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Old 11-27-2010, 06:57 AM   #1
PClOStinspace
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Question How do I display external IP address in Conky?

I am putting together a Conky config file by a sort of 'smash and grab' approach borrowing things from various configs I've seen around the web that do stuff I like. I have reached a stumbling block as I want to display my external IP, I have used
Code:
${addrs eth0}
to display the IP on my LAN and guessed I would just need to substitute 'eth0' with something else to get the external IP?? I have tried the mac address of my primary router to no avail, this just displays '0.0.0.0'

My current config looks like:-
Code:
# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes

#font
use_xft yes
xftfont bauhaus:pixelsize=10

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.5

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 0.5

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes

# If own_window is yes, you may use type normal, desktop or override
own_window_type normal

# Use pseudo transparency with own_window?
own_window_transparent yes

# If own_window is yes, these window manager hints may be used
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

# Use double buffering (whiteuces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 200 100

# Maximum width
maximum_width 500

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Draw borders around graphs
draw_graph_borders no

# Stippled borders?
# stippled_borders 8

# border margins
# border_margin 2

# border width
# border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color grey
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color grey

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
alignment bottom_right
#alignment none

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 0
gap_y 23

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support requiwhite XFT
override_utf8_locale yes

TEXT
${font Sans:size=14:weight=bold}${color grey}${time %A} - ${time %e} ${time %B} ${time %G} - ${time %H:%M}${alignr}
${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}${color grey}Machine$color ${color grey}$nodename ${alignr}
${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}${color grey}Uptime $color$uptime${alignr}
${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}${color grey}Kernel$color  ${color grey}$kernel ${alignr}
$stippled_hr
# CPU
${color grey}${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}CPU: ${color white}${cpu cpu0}% ${color grey}${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}${alignr}FREQ: ${color white}${freq_g 1}Ghz$alignr ${color grey}
${color yellow}$alignc${cpugraph cpu1 20,400}${color grey}${font Sans:size=8:weight=bold}
$stippled_hr
 % cpu    $alignr name           ${color white}
${top cpu 1}  $alignr${top name 1}
${top cpu 2}  $alignr${top name 2}
${top cpu 3}  $alignr${top name 3}
${top cpu 4}  $alignr${top name 4}
${top cpu 5}  $alignr${top name 5}
${top cpu 6}  $alignr${top name 6}
${top cpu 7}  $alignr${top name 7}
${top cpu 8}  $alignr${top name 8}${color grey} 
$stippled_hr
# GPU
${font Sans:size=12:weight=bold}${color grey}GPU Temp: ${color white} ${execi 60 nvidia-settings -query GPUCoreTemp | perl -ne 'print $1 if /GPUCoreTemp.*?: (\d+)./;'} °C   ${color grey} Freq: ${color white} ${nvidia gpufreq}Khz${color grey}${font Sans:size=8:weight=bold}
$stippled_hr
#RAM
#${font Sans:size=8:weight=bold}${color grey}MEMORY${hr 2}$color${font Sans:size=8:weight=bold}
${font Sans:size=8:weight=bold}${color grey}RAM: ${color white}$memperc%${alignr}${color grey}USED: ${color white}$mem/$memmax
${color yellow} ${membar}${color grey}
$stippled_hr
 % mem    $alignr name           ${color white}
${top_mem mem 1}  $alignr${top_mem name 1}
${top_mem mem 2}  $alignr${top_mem name 2}
${top_mem mem 3}  $alignr${top_mem name 3}
${top_mem mem 4}  $alignr${top_mem name 4}
${top_mem mem 5}  $alignr${top_mem name 5}${color grey} 
$stippled_hr
${font Sans:size=8:weight=bold}${color grey}SWAP: ${color white}$swapperc%${alignr}${color grey}USED: ${color white}$swap/$swapmax
${color yellow} ${swapbar}${color grey} 
$stippled_hr
#RHYTHMBOX
${color grey}Playing: 
${color white}${exec /usr/bin/rhythmbox-client --print-playing}${color grey}
$stippled_hr
#NETWORK ${hr 2}
#wlan0
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}O${font}   Up: ${upspeed wlan0} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 BEBEBE BEBEBE}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}U${font}   Down: ${downspeed wlan0} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 BEBEBE BEBEBE}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font}   Upload: ${alignr}${totalup wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font}   Download: ${alignr}${totaldown wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}Z${font}   Signal: ${wireless_link_qual wlan0}% ${alignr}${wireless_link_bar 8,60 wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font}   Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr wlan0}
#eth0
${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}
${addrs eth0}

${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}O${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}   Up: ${upspeed eth0} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 12,240 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}U${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}   Down: ${downspeed eth0} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth0 12,240 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}   Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}   Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}   Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr eth0}
#eth1
${endif}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth1}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}O${font}   Up: ${upspeed eth1} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth1 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}U${font}   Down: ${downspeed eth1} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth1 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font}   Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font}   Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font}   Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr eth1}
${endif}${else}
I've attached a screenshot, the config above is for the conky on my right hand monitor (there are some tiny differences in each!!)

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks.
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Old 11-27-2010, 07:16 AM   #2
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I don't think that Conky has the native ability to grab an external IP address, but you can do it via a script. I found this somewhere out on the great internets (saved under the name conkyIP):

Code:
#!/bin/bash
# eigene öffentliche ip anzeigen

wget http://checkip.dyndns.org/ -q -O - |
grep -Eo '\<[[:digit:]]{1,3}(\.[[:digit:]]{1,3}){3}\>'
and call it from my .conkyrc using this:

Code:
Public IP: ${color 1b4aee}${execi 10800 ~/.conkycolors/bin/conkyIp}
Obviously you'll need to adjust the name and path to taste.
 
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Old 11-27-2010, 11:58 AM   #3
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Thanks Hangdog, that was spot on. Config now looks like:-
Code:
# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes

#font
use_xft yes
xftfont bauhaus:pixelsize=10

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.5

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 0.5

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes

# If own_window is yes, you may use type normal, desktop or override
own_window_type normal

# Use pseudo transparency with own_window?
own_window_transparent yes

# If own_window is yes, these window manager hints may be used
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 200 100

# Maximum width
maximum_width 300

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Draw borders around graphs
draw_graph_borders no

# Stippled borders?
# stippled_borders 8

# border margins
# border_margin 2

# border width
# border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color grey
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color grey

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
alignment bottom_right
#alignment none

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 0
gap_y 23

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support requiwhite XFT
override_utf8_locale yes

TEXT
${font Sans:size=10:weight=bold}${color grey}${time %A} - ${time %e} ${time %B} ${time %G} - ${time %H:%M}${alignr}
${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}${color grey}Machine$color ${color grey}$nodename ${alignr}
${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}${color grey}Uptime $color$uptime${alignr}
${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}${color grey}Kernel$color  ${color grey}$kernel ${alignr}
$stippled_hr
# CPU
${color grey}${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}CPU: ${color white}${cpu cpu0}% ${color grey}${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}${alignr}FREQ: ${color white}${freq_g 1}Ghz$alignr ${color grey}
${color yellow}$alignc${cpugraph cpu1 20,300}${color grey}${font Sans:size=8:weight=bold}
$stippled_hr
 % cpu    $alignr name           ${color white}
${top cpu 1}  $alignr${top name 1}
${top cpu 2}  $alignr${top name 2}
${top cpu 3}  $alignr${top name 3}
${top cpu 4}  $alignr${top name 4}
${top cpu 5}  $alignr${top name 5}${color grey} 
$stippled_hr
# GPU
${font Sans:size=12:weight=bold}${color grey}GPU Temp: ${color white} ${execi 60 nvidia-settings -query GPUCoreTemp | perl -ne 'print $1 if /GPUCoreTemp.*?: (\d+)./;'} °C   ${color grey} Freq: ${color white} ${nvidia gpufreq}Khz${color grey}${font Sans:size=8:weight=bold}
$stippled_hr
#RAM
#${font Sans:size=8:weight=bold}${color grey}MEMORY${hr 2}$color${font Sans:size=8:weight=bold}
${font Sans:size=8:weight=bold}${color grey}RAM: ${color white}$memperc%${alignr}${color grey}USED: ${color white}$mem/$memmax
${color yellow} ${membar}${color grey}
$stippled_hr
 % mem    $alignr name           ${color white}
${top_mem mem 1}  $alignr${top_mem name 1}
${top_mem mem 2}  $alignr${top_mem name 2}
${top_mem mem 3}  $alignr${top_mem name 3}
${top_mem mem 4}  $alignr${top_mem name 4}
${top_mem mem 5}  $alignr${top_mem name 5}${color grey} 
$stippled_hr
${font Sans:size=8:weight=bold}${color grey}SWAP: ${color white}$swapperc%${alignr}${color grey}USED: ${color white}$swap/$swapmax
${color yellow} ${swapbar}${color grey} 
$stippled_hr
#RHYTHMBOX
${color grey}Now playing in Rhythmbox: 
Artist: ${color white}$alignr${exec /usr/bin/rhythmbox-client --print-playing-format=%ta}
${color grey}Track: ${color white}$alignr${exec /usr/bin/rhythmbox-client --print-playing-format=%tt}
${color grey}Album: ${color white}$alignr${exec /usr/bin/rhythmbox-client --print-playing-format=%at}
${color grey}Track time: ${color white}${exec /usr/bin/rhythmbox-client --print-playing-format=%td} $alignr ${color grey}Elapsed time: ${color white}${exec /usr/bin/rhythmbox-client --print-playing-format=%te}${color grey}
$stippled_hr
#NETWORK ${hr 2}
#wlan0
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}O${font}   Up: ${upspeed wlan0} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 BEBEBE BEBEBE}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}U${font}   Down: ${downspeed wlan0} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 BEBEBE BEBEBE}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font}   Upload: ${alignr}${totalup wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font}   Download: ${alignr}${totaldown wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}Z${font}   Signal: ${wireless_link_qual wlan0}% ${alignr}${wireless_link_bar 8,60 wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font}   Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr wlan0}
#eth0
${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}O${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}   Up: ${upspeed eth0} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 12,150 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}U${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}   Down: ${downspeed eth0} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth0 12,150 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}   Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}   Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}   Local IP: ${alignr}${addr eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font Sans:size=9:weight=bold}   External IP: ${alignr}${execi 10800 ~/Scripts/conkyextip}
#eth1
${endif}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth1}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}O${font}   Up: ${upspeed eth1} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth1 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}U${font}   Down: ${downspeed eth1} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth1 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font}   Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font}   Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font}   Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr eth1}
${endif}${else}
${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}4${font}   Network Unavailable
${endif}
And works like a charm.
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