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 [http]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.)


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

 

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