how do i?

[Gigadelic IIDX]

i came a cross something in a users desktop http://www.sabayonlinux.org/forum/viewt ... 6049#46049

how do i set up something like that in KDE?

[wolfden]

well it would help to know what u are referring too. I assume your referring to superkaramba which is a widget program with all sort of various stuff. emerge superkaramba

or u can do conky and totally customize it. emerge conky

[Gigadelic IIDX]

cool i asume your useing conky?

if so how do u rate it over superkaramba?

[wolfden]

it is conky

I like it better cause it doesn't eat resources like superkaramba

[Gigadelic IIDX]

i see nice
whats the command line to start modding it?

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Conky: desktop window (140000f) is subwindow of root window (187)
Conky: drawing to desktop window
Conky: drawing to single buffer

it seems i need Double Buffer how do turn it on?

[wolfden]

in your home directory is a file called

.conkyrc <--edit that

Resources:
http://conky.sourceforge.net/variables.html
http://conky.sourceforge.net/config_settings.html
http://conky.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html <--download other's code
http://google.com <-- search conky scripts or something like that

[Fitzcarraldo]

it seems i need Double Buffer how do turn it on?

Gigadelic IIDX, if it's not already there, you need to add:

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Load "dbe"

to Section "Module" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf


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wolfden, I like your conky panel. Could you post your .conkyrc file? Thanks.

[wolfden]

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background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=7

update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0
#own_window no
#own_window_transparent yes

own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

double_buffer yes

minimum_size 280 5

draw_shades yes
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
stippled_borders 8
border_margin 4
border_width 1

default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color black

alignment top_right

maximum_width 308

gap_x 12
gap_y 12

no_buffers yes

uppercase no

cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2

override_utf8_locale no

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
${color #BBBBBB}.::$nodename::.${offset 30}$kernel${offset 30}${time %T}

${color #FFFFFF}.::System::.
${color #BBBBBB}${execi 1000 cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sed -e 's/model name.*: //'}
${color #BBBBBB}  |- Uptime:${color #BBBBBB} $uptime ${color #BBBBBB}- Load:${color #BBBBBB} $loadavg
${color #BBBBBB}  |- CPU Frequency:${color #BBBBBB} $freq_dyn_g ${color #BBBBBB} Maximum:${color #BBBBBB} $freq_g
${color #BBBBBB}  |- CPU 1 Usage:${color #BBBBBB} ${cpu cpu1}% ${color #777777} ${cpubar}
${color #BBBBBB}  |- CPU 2 Usage:${color #BBBBBB} ${cpu cpu2}% ${color #777777} ${cpubar}

${color #FFFFFF}CPU 1:    ${color #CCCCCC}Temp CPU 1: ${execi 5 /home/wolfden/weather/temp.sh}
${color #000000}${cpugraph cpu cpu1 32,309 000000 BBBBBB}
${color #FFFFFF}CPU 2:    ${color #CCCCCC}Temp CPU 2: ${execi 5 /home/wolfden/weather/temp2.sh}
${color #000000}${cpugraph cpu cpu2 32,309 000000 BBBBBB}
${color #BBBBBB}  |- RAM Usage:${color #BBBBBB} $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${color #777777}${membar}
${color #BBBBBB}  |- Swap Usage:${color #BBBBBB} $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${color #777777}${swapbar}
${color #BBBBBB}  |- Processes:${color #BBBBBB} $processes  ${color #BBBBBB}Running:${color #BBBBBB} $running_processes

${color #FFFFFF}.::Wireless::.
${color #BBBBBB}  |- Down:${color #BBBBBB} ${downspeed ath0} k/s${color #BBBBBB}${offset 30}Up:${color #BBBBBB} ${upspeed ath0} k/s ${alignr}Down: ${totaldown ath0}
${color #BBBBBB}  |- Address: ${color #BBBBBB}${addr ath0} ${alignr}Up: ${totalup ath0}
${color #000000}------------------------------------------------------------------------
${color #FFFFFF}.::Wired::.
${color #BBBBBB}  |- Down:${color #BBBBBB} ${downspeed eth1} k/s${color #BBBBBB}${offset 30}Up:${color #BBBBBB} ${upspeed eth1} k/s ${alignr}Down: ${totaldown eth1}
${color #BBBBBB}  |- Address: ${color #BBBBBB}${addr eth1} ${alignr}Up: ${totalup eth1}

${color #FFFFFF}.::File Systems::.
 ${color #BBBBBB} |- SL_x86 ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} ${color #777777}${fs_bar /}
 ${color #BBBBBB} |- Storage ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_used /media/STORAGE/}/${fs_size /media/STORAGE/} ${color #777777}${fs_bar /media/STORAGE/}
 ${color #BBBBBB} |- Movies ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_used /media/MOVIES}/${fs_size /media/MOVIES} ${color #777777}${fs_bar /media/MOVIES}
 ${color #BBBBBB} |- WinXP ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_used /media/disk-2/}/${fs_size /media/disk-2/} ${color #777777}${fs_bar /media/disk-2/}
 ${color #BBBBBB} |- Vista ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_used /media/disk-1/}/${fs_size /media/disk-1/} ${color #777777}${fs_bar /media/disk-1/}
 ${color #BBBBBB} |- SL_64 ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_used /media/disk/}/${fs_size /media/disk/} ${color #777777}${fs_bar /media/disk/}
 ${color #BBBBBB} |- Misc ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_used /media/Misc/}/${fs_size /media/Misc/} ${color #777777}${fs_bar /media/Misc/}

${color #FFFFFF}.::GPU::.
${color #CCCCCC}  |- Card: ${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'Card:' | cut -c16-29}
${color #CCCCCC}  |- GPU: ${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'Architecture:' | cut -c16-19} @ ${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'GPU clock:' | cut -c13-23}
${color #CCCCCC}  |- Mem: ${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'Amount:' | cut -c10-15} ${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'Type:' | cut -c17-20} @ ${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep 'Clock:' | cut -c10-21}
${color #CCCCCC}  |- GPU Temp: ${execi 30 nvclock -i | grep "GPU temperature" | cut -c18-20}

${color #FFFFFF}.::Top::.
${color #BBBBBB}  |- Name$         PID     CPU%   MEM%
${color #CCCCCC}      ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color #CCCCCC}      ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color #CCCCCC}      ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color #CCCCCC}      ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
${color #CCCCCC}      ${top name 5} ${top pid 5} ${top cpu 5} ${top mem 5}
${color #BBBBBB}  |- Mem usage
${color #CCCCCC}      ${top_mem name 1} ${top_mem pid 1} ${top_mem cpu 1} ${top_mem mem 1}
${color #CCCCCC}      ${top_mem name 2} ${top_mem pid 2} ${top_mem cpu 2} ${top_mem mem 2}
${color #CCCCCC}      ${top_mem name 3} ${top_mem pid 3} ${top_mem cpu 3} ${top_mem mem 3}
${color #CCCCCC}      ${top_mem name 4} ${top_mem pid 4} ${top_mem cpu 4} ${top_mem mem 4}
${color #CCCCCC}      ${top_mem name 5} ${top_mem pid 5} ${top_mem cpu 5} ${top_mem mem 5}

${color #FFFFFF}.::Portage::.
${color #BBBBBB}  |- Last Sync        ${color #BBBBBB}${execi 300 /home/wolfden/weather/lastsync.pl}
${color #BBBBBB}  |- Current Package  ${color #BBBBBB}${execi 30 /home/wolfden/weather/emerge-current.sh}
${color #BBBBBB}  |- Current Status   ${color #BBBBBB}${execi 30 /home/wolfden/weather/emerge-status.sh}
   ${execi 50 if pgrep sandbox > /dev/null ; then genlop -cn |
                 sed 's/seconds/secs/;s/minute/min/;N;N;N;D' ; else echo -e
                 "There is currently no package compiling \n \n \n"; fi}

${color #FFFFFF}.::Local Weather::.
${color #BBBBBB}${execi 1800 /home/wolfden/weather/weather.sh}

${color #FFFFFF}.::SL Planet::.
${color #BBBBBB}${execi 300 /home/wolfden/weather/conky-rss.sh http://planet.sabayonlinux.org/?feed=rss2 3 1}


Attached is the entire thing, scripts and all. I just have the weather folder in my home directory. All scripts are in that folder and called from there. Place the .conky.rc in your home folder of course.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Thanks, wolfden. i'll modify it as needed for my PC, of course.

[wolfden]

Yes that is best

for me, I use Nvidia and had to emerge nvclock to get some of the stats. It's a nice program, dunno what ATI has to offer for some thing like that.