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Conky harmattan text is mis-aligned

I am using Conky Harmattan v1.9x and while I am able to set it up to display all the information, as you will see form the screen shot below the text in each section (God-mode) is aligned slightly to ...
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Unity bar changing colour without request

UPDATED: I found that this happenes whenever I run the sudo -i nautilus command. The Unity bar is changing colour without my request. I am not changing the background (I know it automatically ...
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how to write a lua script using hddtemp so that results are displayed in a bargraph

in my lua bargraph script I have name="hddtemp", arg="execi 100 hddtemp /dev/sda2 |cut -c33-40", I just want the temperature to be displayed in a bar graph. What I have written above displays an ...
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Conky either has title bar, dissapears or over writes itself

I have been trying to set up Conky. Gothic works fine, but seamod has been giving me problems. I have tried setting the window_type as recommended elsewhere, but: normal has a title bar and appears ...
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Conky seamod GUI writing over iteself [duplicate]

The picture explains it better than I can. I have edited the config to make window_type override instead of the default as I wanted it on the desktop not as a window, but window_type desktop was ...
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.conkyrc files won't show up in Conky Manager

So I've installed Conky and conky-manager. I downloaded the Harmatten themes for Conky, followed the instructions given here at GitHub Conky theme, but the .conkyrc files just won't show up when I ...
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Conky ignore everything but main monitor

I am using the qlocktwo conky theme which works great when I just have my main monitor connected, but when I add a second monitor for a dual monitor setup, the widget display isn't where I want it. I ...
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Conky program is not installed on ubuntu16.10

I need to install conky manager to ubuntu,but write this cods for install conky $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:teejee2008/ppa $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install conky-manager I get the ...
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Forwarding an X proccess via SSH automatically by a script

I've been trying to set up conky to monitor some basic stats (processor/memory usage, hdd usage etc) from my home server. After a lot of messing around today I've managed to get the process to work ...
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How can I run this command without the use of sudo?

I have been trying to find a way to display (AMD) GPU load in my conky, and while researching methods to display load, I found a command that - while requiring sudo - worked to print the GPU load to ...
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Conky overlapping itself when switching between desktops

I'm running into a problem with my conky setup. It works perfectly fine as long as I'm not trying to switch to a second desktop. The moment I do that is when conky starts to overlap itself. Looks like ...
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conky keeps grabbing focus and shortcuts and desktop switching does not work

I run into this issue recently when I tried to use Conky with Compiz & Unity on Ubuntu 16.04. Whenever I close some application I am focused to Conky and can't use shortcuts or switch desktops. Is ...
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Following update of ubuntu 16.04 to 16.10, conky doesn't move with workspace ruining transparent background illusion

I recently upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04 to 16.10. I am using the default Unity desktop environment. Prior to the update, when I switched workspaces, my conky and icons would move with the desktop off ...
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Incompatibility between Conky and Ubuntu SDK?

I am on 16.04 (+ Cinnamon) and I have a strange behaviour since I installed Ubuntu SDK : all my settings in Conky is displayed with squares like my fonts were no longer considered. I checked and these ...
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Is there a word cloud for applications?

Is there a script or a software which takes the names of the applications that are open and outputs them on the desktop like a word cloud? Conky implementations are also welcome.
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Conky only recognizes one of my two monitors in Lubuntu

I have a two monitor setup and a very basic Conky that would show in the upper right corner of the right-hand monitor with alignment='right'. Since upgrading from Lubuntu 16.04 to 16.10, conky appears ...
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Conky system temperature monitoring, execigraph empty

G'Day, Mat here. Just wondering if anyone can shed light on why the Conky execigraph would be empty. The screenshot shows execi, execibar, and execigauge all working, but not execigraph. Screenshot ...
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Conky problem indicator

I installed conky manager on my desktop and my laptop but many conky indicators are not loading fine. My PC has good performance but indicator lines and images don't show up and fail. Why? I've ...
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In Conky, how can I calculate the time elapsed since a specific date?

In conky, I would like to display the number of days since a specific date. For this, I would substract the current date from the said specific date. E.g.: If I were to set ImportantDate = 2016-09-...
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Conky moving back and forth, seemingly randomly

I've been using this really nice, slightly modified Gotham .conkyrc for a while, and lately, the window has been jiggling. It stays still in conky-manager, but I don't want to use it, so I copied the ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 apt-get doesn't provide conky-all from Ubuntu 14.04

When upgrading from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 my Conky scripts were automatically converted from Conky 1.9 format to new Conky 1.10 format but they were broken and won't run under Conky 1.10. So I ...
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Conky disappearing when I show desktop

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 and when I press Ctrl+Super+D to show up my desktop, conky disappears.
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Lubuntu LXDE issues with Gis weather running in compton

I've done a lot of google searching on this and can only assume that I'm not setting my compton.conf just right. I have shadows and a blurry background on my Gis Weather where it should be a ...
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Conky Widgets are Opening in their Own Windows

I just upgraded to 16.04 and I'm getting all my customization set up again, but it seems that most Conky widgets are opening in their own window, instead of just appearing on the Desktop; although ...
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Conky Infinity for Ubuntu 16.04

Is the conky infinity theme available for 16.04? I have literally tried everything. All of the methods refer to the previous versions. Is it still available? Also if possible, can you provide with the ...
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Conky height has blank space due negative offset

I am creating a new conky config and I use some fonts with symbols as icons in the left side and the information I want to display at the right side. To align the font and the information, I use a ...
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Can't run Conky

I am new with Linux. I've been experimenting with Ubuntu and Kali Linux and decided to install Conky. I ran the following commands: sudo apt-get install conky sudo apt-get install conky-manager But ...
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Conky does not work properly on Ubuntu 16.04 GNOME

I have this strange problem with conky. It doesn't show properly on the desktop: I've tried everything from editing conky widget file to reinstalling conky and conky manager (v.2.4). Who knows how to ...
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Conky does not use instructed font with "can't load Xft font" error

conky: can't load Xft font 'Ubuntu:size=8,weight:normal' is the error message which appears in the terminal. use_xft yes is present in the Conky config file. The Conky file can be found here
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Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 Cant change conky font

I recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 and installed Gnome DE 3.18. Then installed conky-manager to customize my desktop. Everything worked well and the only problem now I am facing is changing fonts. I ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Gnome Conky does not work right

I downloaded and installed Ubuntu gnome 16.04 and I installed icon and theme and much. Finally I installed conky-manager but it doesn't work correct like this.
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Any help on installing themes for Conky?

I'm trying to install a theme for Conky, but the instructions are unclear. It says to put .conky-vision-icons and .conkyrc into the ~ directory. But where is ~? I have unhid the folders but there's ...
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panel/bar run conky

I wanna run a conky in my i3 status bar. Works well with the conkyi3.sh script as status_command: #!/bin/sh echo "{\"version\":1}" echo "[[]" exec conky -c $HOME/.conkyrc and here is my conky: ...
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vnstat does not show today statistics in conky

I am using Xubuntu 15.10. My conky does not show the Today statistics anymore. Command vnstat in a terminal produces unreadable characters under day column. Month total is shown. My relevant conky.rc ...
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Conky: Ubuntu 15.10 my RC's now open with a menu bar

I have been running 14.04 for a long time now and I just built a new work PC that 14.04 wouldn't install on (wouldn't recognize GPU during install). After 15.10 install and getting my conky rc's ...
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Conky: Use command output for formatting

I'm having an issue with dynamic positioning of images. Basically I made a Conky theme that will move depending on the circumstances. At the bottom of this theme is a process table. I have images ...
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Network disabled after update kernel to 3.13.0-77-generic on ubuntu 14.04.1 [duplicate]

my network are disabled after update kernel to 3.13.0-77-generic on ubuntu 14.04.1 (Voyager Live 14.04.1 amd64). After update and reboot Wifi indicator on panel is disappeared and conky on desktop ...
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Conky with gcalcli doesn't give proper calendar format in desktop

I installed gcalcli and conky, and have authenticated gcalcli to google as well. The output of the gcalcli command in conky is, however, completely useless- Compared to the terminal output: Here is ...
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Monitoring custom graph in CONKY

How to monitor a custom graph in CONKY. Right now I display the single values of the CPU frequency in GHz: CPU1: ${exec echo "scale=1; $((`cpufreq-info -c 0 -f`)) / 1000 / 1000" | bc | awk '{printf "%...
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Problem with conky and Disk usage

I hope that the title is clear. I have this problem: With Disk Usage Analyzer I have this situation As we can see the /home/linofex directory uses about 6 GB. Well, I wrote these lines in a conky ...
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Conky on ubuntu 15.10 shows window decoration

After updating to ubuntu 15.10 conky show window borders and shadows. Any way I can get around it? Here is then content of the theme: #==============================================================...
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Conky's frame appears randomly

I tweaked the Harmattan Texture conky to create a mix between the comfortable version and the god-mode version. The problem is that at some moments, which I can not anticipate, a black frame, or ...
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Conky-Manager install issues

I have been trying to install conky manager. At first, the errors were The following packages have unmet dependencies: conky-manager : Depends: libgee-0.8-2 (>= 0.8.3) but it is not ...
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How hard would it be to set up Conky like this?

I'm a newbie to the Linux world and I have gotten my Ubuntu 15.04 all set up last night. I was playing around with some features and since I'm a nerd I decided I wanted to change my log in sound to ...
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After the upgrade to 15.10 Conky disappears when I click desktop

The conky window disappears if I click the desktop (but not in "super+D" (show desktop). I have tried all possible setting. My previously working settings in 15.04 is as follows: own_window_type ...
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Conky window improperly sized for output

I'm using the following conky script, which works just fine...until I remove the comments from lines 43 and/or 44 - which draw a battery icon in my conky window. The question I have is how do I ...
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SSD temp with conky

I have a problem with conky. I installed hddtemp and my ssd is shown like this: /dev/sda: Crucial_CT120M500SSD1: 39°C now in conky I wrote: ${alignr 10}${color}SSD M500 Crucial 120GB Temp ${color1}$...
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Character limit on process name?

I notice I can't get much info on processes associated with the chromium browser, whether I am looking at gnome-system-monitor, top, or the like. Any process associated with chromium reads as chromium-...
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How can I get IP address showing from using Conky

I'm just wondering how can I get IP address showing on the desktop from using Conky? Do I need to use conky (sudo apt-get install conky-all) or not? As I haven't done it before. I'm thinking ...
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Geolocation-based weather in Conky

Automatically detect location in Conky I travel to different places for work with my laptop. I would like to see the current weather for the place I am in. Is this possible? There are conky ...
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