HOWTO: conky config (conkyrc) for Debian
Submitted by fak3r on Tuesday, 1 July 2008One Comment
If you run a Linux desktop you need to be using conky. It compiles all those shiny gadget you see on other desktops eating system RAM, down to what you need; information on what your system is doing. So try it out, install conky, and then drop this into your home directory as .conkyrc - then run conky. The file is pretty self explanatory, enjoy!
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus) own_window yes own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar background no # Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone) double_buffer yes # fiddle with window use_spacer yes use_xft yes # Update interval in seconds update_interval 3.0 # Minimum size of text area minimum_size 400 5 # Draw shades? draw_shades yes # Text stuff draw_outline no # amplifies text if yes draw_borders no uppercase no # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase # Stippled borders? stippled_borders 8 # border margins border_margin 4 # border width border_width 1 # Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5 default_color white default_shade_color black default_outline_color white own_window_colour brown own_window_transparent yes # Text alignment, other possible values are commented alignment top_left #alignment top_right #alignment bottom_left #alignment bottom_right # Gap between borders of screen and text gap_x 10 gap_y 10 # stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen override_utf8_locale no xftfont Terminus:size=8 xftalpha 0.8 TEXT ${offset 0}${color slate grey}${time %a, } ${color }${time %e %B %G} ${offset 0}${color slate grey}${time %Z, }${color }${time %H:%M:%S} ${offset 0}${color slate grey}UpTime: ${color }$uptime ${offset 0}${color slate grey}Kern:${color }$kernel ${offset 0}${color slate grey}CPU:${color } $cpu% ${acpitemp}C ${offset 0}${cpugraph 20,130 000000 ffffff} ${offset 0}${color slate grey}Load: ${color }$loadavg ${offset 0}${color slate grey}Processes: ${color }$processes ${offset 0}${color slate grey}Running: ${color }$running_processes ${offset 0}${color slate grey}Highest CPU: ${offset 0}${color #ddaa00} ${top name 1}${top_mem cpu 1} ${offset 0}${color lightgrey} ${top name 2}${top cpu 2} ${offset 0}${color lightgrey} ${top name 3}${top cpu 3} ${offset 0}${color lightgrey} ${top name 4}${top cpu 4} ${offset 0}${color slate grey}Highest MEM: ${offset 0}${color #ddaa00} ${top_mem name 1}${top_mem mem 1} ${offset 0}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 2}${top_mem mem 2} ${offset 0}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 3}${top_mem mem 3} ${offset 0}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 4}${top_mem mem 4} ${offset 0}${color slate grey}MEM: ${color } $memperc% $mem/$memmax ${offset 0}${membar 3,100} ${offset 0}${color slate grey}SWAP: ${color }$swapperc% $swap/$swapmax ${offset 0}${swapbar 3,100} ${offset 0}${color slate grey}ROOT: ${color }${fs_free /}/${fs_size /} ${offset 0}${fs_bar 3,100 /} ${offset 0}${color slate grey}HOME: ${color }${fs_free /home}/${fs_size /home} ${offset 0}${fs_bar 3,100 /home} ${offset 0}${color slate grey}NET: ${offset 0}${color}Up: ${color }${upspeed eth0} k/s ${offset 0}${upspeedgraph eth0 20,130 000000 ffffff} ${offset 0}${color}Down: ${color }${downspeed eth0}k/s${color} ${offset 0}${downspeedgraph eth0 20,130 000000 ffffff}
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