conky/README

conky(1)							      conky(1)



NAME
       conky - a system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but
       more kickass.

SYNOPSIS
       conky [options]

DESCRIPTION
       Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on  the	 torsmo	 code.
       Since  it's original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from it's
       predecessor.  Conky can display just about  anything,  either  on  your
       root  desktop  or in it's own window.  Conky has many built-in objects,
       as well as the ability to execute programs and  scripts,	 then  display
       the output from stdout.

       We  are	always	looking	 for help, and anyone interested in becoming a
       developer is welcome.  Please use the facilities at SourceForge to make
       bug reports, feature requests, and submit patches.

       Thanks for your interest in Conky.

COMPILING
       First,  make  sure you have the X development libraries installed, this
       should be a package along the lines of  "libx11-dev  or	xorg-x11-dev".
       Gentoo  users,  Conky is in Gentoo's Portage. Simply use "emerge conky"
       for installation.  There is also usually an  up-to-date	ebuild	within
       Conky's package or in CVS.

       To compile and run Conky with all optional components:

       sh autogen.sh # Only required if building from CVS

       ./configure	      --prefix=/usr	       --mandir=/usr/share/man
       --infodir=/usr/share/info   --datadir=/usr/   share   --sysconfdir=/etc
       --localstatedir=/var/lib	  --enable-double-buffer   --enable-own-window
       --enable-proc-uptime --enable-mpd --enable-xft --enable-seti

       make

       make install # Optional

       ./conky

       Conky  doesn't  probably compile with other compilers than gcc and icc.
       It doesn't compile with C89 compiler and not even with  pure  C99.   It
       uses  few  things  that	might not exist: strdup(), strcasecmp(), strn-
       casecmp(), optarg variable with getopt() and long long  (not  in	 C89).
       Crashes in file system statistics stuff when compiled with icc, I don't
       know exactly why.

       You can disable 'drawing to own window' feature in case you don't  need
       it by passing --disable-own-window to configure -script.


YOU SHOULD KNOW
       Conky  is generally very good on resources. However, certain objects in
       Conky are harder on resources then others. In  particular,  the	$tail,
       $top,  $font,  and $graph objects are quite costly in comparison to the
       rest of Conky.

       If you do use them, please do not complain about memory or  CPU	usage,
       unless  you  think  something  is  going	 seriously wrong (mem leak, et
       cetera).

OPTIONS
       Command line options override configurations defined  in	 configuration
       file.

       -V     Prints version and exits


       -a ALIGNMENT
	      Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right} or none


       -b     Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker")


       -c FILE
	      Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc


       -d     Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background


       -f FONT
	      Font to use


       -h     Prints command line help and exits


       -o     Create own window to draw


       -t TEXT
	      Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ' $uptime '


       -u SECONDS
	      Update interval


       -w WIN_ID
	      Window id to draw


       -x X_COORDINATE
	      X position


       -y Y_COORDINATE
	      Y position


CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
       Default	configuration  file  is	 $HOME/.conkyrc	 (can  be changed from
       conky.c among other things). See conkyrc.sample. You might want to copy
       it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying it.

       alignment
	      Aligned  position	 on  screen,  may be top_left, top_right, bot-
	      tom_left, bottom_right, or none


       background
	      Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background  when
	      started


       on_bottom
	      Set conky on the bottom of all other applications


       border_margin
	      Border margin in pixels


       border_width
	      Border width in pixels


       cpu_avg_samples
	      The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring


       default_color
	      Default color and border color


       default_shade_color
	      Default shading color and border's shading color


       default_outline_color
	      Default outline color


       double_buffer
	      Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recom-
	      mended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be
	      so big.


       draw_borders
	      Draw borders around text?


       draw_shades
	      Draw shades?


       draw_outline
	      Draw outlines?


       font   Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font


       gap_x  Gap  between  right or left border of screen, same as passing -x
	      at command line


       gap_y  Gap between top or bottom border of screen, same as  passing  -y
	      at command line


       no_buffers
	      Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?


       mail_spool
	      Mail spool for mail checking


       minimum_size
	      Minimum size of window


       mldonkey_hostname
	      Hostname for mldonkey stuff, defaults to localhost


       mldonkey_port
	      Mldonkey port, 4001 default


       mldonkey_login
	      Mldonkey login, default none


       mldonkey_password
	      Mldonkey password, default none


       mpd_host
	      Host of MPD server


       mpd_post
	      Port of MPD server


       mpd_password
	      MPD server password


       net_avg_samples
	      The number of samples to average for net data


       override_utf8_locale
	      Force UTF8? requires XFT


       own_window
	      Boolean, create own window to draw?


       pad_percents
	      Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)


       stippled_borders
	      Border stippling (dashing) in pixels


       total_run_times
	      Total  number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero
	      makes Conky run forever


       update_interval
	      Update interval in seconds


       uppercase
	      Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case


       use_spacer
	      Adds spaces after certain objects to stop them from moving other
	      things around. Note that this only helps if you are using a mono
	      font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.


       use_xft
	      Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)


       text   After this begins text to be formatted on screen


VARIABLES
       Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list  of	 them:
       /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt.   Also,   http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html
       [http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html] Color can be also in #rrggbb format
       (hex).	Note that when displaying bytes, power is 1024 and not 1000 so
       1M really means 1024*1024 bytes and not 1000*1000.

       addr (interface)
	      IP address for an interface


       acpiacadapter
	      ACPI ac adapter state.


       acpifan
	      ACPI fan state


       acpitemp
	      ACPI temperature in C.


       acpitempf
	      ACPI temperature in F.


       adt746xcpu
	      CPU temperature from therm_adt746x


       adt746xfan
	      Fan speed from therm_adt746x


       alignr (num)
	      Right-justify text, with space of N


       alignc (num)
	      Align text to centre


       battery (num)
	      Remaining capacity in ACPI or APM battery. ACPI  battery	number
	      can be given as argument (default is BAT0).


       buffers
	      Amount of memory buffered


       cached Amount of memory cached


       color (color)
	      Change drawing color to color


       cpu    CPU usage in percents


       cpubar (height),(width)
	      Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels


       cpugraph (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2)
	      CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #.


       downspeed net
	      Download speed in kilobytes


       downspeedf net
	      Download speed in kilobytes with one decimal


       downspeedgraph  net,  (height),(width)  (gradient  colour  1) (gradient
       colour 2)
	      Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #.


       else   Text to show if any of the above are not true


       exec command
	      Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn-
	      ing: this takes a lot more resources than other  variables.  I'd
	      recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.


       execbar command
	      Same  as	exec,  except  if  the	first  value return is a value
	      between 0-100, it will use that number for a bar. The  size  for
	      the bar is currently fixed, but that may change in the future.


       execgraph command
	      Same as execbar, but graphs values


       execi interval, shell command
	      Same  as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less
	      than update_interval in configuration.


       execibar interval command
	      Same as execbar, except with an interval


       execigraph interval command
	      Same as execigraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values


       font font
	      Specify a different font. Only applies to one line.


       freq   Returns CPU frequency in MHz


       freq_g Returns CPU frequency in GHz


       fs_bar (height),(width) fs
	      Bar that shows how much space is used on a file  system.	height
	      is the height in pixels. fs is any file on that file system.


       fs_free (fs)
	      Free space on a file system available for users.


       fs_free_perc (fs)
	      Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.


       fs_size (fs)
	      File system size


       fs_used (fs)
	      File system used space


       hr (height)
	      Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels


       i2c (dev), type, n
	      I2C  sensor  from	 sysfs	(Linux 2.6). dev may be omitted if you
	      have only one I2C device. type is either	in  (or	 vol)  meaning
	      voltage, fan meaning fan or temp/tempf (first in C, second in F)
	      meaning  temperature.  n	is   number   of   the	 sensor.   See
	      /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.


       if_running (process)
	      if  PROCESS  is  running,	 display everything if_running and the
	      matching $endif


       if_existing (file)
	      if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing  and  the
	      matching $endif


       if_mounted (mountpoint)
	      if  MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between if_mounted
	      and the matching $endif


       kernel Kernel version


       linkstatus (interface)
	      Get the link status for wireless connections


       loadavg
	      (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past
	      5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.


       machine
	      Machine, i686 for example


       mails  Mail  count in mail spool. You can use program like fetchmail to
	      get mails from some server using your  favourite	protocol.  See
	      also new_mails.


       mem    Amount of memory in use


       membar (height),(width)
	      Bar that shows amount of memory in use


       memmax Total amount of memory


       memperc
	      Percentage of memory in use


       ml_upload_counter
	      total session upload in mb


       ml_download_counter
	      total session download in mb


       ml_nshared_files
	      number of shared files


       ml_shared_counter
	      total session shared in mb, buggy in some mldonkey versions


       ml_tcp_upload_rate
	      tcp upload rate in kb/s


       ml_tcp_download_rate
	      tcp download rate in kb/s


       ml_udp_upload_rate
	      udp upload rate in kb/s


       ml_udp_download_rate
	      udp download rate in kb/s


       ml_ndownloaded_files
	      number of completed files


       ml_ndownloading_files
	      number of downloading files


       mpd_artist
	      Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile


       mpd_album
	      Album in current MPD song


       mpd_bar (height),(width)
	      Bar of mpd's progress


       mpd_bitrate
	      Bitrate of current song


       mpd_status
	      Playing, stopped, et cetera.


       mpd_title
	      Title of current MPD song


       mpd_vol
	      MPD's volume


       mpd_elapsed
	      Song's elapsed time


       mpd_length
	      Song's length


       mpd_percent
	      Percent of song's progress


       new_mails
	      Unread mail count in mail spool.


       nodename
	      Hostname


       outlinecolor (color)
	      Change outline color


       pre_exec shell command
	      Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything
	      and puts output as text.


       processes
	      Total processes (sleeping and running)


       running_processes
	      Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6


       shadecolor (color)
	      Change shading color


       stippled_hr (space)
	      Stippled (dashed) horizontal line


       swapbar (height),(width)
	      Bar that shows amount of swap in use


       swap   Amount of swap in use


       swapmax
	      Total amount of swap


       swapperc
	      Percentage of swap in use


       sysname
	      System name, Linux for example


       offset (pixels)
	      Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.


       tail   logfile, lines interval> Displays last N lines of supplied  text
	      text file. If interval is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's
	      interval. Max of 30 lines. Max of 30 lines can be displayed.


       time (format)
	      Local time, see man strftime to get more information about  for-
	      mat


       totaldown net
	      Total  download, overflows at 4 GB on Linux with 32-bit arch and
	      there doesn't seem to be a way to know how  many	times  it  has
	      already done that before conky has started.


       top type, num
	      This  takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically,
	      processes are ranked from highest to  lowest  in	terms  of  cpu
	      usage,  which  is	 what (num) represents. The types are: "name",
	      "pid", "cpu", and mem". There can	 be  a	max  of	 10  processes
	      listed.


       top_mem type, num
	      Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu


       totalup net
	      Total upload, this one too, may overflow


       updates Number of updates
	      for debugging


       upspeed net
	      Upload speed in kilobytes


       upspeedf net
	      Upload speed in kilobytes with one decimal


       upspeedgraph net, (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour
       2)
	      Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #.


       uptime Uptime


       uptime_short
	      Uptime in a shorter format


       seti_prog
	      Seti@home current progress


       seti_progbar (height),(width)
	      Seti@home current progress bar


       seti_credit
	      Seti@home total user credit


       voffset (pixels)
	      Change  verticle	offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause
	      text to overlap. See also $offset.


EXAMPLES
       conky -t '${time %D %H:%m}' -o -u 30
	      Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30
	      sec update interval.

       conky -a top_left -x 5 -y 500 -d
	      Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).

FILES
       ~/.conkyrc default configuration file

BUGS
       Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
       all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
       been  reported  that  it	 doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
       disabled from drawing to desktop	 with  program	gconf-editor.  Uncheck
       show_desktop  in	 /apps/nautilus/preferences/.  There  is  -w switch in
       Conky to set some specific window id. You  might	 find  xwininfo	 -tree
       useful  to  find	 the  window  to draw to. You can also use -o argument
       which makes Conky to create its own window.

SEE ALSO
       http://conky.sourceforge.net [http://conky.sourceforge.net]

       http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky	   [http://www.source-
       forge.net/projects/conky]

       #conky on irc.freenode.net

AUTHORS
       The Conky dev team. What's up now??!



				  2005-08-18			      conky(1)