Table of Contents
1 Install conky
Install conky package.
$ sudo dnf install -y conky
2 ${HOME}/.conkyrc
${HOME}/.conkyrc is config file for conky.config and conky.text. You can also use /etc/conky/conky.conf
- In case of Ubuntu, dock or override for own_window_type is good.
- CPU core number is started from 1 (cpu0 means average of cores). Add entry of ${cpu cpuN} for your cpu cores.
- The following command treats eth0 as network interface name. Change your network interface name of ifconfig.
2.1 Always foreground .conkyrc
$ export NETWORK_INTERFACE=eth0$ cat <<EOF > ~/.conkyrcconky.config = { use_spacer = ‘left’, pad_percents = 3, background = true, double_buffer = true, font = ‘DejaVu Sans Mono:size=10’, use_xft = true, alignment = ‘top_right’, gap_x = 10, gap_y = 40, own_window_argb_visual = true, own_window_argb_value = 100, own_window_type = ‘dock’, own_window = true, update_interval = 5.0,}conky.text = [[${color orange}Hostname: ${color}${nodename}${color orange}Kernel: ${color}${sysname} ${kernel} on ${machine}${color orange}Uptime: ${color}${uptime}${hr}${color orange}CPU:${color} ${freq_g} GHz${color orange}0:${color} ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}${cpugraph}${color orange}Name PID CPU% MEM%${color lightgrey} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}${color lightgrey} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}${color lightgrey} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}${color lightgrey} ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}${color orange}Load average: ${color}${loadavg}${color orange}Processes: ${color}${processes} \${color orange}Running:${color} ${running_processes}${hr}${color orange}RAM: ${color}${mem}/${memmax}${memperc}% ${membar 4}${color orange}Swap: ${color}${swap}/${swapmax}${swapperc}% ${swapbar 4}${memgraph}${hr}${color orange}/ ${color}${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar 6 /}${hr}${color orange}IP: ${color}${addr eth0}${color orange}Up: ${color}${upspeed eth0}${color orange}Down: ${color}${downspeed eth0}]]EOF
2.2 Always background .conkyrc
$ export NETWORK_INTERFACE=eth0$ cat <<EOF > ~/.conkyrcconky.config = { use_spacer = ‘left’, pad_percents = 3, background = false, double_buffer = true, font = ‘DejaVu Sans Mono:size=10’, use_xft = true, alignment = ‘top_right’, gap_x = 10, gap_y = 40, own_window_argb_visual = true, own_window_argb_value = 0, own_window_type = ‘normal’, own_window_hints = ‘undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,sticky’, own_window = true, update_interval = 5.0,}conky.text = [[${color orange}Hostname: ${color}${nodename}${color orange}Kernel: ${color}${sysname} ${kernel} on ${machine}${color orange}Uptime: ${color}${uptime}${exec /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check –human-readable}${hr}${color orange}CPU:${color} ${freq_g} GHz${color orange}1:${color} ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}${cpugraph}${color orange}Name PID CPU% MEM%${color lightgrey} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}${color lightgrey} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}${color lightgrey} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}${color lightgrey} ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}${color orange}Load average: ${color}${loadavg}${color orange}Processes: ${color}${processes} \${color orange}Running:${color} ${running_processes}${hr}${color orange}RAM: ${color}${mem}/${memmax}${memperc}% ${membar 4}${color orange}Swap: ${color}${swap}/${swapmax}${swapperc}% ${swapbar 4}${memgraph}${hr}${color orange}/ ${color}${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar 6 /}${hr}${color orange}IP: ${color}${addr ${NETWORK_INTERFACE}}${color orange}Up: ${color}${upspeed ${NETWORK_INTERFACE}}${color orange}Down: ${color}${downspeed ${NETWORK_INTERFACE}}]]EOF
3 Autostart
Make conky to be start automatically on login. You can use gnome-display-properties instead of the following command.
$ mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart$ cat <<EOF > ~/.config/autostart/conky.desktop[Desktop Entry]Type=ApplicationExec=/usr/bin/conkyHidden=falseNoDisplay=falseX-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=trueName=conkyComment=EOF
Reboot machine.
$ sudo reboot
4 Execution result
The conky widget is displayed on desktop.
