리눅스 꾸미기 - conky 우분투계열

탱구 오른쪽에 시스템정보 쮸루룩나오는게 conky 라는 겁니다. 
사용자에 구미에 맞게 다양하게 꾸밀수있어서 엄청나게 인기 있다는거져.
데스크탑리눅스를 사용하시는분이라면 누~~구~~나 한번쯤은 설치해보는 앱 이라는거죠~~~~~~


1. 쉬운설치방법- 열우분투,데비안계열
소프트웨어관리자에서 conky 치고 conky 설치 ㅡ.,ㅡ; 쉽죠

conky-lua 스킨을 사용하실꺼면 conky-all을 설치하시면 됩니다. 
설치후 - ㅣua 스킨적용 = 
2011/06/16 - [Linux] - conky - skin (Conky lua 2011 )
 

2. 직접 받아서 컴파일후 설치

1.소스를 직접 컴파일하는 방법 conky소스포지에서 소스를 다운로드하고 난후 압축을 풉니다. 소스로 부터 컴파일하는 방법은 아래와 같습니다. 컴파일시에 X11 development libraries 6.8.2이상의 버전을 요구합니다. 대부분의 배포판 패키지 패키지명이 libx11-dev일것입니다. $ tar zjvf conky-1.x.x.tar.bz2 혹은 tar zxvf conky-1.x.x.tar.gz $ ./configure $ make # make install

 3. 패키지 관리자로 설치 

- 젠투 는 # emerge app-admin/conky   - Debian, Ubuntu # apt-get install conky                                                                       //apt-get 으로 설치 $ zcat /usr/share/doc/conky/examples/conkyrc.sample.gz > ~/.conkyrc     //conkyrc 는 스킨같은것입니다. 다음설명참조

콘키 설치후 Alt+f2키를 눌뤄주시고 conky 라고 입력후 실행 하시면 보잘것없는;? 콘키가 보이게 됩니다. 한번눌르면 사라집니다. ㅋ 스킨을 꾸미면서 바탕에 항상 떠있도록 수정을 같이해주는겁니다. 우선 임시로 위에서 보신 conkyrc를 사용자 홈폴더로 복사를 해줍니다. 보통 사용자 홈폴더는 $home/~사용자아이디 요딴식으로 되어있고, 그안에 .conkyrc 를 실행될때마다 읽어서 스킨을 띄워줍니다.


기본 텍스트스킨 복사하기. (페이지 맨위에 보이는스킨입니다.)

conkyrc_skin

1. cd ~ 로 홈폴더로 이동

2. cp 명령으로 conkyrc_skin 을 .conkyrc 로 이름바꾸면서 복사

ubuntu 실행시 자동실행
우분투가 켜지면 자동으로 실행되도록 시작프로그램에 등록하도록 하겠습니다.

맨 위의 메뉴모음에서 '시스템 - 기본 설정 - 시작 응용 프로그램'  실행
시작프로그램에서 추가를 누르고 다음을 입력

이름(N): Conky
명령(M): sh -c "sleep 5; exec conky"

혹은 터미널에서

# gnome-session-properties


참조 사이트

http://wiki.kldp.org/wiki.php/Conky

http://conky.sourceforge.net/docs.html

스킨 사이트
http://gnome-look.org/content/search.php
Description contains에 conkyrc 라고 입력후 Search 클릭

.conkyrc 설정

1. conky commond option

        $conky [option] ....

        -v | -V | --verbose
            버전표시

        -a | --alignment= ALIGNMENT -a | --alignment= ALIGNMENT
            Conky의 표시위치 지정
            ex> -a top_right (Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right} or none)

        -b | --double-buffer
            이중 버퍼링을 사용하여 ( "깜박임") 제거

        -c | --config= FILE -c | --config= FILE
            conkyrc 의 경로를 지정해줌. 지정을 하지 안을경우
            $HOME/.conkyrc파일을 기본으로 읽어들임

        -d | --daemonize
            데몬형태로 실행, 백그라운드로 실행

        -f | --font= FONT -f | --font= FONT
            conky에서 사용할 글꼴 지정

        -h | --help
            도움말 출력

        -o | --own-window
            윈도우로 실행

        -t | --text= TEXT -t | --text= TEXT
            텍스트를 표시 ex> -t '$uptime'

        -u | --interval= SECONDS -u | --interval= SECONDS
            업데이트 간격 초단위

        -w | --window-id= WIN_ID -w | --window-id= window -w | --window-id= WIN_ID
            Window id 지정

        -x X_COORDINATE -x X_COORDINATE
            x축(가로) 출력좌표 지점

        -y Y_COORDINATE -y Y_COORDINATE
            y축(세로) 출력좌표 지점
            
        -i COUNT
            count만큼의 초가 지난후 종료.


2. Configuration Settings (.conkyrc)
    
    .conkyrc : TEXT를 기준으로 위쪽은 셋팅 아래쪽은 화면출력.
    
    == 설정 ==
    
    alignment [top_left | top_right | bottom_left | bottom_right | ... ]
        - conky의 화면상의 상대적인 위치를 지정.
        - values : 위치 - top,bottom / 값 - left,right,middle 
                    ex > alignment top_left
                     
    background [yes | no]
        - conky가 데몬형태로 실행될지 결정, boolean값(1,0 or yes,no)으로 설정
        
    border_margin [pixel]
        - 테두리의 여백 픽셀 설정
    border_width [pixel]
        - 테두리의 가로 픽셀 설정
        
    color0~9 [색상이름 | 색상값]
        - 텍스트 세그먼트를 사용하기 위해 내부 색상 변수
        ex >    color2 red
                color3 blue
        
    cpu_avg_samples [1 | 2 | 3 | 4]
        - 평균 CPU를 모니터링하기위한 표본의 수
        ex> 펜티엄4 1, 듀얼 2, 쿼드코어 4
    top_cpu_separate [true,false]
        - true 일경우 프러세서 1개의 사용량을 나타냅니다. false일경우 모든 프로세서를 보여줌.
        ex> 펜티엄4의 경우 true 값으로, 듀얼 또는 쿼드코어 일경우 false로 설정

    default_color [색상이름 | 색상값]
        - 기본색상과 테두리색상
    default_outline_color [색상이름 | 색상값]
        - 기본 테두리 색상
    default_shade_color [색상이름 | 색상값]
        - 그림자 색상
        ex> 보편적으로 white red blue 와 같이  텍스트로 지정할수도 있으나 직접 색상값을 넣을수도 있음 FFFFFF,FAFAFA

    draw_borders [yes | no]
        - 텍스트 주위의 테두리 주변에 글자
    draw_graph_borders [yes | no]
        - 그래프 주위에 경계
    draw_outline [yes | no]
        - 바깥선 그리기
    draw_shades [yes | no]
        - 그림자 그리기
    
    double_buffer [yes | no]
        - Xdbe를 확장하여 사용(깜빡임을 제거), 사용하여도 차이가 별로 없으니 추천
        ex> double_buffer yes
        
    font
        - fontsel의 폰트를 얻는데 사용할 수 있다
        
    gap_x [pixel]
    gap_y [pixel]
        - 테두리에서 화면까지의 간격 지정
    
    max_port_monitor_connections [0~256]
        - 연결을 추적하기 위한 지정한 수만큼의 각각의 포트감시를 허용.
        - 지정하지 안을경우 기본값 : 256
        
    maximum_width [pixel]
        - 윈도우의 최대 너비
    minimum_size width [x pixel, y pixel]
        - 윈도우의 최소 크기

    mpd_host
    mpd_port
    mpd_password
        - mdp-server host/port/password
    
    music_player_interval
        - 뮤직 플레이어 스레드의 업데이트 간격
    
    net_avg_samples
        - 네트워크 트래픽을 내기위한 샘플자료의 수
    no_buffers [yes | no]
        - 파일 시스템을 사용하는 메모리에서 버퍼
    
    override_utf8_locale [yes | no]
        -     UTF8 로케일 적용, XFT필요 
        
    own_window [yes | no]
        - 창 만들기. 하위 옵션값에 영향을 줌.
    own_window_class
        - WM_CLASS 이름을 수동으로 설정할 수있다. 기본값 - Conky
    own_window_colour [색상이름 | 색상값]
        - own_window_transparent의 값이 no일때 적용됨.
    own_window_hints [undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager]
        - 창관리자 출력여부에 영향을 미침.
    own_window_title [text]
        - 창 이름을 수동으로 설정할 수있다. 기본값 - <hostname> - conky
    own_window_transparent [yes | no]
        - 창 배경 투명도를 결정한다. no일경우 own_window_colour값이 배경색상이됨.
          own_window_colour값을 설정하지 안을경우 기본값 - black.
    own_window_type [normal | override]
        - normal : 다른 윈도우와 같이 취급, 창 관리자의 통제에 있음.
        - override : own_window_hints가 무시되고. 항상 바탕화면에서 볼수 있게되며, 창문을 무효화 창 관리자의 통제에서 벗어남.
    
    out_to_console
        - 표준 출력으로 텍스트를 출력
        
    pad_percents
        - 이 수에 % 넣기 (0= % 넣지 않음)
    
    pop3
        - 기본값 global POP3 server
        - 인수 : "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]"
                기본간격(interval) - 5분 / 기본포트 : 110 / 비밀번호가 "*"으로 입력될때 conky가 시작될때 암호입력 메시지가 뜸.
    
    short_units [yes | no]
        - 단위의 단축 (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.) 기본값 : no
    
    stippled_borders
        - 점선 경계(픽셀)
    
    total_run_times
        - 종료전에 conky를 갱신하기 위한 총 숫자. 영(0)은 conky를 계속 실행하게 함.
    
    update_interval
        - conky 업데이트 간격 (단위 : 초)
        
    uppercase [yes | no]
        - 텍스트를 대문자로 표시여부
    
    use_spacer
        - 주변의 다른 것들과 같이 움직이는 것을 막으려면 오브젝트 다음에 스페이스를 추가 합니다.
        이것은 비트스트림 베라 산스 모노와 같은 모노 폰트 폰트를 사용하는 할 때만 효과가 있음.
        
    use_xft
        - Xft사용 (anti-aliased font and stuff)
    xftalpha [0~1]
        - xft 폰트의 알파값을 지정 0~1 사이 값. ex> aftalpha 0.5
    xftfont
        - xft 폰트 사용 ex> xftfont sans:style=Bold:size=10
        
    TEXT
        - 이후 값은 화면에 출력되는 부분임.
    
    
    == 출력 변수 ==

    

    변수 앞에는 늘 "$"표시가 붙는다.

    EX ) 변수만 쓸땐 $color 덜렁 써두면 기본컬러가 적용되고 ${color white} or ${color ffffff} 으로 지정해줄수 있다

    한번 적용하면 뒤엣 글자까지 모두 적용되기 때문에 적용시키려는 문자끝에 $color를 붙여 칼러를 기본컬러로 변경시켜주는것이 좋다

    아래 변수들을 참고해서 멋진 conky를 만들어보기 바란다.

addr interface

IP address for an interface

addrs interface

IP addresses for an interface (if one - works like addr). Linux only.

acpiacadapter

ACPI ac adapter state.

acpifan

ACPI fan state

acpitemp

ACPI temperature in C.

acpitempf

ACPI temperature in F.

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

apm_adapter

Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)

apm_battery_life

Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)

apm_battery_time

Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)

audacious_bar (height),(width)

Progress bar

audacious_bitrate

Bitrate of current tune

audacious_channels

Number of audio channels of current tune

audacious_filename

Full path and filename of current tune

audacious_frequency

Sampling frequency of current tune

audacious_length

Total length of current tune as MM:SS

audacious_length_seconds

Total length of current tune in seconds

audacious_playlist_position

Playlist position of current tune

audacious_playlist_length

Number of tunes in playlist

audacious_position

Position of current tune (MM:SS)

audacious_position_seconds

Position of current tune in seconds

audacious_status

Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)

audacious_title (max length)

Title of current tune with optional maximum length specifier

battery (num)

Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).

battery_bar (height),(width) (num)

Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a bar. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).

battery_percent (num)

Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).

battery_time (num)

Battery charge/discharge time remaining of ACPI battery. ACPI battery number 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

cached

Amount of memory cached

color (color)

Change drawing color to color

color0

Change drawing color to color0 configuration option

color1

Change drawing color to color1 configuration option

color2

Change drawing color to color2 configuration option

color3

Change drawing color to color3 configuration option

color4

Change drawing color to color4 configuration option

color5

Change drawing color to color5 configuration option

color6

Change drawing color to color6 configuration option

color7

Change drawing color to color7 configuration option

color8

Change drawing color to color8 configuration option

color9

Change drawing color to color9 configuration option

conky_version

Conky version

conky_build_date

Date Conky was built

conky_bulid_arch

CPU architecture Conky was built for

cpu (cpuN)

CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number can be provided as an argument. ${cpu cpu0} is the total usage, and ${cpu cpuX} (X >= 1) are individual CPUs.

cpubar (cpu number) (height),(width)

Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See $cpu for more info on SMP.

cpugraph (cpu number) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)

CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See $cpu for more info on SMP.

diskio (device)

Displays current disk IO. Device is optional, and takes the form of sda for /dev/sda. Individual partitions are allowed.

diskiograph (device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)

Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.

diskio_read (device)

Displays current disk IO for reads. Device as in diskio.

diskiograph_read (device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)

Disk IO graph for reads, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device as in diskio.

diskio_write (device)

Displays current disk IO for writes. Device as in diskio.

diskiograph_write (device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)

Disk IO graph for writes, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device as in diskio.

disk_protect device

Disk protection status, if supported (needs kernel-patch). Prints either "frozen" or "free " (note the padding).

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) (scale)

Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.

else

Text to show if any of the above are not true

entropy_avail

Current entropy available for crypto freaks

entropy_bar (height),(width)

Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks

entropy_poolsize

Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks

exec command

Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warning: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.

execbar 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 command

Same as execbar, but graphs values.

execi interval command

Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci

execibar interval command

Same as execbar, except with an interval

execigraph interval command

Same as execgraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values

execp command

Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warning: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch. This differs from $exec in that it parses the output of the command, so you can insert things like ${color red}hi!${color} in your script and have it correctly parsed by Conky. Caveats: Conky parses and eval!uates the output of $execp every time Conky loops, and then destroys all the objects. If you try to use anything like $execi within an $execp statement, it will functionally run at the same interval that the $execp statement runs, as it is created and destroyed at every interval.

execpi interval command

Same as execp but with specific interval. Interval can't be less than update_interval in configuration. Note that the output from the $execpi command is still parsed and eval!uated at every interval.

font (font)

Specify a different font. This new font will apply to the current line and everything following. You can use a $font with no arguments to change back to the default font (much like with $color)

freq (n)

Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.

freq_g (n)

Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.

freq_dyn

Returns CPU frequency in MHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for x86/amd64.

freq_dyn_g

Returns CPU frequency in GHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for x86/amd64.

fs_bar (height),(width) 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_type (fs)

File system type

fs_used (fs)

File system used space

goto x

The next element will be printed at position 'x'.

gw_iface

Displays the default route's interface or "multiple"/"none" accordingly.

gw_ip

Displays the default gateway's IP or "multiple"/"none" accordingly.

hddtemp dev, (host,(port))

Displays temperature of a selected hard disk drive as reported by the hddtemp daemon running on host:port. Default host is 127.0.0.1, default port is 7634.

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 lines can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.

hr (height)

Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels

hwmon (dev) type n

Hwmon sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omitted if you have only one hwmon device. Parameter type is either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' (Celsius) or 'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See /sys/class/hwmon/ on your local computer.

iconv_start codeset_from codeset_to

Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv. Needs to be stopped with iconv_stop.

iconv_stop

Stop iconv codeset conversion.

i2c (dev) type n

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

i8k_ac_status

If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays whether ac power is on, as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human-readable). Beware that this is by default not enabled by i8k itself.

i8k_bios

If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.

i8k_buttons_status

If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.

i8k_cpu_temp

If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.

i8k_cpu_tempf

If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Fahrenheit, as reported by /proc/i8k.

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 listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.

i8k_left_fan_status

If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the left fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human-readable). 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 listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.

i8k_right_fan_status

If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the right fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human-readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in reverse order.

i8k_serial

If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.

i8k_version

If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the version formatting of /proc/i8k.

ibm_fan

If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.

ibm_temps N

If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures from the IBM temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is on the CPU, 3 is on the GPU.

ibm_volume

If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume, controlled by the volume keys (0-14).

ibm_brightness

If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the laptops's LCD (0-7).

if_empty (var)

if conky variable VAR is empty, display everything between $if_empty and the matching $endif

if_gw

if there is at least one default gateway, display everything between $if_gw and the matching $endif

if_running (process)

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

if_existing file (string)

if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the matching $endif. The optional second paramater checks for FILE containing the specified string and prints everything between $if_existing and the matching $endif.

if_mounted (mountpoint)

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

if_smapi_bat_installed (INDEX)

when using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX is installed, display everything between $if_smapi_bat_installed and the matching $endif

if_up (interface)

if INTERFACE exists and is up, display everything between $if_up and the matching $endif

imap_messages (args)

Displays the number of messages in your global IMAP inbox by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.

imap_unseen (args)

Displays the number of unseen messages in your global IMAP inbox by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.

ioscheduler disk

Prints the current ioscheduler used for the given disk name (i.e. e.g. "hda" or "sdb")

kernel

Kernel version

laptop_mode

The value of /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode

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 (mailbox) (interval)

Mail count in the specified mailbox or your mail spool if not. Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported. You can use a program like fetchmail to get mails from some server using your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.

mboxscan (-n number of messages to print) (-fw from width) (-sw subject width) mbox

Print a summary of recent messages in an mbox format mailbox. mbox parameter is the filename of the mailbox (can be encapsulated using '"', ie. ${mboxscan -n 10 "/home/brenden/some box"}

mem

Amount of memory in use

membar (height),(width)

Bar that shows amount of memory in use

memmax

Total amount of memory

memperc

Percentage of memory in use

mpd_artist

Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile

mpd_album

Album in current MPD song

mpd_bar (height),(width)

Bar of mpd's progress

mpd_bitrate

Bitrate of current song

mpd_status

Playing, stopped, et cetera.

mpd_title (max length)

Title of current MPD song

mpd_vol

MPD's volume

mpd_elapsed

Song's elapsed time

mpd_length

Song's length

mpd_percent

Percent of song's progress

mpd_random

Random status (On/Off)

mpd_repeat

Repeat status (On/Off)

mpd_track

Prints the MPD track field

mpd_name

Prints the MPD name field

mpd_file

Prints the file name of the current MPD song

mpd_smart

Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available

nameserver (index)

Print a nameserver from /etc/resolv.conf. Index starts at and defaults to 0.

new_mails (mailbox) (interval)

Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if not. Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported.

nodename

Hostname

outlinecolor (color)

Change outline color

pb_battery item

If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display information on battery status. The item parameter specifies, what information to display. Exactly one item must be specified. Valid items are:

status: Display if battery is fully charged, charging, discharging or absent (running on AC)

percent: Display charge of battery in percent, if charging or discharging. Nothing will be displayed, if battery is fully charged or absent.

time: Display the time remaining until the battery will be fully charged or discharged at current rate. Nothing is displayed, if battery is absent or if it's present but fully charged and not discharging.

platform (dev) type n

Platform sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omitted if you have only one platform device. Platform type is either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' (Celsius) or 'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/platform/devices/ on your local computer.

pop3_unseen (args)

Displays the number of unseen messages in your global POP3 inbox by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes seperately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.

pop3_used (args)

Displays the amount of space (in MiB, 2^20) used in your global POP3 inbox by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes seperately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.

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

smapi (ARGS)

when using smapi, display contents of the /sys/devices/platform/smapi directory. ARGS are either '(FILENAME)' or 'bat (INDEX) (FILENAME)' to display the corresponding files' content. This is a very raw method of accessing the smapi values. When available, better use one of the smapi_* variables instead.

smapi_bat_perc (INDEX)

when using smapi, display the remaining capacity in percent of the battery with index INDEX. This is a separate variable because it supports the 'use_spacer' configuration option.

smapi_bat_bar (INDEX),(height),(width)

when using smapi, display the remaining capacity of the battery with index INDEX as a bar.

stippled_hr (space)

Stippled (dashed) horizontal line

swapbar (height),(width)

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

tcp_portmon port_begin port_end item (index) (ip4 only at present)

TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:

count - total number of connections in the range

rip - remote ip address

rhost - remote host name

rport - remote port number

rservice - remote service name from /etc/services

lip - local ip address

lhost - local host name

lport - local port number

lservice - local service name from /etc/services

The connection index provides you with access to each connection in the port monitor. The monitor will return information for index values from 0 to n-1 connections. Values higher than n-1 are simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index must be omitted. It is required for all other items.

Examples:

${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} - displays the number of connections in the bittorrent port range

${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} - displays the remote host ip of the first sshd connection

${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9} - displays the remote host ip of the tenth sshd connection

${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0} - displays the remote host name of the first connection on a privileged port

${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4} - displays the remote host port of the fifth connection on a privileged port

${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14} - displays the local service 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 single 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 updating. 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 interval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi.

offset (pixels)

Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.

rss url delay_in_minutes action item_num

Download and parse RSS feeds. Action may be one of the following: feed_title, item_title (with num par), item_desc (with num par) and item_titles.

tab (width, (start))

Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'.

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 can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.

time (format)

Local time, see man strftime to get more information about format

utime (format)

Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).

tztime (timezone) (format)

Local time for specified timezone, see man strftime to get more information about format. The timezone argument is specified in similar fashion as TZ environment variable. For hints, look in /usr/share/zoneinfo. e.g. US/Pacific, Europe/Zurich, etc.

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 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", "mem", "mem_res", "mem_vsize", and "time". 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) (scale)

Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.

uptime

Uptime

uptime_short

Uptime in a shorter format

user_number

Number of users logged in

user_names

Lists the names of the users logged in

user_terms

Lists the consoles in use

user_times

Lists how long users have been logged in for

voffset (pixels)

Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause text to overlap. See also $offset.

voltage_mv (n)

Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.

voltage_v (n)

Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.

wireless_essid net

Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)

wireless_mode net

Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only)

wireless_bitrate net

Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)

wireless_ap net

Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)

wireless_link_qual net

Wireless link quality (Linux only)

wireless_link_qual_max net

Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)

wireless_link_qual_perc net

Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)

wireless_link_bar (height), (width) net

Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)

xmms2_artist

Artist in current XMMS2 song

xmms2_album

Album in current XMMS2 song

xmms2_title

Title in current XMMS2 song

xmms2_genre

Genre in current XMMS2 song

xmms2_comment

Comment in current XMMS2 song

xmms2_decoder

Decoder plugin used

xmms2_transport

Transport plugin used

xmms2_url

Full path to current song

xmms2_tracknr

Track number in current XMMS2 song

xmms2_bitrate

Bitrate of current song

xmms2_id

XMMS2 id of current song

xmms2_duration

Duration of current song

xmms2_elapsed

Song's elapsed time

xmms2_size

Size of current song

xmms2_percent

Percent of song's progress

xmms2_status

XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or Disconnected)

xmms2_bar (height),(width)

Bar of XMMS2's progress

xmms2_smart

Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available