Now it's easy to customize your desktop!
Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any information on your desktop.
CONKY-colors is an easier way to configure Conky.
This conky script support multilanguage:
Bulgarian, English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian
How to install
Go to a terminal and type:
$sudo apt-get install aptitude python-keyring python-statgrab ttf-ubuntu-font-family hddtemp curl lm-sensors conky-all
$sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/hddtemp
$sudo sensors-detect #answering Yes (default) to all questions, even that last one that defaults to No
Now restart your session
Download and extract the conky-colors.zip and type in terminal in the same directory that has been extracted.
$make
$sudo make install
$conky-colors {options}
$conky-colors --help [for help]
Ex: if your cpu is quad-core and you want the noble color, with hd, network and pidgin monitor and all in portuguese
conky-colors --theme=gnome-noble --lang=en --cpu=4 --network --hd=default --pidgin
For a working photo widget you need to specify a file or directory in conkyPhoto or conkyPhotoRandom script in ~/.conkycolors/bin/
Update your font cache:
$sudo fc-cache -v -f
+++ Kaivalagi's Scripts (Included in conky-colors) +++
Conky SSL Mail Script: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph…
Conky Pidgin Script: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph…
Conky Rhythmbox Script: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph…
Conky Banshee Script: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph…
Conky Exaile Script: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph…
+++ If you can, say thanks to him for this great work +++
in terminal type conky -c ~/.conkycolors/conkyrc.
To run conky at startup, go to System > Preferences > Startup Applications, click "Add" and add the path to the conkyStart file[/usr/share/conkycolors/bin/conkyStart]
that's all folks!
OPTIONS FROM THE SCREENSHOT:
conky-colors --cpu=2 --calendar --photord --clementine=cd --hd=default --network --theme=wise
conky-colors --sls --weather=brxx0043 --theme=orange
conky-colors --cairo --cpu=2 --clock=cairo --network --theme=blue
conky-colors --ring --network --theme=red
conky-colors --slim --w=1440 --h=900 --theme=white --weather=brxx0043
conky-colors --board --w=1440 --h=900 --theme=cyan
KWON PROBLEMS:
Lua/bash scripts work with conky 1.8.1, but most of the python scripts still doesnt;
SLS MODE only work with lm-sensors configured
The position of the photo and cover may be wrong bc in ubuntu the space between the widgets is different from Archlinux
HELP WITH CONKY:
ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph…
REPORT BUGS:
github.com/helmuthdu/conky_col…
Changelog:
9.0
* Complete new icon set, replaced most of the fonts with the new conkycolors font family;
* Widgets review;
* Refactory all hd scripts to use python 3;
* Many, many, many bugfixes;
Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any information on your desktop.
CONKY-colors is an easier way to configure Conky.
This conky script support multilanguage:
Bulgarian, English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian
How to install
Go to a terminal and type:
$sudo apt-get install aptitude python-keyring python-statgrab ttf-ubuntu-font-family hddtemp curl lm-sensors conky-all
$sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/hddtemp
$sudo sensors-detect #answering Yes (default) to all questions, even that last one that defaults to No
Now restart your session
Download and extract the conky-colors.zip and type in terminal in the same directory that has been extracted.
$make
$sudo make install
$conky-colors {options}
$conky-colors --help [for help]
Ex: if your cpu is quad-core and you want the noble color, with hd, network and pidgin monitor and all in portuguese
conky-colors --theme=gnome-noble --lang=en --cpu=4 --network --hd=default --pidgin
For a working photo widget you need to specify a file or directory in conkyPhoto or conkyPhotoRandom script in ~/.conkycolors/bin/
Update your font cache:
$sudo fc-cache -v -f
+++ Kaivalagi's Scripts (Included in conky-colors) +++
Conky SSL Mail Script: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph…
Conky Pidgin Script: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph…
Conky Rhythmbox Script: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph…
Conky Banshee Script: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph…
Conky Exaile Script: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph…
+++ If you can, say thanks to him for this great work +++
in terminal type conky -c ~/.conkycolors/conkyrc.
To run conky at startup, go to System > Preferences > Startup Applications, click "Add" and add the path to the conkyStart file[/usr/share/conkycolors/bin/conkyStart]
that's all folks!
OPTIONS FROM THE SCREENSHOT:
conky-colors --cpu=2 --calendar --photord --clementine=cd --hd=default --network --theme=wise
conky-colors --sls --weather=brxx0043 --theme=orange
conky-colors --cairo --cpu=2 --clock=cairo --network --theme=blue
conky-colors --ring --network --theme=red
conky-colors --slim --w=1440 --h=900 --theme=white --weather=brxx0043
conky-colors --board --w=1440 --h=900 --theme=cyan
KWON PROBLEMS:
Lua/bash scripts work with conky 1.8.1, but most of the python scripts still doesnt;
SLS MODE only work with lm-sensors configured
The position of the photo and cover may be wrong bc in ubuntu the space between the widgets is different from Archlinux
HELP WITH CONKY:
ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph…
REPORT BUGS:
github.com/helmuthdu/conky_col…
Changelog:
9.0
* Complete new icon set, replaced most of the fonts with the new conkycolors font family;
* Widgets review;
* Refactory all hd scripts to use python 3;
* Many, many, many bugfixes;
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Explanation: The files in the folders that conkyColors made that it configures need root permissions
fujitsu@fujitsu-LIFEBOOK-AH530 ~/İndirilenler/conky_colors $ make
cc -Wall -std=c99 src/conky-colors.c src/conkycover.c src/conkyplayer.c src/conkyrc_cairo.c src/conkyrc_ring.c src/conkyrc_board.c src/conkyrc_default.c src/conkyrc_slim.c src/conkyrc_sls.c src/coverposition.c src/finddir.c src/help.c src/options.c src/photoposition.c src/themes.c src/translations.c src/variables.c src/confinstall.c src/utils.c src/initialize.c -o conky-colors
src/conky-colors.c:15:19: fatal error: stdio.h: Böyle bir dosya ya da dizin yok
#include <stdio.h>
^
compilation terminated.
src/conkycover.c:4:19: fatal error: stdio.h: Böyle bir dosya ya da dizin yok
#include <stdio.h>
^
compilation terminated.
make: *** [conky-colors] Hata 1
fujitsu@fujitsu-LIFEBOOK-AH530 ~/İndirilenler/conky_colors $
Can you help me guys?
Conky was update to 1.10 and crash may ConkyBanshee on Debian Jessie, please help me!
The terminal is barred after putting conky-c ~/.conkycolors/conkyrc
ceibal@ceibal:~/.conky_colors$ conky -c ~/.conkycolors/conkyrc
Conky: desktop window (1a00095) is subwindow of root window (a1)
Conky: window type - desktop
Conky: drawing to created window (0x4c00002)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
help me, pleaseee
I just wanted to let you know!
I found www.edg3.co.uk/snippets/weathe… super helpfull with finding a location code for weather.
mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool…
launchpadlibrarian.net/1084867…
Unable to locate package python-statgrab
how to fix this???
Edit: It looks like it was removed from the 14.04 repositories because it's not yet ready for libstatgrab 0.90 API. I don't know if it can be compiled from source instead, but this explains why it's not yet available.
i want to know is this script is available on fedora 20 ?
thanks
thanks!
so awesomme .. O _ O .. lol ..
heres the screenshot of mine i uploaded on tinypic just now
screenshot
I followed the instructions step by step, but when i try to start the program with the command "-c ~/.conkycolors/conkyrc", the terminal repeats this message to me many times:
/usr/share/conkycolors/bin/conkyYahooWeather: 22: /usr/share/conkycolors/bin/conkyYahooWeather: Syntax error: "(" unexpected (expecting "fi")
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_main execution failed: /usr/share/conkycolors/scripts/conkySlim.lua:37: assertion failed!
what can be the problem?
Thank you!
some things in the instructions arent step by step, theyre reminders or separate instructions for something else
maybe uninstall and reinstall it
i have 13.10, also . im actually on it right now
what it looks like to me is that it needs to be reinstalled and you followed the directions step by step instead of understanding them .. theyre hard to explain so i wont do it myself, on here ..
When using --calendarm, the icon is a garbled star, and not the calendar icon I get when using --calendar. My brain cannot comprehend a calendar where sunday is the first day of the week, but --calendarm ruins my beautiful desktop. I wish I could fix the --calendarm-icon.
Any help would be appreciated!
if (device is "/"):
to
if(device == "/"):
the named device "/" to "Root" work good!
I dont know why, but I tested this simple examle:
Python 2.7.3 (default, Jan 2 2013, 13:56:14)
[GCC 4.7.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> device = "/"
>>> if (device is "/"):
... devicename="Root"
...
>>> print (""+devicename+"")
Root
>>>
And this work fine.
Sorry for my baaaad english.
PS. Output conkyHD1 after exec
${voffset 4}
${voffset -10}${offset 0}${color0}${font ConkyColors:size=15}i${font}${color}${offset 6}${voffset -10}: ${font Ubuntu:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${fs_free_perc /}%${color}${font}
${voffset -10}${offset 1}${color0}${fs_bar 4,17 /}${color}${offset 10}${voffset -2}F: ${font Ubuntu:style=Bold:size=8}${color2}${fs_free /}${color}${font} U: ${font Ubuntu:style=Bold:size=8}${color2}${fs_used /}${color}${font}
${voffset -10}${offset 0}${color0}${font ConkyColors:size=15}i${font}${color}${offset 6}${voffset -10}Home: ${font Ubuntu:style=Bold:size=8}${color1}${fs_free_perc /home}%${color}${font}
${voffset -10}${offset 1}${color0}${fs_bar 4,17 /home}${color}${offset 10}${voffset -2}F: ${font Ubuntu:style=Bold:size=8}${color2}${fs_free /home}${color}${font} U: ${font Ubuntu:style=Bold:size=8}${color2}${fs_used /home}${color}${font}
${voffset -10}
Conky: invalid configuration file '/home/user/.conkycolors/conkyrc.'
Conky: desktop window (140001d) is subwindow of root window (80)
Conky: window type - desktop
Conky: drawing to created window (0x3800001)
Conky: drawing to single buffer
When i run it im in ~ and just use "conky -c .conkycolors/conkyrc"
ramin@EMD-E6:~/Downloads/Apps/conky_colors$ conky-colors --slim --w=1200 --h=800 --theme=white --weather=brxx0043
Your conkyrc was copied to /home/ramin/.conkycolors
Generated configuration files are copied to /home/ramin/.conkycolors
To run conky-colors and conky type:
conky -c /home/ramin/.conkycolors/conkyrc
ramin@EMD-E6:~/Downloads/Apps/conky_colors$ conky -c ~/.conkycolors/conkyrcConky: desktop window (2600006) is subwindow of root window (242)
Conky: window type - normal
Conky: drawing to created window (0x6000002)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 14: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.
/usr/share/conkycolors/bin/conkyYahooWeather: 22: /usr/share/conkycolors/bin/conkyYahooWeather: Syntax error: "(" unexpected (expecting "fi")
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_main execution failed: /usr/share/conkycolors/scripts/conkySlim.lua:37: assertion failed!
/usr/share/conkycolors/bin/conkyYahooWeather: 22: /usr/share/conkycolors/bin/conkyYahooWeather: Syntax error: "(" unexpected (expecting "fi")
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_main execution failed: /usr/share/conkycolors/scripts/conkySlim.lua:37: assertion failed!
...
[Keeps repeating same error until terminated]
...
Am I doing something wrong here?
liyin@liyin-Satellite-L700:~$ cd conky_colors
liyin@liyin-Satellite-L700:~/conky_colors$ make
cc -Wall -std=c99 src/conky-colors.c src/conkycover.c src/conkyplayer.c src/conkyrc_cairo.c src/conkyrc_ring.c src/conkyrc_board.c src/conkyrc_default.c src/conkyrc_slim.c src/conkyrc_sls.c src/coverposition.c src/finddir.c src/help.c src/options.c src/photoposition.c src/themes.c src/translations.c src/variables.c src/confinstall.c src/utils.c src/initialize.c -o conky-colors
src/options.c: 在函数‘options’中:
src/options.c:234:4: 警告： 格式字符串不是一个字面字符串而且没有待格式化的实参 [-Wformat-security]
src/options.c:234:4: 警告： 格式字符串不是一个字面字符串而且没有待格式化的实参 [-Wformat-security]
src/themes.c: 在函数‘themes’中:
src/themes.c:141:4: 警告： 格式字符串不是一个字面字符串而且没有待格式化的实参 [-Wformat-security]
src/themes.c:141:4: 警告： 格式字符串不是一个字面字符串而且没有待格式化的实参 [-Wformat-security]
liyin@liyin-Satellite-L700:~/conky_colors$
I hope someone can help me look. Thanks in advance.
shows
Wrong option. {options}murilo@murilo-laptop:~/Download/conky_colors$
An example for the default one can be:
./conky-colors --lang=es --theme=wise --ubuntu --cpu=2 --cputemp --swap --updates --proc=10 --clock=modern --calendar --nvidia --hd=mix --hdtemp1=sda --network --weather
After trying this out and testing it, I can't quite seem to get it to configure correctly. For the --hd=<default|meerkat|mix|simple> setting it only displays HD space for root, and not the ones for my home directory /home/<user>/ because it's only displaying for root, and it doesn't seem to matter what setting I put the HD to it doesn't change to display both.
also the --network setting doesn't seem to do anything, it's not displaying it anywhere on the conky output. I even tried just doing --wlan=0 for wireless interface but that doesn't show up on the output at all. I dunno if I have to do it like --network --wlan=0 ?
I put in all the commands you asked and restarted the session, opened up a terminal and put in my directory and got a result of: "bash: /home/jamietaliaferro/Downloads/conkystuff: Is a directory". Is that supposed to happen? Also, I decided to keep going and put in make, but got "make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop." Did I do something wrong? Your config looks great though. Good work.
I followed your instructions for installing conky-colors in ubuntu 13.04, there some problems :
- sometimes it does not start as the computer starts up
- it's always in the first background, eclipsing any other window, I have to open .conkycolors/conkyrc , save it again so it's "re-rendered" and back to background
- some icons are not displayed, the ubuntu distro logo, the hard drive & the network
- sometimes conky colors gets a weird background color, mostly gray
- the network section displays no info, gives the message "network unavailable", even so I'm connected to a Wi-Fi, even right now that I'm writing this message
I've been using conky colors for almost 2 years, none of this bugs occurred when I was using it with ubuntu 12.04 and bellow, these bugs I reported occurred in ubuntu 12.10 and ubuntu 13.04
I hope this message could help you to improve conky colors
[link]
Can you explain me how can I move the cover image a little bit down? The cover is over the Status word for me (Im also on Arch).
Thanks!
Also, is there a way to speed up the sequence? I'd like the image to change every 10 seconds or so.
Thanks again!
Check if the path to the image directory is correcty in your ~/.conkycolors/bin/conkyPhotoRandom file;
Idk what can be besides those 2 things
Report available here:[link]