Here is my conkyrc. The output looks like this:
It is a modified version of conky-colors. As you can see, I cheat here and there a little by printing a couple of parameters of which I know they don’t change. E.g. my internal ip is static (I set my router up that way).
# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
xftfont Terminus:size=11
xftalpha 0.8
text_buffer_size 2048
# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1
# 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
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type override
#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 250
maximum_width 250
# Draw shades?
draw_shades no
# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no
# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0
# border margins
border_inner_margin 5
# border width
border_width 1
# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
#default_shade_color black
#default_outline_color black
own_window_colour black
# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 35
gap_y 50
# 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 yes
# Add spaces to keep things from moving about? This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer none
TEXT
SYSTEM ${hr 2}
${voffset 2}${font OpenLogos:size=16}B${font} Kernel: ${alignr}${kernel}
${font StyleBats:size=16}q${font} Uptime: ${alignr}${uptime}
DATE ${hr 2}
${alignc 40}${font Arial Black:size=22}${time %H:%M:%S}${font}
${alignc}${time %d - %m - %Y}
CPU ${hr 2}
${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font} CPU: ${cpu cpu1}% ${alignr}${cpubar cpu1 8,60}
${font weather:size=16}y${font} CPU Temp:${alignr} ${hwmon 0 temp 1}.0 oC
${font StyleBats:size=16}O${font} CPU Fan:${alignr}${hwmon 0 fan 1} ${font}RPM
GPU ${hr 2}
${font StyleBats:size=16}E${font}${font} nVidia Geforce${alignr}7300GT
${font weather:size=16}y${font} GPU Temp:${alignr}${execi 30 ~/.scripts/gputemp.sh}.0${font} °C
MEM ${hr 2}
${font StyleBats:size=16}g${font} RAM: $memperc% ${alignr}${membar 8,60}
${font StyleBats:size=16}j${font} SWAP: $swapperc% ${alignr}${swapbar 8,60}
HD ${hr 2}
${voffset 4}${font Pie charts for maps:size=14}7${font} ${voffset -5}Root:
${voffset 4}${fs_free /}/${fs_size /} ${alignr}${fs_bar 8,60 /}
${voffset 4}${font Pie charts for maps:size=14}7${font} ${voffset -5}/var:
${voffset 4}${fs_free /var}/${fs_size /var} ${alignr}${fs_bar 8,60 /var}
${font Pie charts for maps:size=14}7${font} ${voffset -5}Documents:
${voffset 4}${fs_free /home/rijk/Documents}/${fs_size /home//Documents} ${alignr}${fs_bar 8,60 /home//Documents}
${font Pie charts for maps:size=14}7${font} ${voffset -5}Backup:
${voffset 4}${fs_free /home/rijk/Backup}/${fs_size /home//Backup} ${alignr}${fs_bar 8,60 /home//Backup}
${font Pie charts for maps:size=14}7${font} ${voffset -5}Films:
${voffset 4}${fs_free /media/Films}/${fs_size /media/Films} ${alignr}${fs_bar 8,60 /media/Films}
NETWORK ${hr 2}
#${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 F57900 FCAF3E}
#${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}U${font} Down: ${downspeed wlan0} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 F57900 FCAF3E}
#${voffset 4}${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}
#${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}b${font} Public Ip: ${alignr}${execi 1 ~/.scripts/ip.sh}
#${else}
#${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}O${font} Up: ${upspeed eth0} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 8,60 F57900 FCAF3E}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}U${font} Down: ${downspeed eth0} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth0 8,60 F57900 FCAF3E}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font} Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font} Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth0}
#${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font} Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font} Local Ip: ${alignr}192.168.2.24
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}b${font} Public Ip: ${alignr}${execi 3600 ~/.scripts/ip.sh}
#${endif}
#{else}
#${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}4${font} Network Unavailable
#${endif}
TOP - CPU ${hr 2}
${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font} ${top name 1}${alignr}${top cpu 1} ${top mem_res 1}
${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font} ${top name 2}${alignr}${top cpu 2} ${top mem_res 2}
${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font} ${top name 3}${alignr}${top cpu 3} ${top mem_res 3}
TOP - RAM ${hr 2}
${font StyleBats:size=16}g${font} ${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top_mem cpu 1} ${top_mem mem_res 1}
${font StyleBats:size=16}g${font} ${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top_mem cpu 2} ${top_mem mem_res 2}
${font StyleBats:size=16}g${font} ${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top_mem cpu 3} ${top_mem mem_res 3}
MAIL ${hr 2}
${font Wingdings:size=16}-${font} ${execi 10 echo `grep total ~/.scripts/mail`}
${font Martin Vogel's Symbols:size=16}B${font} ${execi 10 echo `grep unseen ./.scripts/mail`}
I use a couple of scripts and fonts. The fonts you get when you first install conky colors. These reside in ~/.fonts/conky_colors. Two other fonts I use are Wingdings, to get the mail box and Martin Vogel’s Symbols to get the envelope. All my scripts are in a hidden directory in ~/.scripts. The scripts I use are:
gputemp.sh
#!/bin/bash
tempString=`nvclock -T|grep "GPU temperature"`
echo "${tempString:19:3}"
This one echoes the temp of nvclock.
ip.sh
#!/bin/bash
curl-s myip.dk |grep '"Box"' | egrep -o '[0-9.]+'echo
This one echoes my ip
The mail is checked by a script I found somewhere on the internet. Through a cron job this script writes the output to a file, which is read by my conkyrc. This seems to be little devious, but I do not know how to print these special fonts with an envelope and a mailbox in python. If anyone knows, please let me know.
imap.py
#!/usr/bin/python
# Author: Bhavik Shah
# Created: 3/5/09
# Description: Simple script that uses the python imap library
# to retrieve number of messages and unread messages from your
# imap email account.
# Script is free. Credit to bhaviksblog.com is appreciated =)
import imaplib
# Username should be your username with '@gmail.com' added
# I think the @gmail.com is required.
# If you're trying it with something other than gmail
# you should make the username the full email address
# example@domain.com
username =
password = # your pw
mailbox = 'INBOX' # inbox is default
output = '/home//.scripts/mail'
# only tested with gmail and my university email
# it should work with any imap server
# change mail server and port to match your server's info
mailserver =
port = 993 #ssl
# connect to gmail's server (uses SSL, port 993)
server = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(mailserver,port)
# gmail uses ssl...if your imap mail server doesn't comment the above
# line and uncomment this one.
# server = imaplib.IMAP4(mailserver,port)
# login with the variables provided up top
server.login(username,password)
# select your mailbox
server.select(mailbox)
# pull info for that mailbox
data = str(server.status(mailbox, '(MESSAGES UNSEEN)'))
# print it all out to a file
tokens = data.split()
total = int(tokens[3])
unseen = int(tokens[5].replace(')\'])',''))
outputFile = open(output, 'w')
outputFile.write('unseen: ' + str(unseen) + '\n')
outputFile.write('total: ' + str(total) + '\n')
outputFile.close()
# clean up output with str_replace()
#print tokens[2].replace('(',''),tokens[3]
#print tokens[4],tokens[5].replace(')\'])','')
# close the mailbox
server.close()
# logout of the server
server.logout()
