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unable to get conky started linux mint

hello guys. I installed conky using this guide:
http://www.wikihow.com/Configure-Conky
however, I'm not able to get conky started. I tried starting from <alt>+F2 using conky command. Also, tried using just

Code:

conky

and

Code:

sudo conky

here are the errors I'm getting

Code:

Conky: statfs64 '/media/data': No such file or directory

Conky: statfs64 '/media/data': No such file or directory

tail: cannot open ‘/var/log/messages’ for reading: No such file or directory

Conky: statfs64 '/media/data': No such file or directory

Conky: statfs64 '/media/data': No such file or directory

tail: cannot open ‘/var/log/messages’ for reading: No such file or directory

Conky: statfs64 '/media/data': No such file or directory

Conky: statfs64 '/media/data': No such file or directory

tail: cannot open ‘/var/log/messages’ for reading: No such file or directory

Conky: statfs64 '/media/data': No such file or directory

Conky: statfs64 '/media/data': No such file or directory

any help appreciated

Delete the lines in .conkyrc that are throwing the messages. They are

Code:

sdc1 NTFS (Data): ${fs_free_perc /media/data}% ${color FFFF33} ${fs_bar 6 /media/data}$color

and

Code:

${color 339900}${execi 30 tail -n3 /var/log/messages | fold -w50}$color

As with most things, it's always better to start with the default configuration file, read the documents, understand the documents, and customize yourself rather than relying on someone else's configuration file.

still, conky very rarely just gives up on file not found errors - you should be seeing something on your screen!
also make sure gap_x and gap_y are adapted to your monitor size. has happened to me - the whole conky was actually pushed off screen.

also do not run conky with sudo.