[SOLVED] Conky won't display MPD info

Johnny_Metal · 08-01-2016, 01:27 PM

Hello everyone.

I have recently tried to configure conky to display information about the music that is currently being played. I use mpd together with ncmpcpp to play my music. The portion of my .conkyrc file that pertains to the music configuration looks like this

Code:

${if_mpd_playing}
MUSIC
${hr}
$alignc${mpd_title 15}
$alignc$mpd_artist
$alignc$mpd_album - $mpd_date
$mpd_elapsed/$mpd_length$alignr$mpd_percent%
$alignr${mpd_bar 8,220}
$alignr$mpd_status
$alignr$mpd_vol
$endif

Whether i am using mpd or not, the part that should be displayed when mpd is running is not displayed. I do not receive any error messages whatsoever. The versions of mpd and ncmpcpp are 0.19.1 and 0.5.10, respectively. The distro i use is BunsenLabs Linux.

Any ideas?

descendant_command · 08-02-2016, 06:01 AM

Do you have the server, port and password variables set?

Johnny_Metal · 08-02-2016, 06:27 AM

No, i haven't. After checking the conky man page i discovered these three variables:

- mpd_host
- mpd_password
- mpd_port

I assume they are the ones you are talking about. I'm going to try to figure this out myself and will post as soon as i have made any significant progress. However, if you are willing to give any further help it will be very much welcome.

Thank you very much!

Johnny_Metal · 08-02-2016, 07:23 AM

So, i have applied the following changes:

I set these two variables for bash:

- MPD_HOST=127.0.0.1
- MPD_PORT=6601

I got these values from two bottom lines of ~/.mpd/mpd.conf

bind_to_address "127.0.0.1"
port "6601"

In the .conkyrc file, I added the following lines:

mpd_host 127.0.0.1
mpd_port 6601

But the same issue remains...

EDIT: I'm not sure what has happened but now it is working just fine. I won't mark the thread as solved just yet in case the problem shows up again.

Habitual · 08-02-2016, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny_Metal

After checking the conky man page i discovered these three variables:

- mpd_host
- mpd_password
- mpd_port

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny_Metal

So, i have applied the following changes:

I set these two variables for bash:

- MPD_HOST=127.0.0.1
- MPD_PORT=6601

conky variables != bash variables.

Show us the whole conkyrc please, not parts of it.
Obfuscate mpd_password

273 · 08-02-2016, 02:44 PM

I cat'd my mpd.conf when I first read this thread (abut 10 hours ago) and what struck me was that mine had brakes '{}' around most things and yours did not.
I seem to recall some issues getting conky to work so I just used lost sand lots of braces and the like and it worked. Sorry, probably not much use but there you go.

Johnny_Metal · 08-04-2016, 09:38 AM

This issue seems to have been solved. Anyways, i'm posting my conkyrc as requested (note that i am not using a password):

Code:

#For commands above TEXT check:
# http://conky.sourceforge.net/config_settings.html
#
# For commands available below TEXT check:
# http://conky.sourceforge.net/variables.html

# Bunsen Labs Conky help threads
# http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=371424#p371424

# beta tested by: smacz
# Enjoy! :)

# pkill -xf "conky -c $HOME/.config/conky/Classic.conkyrc" &
##############################################
# Settings
##############################################
background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont Sans-serif:size=11
#xftfont Liberation Sans:size=11
xftalpha 1
update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type normal #desktop
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,sticky
own_window_class Conky
own_window_title Bunsen Labs Classic CrunchBang Conky
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 200 200
maximum_width 240
draw_shades no
default_shade_color 000000
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
#default_color 656667 # Waldorf original colour
#default_color 7a7a7a # Flame  & Bunsen Grey
#default_color 929292 # Labs Grey
##default_color C0C0C0 # Silver
draw_outline no
default_outline_color 828282
alignment top_right
gap_x 20
gap_y 45
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale yes
mpd_host 127.0.0.1
mpd_port 6601
##############################################
#  Output
##############################################
TEXT
S Y S T E M    I N F O
${hr}
$conky_build_arch
Uptime:$alignr$uptime

DISK USAGE ${hr}
Root 
${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}$alignr${fs_used_perc /}%
$alignr${fs_bar 8,220 /}

Home
${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home}$alignr${fs_used_perc /home}%
$alignr${fs_bar 8,220 /home}

CPU ${hr}
#Avg:$alignr${cpubar cpu0 8,100}
Core 1:$alignr${cpubar cpu1 8,100}
Core 2:$alignr${cpubar cpu2 8,100} 

RAM ${hr}
$mem/$memmax$alignr$memperc%
$alignr${membar 8,220}

${if_mpd_playing}
MUSIC
${hr}
$alignc${mpd_title 30}
$alignc$mpd_artist
$alignc$mpd_album
$alignc$mpd_date

$mpd_elapsed/$mpd_length$alignr$mpd_percent%
$alignr${mpd_bar 8,220}
$alignr$mpd_status
${endif}

Habitual · 08-04-2016, 01:46 PM

Glad it worked out.