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yea, I saw that. But it would not compile either because pkg-config was not in the $PATH. Once I fixed that, I just compiled it from source and everything works great now. All I have to do now is waste time playing around with the .conkyrc file making it look all pretty and custom.
No problems here with pkg-config on -current with conky 1.7.1.1
I would suggest doing an update via slackpkg to the latest - use upgrade-all and install-new. If you still get the same problem it has to to be a configuration problem with -current on your box.
Since the interest in conky is here, would some of you using it be
willing to post a screenshot and .conkyrc of yours? At present I'm
using someone else's .conkyrc (edited), and it's much wider than my
preference.
I got the pseudo transparency working, but the image of my desktop
through conky is some pixels off from the background. When I get a
config of my own, and get that issue fixed, I'll post them. I'm
using conky-1.7.1.1 in Slackware64 -current (01 July 2009).
# the list of variables has been removed from this file in favour
# of keeping the documentation more maintainable.
# Check http://conky.sf.net for an up-to-date-list.
# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes
# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 5x7
#font 6x10
font 7x13
#font 8x13
#font 9x15
#font *mintsmild.se*
#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
# Use Xft?
use_xft no
# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=11
# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8
# Print everything to stdout?
# out_to_console no
# Print everything to console?
# out_to_console no
# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 5.0
# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0
#own_window_title Parted Magic - conky
# 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_transparent is set to no, you can set the background colour here
own_window_colour black
# If own_window is yes, these window manager hints may be used
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
#own_window_hints below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes
# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 280 5
# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes
# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no
# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no
# Draw borders around graphs
draw_graph_borders yes
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 4
# border margins
border_margin 4
# border width
border_width 1
# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color black
# 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 15
gap_y 15
# 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
# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 2
# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale no
# Add spaces to keep things from moving about? This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer none
TEXT
${color goldenrod}Hostname: $nodename
${color goldenrod}Linux Kernel: $kernel
${color goldenrod}CPU Details: $machine, $freq(MHz)
${color}CPU History: ${color darkgreen}${cpugraph 30,0 0000ff 00ff00}
${color}CPU Usage:${color magenta2} $cpu% ${cpubar 11,0}
${color}RAM Usage:${color DeepSkyBlue1} $mem ($memperc%) ${membar 11,0}
${color}Available RAM:${color DeepSkyBlue1} $memmax
$color$stippled_hr
$alignc${color}Processes:$color $processes ${color grey}Running:$color $running_processes
$alignc${color}(top 5 sorted by CPU usage)
${color goldenrod} NAME PID CPU% MEM%
${color} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color} ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
${color} ${top name 5} ${top pid 5} ${top cpu 5} ${top mem 5}
$alignc${color}(top 5 sorted by MEM usage)
${color goldenrod} NAME PID CPU% MEM%
${color} ${top_mem name 1} ${top_mem pid 1} ${top_mem cpu 1} ${top_mem mem 1}
${color} ${top_mem name 2} ${top_mem pid 2} ${top_mem cpu 2} ${top_mem mem 2}
${color} ${top_mem name 3} ${top_mem pid 3} ${top_mem cpu 3} ${top_mem mem 3}
${color} ${top_mem name 4} ${top_mem pid 4} ${top_mem cpu 4} ${top_mem mem 4}
${color} ${top_mem name 5} ${top_mem pid 5} ${top_mem cpu 5} ${top_mem mem 5}
$color$stippled_hr
$alignc${color}${time %A, %d %B %Y, %H:%M}
$alignc${color}System Uptime:${color DarkOrange1} $uptime
here is my simple tinycore conkyrc stolen from browserpuppy
Code:
background no
use_xft yes
xftfont Sans:size=8
xftalpha 1
update_interval 2
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_transparent no
own_window_type desktop
own_window_colour 660099
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
#minimum_size 200 200
#maximum_width 200
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
default_color 888888
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color white
alignment top_left
gap_x 20
gap_y 10
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale no
TEXT
${font sans-serif:bold:size=12}${color FFFF00}TinyCore-2.1
${font sans-serif:bold:size=12}${color FFFF00}Black Dragon
${voffset 3}${font sans-serif:bold:size=18}${color FFFF00}${time %R}${font sans-serif:bold:size=11} - ${time %e %B %Y}
${voffset 5}${font sans-serif:bold:size=11}${color FFFF00}Free Space: ${fs_free /}
the browserpuppy49 conkyrc is smallest I have seen
Since the interest in conky is here, would some of you using it be
willing to post a screenshot and .conkyrc of yours? At present I'm
using someone else's .conkyrc (edited), and it's much wider than my
preference.
I got the pseudo transparency working, but the image of my desktop
through conky is some pixels off from the background. When I get a
config of my own, and get that issue fixed, I'll post them. I'm
using conky-1.7.1.1 in Slackware64 -current (01 July 2009).
How did you get psudo transparency working in KDE 4.2? I keep getting
feh: error while loading shared libraries: libImlib2.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
sleep 1 && feh --bg center ~/13-slack2.png &
[2] 18530
[1] Exit 127 sleep 1 && feh --bg center ~/background.png
bash: dcop: command not found
feh: error while loading shared libraries: libImlib2.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
DCOP is not with KDE 4.2, instead it is dbus. So I tried to run the frist command mentioned as it is stated on the Conky website. They do not mention a dcop command in the string. But I don't know what this libImlib2.so.1 is. Where I can find it to download? I am assuming it should be located in /usr/local/lib but I don't have it there. Could it be I just need to put it there, then set the $PATH? Or is it more complex?
(seriously should not be this much trouble just to get transparency... why did I ever 'upgrade' to 4.2 when 3.5 was soooo perfect for me)
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