
1282 Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)
1285 wireless_link_bar (height), (width) net
1286 Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)
1290 Artist in current XMMS2 song
1294 Album in current XMMS2 song
1298 Title in current XMMS2 song
1302 Genre in current XMMS2 song
1306 Comment in current XMMS2 song
1314 Transport plugin used
1318 Full path to current song
1322 Track number in current XMMS2 song
1326 Bitrate of current song
1330 XMMS2 id of current song
1334 Duration of current song
1342 Size of current song
1346 Percent of song's progress
1350 XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or Disconnected)
1353 xmms2_bar (height),(width)
1354 Bar of XMMS2's progress
1358 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
1359 name, depending on whats available
1363 conky -t '${time %D %H:%m}' -o -u 30
1364 Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30
1365 sec update interval.
1367 conky -a top_left -x 5 -y 500 -d
1368 Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).
1371 ~/.conkyrc default configuration file
1374 Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
1375 all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
1376 been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
1377 disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
1378 show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in
1379 Conky to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree
1380 useful to find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument
1381 which makes Conky to create its own window.
1384 <http://conky.sourceforge.net>
1386 <http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky>
1388 #conky on irc.freenode.net
1391 The Conky dev team. What's up now!