diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index 46381f1d..6d98b99d 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ install-sh libtool ltmain.sh missing -README src/config.h.in src/conky src/stamp-h1 diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..52938558 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,1771 @@ +conky(1) conky(1) + + + +1mNAME0m + conky - A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but + more kickass. It just keeps on given’er. Yeah. + +1mSYNOPSIS0m + 1mconky 22m[4moptions24m] + +1mDESCRIPTION0m + Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on torsmo. Since its + inception, Conky has changed significantly from its predecessor, while + maintaining simplicity and configurability. Conky can display just + about anything, either on your root desktop or in its own window. Not + only does Conky have many built-in objects, it can also display just + about any piece of information by using scripts and other external pro‐ + grams. + + Conky has more than 250 built in objects, including support for a + plethora of OS stats (uname, uptime, CPU usage, mem usage, disk usage, + "top" like process stats, and network monitoring, just to name a few), + built in IMAP and POP3 support, built in support for many popular music + players (MPD, XMMS2, BMPx, Audacious), and much much more. Conky can + display this info either as text, or using simple progress bars and + graph widgets, with different fonts and colours. + + We are always looking for help, whether its reporting bugs, writing + patches, or writing docs. Please use the facilities at SourceForge to + make bug reports, feature requests, and submit patches, or stop by + #conky on irc.freenode.net if you have questions or want to contribute. + + Thanks for your interest in Conky. + +1mCOMPILING0m + For users compiling from source on a binary distro, make sure you have + the X development libraries installed. This should be a package along + the lines of "libx11-dev" or "xorg-x11-dev" for X11 libs, and similar + "-dev" format for the other libs required (depending on your configure + options). + + Conky has (for some time) been available in the repositories of most + popular distributions. Here are some installation instructions for a + few: + + Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo’s Portage... simply use "emerge app- + admin/conky" for installation. There is also usually an up-to-date + ebuild within Conky’s package or in SVN. + + Debian, etc. users -- Conky should be in your repositories, and can be + installed by doing "aptitude install conky". + + Example to compile and run Conky with all optional components (note + that some configure options may differ for your system): + + 1msh autogen.sh # Only required if building from SVN0m + + 1m./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --in‐0m + 1mfodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --local‐0m + 1mstatedir=/var/lib --disable-own-window --enable-audacious[=yes|no|lega‐0m + 1mcy] --enable-bmpx --disable-hddtemp --disable-mpd --enable-xmms2 --dis‐0m + 1mable-portmon --disable-network --enable-debug --disable-x11 --dis‐0m + 1mable-double-buffer --disable-xdamage --disable-xft0m + + 1mmake0m + + 1mmake install # Optional0m + + 1msrc/conky0m + + Conky has been tested to be compatible with C99 C, however it has not + been tested with anything other than gcc, and is not guaranteed to work + with other compilers. + + +1mYOU SHOULD KNOW0m + Conky is generally very good on resources. That said, the more you try + to make Conky do, the more resources it is going to consume. + + An easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1 + conky". Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then restart. You + can now also do the same with SIGHUP. + +1mOPTIONS0m + Command line options override configurations defined in configuration + file. + + 1m-v | -V | --version0m + Prints version and exits + + + 1m-q | --quiet0m + Run Conky in ’quiet mode’ (ie. no output) + + + 1m-a | --alignment=ALIGNMENT0m + Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom,middle}_{left,right,mid‐ + dle} or none + + + 1m-b | --double-buffer0m + Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker") + + + 1m-c | --config=FILE0m + Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc + + + 1m-d | --daemonize0m + Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background + + + 1m-f | --font=FONT0m + Font to use + + + 1m-h | --help0m + Prints command line help and exits + + + 1m-o | --own-window0m + Create own window to draw + + + 1m-t | --text=TEXT0m + Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ’ $uptime ’ + + + 1m-u | --interval=SECONDS0m + Update interval + + + 1m-w | --window-id=WIN_ID0m + Window id to draw + + + 1m-x X_COORDINATE0m + X position + + + 1m-y Y_COORDINATE0m + Y position + + + 1m-i COUNT0m + Number of times to update Conky (and quit) + + +1mCONFIGURATION SETTINGS0m + Default configuration file location is $HOME/.conkyrc or + ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf. On most systems, sysconfdir is /etc, + and you can find the sample config file there (/etc/conky/conky.conf). + + You might want to copy it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying + it. Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net/ + + 1malignment0m + Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, top_mid‐ + dle, bottom_left, bottom_right, bottom_middle, middle_left, mid‐ + dle_right, or none (also can be abreviated as tl, tr, tm, bl, + br, bm, ml, mr) + + + 1mbackground0m + Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when + started + + + 1mborder_margin0m + Border margin in pixels + + + 1mborder_width0m + Border width in pixels + + + 1mcolorN 22mPredefine a color for use inside TEXT segments. Substitute N by + a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively. When specifying the color + value in hex, omit the leading hash (#). + + + 1mcpu_avg_samples0m + The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring + + + 1mtop_cpu_separate0m + If true, cpu in top will show usage of one processor’s power. If + false, cpu in top will show the usage of all processors’ power + combined. + + + 1mdefault_color0m + Default color and border color + + + 1mdefault_outline_color0m + Default outline color + + + 1mdefault_shade_color0m + Default shading color and border’s shading color + + + 1mdouble_buffer0m + 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. + + + 1mdraw_borders0m + Draw borders around text? + + + 1mdraw_graph_borders0m + Draw borders around graphs? + + + 1mdraw_outline0m + Draw outlines? + + + 1mdraw_shades0m + Draw shades? + + + 1mfont 22mFont name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font + + + 1mgap_x 22mGap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as + passing -x at command line, e.g. gap_x 10 + + + 1mgap_y 22mGap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same as + passing -y at command line, e.g. gap_y 10. + + + 1mif_up_strictness0m + How strict should if_up be when testing an interface for being + up? The value is one of up, link or address, to check for the + interface being solely up, being up and having link or being up, + having link and an assigned IP address. + + + 1mimap 22mDefault global IMAP server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i + interval] [-f folder] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". De‐ + fault port is 143, default folder is ’INBOX’, default interval + is 5 minutes, and default number of retries before giving up is + 5. If the password is supplied as ’*’, you will be prompted to + enter the password when Conky starts. + + + 1mmail_spool0m + Mail spool for mail checking + + + 1mmax_port_monitor_connections0m + Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections + (if 0 or not set, default is 256) + + + 1mmax_specials0m + Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns, + etc. (default is 512) + + + 1mmax_user_text bytes0m + Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in + config file (default is 16384 bytes) + + + 1mtext_buffer_size bytes0m + Size of the standard text buffer (default is 256 bytes). This + buffer is used for intermediary text, such as individual lines, + output from $exec vars, and various other variables. Increasing + the size of this buffer can drastically reduce Conky’s perfor‐ + mance, but will allow for more text display per variable. The + size of this buffer cannot be smaller than the default value of + 256 bytes. + + + 1mmaximum_width pixels0m + Maximum width of window + + + 1mminimum_size width (height)0m + Minimum size of window + + + 1mmpd_host0m + Host of MPD server + + + 1mmpd_port0m + Port of MPD server + + + 1mmpd_password0m + MPD server password + + + 1mmusic_player_interval0m + Music player thread update interval (defaults to Conky’s update + interval) + + + 1mnet_avg_samples0m + The number of samples to average for net data + + + 1mno_buffers0m + Substract (file system) buffers from used memory? + + + 1moverride_utf8_locale0m + Force UTF8? requires XFT + + + 1mown_window0m + Boolean, create own window to draw? + + + 1mown_window_class0m + Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to "Conky". + + + 1mown_window_colour colour0m + If own_window_transparent no, set a specified background colour + (defaults to black). Takes either a hex value (#ffffff) or a + valid RGB name (see /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt) + + + 1mown_window_hints undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager0m + If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to + affect the way Conky displays. Notes: Use own_window_type desk‐ + top as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly. + If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have + no meaning and are ignored. + + + 1mown_window_title0m + Manually set the window name. Defaults to " - conky". + + + 1mown_window_transparent0m + Boolean, set pseudo-transparency? + + + 1mown_window_type0m + if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop, dock + or override (default: normal). Desktop windows are special win‐ + dows that have no window decorations; are always visible on your + desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are sticky + across all workspaces. Override windows are not under the con‐ + trol of the window manager. Hints are ignored. This type of win‐ + dow can be useful for certain situations. + + + 1mout_to_console0m + Print text to stdout. + + + 1mpad_percents0m + Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding) + + + 1mpop3 22mDefault global POP3 server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i + interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port is + 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐ + tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as ’*’, + you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts. + + + 1mshort_units0m + Shortens units to a single character (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.). De‐ + fault is off. + + + 1mshow_graph_scale0m + Shows the maximum value in scaled graphs. + + + 1mshow_graph_range0m + Shows the time range covered by a graph. + + + 1mstippled_borders0m + Border stippling (dashing) in pixels + + + 1mtemperature_unit0m + Desired output unit of all objects displaying a temperature. + Parameters are either "fahrenheit" or "celsius". The default + unit is degree Celsius. + + + 1mtemplateN0m + Define a template for later use inside TEXT segments. Substitute + N by a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively. The value of the + variable is being inserted into the stuff below TEXT at the cor‐ + responding position, but before some substitutions are applied: + + ’\n’ -> newline + ’\\’ -> backslash + ’\ ’ -> space + ’\N’ -> template argument N + + + 1mtotal_run_times0m + Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero + makes Conky run forever + + + 1mupdate_interval0m + Update interval in seconds + + + 1muppercase0m + Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case + + + 1muse_spacer0m + Adds spaces around certain objects to stop them from moving oth‐ + er things around. Arguments are left, right, and none (default). + The old true/false values are deprecated and default to + right/none respectively. Note that this only helps if you are + using a mono font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono. + + + 1muse_xft0m + Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff) + + + 1mxftalpha0m + Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0. + + + 1mxftfont0m + Xft font to use. + + + 1mTEXT 22mAfter this begins text to be formatted on screen + + +1mVARIABLES0m + Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them: + /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt. Also, ⟨http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html⟩. + Color can be also in #rrggbb format (hex). + + 1maddr interface0m + IP address for an interface, or "No Address" if no address is + assigned. + + + 1maddrs interface0m + IP addresses for an interface (if one - works like addr). Linux + only. + + + 1macpiacadapter0m + ACPI ac adapter state. + + + 1macpifan0m + ACPI fan state + + + 1macpitemp0m + ACPI temperature in C. + + + 1madt746xcpu0m + CPU temperature from therm_adt746x + + + 1madt746xfan0m + Fan speed from therm_adt746x + + + 1malignr (num)0m + Right-justify text, with space of N + + + 1malignc (num)0m + Align text to centre + + + 1mapm_adapter0m + Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only) + + + 1mapm_battery_life0m + Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only) + + + 1mapm_battery_time0m + Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if + AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only) + + + 1maudacious_bar (height),(width)0m + Progress bar + + + 1maudacious_bitrate0m + Bitrate of current tune + + + 1maudacious_channels0m + Number of audio channels of current tune + + + 1maudacious_filename0m + Full path and filename of current tune + + + 1maudacious_frequency0m + Sampling frequency of current tune + + + 1maudacious_length0m + Total length of current tune as MM:SS + + + 1maudacious_length_seconds0m + Total length of current tune in seconds + + + 1maudacious_playlist_position0m + Playlist position of current tune + + + 1maudacious_playlist_length0m + Number of tunes in playlist + + + 1maudacious_position0m + Position of current tune (MM:SS) + + + 1maudacious_position_seconds0m + Position of current tune in seconds + + + 1maudacious_status0m + Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running) + + + 1maudacious_title (max length)0m + Title of current tune with optional maximum length specifier + + + 1maudacious_main_volume0m + The current volume fetched from Audacious + + + 1mbattery (num)0m + Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM + battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default + is BAT0). + + + 1mbattery_bar (height),(width) (num)0m + Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a bar. ACPI bat‐ + tery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0). + + + 1mbattery_percent (num)0m + Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery. ACPI battery num‐ + ber can be given as argument (default is BAT0). + + + 1mbattery_time (num)0m + Battery charge/discharge time remaining of ACPI battery. ACPI + battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0). + + + 1mbmpx_artist0m + Artist in current BMPx track + + + 1mbmpx_album0m + Album in current BMPx track + + + 1mbmpx_title0m + Title of the current BMPx track + + + 1mbmpx_track0m + Track number of the current BMPx track + + + 1mbmpx_bitrate0m + Bitrate of the current BMPx track + + + 1mbmpx_uri0m + URI of the current BMPx track + + + 1mbuffers0m + Amount of memory buffered + + + 1mcached 22mAmount of memory cached + + + 1mcolor (color)0m + Change drawing color to color + + + 1mcolorN 22mChange drawing color to colorN configuration option, where N is + a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively. + + + 1mconky_version0m + Conky version + + + 1mconky_build_date0m + Date Conky was built + + + 1mconky_build_arch0m + CPU architecture Conky was built for + + + 1mcpu (cpuN)0m + CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number can be + provided as an argument. ${cpu cpu0} is the total usage, and + ${cpu cpuX} (X >= 1) are individual CPUs. + + + 1mcpubar (cpu number) (height),(width)0m + Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar’s height in pixels. See + $cpu for more info on SMP. + + + 1mcpugraph normal|log (cpu number) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)0m + 1m(gradient colour 2)0m + CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See + $cpu for more info on SMP. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see + small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal". + + + 1mdiskio (device)0m + Displays current disk IO. Device is optional, and takes the form + of sda for /dev/sda. Individual partitions are allowed. + + + 1mdiskiograph normal|log (device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)0m + 1m(gradient colour 2) (scale)0m + Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is + non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a logarithmic + scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "nor‐ + mal". + + + 1mdiskio_read (device)0m + Displays current disk IO for reads. Device as in diskio. + + + 1mdiskiograph_read normal|log (device) (height),(width) (gradient colour0m + 1m1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)0m + Disk IO graph for reads, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If + scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device as + in diskio. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when + you use "log" instead of "normal". + + + 1mdiskio_write (device)0m + Displays current disk IO for writes. Device as in diskio. + + + 1mdiskiograph_write normal|log (device) (height),(width) (gradient colour0m + 1m1) (gradient colour 2) (scale)0m + Disk IO graph for writes, colours defined in hex, minus the #. + If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device + as in diskio. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) + when you use "log" instead of "normal". + + + 1mdisk_protect device0m + Disk protection status, if supported (needs kernel-patch). + Prints either "frozen" or "free " (note the padding). + + + 1mdownspeed net0m + Download speed in KiB + + + 1mdownspeedf net0m + Download speed in KiB with one decimal + + + 1mdownspeedgraph normal|log net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)0m + 1m(gradient colour 2) (scale)0m + Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If + scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a + logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" in‐ + stead of "normal". + + + 1melse 22mText to show if any of the above are not true + + + 1mentropy_avail0m + Current entropy available for crypto freaks + + + 1mentropy_bar (height),(width)0m + Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks + + + 1mentropy_poolsize0m + Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks + + + 1mexec command0m + 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. + + + 1mexecbar command0m + Same as exec, except if the first value return is a value be‐ + tween 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. + + + 1mexecgraph (normal|log) command0m + Same as execbar, but graphs values. Uses a logaritmic scale when + the log option is given (to see small numbers). Values still + have to be between 0 and 100. + + + 1mexeci interval command0m + Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can’t be less + than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci + + + 1mexecibar interval command0m + Same as execbar, except with an interval + + + 1mexecigraph interval command0m + Same as execgraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values + + + 1mexecp command0m + 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. This + differs from $exec in that it parses the output of the command, + so you can insert things like ${color red}hi!${color} in your + script and have it correctly parsed by Conky. Caveats: Conky + parses and evaluates the output of $execp every time Conky + loops, and then destroys all the objects. If you try to use any‐ + thing like $execi within an $execp statement, it will function‐ + ally run at the same interval that the $execp statement runs, as + it is created and destroyed at every interval. + + + 1mexecpi interval command0m + Same as execp but with specific interval. Interval can’t be less + than update_interval in configuration. Note that the output from + the $execpi command is still parsed and evaluated at every in‐ + terval. + + + 1mfont (font)0m + Specify a different font. This new font will apply to the cur‐ + rent line and everything following. You can use a $font with no + arguments to change back to the default font (much like with + $color) + + + 1mfreq (n)0m + Returns CPU #n’s frequency in MHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If + omitted, the parameter defaults to 1. + + + 1mfreq_g (n)0m + Returns CPU #n’s frequency in GHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If + omitted, the parameter defaults to 1. + + + 1mfreq_dyn (n)0m + Returns CPU #n’s frequency in MHz (defaults to 1), but is calcu‐ + lated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. + Only available for x86/amd64. + + + 1mfreq_dyn_g (n)0m + Returns CPU #n’s frequency in GHz (defaults to 1), but is calcu‐ + lated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction. + Only available for x86/amd64. + + + 1mfs_bar (height),(width) fs0m + 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. + + + 1mfs_free (fs)0m + Free space on a file system available for users. + + + 1mfs_free_perc (fs)0m + Free percentage of space on a file system available for users. + + + 1mfs_size (fs)0m + File system size + + + 1mfs_type (fs)0m + File system type + + + 1mfs_used (fs)0m + File system used space + + + 1mgoto x 22mThe next element will be printed at position ’x’. + + + 1mgw_iface0m + Displays the default route’s interface or "multiple"/"none" ac‐ + cordingly. + + + 1mgw_ip 22mDisplays the default gateway’s IP or "multiple"/"none" accord‐ + ingly. + + + 1mhddtemp dev, (host,(port))0m + Displays temperature of a selected hard disk drive as reported + by the hddtemp daemon running on host:port. Default host is + 127.0.0.1, default port is 7634. + + + 1mhead logfile lines (interval)0m + Displays first N lines of supplied text text file. If interval + is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky’s interval. Max of 30 + lines can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled. + + + 1mhr (height)0m + Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels + + + 1mhwmon (dev) type n0m + Hwmon sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omit‐ + ted if you have only one hwmon device. Parameter type is either + ’in’ or ’vol’ meaning voltage; ’fan’ meaning fan; ’temp’ meaning + temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See + /sys/class/hwmon/ on your local computer. + + + 1miconv_start codeset_from codeset_to0m + Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv. Needs + to be stopped with iconv_stop. + + + 1miconv_stop0m + Stop iconv codeset conversion. + + + 1mi2c (dev) type n0m + I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omitted + if you have only one I2C device. Parameter type is either ’in’ + or ’vol’ meaning voltage; ’fan’ meaning fan; ’temp’ meaning tem‐ + perature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See + /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer. + + + 1mi8k_ac_status0m + If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays + whether ac power is on, as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to + human-readable). Beware that this is by default not enabled by + i8k itself. + + + 1mi8k_bios0m + If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays + the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k. + + + 1mi8k_buttons_status0m + If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays + the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k. + + + 1mi8k_cpu_temp0m + If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays + the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k. + + + 1mi8k_left_fan_rpm0m + If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays + the left fan’s rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as + listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans + in reverse order. + + + 1mi8k_left_fan_status0m + If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays + the left fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human- + readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in re‐ + verse order. + + + 1mi8k_right_fan_rpm0m + If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays + the right fan’s rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as + listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans + in reverse order. + + + 1mi8k_right_fan_status0m + If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays + the right fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to hu‐ + man-readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in + reverse order. + + + 1mi8k_serial0m + If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays + your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k. + + + 1mi8k_version0m + If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays + the version formatting of /proc/i8k. + + + 1mibm_fan0m + If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed. + + + 1mibm_temps N0m + If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures from the IBM + temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is on the CPU, 3 is on the + GPU. + + + 1mibm_volume0m + If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume, con‐ + trolled by the volume keys (0-14). + + + 1mibm_brightness0m + If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the laptops’s + LCD (0-7). + + + 1mif_empty (var)0m + if conky variable VAR is empty, display everything between + $if_empty and the matching $endif + + + 1mif_gw 22mif there is at least one default gateway, display everything be‐ + tween $if_gw and the matching $endif + + + 1mif_running (process)0m + if PROCESS is running, display everything $if_running and the + matching $endif + + + 1mif_existing file (string)0m + if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the + matching $endif. The optional second paramater checks for FILE + containing the specified string and prints everything between + $if_existing and the matching $endif. + + + 1mif_mounted (mountpoint)0m + if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between $if_mounted + and the matching $endif + + + 1mif_smapi_bat_installed (INDEX)0m + when using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX is installed, + display everything between $if_smapi_bat_installed and the + matching $endif + + + 1mif_up (interface)0m + if INTERFACE exists and is up, display everything between $if_up + and the matching $endif + + + 1mimap_messages (args)0m + Displays the number of messages in your global IMAP inbox by de‐ + fault. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by + passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass + [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port + is 143, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐ + tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as ’*’, + you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts. + + + 1mimap_unseen (args)0m + Displays the number of unseen messages in your global IMAP inbox + by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by + passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass + [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port + is 143, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐ + tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as ’*’, + you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts. + + + 1mioscheduler disk0m + Prints the current ioscheduler used for the given disk name + (i.e. e.g. "hda" or "sdb") + + + 1mkernel 22mKernel version + + + 1mlaptop_mode0m + The value of /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode + + + 1mloadavg0m + (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past + 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes. + + + 1mloadgraph normal|log (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient0m + 1mcolour 2)0m + Load1 average graph, similar to xload, with optional colours in + hex, minus the #. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small num‐ + bers) when you use "log" instead of "normal". + + + 1mlines textfile0m + Displays the number of lines in the given file + + + 1mmachine0m + Machine, i686 for example + + + 1mmails (mailbox) (interval)0m + Mail count in the specified mailbox or your mail spool if not. + Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported. You can use + a program like fetchmail to get mails from some server using + your favourite protocol. See also new_mails. + + + 1mmboxscan (-n number of messages to print) (-fw from width) (-sw subject0m + 1mwidth) mbox0m + Print a summary of recent messages in an mbox format mailbox. + mbox parameter is the filename of the mailbox (can be encapsu‐ + lated using ’"’, ie. ${mboxscan -n 10 "/home/brenden/some box"} + + + 1mmem 22mAmount of memory in use + + + 1mmembar (height),(width)0m + Bar that shows amount of memory in use + + + 1mmemgraph normal|log (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient0m + 1mcolour 2)0m + Memory usage graph. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small num‐ + bers) when you use "log" instead of "normal". + + + 1mmemeasyfree0m + Amount of free memory including the memory that is very easily + freed (buffers/cache) + + + 1mmemfree0m + Amount of free memory + + + 1mmemmax 22mTotal amount of memory + + + 1mmemperc0m + Percentage of memory in use + + + 1mmixer (device)0m + Prints the mixer value as reported by the OS. Default mixer is + "vol", but you can specify one of the following optional argu‐ + ments: "vol", "bass", "treble", "synth", "pcm", "speaker", + "line", "mic", "cd", "mix", "pcm2", "rec", "igain", "ogain", + "line1", "line2", "line3", "dig1", "dig2", "dig3", "phin", + "phout", "video", "radio", "monitor". Refer to the definition of + SOUND_DEVICE_NAMES in (on Linux), (on OpenBSD), or to find the exact op‐ + tions available on your system. + + + 1mmixerbar (device)0m + Displays mixer value in a bar as reported by the OS. See docs + for $mixer for details on arguments. + + + 1mmixerr (device)0m + Prints the right channel mixer value as reported by the OS. See + docs for $mixer for details on arguments. + + + 1mmixerrbar (device)0m + Displays the right channel mixer value in a bar as reported by + the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments. + + + 1mmixerl (device)0m + Prints the left channel mixer value as reported by the OS. See + docs for $mixer for details on arguments. + + + 1mmixerlbar (device)0m + Displays the left channel mixer value in a bar as reported by + the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments. + + + 1mmoc_state0m + Current state of MOC; playing, stopped etc. + + + 1mmoc_file0m + File name of the current MOC song + + + 1mmoc_title0m + Title of the current MOC song + + + 1mmoc_artist0m + Artist of the current MOC song + + + 1mmoc_song0m + The current song name being played in MOC. + + + 1mmoc_album0m + Album of the current MOC song + + + 1mmoc_totaltime0m + Total length of the current MOC song + + + 1mmoc_timeleft0m + Time left in the current MOC song + + + 1mmoc_curtime0m + Current time of the current MOC song + + + 1mmoc_bitrate0m + Bitrate in the current MOC song + + + 1mmoc_rate0m + Rate of the current MOC song + + + 1mmonitor0m + Number of the monitor on which conky is running + + + 1mmonitor_number0m + Number of monitors + + + 1mmpd_artist0m + Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile + + + 1mmpd_album0m + Album in current MPD song + + + 1mmpd_bar (height),(width)0m + Bar of mpd’s progress + + + 1mmpd_bitrate0m + Bitrate of current song + + + 1mmpd_status0m + Playing, stopped, et cetera. + + + 1mmpd_title (max length)0m + Title of current MPD song + + + 1mmpd_vol0m + MPD’s volume + + + 1mmpd_elapsed0m + Song’s elapsed time + + + 1mmpd_length0m + Song’s length + + + 1mmpd_percent0m + Percent of song’s progress + + + 1mmpd_random0m + Random status (On/Off) + + + 1mmpd_repeat0m + Repeat status (On/Off) + + + 1mmpd_track0m + Prints the MPD track field + + + 1mmpd_name0m + Prints the MPD name field + + + 1mmpd_file0m + Prints the file name of the current MPD song + + + 1mmpd_smart (max length)0m + Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file + name, depending on whats available + + + 1mif_mpd_playing0m + if mpd is playing or paused, display everything between + $if_mpd_playing and the matching $endif + + + 1mnameserver (index)0m + Print a nameserver from /etc/resolv.conf. Index starts at and + defaults to 0. + + + 1mnew_mails (mailbox) (interval)0m + Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if not. + Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported. + + + 1mnodename0m + Hostname + + + 1mnvidia threshold temp gpufreq memfreq imagequality0m + Nvidia graficcard support for the XNVCtrl library. Each option + can be shortened to the least significant part. Temperatures + are printed as float, all other values as integer. + + 1mthreshold22m: the thresholdtemperature at which the gpu slows down + 1mtemp22m: gives the gpu current temperature + 1mgpufreq22m: gives the current gpu frequency + 1mmemfreq22m: gives the current mem frequency + 1mimagequality22m: which imagequality should be choosen by OpenGL ap‐ + plications + + + 1moutlinecolor (color)0m + Change outline color + + + 1mpb_battery item0m + If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display information on bat‐ + tery status. The item parameter specifies, what information to + display. Exactly one item must be specified. Valid items are: + + 1mstatus22m: Display if battery is fully charged, charging, discharg‐ + ing or absent (running on AC) + 1mpercent22m: Display charge of battery in percent, if charging or + discharging. Nothing will be displayed, if battery is fully + charged or absent. + 1mtime22m: Display the time remaining until the battery will be fully + charged or discharged at current rate. Nothing is displayed, if + battery is absent or if it’s present but fully charged and not + discharging. + + + 1mplatform (dev) type n0m + Platform sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be + omitted if you have only one platform device. Platform type is + either ’in’ or ’vol’ meaning voltage; ’fan’ meaning fan; ’temp’ + meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See + /sys/bus/platform/devices/ on your local computer. + + + 1mpop3_unseen (args)0m + Displays the number of unseen messages in your global POP3 inbox + by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes seperately by + passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass + [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port + is 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐ + tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as ’*’, + you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts. + + + 1mpop3_used (args)0m + Displays the amount of space (in MiB, 2^20) used in your global + POP3 inbox by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes + seperately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: + "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r re‐ + tries]". Default port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and + default number of retries before giving up is 5. If the password + is supplied as ’*’, you will be prompted to enter the password + when Conky starts. + + + 1mpre_exec shell command0m + Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything + and puts output as text. + + + 1mprocesses0m + Total processes (sleeping and running) + + + 1mrunning_processes0m + Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6 + + + 1mscroll length (step) text0m + Scroll ’text’ by ’step’ characters showing ’length’ number of + characters at the same time. The text may also contain vari‐ + ables. ’step’ is optional and defaults to 1 if not set. If a var + creates output on multiple lines then the lines are placed be‐ + hind each other separated with a ’|’-sign. Do NOT use vars that + change colors or otherwise affect the design inside a scrolling + text. If you want spaces between the start and the end of + ’text’, place them at the end of ’text’ not at the front ("foo‐ + bar" and " foobar" can both generate "barfoo" but "foobar " will + keep the spaces like this "bar foo"). + + + 1mshadecolor (color)0m + Change shading color + + + 1msmapi (ARGS)0m + when using smapi, display contents of the /sys/devices/plat‐ + form/smapi directory. ARGS are either ’(FILENAME)’ or ’bat (IN‐ + DEX) (FILENAME)’ to display the corresponding files’ content. + This is a very raw method of accessing the smapi values. When + available, better use one of the smapi_* variables instead. + + + 1msmapi_bat_bar (INDEX),(height),(width)0m + when using smapi, display the remaining capacity of the battery + with index INDEX as a bar. + + + 1msmapi_bat_perc (INDEX)0m + when using smapi, display the remaining capacity in percent of + the battery with index INDEX. This is a separate variable be‐ + cause it supports the ’use_spacer’ configuration option. + + + 1msmapi_bat_power INDEX0m + when using smapi, display the current power of the battery with + index INDEX in watt. This is a separate variable because the + original read out value is being converted from mW. The sign of + the output reflects charging (positive) or discharging (nega‐ + tive) state. + + + 1msmapi_bat_temp INDEX0m + when using smapi, display the current temperature of the battery + with index INDEX in degree Celsius. This is a separate variable + because the original read out value is being converted from mil‐ + li degree Celsius. + + + 1mstippled_hr (space)0m + Stippled (dashed) horizontal line + + + 1mswapbar (height),(width)0m + Bar that shows amount of swap in use + + + 1mswap 22mAmount of swap in use + + + 1mswapmax0m + Total amount of swap + + + 1mswapperc0m + Percentage of swap in use + + + 1msysname0m + System name, Linux for example + + + 1mtcp_portmon port_begin port_end item (index) 4m22m(ip424m 4monly24m 4mat24m 4mpresent)0m + TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be + in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are: + + 1mcount 22m- total number of connections in the range + 1mrip 22m- remote ip address + 1mrhost 22m- remote host name + 1mrport 22m- remote port number + 1mrservice 22m- remote service name from /etc/services + 1mlip 22m- local ip address + 1mlhost 22m- local host name + 1mlport 22m- local port number + 1mlservice 22m- local service name from /etc/services + + The connection index provides you with access to each connection + in the port monitor. The monitor will return information for in‐ + dex values from 0 to n-1 connections. Values higher than n-1 are + simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index must + be omitted. It is required for all other items. + + Examples: + 1m${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} 22m- displays the number of connec‐ + tions in the bittorrent port range + 1m${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} 22m- displays the remote host ip of the + first sshd connection + 1m${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9} 22m- displays the remote host ip of the + tenth sshd connection + 1m${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0} 22m- displays the remote host name of + the first connection on a privileged port + 1m${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4} 22m- displays the remote host port of + the fifth connection on a privileged port + 1m${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14} 22m- displays the local service + name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports + + Note that port monitor variables which share the same port range + actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a sin‐ + gle port range for different items and different indexes all use + the same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids + creating redundant monitors. + + 1mtexeci interval command0m + Runs a command at an interval inside a thread and displays the + output. Same as $execi, except the command is run inside a + thread. Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updat‐ + ing. You should make the interval slightly longer then the time + it takes your script to execute. For example, if you have a + script that take 5 seconds to execute, you should make the in‐ + terval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi. + + + 1moffset (pixels)0m + Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset. + + + 1mrss url delay_in_minutes action item_num0m + Download and parse RSS feeds. Action may be one of the follow‐ + ing: feed_title, item_title (with num par), item_desc (with num + par) and item_titles. + + + 1mtab (width, (start))0m + Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column ’start’. + + + 1mtail logfile lines (interval)0m + Displays last N lines of supplied text text file. If interval is + not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky’s interval. Max of 30 lines + can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled. + + + 1mtemplateN (arg1) (arg2) (arg3 ...)0m + Evaluate the content of the templateN configuration variable + (where N is a value between 0 and 9, inclusively), applying sub‐ + stitutions as described in the documentation of the correspond‐ + ing configuration variable. The number of arguments is option‐ + al, but must match the highest referred index in the template. + You can use the same special sequences in each argument as the + ones valid for a template definition, e.g. to allow an argument + to contain a whitespace. Also simple nesting of templates is + possible this way. + + Here are some examples of template definitions: + + template0 $\1\2 + template1 \1: ${fs_used \2} / ${fs_size \2} + template2 \1 \2 + + The following list shows sample usage of the templates defined + above, with the equivalent syntax when not using any template at + all: + + using template same without template + ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── + ${template0 node name} $nodename + ${template1 root /} root: ${fs_free /} / + ${fs_size /} + ${template1 ${template2\ disk\ root} /} disk root: ${fs_free /} / ${fs_size /} + + + 1mtime (format)0m + Local time, see man strftime to get more information about for‐ + mat + + + 1mutime (format)0m + Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time). + + + 1mtztime (timezone) (format)0m + Local time for specified timezone, see man strftime to get more + information about format. The timezone argument is specified in + similar fashion as TZ environment variable. For hints, look in + /usr/share/zoneinfo. e.g. US/Pacific, Europe/Zurich, etc. + + + 1mtotaldown net0m + 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 al‐ + ready done that before conky has started. + + + 1mtop type, num0m + This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically, + processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu us‐ + age, which is what (num) represents. The types are: "name", + "pid", "cpu", "mem", "mem_res", "mem_vsize", and "time". There + can be a max of 10 processes listed. + + + 1mtop_mem type, num0m + Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu + + + 1mtotalup net0m + Total upload, this one too, may overflow + + + 1mupdates Number of updates0m + for debugging + + + 1mupspeed net0m + Upload speed in KiB + + + 1mupspeedf net0m + Upload speed in KiB with one decimal + + + 1mupspeedgraph normal|log net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gra‐0m + 1mdient colour 2) (scale)0m + Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If + scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a + logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" in‐ + stead of "normal". + + + 1muptime 22mUptime + + + 1muptime_short0m + Uptime in a shorter format + + + 1muser_number0m + Number of users logged in + + + 1muser_names0m + Lists the names of the users logged in + + + 1muser_terms0m + Lists the consoles in use + + + 1muser_times0m + Lists how long users have been logged in for + + + 1mvoffset (pixels)0m + Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause + text to overlap. See also $offset. + + + 1mvoltage_mv (n)0m + Returns CPU #n’s voltage in mV. CPUs are counted from 1. If + omitted, the parameter defaults to 1. + + + 1mvoltage_v (n)0m + Returns CPU #n’s voltage in V. CPUs are counted from 1. If omit‐ + ted, the parameter defaults to 1. + + + 1mwireless_essid net0m + Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only) + + + 1mwireless_mode net0m + Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only) + + + 1mwireless_bitrate net0m + Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only) + + + 1mwireless_ap net0m + Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only) + + + 1mwireless_link_qual net0m + Wireless link quality (Linux only) + + + 1mwireless_link_qual_max net0m + Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only) + + + 1mwireless_link_qual_perc net0m + Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only) + + + 1mwireless_link_bar (height), (width) net0m + Wireless link quality bar (Linux only) + + + 1mwords textfile0m + Displays the number of words in the given file + + + 1mxmms2_artist0m + Artist in current XMMS2 song + + + 1mxmms2_album0m + Album in current XMMS2 song + + + 1mxmms2_title0m + Title in current XMMS2 song + + + 1mxmms2_genre0m + Genre in current XMMS2 song + + + 1mxmms2_comment0m + Comment in current XMMS2 song + + + 1mxmms2_decoder0m + Decoder plugin used + + + 1mxmms2_transport0m + Transport plugin used + + + 1mxmms2_url0m + Full path to current song + + + 1mxmms2_tracknr0m + Track number in current XMMS2 song + + + 1mxmms2_bitrate0m + Bitrate of current song + + + 1mxmms2_id0m + XMMS2 id of current song + + + 1mxmms2_duration0m + Duration of current song + + + 1mxmms2_elapsed0m + Song’s elapsed time + + + 1mxmms2_size0m + Size of current song + + + 1mxmms2_percent0m + Percent of song’s progress + + + 1mxmms2_status0m + XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or Disconnected) + + + 1mxmms2_bar (height),(width)0m + Bar of XMMS2’s progress + + + 1mxmms2_smart0m + Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file + name, depending on whats available + + + 1mif_xmms2_connected0m + Display everything between $if_xmms2_connected and the matching + $endif if xmms2 is running. + + + 1meve api_userid api_key character_id0m + Fetches your currently training skill from the Eve Online API + servers (http://www.eve-online.com/) and displays the skill + along with the remaining training time. + + +1mEXAMPLES0m + conky 1m-t ’${time %D %H:%M}’ -o -u 300m + Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30 + sec update interval. + + conky 1m-a top_left -x 5 -y 500 -d0m + Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500). + +1mFILES0m + 4m~/.conkyrc24m default configuration file + +1mBUGS0m + 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. If you do try running Conky + in its own window, be sure to read up on the own_window_type settings + and experiment. + +1mSEE ALSO0m + ⟨http://conky.sourceforge.net/⟩ + + ⟨http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky⟩ + + #conky on irc.freenode.net + +1mCOPYING0m + Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Brenden Matthews, Philip Kovacs, et. al. Any + original torsmo code is licensed under the BSD license (see LICENSE.BSD + for a copy). All code written since the fork of torsmo is licensed un‐ + der the GPL (see LICENSE.GPL for a copy), except where noted different‐ + ly (such as in portmon code, timed thread code, and audacious code + which are LGPL, and prss which is an MIT-style license). + +1mAUTHORS0m + The Conky dev team (see AUTHORS for a full list of contributors). + + + + 2008-12-07 conky(1)