- Conky (http://conky.rty.ca)
-
- WHAT IS CONKY?
-
- Conky is a system monitor for Linux that sits in the corner of your
- desktop. Conky renders itself on the root window (on the desktop) or to
- its own transparent window any special eyecandy.
- Conky can show lots of info about your system, including:
-
- * kernel version
- * uptime
- * network interface information
- * memory and swap usage
- * hostname
- * machine, i686 for example
- * system name, Linux for example
- * temperatures from i2c-sensors
-
- THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
-
- Conky is generally very good on resources. However, certain objects in
- Conky are harder on resources then others. In particular, the $tail and
- $top objects are quite costly in comparison to the rest of Conky.
- If you do use them, please do not complain about memory or CPU usage,
- because you will simply be ignored.
-
- With that out of the way, if you have a better way of doing something,
- please submit a patch for Conky. I know I am certainly not the world's
- best programmer, and I still have a lot to learn.
-
- COMPILING
-
- To compile and run Conky with all optional components (If you run Gentoo, see the "Ebuild" Section below):
-
- ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-xft --enable-mpd --enable-seti --enable-double-buffer --enable-own-window --enable-proc-uptime
- make
- ./conky
-
- Conky doesn't probably compile with other compilers than gcc and icc. It
- doesn't compile with C89 compiler and not even with pure C99. It uses few
- things that might not exist: strdup(), strcasecmp(), strncasecmp(), optarg
- variable with getopt() and long long (not in C89). Crashes in file system
- statistics stuff when compiled with icc, I don't know exactly why.
-
- You can disable 'drawing to own window' feature in case you don't need it
- by passing --disable-own-window to configure -script.
-
- EBUILD
-
- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage. Simply use "emerge conky" to install conky.
-
- CONFIGURING
-
- Default configuration file is $HOME/.conkyrc (can be changed from
- conky.c among other things). See conkyrc.sample. You might want to copy
- it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying it.
-
- Configuration file confs
-
- Conf Meaning
- alignment Aligned position on screen, may be top_left,
- top_right, bottom_left, bottom_right
- background Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to
- background when started
- border_margin Border margin in pixels
- border_width Border width in pixels
- cpu_avg_samples The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
- default_color Default color and border color
- default_shade_color Default shading color and border's shading color
- default_outline_color Default outline color
- Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is
- double_buffer highly recommended to use own window with this one
- so double buffer won't be so big.
- draw_borders Draw borders around text?
- draw_shades Draw shades?
- draw_outline Draw outlines?
- font Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice
- font
- gap_x Gap between right or left border of screen
- gap_y Gap between top or bottom border of screen
- no_buffers Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
- mail_spool Mail spool for mail checking
- metar_station METAR station code for weather, see
- http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/ if you need to find
- your code.
- metar_server Define a custom METAR ftp server
- metar_path Path on server to use
- minimum_size Minimum size of window
- mldonkey_hostname Hostname for mldonkey stuff, defaults to localhost
- mldonkey_port Mldonkey port, 4001 default
- mldonkey_login Mldonkey login, default none
- mldonkey_password Mldonkey password, default none
- net_avg_samples The number of samples to average for net data
- own_window Boolean, create own window to draw?
- pad_percents Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no
- padding)
- stippled_borders Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
- total_run_times Total number of times for Conky to update before
- quitting. Zero makes Conky run forever
- update_interval Update interval in seconds
- uppercase Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper
- case
- use_spacer 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.
- use_xft Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
- text After this begins text to be formatted on screen
-
- Boolean variable without value in text means yes. Value may be also yes,
- true or any negative or positive integer meaning yes. No, false or zero
- meaning no.
- There may be some variables in text. Variable is given either in format
- $variable or in ${variable}. Latter allows characters right after the
- variable and must be used in some stuff because of arguments.
-
- Command line options
-
- Argument Description
- -V Prints version and exits
- -a ALIGNMENT Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right}
- -b Use double buffering (eliminates flicker)
- -c FILE Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc
- -d Daemonize, fork to background
- -f FONT Font to use
- -h Prints command line help and exits
- -o Create own window to draw
- -t TEXT Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t '$uptime'
- -u SECS Update interval
- -w WIN_ID Window id to draw
- -x X X position
- -y Y Y position
-
- Command line options override configurations defined in configuration
- file.
-
- Variables in text
-
- Variable Arguments Description
-
- addr (interface) IP address for an interface
- acpiacadapter ACPI ac adapter state.
- acpifan ACPI fan state
- acpitemp ACPI temperature.
- adt746xcpu CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
- adt746xfan Fan speed from therm_adt746x
- alignr (num) Right-justify text, with space of N
- alignc Align text to centre
- battery (num) Remaining capasity in ACPI or APM
- battery. ACPI battery number can be
- given as argument (default is BAT0).
- buffers Amount of memory buffered
- cached Amount of memory cached
- color (color) Change drawing color to color
- cpu CPU usage in percents
- cpubar (height) Bar that shows CPU usage, height is
- bar's height in pixels
- downspeed net Download speed in kilobytes
- downspeedf net Download speed in kilobytes with one
- decimal
- exec shell 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 shell 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.
- execi interval, shell Same as exec but with specific interval.
- command Interval can't be less than
- update_interval in configuration.
- fs_bar (height), (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_used (fs) File system used space
- hr (height) Horizontal line, height is the height in
- pixels
- i2c (dev), type, n 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.
- if_running (process) if PROCESS is running, display
- everything if_running and the matching $endif
- if_existing (file) if FILE exists, display everything between
- if_existing and the matching $endif
- if_mounted (mountpoint) if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between
- if_mounted and the matching $endif
- else Text to show if any of the above are not true
- kernel Kernel version
- linkstatus (interface) Get the link status for wireless connections
- 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 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.
- mem Amount of memory in use
- membar (height) Bar that shows amount of memory in use
- memmax Total amount of memory
- memperc Percentage of memory in use
-
- metar_ob_time
- metar_temp
- metar_tempf Temp in F
- metar_windchill
- metar_dew_point There are a bunch of these
- metar_rh and they are self-explanatory
- metar_windspeed
- metar_winddir
- metar_swinddir
- metar_cloud
- metar_u2d_time
-
- ml_upload_counter total session upload in mb
- ml_download_counter total session download in mb
- ml_nshared_files number of shared files
- ml_shared_counter total session shared in mb, buggy
- in some mldonkey versions
- ml_tcp_upload_rate tcp upload rate in kb/s
- ml_tcp_download_rate tcp download rate in kb/s
- ml_udp_upload_rate udp upload rate in kb/s
- ml_udp_download_rate udp download rate in kb/s
- ml_ndownloaded_files number of completed files
- ml_ndownloading_files number of downloading files
-
- mpd_artist Artist in current MPD song
- (must be enabled at compile)
- mpd_album Album in current MPD song
- mpd_bar (height) Bar of mpd's progress
- mpd_bitrate Bitrate of current song
- mpd_status Playing, stopped, et cetera.
- mpd_title Title of current MPD song
- mpd_vol MPD's volume
- new_mails Unread mail count in mail spool.
- nodename Hostname
- outlinecolor (color) Change outline color
- 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
- stippled_hr (space), Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
- (height)
- swapbar (height) 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
- 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.
- Max of 30 lines can be displayed.
- time (format) Local time, see man strftime to get more
- information about format
- 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", and
- "mem".
- 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
- uptime Uptime
- uptime_short Uptime in a shorter format
-
- seti_prog Seti@home current progress
- seti_progbar (height) Seti@home current progress bar
- seti_credit Seti@hoome total user credit
-
-
- colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
- /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt. color can be also in #rrggbb format (hex).
-
- Note that when displaying bytes, power is 1024 and not 1000 so 1M really
- means 1024*1024 bytes and not 1000*1000.
-
- KNOWN PROBLEMS
-
- Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
- all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
- been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
- disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
- show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in Conky
- to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree useful to
- find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument which makes
- Conky to create its own window.
+conky(1) conky(1)
+
+
+
+NAME
+ conky - a system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but
+ more kickass.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+ conky [options]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code.
+ Since its original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from its
+ predecessor. Conky can display just about anything, either on your
+ root desktop or in its own window. Conky has many built-in objects,
+ as well as the ability to execute programs and scripts, then display
+ the output from stdout.
+
+ We are always looking for help, and anyone interested in becoming a
+ developer is welcome. Please use the facilities at SourceForge to make
+ bug reports, feature requests, and submit patches.
+
+ Thanks for your interest in Conky.
+
+COMPILING
+ First, make sure you have the X development libraries installed, this
+ should be a package along the lines of "libx11-dev or xorg-x11-dev".
+ Gentoo users, Conky is in Gentoos Portage. Simply use "emerge conky"
+ for installation. There is also usually an up-to-date ebuild within
+ Conkys package or in CVS.
+
+ To compile and run Conky with all optional components:
+
+ sh autogen.sh # Only required if building from CVS
+
+ ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
+ --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc
+ --localstatedir=/var/lib --enable-double-buffer --enable-own-window
+ --enable-proc-uptime --enable-mpd --enable-xft --enable-seti
+
+ make
+
+ make install # Optional
+
+ ./conky
+
+ Conky doesnt probably compile with other compilers than gcc and icc.
+ It doesnt compile with C89 compiler and not even with pure C99. It
+ uses few things that might not exist: strdup(), strcasecmp(), strn
+ casecmp(), optarg variable with getopt() and long long (not in C89).
+ Crashes in file system statistics stuff when compiled with icc, I dont
+ know exactly why.
+
+ You can disable drawing to own window feature in case you dont need
+ it by passing --disable-own-window to configure -script.
+
+
+YOU SHOULD KNOW
+ Conky is generally very good on resources. However, certain objects in
+ Conky are harder on resources then others. In particular, the $tail,
+ $top, $font, and $graph objects are quite costly in comparison to the
+ rest of Conky.
+
+ If you do use them, please do not complain about memory or CPU usage,
+ unless you think something is going seriously wrong (mem leak, et
+ cetera).
+
+ Easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1
+ conky". Saves you the trouble of having to stop and then restart!
+
+OPTIONS
+ Command line options override configurations defined in configuration
+ file.
+
+ -V Prints version and exits
+
+
+ -a ALIGNMENT
+ Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right} or none
+
+
+ -b Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker")
+
+
+ -c FILE
+ Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc
+
+
+ -d Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background
+
+
+ -f FONT
+ Font to use
+
+
+ -h Prints command line help and exits
+
+
+ -o Create own window to draw
+
+
+ -t TEXT
+ Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t $uptime
+
+
+ -u SECONDS
+ Update interval
+
+
+ -w WIN_ID
+ Window id to draw
+
+
+ -x X_COORDINATE
+ X position
+
+
+ -y Y_COORDINATE
+ Y position
+
+
+CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
+ Default configuration file is $HOME/.conkyrc (can be changed from
+ conky.c among other things). See conkyrc.sample. You might want to copy
+ it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying it.
+
+ alignment
+ Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, bot
+ tom_left, bottom_right, or none
+
+
+ background
+ Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when
+ started
+
+
+ on_bottom
+ Set conky on the bottom of all other applications
+
+
+ border_margin
+ Border margin in pixels
+
+
+ border_width
+ Border width in pixels
+
+
+ cpu_avg_samples
+ The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
+
+
+ default_color
+ Default color and border color
+
+
+ default_shade_color
+ Default shading color and borders shading color
+
+
+ default_outline_color
+ Default outline color
+
+
+ double_buffer
+ Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recom
+ mended to use own window with this one so double buffer wont be
+ so big.
+
+
+ draw_borders
+ Draw borders around text?
+
+
+ draw_shades
+ Draw shades?
+
+
+ draw_outline
+ Draw outlines?
+
+
+ font Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
+
+
+ gap_x Gap between right or left border of screen, same as passing -x
+ at command line
+
+
+ gap_y Gap between top or bottom border of screen, same as passing -y
+ at command line
+
+
+ no_buffers
+ Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
+
+
+ mail_spool
+ Mail spool for mail checking
+
+
+ maximum_width pixels
+ Maximum width of window
+
+
+ minimum_size width (height)
+ Minimum size of window
+
+
+ mldonkey_hostname
+ Hostname for mldonkey stuff, defaults to localhost
+
+
+ mldonkey_port
+ Mldonkey port, 4001 default
+
+
+ mldonkey_login
+ Mldonkey login, default none
+
+
+ mldonkey_password
+ Mldonkey password, default none
+
+
+ mpd_host
+ Host of MPD server
+
+
+ mpd_port
+ Port of MPD server
+
+
+ mpd_password
+ MPD server password
+
+
+ net_avg_samples
+ The number of samples to average for net data
+
+
+ override_utf8_locale
+ Force UTF8? requires XFT
+
+
+ own_window
+ Boolean, create own window to draw?
+
+
+ own_window_transparent
+ Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
+
+
+ own_window_colour colour
+ 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)
+
+
+ pad_percents
+ Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
+
+
+ stippled_borders
+ Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
+
+
+ total_run_times
+ Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero
+ makes Conky run forever
+
+
+ update_interval
+ Update interval in seconds
+
+
+ uppercase
+ Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
+
+
+ use_spacer
+ 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.
+
+
+ use_xft
+ Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
+
+
+ text After this begins text to be formatted on screen
+
+
+VARIABLES
+ Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
+ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt. Also, http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html
+ Color can be also in #rrggbb format (hex). Note that when displaying
+ bytes, power is 1024 and not 1000 so 1M really means 1024*1024 bytes
+ and not 1000*1000.
+
+ addr (interface)
+ IP address for an interface
+
+
+ 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
+
+
+ battery (num)
+ Remaining capacity in ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number
+ can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
+
+
+ buffers
+ Amount of memory buffered
+
+
+ cached Amount of memory cached
+
+
+ color (color)
+ Change drawing color to color
+
+
+ cpu (cpuN)
+ CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number can be
+ provided as an argument. cpu0 is the total usage, and >=cpu1 are
+ individual CPUs. See $cpu for more info on SMP.
+
+
+ cpubar (cpu number) (height),(width)
+ Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bars height in pixels
+
+
+ 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 Displays current disk IO.
+
+
+ diskiograph (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.
+
+
+ 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
+
+
+ exec command
+ Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn
+ ing: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. Id
+ 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 cant be less
+ than update_interval in configuration.
+
+
+ execibar interval command
+ Same as execbar, except with an interval
+
+
+ execigraph interval command
+ Same as execigraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values
+
+
+ font font
+ Specify a different font. Only applies to one line.
+
+
+ freq Returns CPU frequency in MHz
+
+
+ freq_g Returns CPU frequency in GHz
+
+
+ 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_used (fs)
+ File system used space
+
+
+ head logfile lines (interval)
+ Displays first N lines of supplied text text file. If interval
+ is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conkys 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
+
+
+ i2c (dev), type, n
+ 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.
+
+
+ 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 farenheit, as reported by /proc/i8k.
+
+
+ i8k_left_fan_rpm
+ If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
+ the left fans 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 fans 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.
+
+
+ if_running (process)
+ if PROCESS is running, display everything if_running and the
+ matching $endif
+
+
+ if_existing (file)
+ if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the
+ matching $endif
+
+
+ if_mounted (mountpoint)
+ if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between if_mounted
+ and the matching $endif
+
+
+ kernel Kernel version
+
+
+ linkstatus interface
+ Get the link status for wireless connections
+
+
+ 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 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.
+
+
+ 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
+
+
+ ml_upload_counter
+ total session upload in mb
+
+
+ ml_download_counter
+ total session download in mb
+
+
+ ml_nshared_files
+ number of shared files
+
+
+ ml_shared_counter
+ total session shared in mb, buggy in some mldonkey versions
+
+
+ ml_tcp_upload_rate
+ tcp upload rate in kb/s
+
+
+ ml_tcp_download_rate
+ tcp download rate in kb/s
+
+
+ ml_udp_upload_rate
+ udp upload rate in kb/s
+
+
+ ml_udp_download_rate
+ udp download rate in kb/s
+
+
+ ml_ndownloaded_files
+ number of completed files
+
+
+ ml_ndownloading_files
+ number of downloading files
+
+
+ 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 mpds progress
+
+
+ mpd_bitrate
+ Bitrate of current song
+
+
+ mpd_status
+ Playing, stopped, et cetera.
+
+
+ mpd_title
+ Title of current MPD song
+
+
+ mpd_vol
+ MPDs volume
+
+
+ mpd_elapsed
+ Songs elapsed time
+
+
+ mpd_length
+ Songs length
+
+
+ mpd_percent
+ Percent of songs progress
+
+
+ new_mails
+ Unread mail count in mail spool.
+
+
+ nodename
+ Hostname
+
+
+ outlinecolor (color)
+ Change outline color
+
+
+ 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
+
+
+ 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
+
+
+ offset (pixels)
+ Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
+
+
+ tail logfile lines (interval)
+ Displays last N lines of supplied text text file. If interval is
+ not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conkys 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 for
+ mat
+
+
+ totaldown net
+ Total download, overflows at 4 GB on Linux with 32-bit arch and
+ there doesnt 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", and mem". 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
+
+
+ seti_prog
+ Seti@home current progress
+
+
+ seti_progbar (height),(width)
+ Seti@home current progress bar
+
+
+ seti_credit
+ Seti@home total user credit
+
+
+ voffset (pixels)
+ Change verticle offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause
+ text to overlap. See also $offset.
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+ conky -t${time %D %H:%m}-o -u 30
+ Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30
+ sec update interval.
+
+ conky -a top_left -x 5 -y 500 -d
+ Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).
+
+FILES
+ ~/.conkyrc default configuration file
+
+BUGS
+ Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesnt work with
+ all window managers. Especially doesnt work well with Gnome and it has
+ been reported that it doesnt work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
+ disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
+ show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in
+ Conky to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree
+ useful to find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument
+ which makes Conky to create its own window.
+
+SEE ALSO
+ http://conky.sourceforge.net
+
+ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky
+
+ #conky on irc.freenode.net
+
+AUTHORS
+ The Conky dev team. Whats up now??!
+
+
+
+ 2005-08-24 conky(1)
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