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10 conky \- A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but more kickass. It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.
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23 Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code.
24 Since it's original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from it's predecessor.
25 Conky can display just about anything, either on your root desktop or in it's own window.
26 Conky has many built-in objects, as well as the ability to execute programs and scripts,
27 then display the output from stdout.
29 We are always looking for help, and anyone interested in becoming a developer is welcome.
30 Please use the facilities at SourceForge to make bug reports, feature requests, and submit patches.
32 Thanks for your interest in Conky.
34 For users compiling from source, make sure you have the X development libraries installed.
35 This should be a package along the lines of "libx11-dev or xorg-x11-dev".
37 Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage... simply use "emerge app-admin/conky" for installation.
38 There is also usually an up-to-date ebuild within Conky's package or in Svn.
40 Debian,etc. users -- Conky will be in Debian's repositories soon (by mid-September, hopefully), and then
41 Ubuntu shortly thereafter. Until then, "dpkg -i" the .deb package to install.
43 Example to compile and run Conky with all optional components (note that some configure options may differ for your system):
45 \fB\*(T<\fBsh autogen.sh\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB# Only required if building from Svn\fR\*(T>
47 \fB\*(T<\fB\&./configure \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fB\-\-prefix=/usr \-\-mandir=/usr/share/man \-\-infodir=/usr/share/info \-\-datadir=/usr/share \-\-sysconfdir=/etc \-\-localstatedir=/var/lib \-\-enable\-xft \-\-enable\-own\-window \-\-enable\-proc\-uptime \-\-enable\-audacious \-\-enable\-bmpx \-\-enable\-seti \-\-enable\-hddtemp \-\-enable\-mpd \-\-enable\-xmms2 \-\-enable\-imlib2 \-\-enable\-portmon \-\-enable\-mldonkey \-\-enable\-debug \-\-enable\-double\-buffer \-\-enable\-xdamage \-\-enable\-x11\fR\*(T>
49 \fB\*(T<\fBmake\fR\*(T>\fR
51 \fB\*(T<\fBmake install\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB# Optional\fR\*(T>
53 \fB\*(T<\fBsrc/conky\fR\*(T>\fR
55 Conky probably doesn't compile with compilers other than gcc and icc.
56 It doesn't compile with C89 compiler and not even with pure C99.
57 It uses a few things that might not exist: strdup(), strcasecmp(), strncasecmp(),
58 optarg variable with getopt() and long long (not in C89). Crashes in file system
59 statistics stuff when compiled with icc, I don't know exactly why.
61 You can disable 'drawing to own window' feature in case you don't need it by passing
62 --disable-own-window to configure -script.
65 Conky is generally very good on resources. However, certain objects in
66 Conky are harder on resources then others. In particular, the $tail,
67 $top, $font, and $graph objects are quite costly in comparison to the rest of Conky.
69 If you do use them, please do not complain about memory or CPU usage,
70 unless you think something's seriously wrong (mem leak, etc.).
72 An easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1 conky".
73 Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then restart.
75 IMPORTANT: For previous Conky users, Conky 1.3 no longer supports the metar stuff.
76 mdsplib was causing way too many problems. Hopefully there'll be a better solution in Conky 2.x...
78 Command line options override configurations defined in configuration file.
80 \fB\*(T<\fB\-v | \-V\fR\*(T>\fR
81 Prints version and exits
84 \fB\*(T<\fB\-a \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBALIGNMENT\fR\*(T>
85 Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right} or none
88 \fB\*(T<\fB\-b\fR\*(T>\fR
89 Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker")
92 \fB\*(T<\fB\-c \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBFILE\fR\*(T>
93 Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc
96 \fB\*(T<\fB\-d\fR\*(T>\fR
97 Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background
100 \fB\*(T<\fB\-f \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBFONT\fR\*(T>
104 \fB\*(T<\fB\-h\fR\*(T>\fR
105 Prints command line help and exits
108 \fB\*(T<\fB\-o\fR\*(T>\fR
109 Create own window to draw
112 \fB\*(T<\fB\-t \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBTEXT\fR\*(T>
113 Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ' $uptime '
116 \fB\*(T<\fB\-u \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBSECONDS\fR\*(T>
120 \fB\*(T<\fB\-w \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBWIN_ID\fR\*(T>
124 \fB\*(T<\fB\-x \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBX_COORDINATE\fR\*(T>
128 \fB\*(T<\fB\-y \fR\*(T>\fR\*(T<\fBY_COORDINATE\fR\*(T>
131 .SH "CONFIGURATION SETTINGS"
132 Default configuration file is $HOME/.conkyrc (can be changed from
133 conky.c among other things). See conkyrc.sample. If installing from Debian package,
134 this should be in /usr/share/doc/conky/examples ("gunzip conkyrc.sample.gz" to get conkyrc.sample).
136 You might want to copy it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying it.
137 Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net
139 \fB\*(T<\fBalignment\fR\*(T>\fR
140 Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, bottom_left, bottom_right, or none
143 \fB\*(T<\fBbackground\fR\*(T>\fR
144 Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started
147 \fB\*(T<\fBon_bottom\fR\*(T>\fR
148 Set Conky on the bottom of all other applications
151 \fB\*(T<\fBborder_margin\fR\*(T>\fR
152 Border margin in pixels
155 \fB\*(T<\fBborder_width\fR\*(T>\fR
156 Border width in pixels
159 \fB\*(T<\fBcpu_avg_samples\fR\*(T>\fR
160 The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
163 \fB\*(T<\fBdefault_color\fR\*(T>\fR
164 Default color and border color
167 \fB\*(T<\fBdefault_shade_color\fR\*(T>\fR
168 Default shading color and border's shading color
171 \fB\*(T<\fBdefault_outline_color\fR\*(T>\fR
172 Default outline color
175 \fB\*(T<\fBdouble_buffer\fR\*(T>\fR
176 Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recommended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be so big.
179 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_borders\fR\*(T>\fR
180 Draw borders around text?
183 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_graph_borders\fR\*(T>\fR
184 Draw borders around graphs?
187 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_shades\fR\*(T>\fR
191 \fB\*(T<\fBdraw_outline\fR\*(T>\fR
195 \fB\*(T<\fBfont\fR\*(T>\fR
196 Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
199 \fB\*(T<\fBgap_x\fR\*(T>\fR
200 Gap between right or left border of screen, same as passing -x at command line
203 \fB\*(T<\fBgap_y\fR\*(T>\fR
204 Gap between top or bottom border of screen, same as passing -y at command line
207 \fB\*(T<\fBimap\fR\*(T>\fR
208 Default global IMAP server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i interval] [-f folder] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, default folder is 'INBOX', default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
211 \fB\*(T<\fBno_buffers\fR\*(T>\fR
212 Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
215 \fB\*(T<\fBmail_spool\fR\*(T>\fR
216 Mail spool for mail checking
219 \fB\*(T<\fBmaximum_width\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBpixels\fR\*(T>
220 Maximum width of window
223 \fB\*(T<\fBminimum_size\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBwidth (height)\fR\*(T>
224 Minimum size of window
227 \fB\*(T<\fBmin_port_monitors\fR\*(T>\fR
228 Allow for the creation of at least this number of port monitors (if 0 or not set, default is 16)
231 \fB\*(T<\fBmin_port_monitor_connections\fR\*(T>\fR
232 Allow each port monitor to track at least this many connections (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
235 \fB\*(T<\fBmldonkey_hostname\fR\*(T>\fR
236 Hostname for mldonkey stuff, defaults to localhost
239 \fB\*(T<\fBmldonkey_port\fR\*(T>\fR
240 Mldonkey port, 4001 default
243 \fB\*(T<\fBmldonkey_login\fR\*(T>\fR
244 Mldonkey login, default none
247 \fB\*(T<\fBmldonkey_password\fR\*(T>\fR
248 Mldonkey password, default none
251 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_host\fR\*(T>\fR
255 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_port\fR\*(T>\fR
259 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_password\fR\*(T>\fR
263 \fB\*(T<\fBnet_avg_samples\fR\*(T>\fR
264 The number of samples to average for net data
267 \fB\*(T<\fBoverride_utf8_locale\fR\*(T>\fR
268 Force UTF8? requires XFT
271 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window\fR\*(T>\fR
272 Boolean, create own window to draw?
275 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_transparent\fR\*(T>\fR
276 Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
279 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_type\fR\*(T>\fR
280 if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop or override (default: normal).
281 Desktop windows are special windows that have no window decorations; are always visible
282 on your desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are sticky across all workspaces.
283 Override windows are not under the control of the window manager. Hints are ignored. This type
284 of window can be useful for certain situations.
287 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_colour\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcolour\fR\*(T>
288 If own_window_transparent no, set a specified background colour (defaults to black). Takes either a hex value (#ffffff) or a valid RGB name (see /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt)
291 \fB\*(T<\fBown_window_hints\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBundecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager\fR\*(T>
292 If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to affect the way Conky displays.
293 Notes: Use own_window_type desktop as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
294 If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have no meaning and are ignored.
297 \fB\*(T<\fBout_to_console\fR\*(T>\fR
298 Print text to stdout.
301 \fB\*(T<\fBpad_percents\fR\*(T>\fR
302 Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
305 \fB\*(T<\fBpop3\fR\*(T>\fR
306 Default global POP3 server. 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.
309 \fB\*(T<\fBstippled_borders\fR\*(T>\fR
310 Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
313 \fB\*(T<\fBtotal_run_times\fR\*(T>\fR
314 Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero makes Conky run forever
317 \fB\*(T<\fBupdate_interval\fR\*(T>\fR
318 Update interval in seconds
321 \fB\*(T<\fBuppercase\fR\*(T>\fR
322 Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
325 \fB\*(T<\fBuse_spacer\fR\*(T>\fR
326 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.
329 \fB\*(T<\fBuse_xft\fR\*(T>\fR
330 Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
333 \fB\*(T<\fBwm_class_name\fR\*(T>\fR
334 Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to "conky".
337 \fB\*(T<\fBxftalpha\fR\*(T>\fR
338 Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.
341 \fB\*(T<\fBxftfont\fR\*(T>\fR
345 \fB\*(T<\fBTEXT\fR\*(T>\fR
346 After this begins text to be formatted on screen
349 Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
350 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt. Also, \(lahttp://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html\(ra.
351 Color can be also in #rrggbb format (hex).
352 Note that when displaying bytes, power is 1024 and not 1000 so 1M really
353 means 1024*1024 bytes and not 1000*1000.
355 \fB\*(T<\fBaddr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterface\fR\*(T>
356 IP address for an interface
359 \fB\*(T<\fBacpiacadapter\fR\*(T>\fR
360 ACPI ac adapter state.
363 \fB\*(T<\fBacpifan\fR\*(T>\fR
367 \fB\*(T<\fBacpitemp\fR\*(T>\fR
368 ACPI temperature in C.
371 \fB\*(T<\fBacpitempf\fR\*(T>\fR
372 ACPI temperature in F.
375 \fB\*(T<\fBadt746xcpu\fR\*(T>\fR
376 CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
379 \fB\*(T<\fBadt746xfan\fR\*(T>\fR
380 Fan speed from therm_adt746x
383 \fB\*(T<\fBalignr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
384 Right-justify text, with space of N
387 \fB\*(T<\fBalignc\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
391 \fB\*(T<\fBapm_adapter\fR\*(T>\fR
392 Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)
395 \fB\*(T<\fBapm_battery_life\fR\*(T>\fR
396 Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)
399 \fB\*(T<\fBapm_battery_time\fR\*(T>\fR
400 Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
401 AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)
404 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
408 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
409 Bitrate of current tune
412 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_channels\fR\*(T>\fR
413 Number of audio channels of current tune
416 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_filename\fR\*(T>\fR
417 Full path and filename of current tune
420 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_frequency\fR\*(T>\fR
421 Sampling frequency of current tune
424 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_length\fR\*(T>\fR
425 Total length of current tune as MM:SS
428 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_length_seconds\fR\*(T>\fR
429 Total length of current tune in seconds
432 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_playlist_position\fR\*(T>\fR
433 Playlist position of current tune
436 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_playlist_length\fR\*(T>\fR
437 Number of tunes in playlist
440 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_position\fR\*(T>\fR
441 Position of current tune (MM:SS)
444 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_position_seconds\fR\*(T>\fR
445 Position of current tune in seconds
448 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_status\fR\*(T>\fR
449 Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)
452 \fB\*(T<\fBaudacious_title\fR\*(T>\fR
453 Title of current tune
456 \fB\*(T<\fBbattery\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(num)\fR\*(T>
457 Remaining capacity in ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
460 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_artist\fR\*(T>\fR
461 Artist in current BMPx track
464 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_album\fR\*(T>\fR
465 Album in current BMPx track
468 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_title\fR\*(T>\fR
469 Title of the current BMPx track
472 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_track\fR\*(T>\fR
473 Track number of the current BMPx track
476 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
477 Bitrate of the current BMPx track
480 \fB\*(T<\fBbmpx_uri\fR\*(T>\fR
481 URI of the current BMPx track
484 \fB\*(T<\fBbuffers\fR\*(T>\fR
485 Amount of memory buffered
488 \fB\*(T<\fBcached\fR\*(T>\fR
489 Amount of memory cached
492 \fB\*(T<\fBcolor\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(color)\fR\*(T>
493 Change drawing color to color
496 \fB\*(T<\fBcpu\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(cpuN)\fR\*(T>
497 CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number can be provided as an argument. ${cpu 0} is the total usage, and ${cpu X} (X >= 1) are individual CPUs.
500 \fB\*(T<\fBcpubar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(cpu number) (height),(width)\fR\*(T>
501 Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
504 \fB\*(T<\fBcpugraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(cpu number) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)\fR\*(T>
505 CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
508 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskio\fR\*(T>\fR
509 Displays current disk IO.
512 \fB\*(T<\fBdiskiograph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
513 Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
516 \fB\*(T<\fBdownspeed\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
517 Download speed in kilobytes
520 \fB\*(T<\fBdownspeedf\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
521 Download speed in kilobytes with one decimal
524 \fB\*(T<\fBdownspeedgraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
525 Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
528 \fB\*(T<\fBelse\fR\*(T>\fR
529 Text to show if any of the above are not true
532 \fB\*(T<\fBexec\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
533 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.
536 \fB\*(T<\fBexecbar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
537 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.
540 \fB\*(T<\fBexecgraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcommand\fR\*(T>
541 Same as execbar, but graphs values.
544 \fB\*(T<\fBexeci\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
545 Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
548 \fB\*(T<\fBexecibar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
549 Same as execbar, except with an interval
552 \fB\*(T<\fBexecigraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
553 Same as execigraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values
556 \fB\*(T<\fBfont\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(font)\fR\*(T>
557 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)
560 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
561 Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are
562 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
566 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq_g\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
567 Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are
568 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
572 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq_dyn\fR\*(T>\fR
573 Returns CPU frequency in MHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for x86/amd64.
576 \fB\*(T<\fBfreq_dyn_g\fR\*(T>\fR
577 Returns CPU frequency in GHz, but is calculated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. Only available for x86/amd64.
580 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width) fs\fR\*(T>
581 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.
584 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_free\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
585 Free space on a file system available for users.
588 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_free_perc\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
589 Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.
592 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_size\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
596 \fB\*(T<\fBfs_used\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(fs)\fR\*(T>
597 File system used space
600 \fB\*(T<\fBgoto\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBx\fR\*(T>
601 The next element will be printed at position 'x'.
604 \fB\*(T<\fBhddtemp\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBdev, (host,(port))\fR\*(T>
605 Displays temperature of a selected hard disk drive as reported by the hddtemp daemon running on host:port.
606 Default host is 127.0.0.1, default port is 7634.
609 \fB\*(T<\fBhead\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBlogfile lines (interval)\fR\*(T>
610 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.
613 \fB\*(T<\fBhr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height)\fR\*(T>
614 Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
617 \fB\*(T<\fBiconv_start\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBcodeset_from codeset_to\fR\*(T>
618 Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv. Needs to be stopped with iconv_stop.
621 \fB\*(T<\fBiconv_stop\fR\*(T>\fR
622 Stop iconv codeset conversion.
625 \fB\*(T<\fBi2c\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(dev) type n\fR\*(T>
626 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.
629 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_ac_status\fR\*(T>\fR
630 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.
633 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_bios\fR\*(T>\fR
634 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
637 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_buttons_status\fR\*(T>\fR
638 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.
641 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_cpu_temp\fR\*(T>\fR
642 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.
645 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_cpu_tempf\fR\*(T>\fR
646 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the cpu temperature in Farenheit, as reported by /proc/i8k.
649 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_left_fan_rpm\fR\*(T>\fR
650 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.
653 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_left_fan_status\fR\*(T>\fR
654 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.
657 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_right_fan_rpm\fR\*(T>\fR
658 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.
661 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_right_fan_status\fR\*(T>\fR
662 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.
665 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_serial\fR\*(T>\fR
666 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.
669 \fB\*(T<\fBi8k_version\fR\*(T>\fR
670 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
673 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_fan\fR\*(T>\fR
674 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.
677 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_temps\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBN\fR\*(T>
678 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures
679 from the IBM temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is
680 on the CPU, 3 is on the GPU.
683 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_volume\fR\*(T>\fR
684 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume,
685 controlled by the volume keys (0-14).
688 \fB\*(T<\fBibm_brightness\fR\*(T>\fR
689 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the
693 \fB\*(T<\fBif_running\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(process)\fR\*(T>
694 if PROCESS is running, display everything if_running and the matching $endif
697 \fB\*(T<\fBif_existing\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(file)\fR\*(T>
698 if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the matching $endif
701 \fB\*(T<\fBif_mounted\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(mountpoint)\fR\*(T>
702 if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between if_mounted and the matching $endif
705 \fB\*(T<\fBimap_messages\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
706 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 110, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
709 \fB\*(T<\fBimap_unseen\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
710 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 110, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
713 \fB\*(T<\fBkernel\fR\*(T>\fR
717 \fB\*(T<\fBlinkstatus\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterface\fR\*(T>
718 Get the link status for wireless connections
721 \fB\*(T<\fBloadavg\fR\*(T>\fR
722 (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
725 \fB\*(T<\fBmachine\fR\*(T>\fR
726 Machine, i686 for example
729 \fB\*(T<\fBmails\fR\*(T>\fR
730 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.
733 \fB\*(T<\fBmem\fR\*(T>\fR
734 Amount of memory in use
737 \fB\*(T<\fBmembar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
738 Bar that shows amount of memory in use
741 \fB\*(T<\fBmemmax\fR\*(T>\fR
742 Total amount of memory
745 \fB\*(T<\fBmemperc\fR\*(T>\fR
746 Percentage of memory in use
749 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_artist\fR\*(T>\fR
750 Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
753 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_album\fR\*(T>\fR
754 Album in current MPD song
757 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_bar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
758 Bar of mpd's progress
761 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_bitrate\fR\*(T>\fR
762 Bitrate of current song
765 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_status\fR\*(T>\fR
766 Playing, stopped, et cetera.
769 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_title\fR\*(T>\fR
770 Title of current MPD song
773 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_vol\fR\*(T>\fR
777 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_elapsed\fR\*(T>\fR
781 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_length\fR\*(T>\fR
785 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_percent\fR\*(T>\fR
786 Percent of song's progress
789 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_random\fR\*(T>\fR
790 Random status (On/Off)
793 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_repeat\fR\*(T>\fR
794 Repeat status (On/Off)
797 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_track\fR\*(T>\fR
798 Prints the MPD track field
801 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_name\fR\*(T>\fR
802 Prints the MPD name field
805 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_file\fR\*(T>\fR
806 Prints the file name of the current MPD song
809 \fB\*(T<\fBmpd_smart\fR\*(T>\fR
810 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file name, depending on whats available
813 \fB\*(T<\fBnew_mails\fR\*(T>\fR
814 Unread mail count in mail spool.
817 \fB\*(T<\fBnodename\fR\*(T>\fR
821 \fB\*(T<\fBoutlinecolor\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(color)\fR\*(T>
825 \fB\*(T<\fBpb_battery\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBitem\fR\*(T>
826 If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display
827 information on battery status. The item parameter
828 specifies, what information to display. Exactly one item
829 must be specified. Valid items are:
832 Display if battery is fully charged, charging,
833 discharging or absent (running on AC)
836 Display charge of battery in percent, if
837 charging or discharging. Nothing will be
838 displayed, if battery is fully charged
842 Display the time remaining until the battery
843 will be fully charged or discharged at current
844 rate. Nothing is displayed, if battery is
845 absent or if it's present but fully charged
849 \fB\*(T<\fBpop3_unseen\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
850 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.
853 \fB\*(T<\fBpop3_used\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(args)\fR\*(T>
854 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.
857 \fB\*(T<\fBpre_exec\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBshell command\fR\*(T>
858 Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything and puts output as text.
861 \fB\*(T<\fBprocesses\fR\*(T>\fR
862 Total processes (sleeping and running)
865 \fB\*(T<\fBrunning_processes\fR\*(T>\fR
866 Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6
869 \fB\*(T<\fBshadecolor\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(color)\fR\*(T>
873 \fB\*(T<\fBstippled_hr\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(space)\fR\*(T>
874 Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
877 \fB\*(T<\fBswapbar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
878 Bar that shows amount of swap in use
881 \fB\*(T<\fBswap\fR\*(T>\fR
882 Amount of swap in use
885 \fB\*(T<\fBswapmax\fR\*(T>\fR
889 \fB\*(T<\fBswapperc\fR\*(T>\fR
890 Percentage of swap in use
893 \fB\*(T<\fBsysname\fR\*(T>\fR
894 System name, Linux for example
897 \fB\*(T<\fBtcp_portmon\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBport_begin port_end item (index)\fR\*(T> \fI(ip4 only at present)\fR
898 TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
900 \fBcount\fR - total number of connections in the range
902 \fBrip\fR - remote ip address
904 \fBrhost\fR - remote host name
906 \fBrport\fR - remote port number
908 \fBrservice\fR - remote service name from /etc/services
910 \fBlip\fR - local ip address
912 \fBlhost\fR - local host name
914 \fBlport\fR - local port number
916 \fBlservice\fR - local service name from /etc/services
918 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.
922 \fB${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count}\fR -
923 displays the number of connections in the bittorrent port range
925 \fB${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0}\fR -
926 displays the remote host ip of the first sshd connection
928 \fB${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9}\fR -
929 displays the remote host ip of the tenth sshd connection
931 \fB${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0}\fR -
932 displays the remote host name of the first connection on a privileged port
934 \fB${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4}\fR -
935 displays the remote host port of the fifth connection on a privileged port
937 \fB${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14}\fR -
938 displays the local service name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports
940 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.
942 \fB\*(T<\fBtexeci\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBinterval command\fR\*(T>
943 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.
946 \fB\*(T<\fBoffset\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(pixels)\fR\*(T>
947 Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
950 \fB\*(T<\fBtab\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(width, (start))\fR\*(T>
951 Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'.
954 \fB\*(T<\fBtail\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBlogfile lines (interval)\fR\*(T>
955 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.
958 \fB\*(T<\fBtime\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(format)\fR\*(T>
959 Local time, see man strftime to get more information about format
962 \fB\*(T<\fButime\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(format)\fR\*(T>
963 Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).
966 \fB\*(T<\fBtztime\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(timezone) (format)\fR\*(T>
967 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.
970 \fB\*(T<\fBtotaldown\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
971 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.
974 \fB\*(T<\fBtop\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBtype, num\fR\*(T>
975 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.
978 \fB\*(T<\fBtop_mem\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBtype, num\fR\*(T>
979 Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
982 \fB\*(T<\fBtotalup\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
983 Total upload, this one too, may overflow
986 \fB\*(T<\fBupdates\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBNumber of updates\fR\*(T>
990 \fB\*(T<\fBupspeed\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
991 Upload speed in kilobytes
994 \fB\*(T<\fBupspeedf\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet\fR\*(T>
995 Upload speed in kilobytes with one decimal
998 \fB\*(T<\fBupspeedgraph\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fBnet (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)\fR\*(T>
999 Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
1002 \fB\*(T<\fBuptime\fR\*(T>\fR
1006 \fB\*(T<\fBuptime_short\fR\*(T>\fR
1007 Uptime in a shorter format
1010 \fB\*(T<\fBseti_prog\fR\*(T>\fR
1011 Seti@home current progress
1014 \fB\*(T<\fBseti_progbar\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(height),(width)\fR\*(T>
1015 Seti@home current progress bar
1018 \fB\*(T<\fBseti_credit\fR\*(T>\fR
1019 Seti@home total user credit
1022 \fB\*(T<\fBvoffset\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(pixels)\fR\*(T>
1023 Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause text to overlap. See also $offset.
1026 \fB\*(T<\fBvoltage_mv\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
1027 Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are
1028 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
1032 \fB\*(T<\fBvoltage_v\fR\*(T>\fR \*(T<\fB(n)\fR\*(T>
1033 Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are
1034 counted from 1. If omitted, the parameter
1039 \*(T<conky \*(T>\*(T<\fB\-t '${time %D %H:%m}' \-o \-u 30\fR\*(T>
1040 Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30 sec update interval.
1042 \*(T<conky \*(T>\*(T<\fB\-a top_left \-x 5 \-y 500 \-d\fR\*(T>
1043 Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).
1045 \*(T<\fI~/.conkyrc\fR\*(T> default configuration file
1047 Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
1048 all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
1049 been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
1050 disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
1051 show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in Conky
1052 to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree useful to
1053 find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument which makes
1054 Conky to create its own window.
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