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conky(1)                                                              conky(1)



NAME
       conky - a system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but
       more kickass.

SYNOPSIS
       conky [options]

DESCRIPTION
       Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on  the  torsmo  code.
       Since  its original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from its
       predecessor.  Conky can display just about  anything,  either  on  your
       root  desktop  or in its own window.  Conky has many built-in objects,
       as well as the ability to execute programs and  scripts,  then  display
       the output from stdout.

       We  are  always  looking  for help, and anyone interested in becoming a
       developer is welcome.  Please use the facilities at SourceForge to make
       bug reports, feature requests, and submit patches.

       Thanks for your interest in Conky.

COMPILING
       To  compile and run Conky with all optional components (If you run Gen
       too, see the "Ebuild" Section below):

       ./configure            --prefix=/usr            --mandir=/usr/share/man
       --infodir=/usr/share/info   --datadir=/usr/   share   --sysconfdir=/etc
       --localstatedir=/var/lib   --enable-double-buffer   --enable-own-window
       --enable-proc-uptime     --enable-mpd    --enable-xft    --enable-metar
       --enable-seti

       make

       ./conky

       Conky doesnt probably compile with other compilers than gcc  and  icc.
       It  doesnt  compile  with C89 compiler and not even with pure C99.  It
       uses 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 dont
       know exactly why.

       You  can disable drawing to own window feature in case you dont need
       it by passing --disable-own-window to configure -script.

       Conky is in Gentoos Portage. Simply  use  "emerge  conky"  to  install
       conky.  There is also usually an up-to-date ebuild within Conkys pack
       age or in CVS.

YOU SHOULD KNOW
       Conky is generally very good on resources. However, certain objects  in
       Conky  are  harder  on resources then others. In particular, the $tail,
       $top, $font, and $graph objects are quite costly in comparison  to  the
       rest of Conky.

       If  you  do use them, please do not complain about memory or CPU usage,
       unless you think something is  going  seriously  wrong  (mem  leak,  et
       cetera).

OPTIONS
       Command  line  options override configurations defined in configuration
       file.

       -V     Prints version and exits


       -a ALIGNMENT
              Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right}


       -b     Use double buffering (eliminates flicker)


       -c FILE
              Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc


       -d     Daemonize, fork to background


       -f FONT
              Font to use


       -h     Prints command line help and exits


       -o     Create own window to draw


       -t TEXT
              Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t  $uptime


       -u SECONDS
              Update interval


       -w WIN_ID
              Window id to draw


       -x X_COORDINATE
              X position


       -y Y_COORDINATE
              Y position


CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
       Default configuration file  is  $HOME/.conkyrc  (can  be  changed  from
       conky.c among other things). See conkyrc.sample. You might want to copy
       it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying it.

       alignment
              Aligned position on screen, may  be  top_left,  top_right,  bot
              tom_left, bottom_right


       background
              Boolean  value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when
              started


       on_bottom
              Set conky on the bottom of all other applications


       border_margin
              Border margin in pixels


       border_width
              Border width in pixels


       cpu_avg_samples
              The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring


       default_color
              Default color and border color


       default_shade_color
              Default shading color and borders shading color


       default_outline_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 wont be
              so big.


       draw_borders
              Draw borders around text?


       draw_shades
              Draw shades?


       draw_outline
              Draw outlines?


       font   Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font


       gap_x  Gap between right or left border of screen, same as  passing  -x
              at command line


       gap_y  Gap  between  top or bottom border of screen, same as passing -y
              at command line


       no_buffers
              Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?


       mail_spool
              Mail spool for mail checking


       metar_station
              METAR station code for weather, see http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/  if
              you need to find your code.


       metar_server
              Define a custom METAR ftp server


       metar_path
              Path on server to use


       minimum_size
              Minimum size of window


       mldonkey_hostname
              Hostname for mldonkey stuff, defaults to localhost


       mldonkey_port
              Mldonkey port, 4001 default


       mldonkey_login
              Mldonkey login, default none


       mldonkey_password
              Mldonkey password, default none


       mpd_host
              Host of MPD server


       mpd_post
              Port of MPD server


       mpd_password
              MPD server password


       net_avg_samples
              The number of samples to average for net data


       override_utf8_locale
              Force UTF8? requires XFT


       own_window
              Boolean, create own window to draw?


       pad_percents
              Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)


       stippled_borders
              Border stippling (dashing) in pixels


       total_run_times
              Total  number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero
              makes Conky run forever


       update_interval
              Update interval in seconds


       uppercase
              Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case


       use_spacer
              Adds spaces after certain objects to stop them from moving other
              things around. Note that this only helps if you are using a mono
              font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.


       use_xft
              Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)


       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
       Color can be also in #rrggbb format (hex).  Note that  when  displaying
       bytes,  power  is  1024 and not 1000 so 1M really means 1024*1024 bytes
       and not 1000*1000.

       addr (interface)
              IP address for an interface


       acpiacadapter
              ACPI ac adapter state.


       acpifan
              ACPI fan state


       acpitemp
              ACPI temperature.


       adt746xcpu
              CPU temperature from therm_adt746x


       adt746xfan
              Fan speed from therm_adt746x


       alignr (num)
              Right-justify text, with space of N


       alignc (num)
              Align text to centre


       battery (num)
              Remaining capacity in ACPI or APM battery. ACPI  battery  number
              can be given as argument (default is BAT0).


       buffers
              Amount of memory buffered


       cached Amount of memory cached


       color (color)
              Change drawing color to color


       cpu    CPU usage in percents


       cpubar (height)
              Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bars height in pixels


       cpugraph (height, width, gradient colour 1, gradient colour 2)
              CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #.


       downspeed net
              Download speed in kilobytes


       downspeedf net
              Download speed in kilobytes with one decimal


       downspeedgraph  net, (height, width, gradient colour 1, gradient colour
       2)
              Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #.


       else   Text to show if any of the above are not true


       exec shell command
              Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn
              ing: this takes a lot more resources than other  variables.  Id
              recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.


       execbar shell command
              Same  as  exec,  except  if  the  first  value return is a value
              between 0-100, it will use that number for a bar. The  size  for
              the bar is currently fixed, but that may change in the future.


       execgraph shell command
              Same as execbar, but graphs values


       execi interval, shell command
              Same  as exec but with specific interval. Interval cant be less
              than update_interval in configuration.


       font font
              Specify a different font. Only applies to one line.


       fs_bar (height, fs)
              Bar that shows how much space is used on a file  system.  height
              is the height in pixels. fs is any file on that file system.


       fs_free (fs)
              Free space on a file system available for users.


       fs_free_perc (fs)
              Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.


       fs_size (fs)
              File system size


       fs_used (fs)
              File system used space


       hr (height)
              Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels


       i2c (dev), type, n
              I2C  sensor  from  sysfs  (Linux 2.6). dev may be omitted if you
              have only one I2C device. type is either  in  (or  vol)  meaning
              voltage, fan meaning fan or temp/tempf (first in C, second in F)
              meaning  temperature.  n  is   number   of   the   sensor.   See
              /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.


       if_running (process)
              if  PROCESS  is  running,  display everything if_running and the
              matching $endif


       if_existing (file)
              if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing  and  the
              matching $endif


       if_mounted (mountpoint)
              if  MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between if_mounted
              and the matching $endif


       kernel Kernel version


       linkstatus (interface)
              Get the link status for wireless connections


       loadavg
              (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past
              5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.


       machine
              Machine, i686 for example


       mails  Mail  count in mail spool. You can use program like fetchmail to
              get mails from some server using your  favourite  protocol.  See
              also new_mails.


       mem    Amount of memory in use


       membar (height)
              Bar that shows amount of memory in use


       memmax Total amount of memory


       memperc
              Percentage of memory in use


       metar_ob_time
              self-explanatory


       metar_temp
              self-explanatory


       metar_tempf
              temp in F


       metar_windchill
              self-explanatory


       metar_dew_poin
              self-explanatory


       metar_rh
              self-explanatory


       metar_windspeed
              self-explanatory


       metar_winddir
              self-explanatory


       metar_swinddir
              self-explanatory


       metar_cloud
              self-explanatory


       metar_u2d_time
              self-explanatory


       ml_upload_counter
              total session upload in mb


       ml_download_counter
              total session download in mb


       ml_nshared_files
              number of shared files


       ml_shared_counter
              total session shared in mb, buggy in some mldonkey versions


       ml_tcp_upload_rate
              tcp upload rate in kb/s


       ml_tcp_download_rate
              tcp download rate in kb/s


       ml_udp_upload_rate
              udp upload rate in kb/s


       ml_udp_download_rate
              udp download rate in kb/s


       ml_ndownloaded_files
              number of completed files


       ml_ndownloading_files
              number of downloading files


       mpd_artist
              Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile


       mpd_album
              Album in current MPD song


       mpd_bar height
              Bar of mpds progress


       mpd_bitrate
              Bitrate of current song


       mpd_status
              Playing, stopped, et cetera.


       mpd_title
              Title of current MPD song


       mpd_vol
              MPDs volume


       mpd_elapsed
              Songs elapsed time


       mpd_length
              Songs length


       mpd_percent
              Percent of songs progress


       new_mails
              Unread mail count in mail spool.


       nodename
              Hostname


       outlinecolor (color)
              Change outline color


       pre_exec shell command
              Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything
              and puts output as text.


       processes
              Total processes (sleeping and running)


       running_processes
              Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6


       shadecolor (color)
              Change shading color


       stippled_hr (space)
              Stippled (dashed) horizontal line


       swapbar (height)
              Bar that shows amount of swap in use


       swap   Amount of swap in use


       swapmax
              Total amount of swap


       swapperc
              Percentage of swap in use


       sysname
              System name, Linux for example


       offse pixels
              Move text over by N pixels


       tail   logfile, lines interval> Displays last N lines of supplied  text
              text file. If interval is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conkys
              interval. Max of 30 lines. Max of 30 lines can be displayed.


       time (format)
              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 doesnt seem to be a way to know how  many  times  it  has
              already done that before conky has started.


       top type, num
              This  takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically,
              processes are ranked from highest to  lowest  in  terms  of  cpu
              usage,  which  is  what (num) represents. The types are: "name",
              "pid", "cpu", and mem". There can  be  a  max  of  10  processes
              listed.


       top_mem type, num
              Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu


       totalup net
              Total upload, this one too, may overflow


       updates Number of updates
              for debugging


       upspeed net
              Upload speed in kilobytes


       upspeedf net
              Upload speed in kilobytes with one decimal


       upspeedgraph net, (height, width, gradient colour 1, gradient colour 2)
              Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #.


       uptime Uptime


       uptime_short
              Uptime in a shorter format


       seti_prog
              Seti@home current progress


       seti_progbar (height)
              Seti@home current progress bar


       seti_credit
              Seti@home total user credit


EXAMPLES
       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.

       conky -a top_left -x 5 -y 500 -d
              Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).

FILES
       ~/.conkyrc default configuration file

BUGS
       Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesnt work with
       all window managers. Especially doesnt work well with Gnome and it has
       been reported that it doesnt 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://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky

       #conky on irc.freenode.net

AUTHORS
       The Conky dev team. Whats up now??!



                                  2005-08-18                          conky(1)