[SOLVED] Conky is slowly updating the info

[Ksiencha]

I really don't know what I did wrong: I just put some pieces of code to make conky display what I want.
Here's the code of my conky setup:

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar
own_window_type normal
own_window_colour brown
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_argb_visual yes

background no
maximum_width 250

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# fiddle with window
use_spacer right

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 450 2

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes


draw_borders no
# Stippled borders?
#stippled_borders 8
# window.border_inner_margin 4
border_width 10



# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color white



# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_right
alignment top_left
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 0
gap_y 10

# Text stuff
draw_outline no # amplifies text if yes
uppercase no # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
override_utf8_locale yes
use_xft yes
xftfont Terminus:size=9
#xftfont Sans:size=8
xftalpha 0.8

text_buffer_size 3000

########## BEGIN FORMATTED DISPLAY ##########
TEXT
${font :size=8}${color white}${alignc}${execi 6000 hostname}${font}${color }
${font :size=8}${alignc}${color #93E0E3}Linux kernel: $kernel${font}${color }
${hr 1}
${color #93E0E3}UpTime: ${alignr}${color #93E0E3}$uptime${color }

${font StyleBats:size=17}k${font Terminus:size=12} CPU ${font}${hr 2}

${color #72D5A3}CPU1:${color } ${cpu cpu1}%${alignr}${color #72D5A3}CPU2:${color }${cpu cpu2}%
${cpugraph cpu1 10,100 72D5A3 72D5A3}${alignr}${cpugraph cpu2 10,100 72D5A3 72D5A3}

${color #72D5A3}Processes:${color }${alignr}$processes
${color #72D5A3}Running:${color }${alignr}$running_processes
${color #72D5A3}CPU Temp:${color }${alignr}${acpitemp}°C
${color #72D5A3}HDrive Temp:${color }${alignr}${exec hddtemp -n /dev/sda}°C

${font StyleBats:size=17}M${font Terminus:size=12} MEMORY ${font}${hr 2}

${color 94BFF3}RAM: $mem${alignr}${membar 5,100}
${color 94BFF3}SWAP: $swap${alignr}${swapbar 5,100}
${color 94BFF3}ROOT: $fs_used${alignr}${fs_bar 5,100 /}

${color ffffff}${font StyleBats:size=17}Q${font Terminus:size=12} WEATHER ${font}${hr 2}
${if_match $updates >= 10}\
${execi 300 curl -s "http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=924943&u=c" -o ~/.cache/weather.xml} 
Location $alignr${execi 300 grep "yweather:location" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "country=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*"} 
Temperature $alignr${execi 300 grep "yweather:condition" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "temp=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*"}°C 
Weather $alignr${execi 300 grep "yweather:condition" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "text=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*"} 
Wind $alignr${execi 300 grep "yweather:wind" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "speed=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*"}${execi 300 grep "yweather:units" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "speed=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*"} 
Humidity $alignr${execi 300 grep "yweather:atmosphere" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "humidity=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*"}% 

${color #DCA3A3}Sunrise $alignr${execi 900 grep "yweather:astronomy" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "sunrise=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*"}${color}
${color #F0DFAF}Sunset $alignr${execi 900 grep "yweather:astronomy" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "sunset=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*"}${color}

${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "day=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==1'} $alignr${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "text=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==1'} ${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "low=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==1'}-${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "high=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==1'}°C 
${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "day=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==2'} $alignr${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "text=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==2'} ${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "low=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==2'}-${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "high=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==2'}°C 
${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "day=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==3'} $alignr${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "text=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==3'} ${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "low=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==3'}-${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "high=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==3'}°C 
${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "day=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==4'} $alignr${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "text=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==4'} ${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "low=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==4'}-${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "high=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==4'}°C 
${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "day=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==5'} $alignr${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "text=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==5'} ${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "low=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==5'}-${execi 300 grep "yweather:forecast" ~/.cache/weather.xml | grep -o "high=\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "\"[^\"]*\"" | grep -o "[^\"]*" | awk 'NR==5'}°C 
$endif
${color ffffff}${font StyleBats:size=17}5${font Terminus:size=12} NETWORK ${font}${hr 2} 
${if_existing /sys/class/net/eth0/operstate up}${color #EC93D3} IP (eth0): 
${alignr}${color }${execi 60 LANG=en_US; /sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet addr:" | cut -d : -f 2 | awk '{print $1}'}
${color #EC93D3} UP: ${color }${upspeed eth0}${alignr}${color #EC93D3} DOWN: ${color }${downspeed eth0}
${upspeedgraph eth0 10,100 EC93D3 EC93D3}${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth0 10,100 EC93D3 EC93D3}
${else}
${if_existing /sys/class/net/wlan0/operstate up}${color #EC93D3} IP (wlan0): ${alignr}${color }${execi 60 LANG=en_US; /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 | grep "inet addr:" | cut -d : -f 2 | awk '{print $1}'}

${color #EC93D3}UP: ${color }${upspeed wlan0}${alignr}${color #EC93D3}DOWN: ${color }${downspeed wlan0}
${upspeedgraph wlan0 10,100 EC93D3 EC93D3} ${alignr}${downspeedgraph wlan0 10,100 EC93D3 EC93D3}
${endif}

Now, the conky won't update quite fast, and numbers overlap each other:


Please, advise me what to do.
Thx

[vinnywright]

hear is mine ,,,,,,,,I am to tired right now to go thrugh them both and look for misalignment

VINNY

 background no
 use_xft yes
xftfont Ubuntu Mono:size=9
update_interval 3.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_argb_visual true
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 220 5
maximum_width 220
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
default_color gray
#default_shade_color black
alignment top_right
gap_x 12
gap_y 35
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale yes
uppercase yes # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase

TEXT
${color gray}SYSTEM ${hr 1}${color}

Hostname: $alignr$nodename
Kernel: $alignr$kernel
Release: $alignr${pre_exec lsb_release -rs | awk '{print $1}'}
Codename: $alignr${pre_exec lsb_release -cs | awk '{print $1}'}
Desktop: ${alignr}KDE ${pre_exec kde4-config --version | grep KDE | awk '{print $4}'}
Uptime: $alignr$uptime
#Temperatures: ${alignr}GPU ${intel temp}°C
#${alignr}Core0 ${execi 5 sensors | grep "Core 0" | awk '{print $3}' | cut -c2-3}°C
${color 0538ab}Avgerage: ${execi 8 sensors | grep -A 0 'temp1' | cut -c14-19 | sed '/^$/d'}°C $alignr${execi 8 sensors -f | grep -A 0 'temp1' | cut -c14-19 | sed '/^$/d'}°F${color}
Core 1  : ${execi 8 sensors | grep -A 0 'Core 0' | cut -c14-19 | sed '/^$/d'}°C $alignr${execi 8 sensors -f | grep -A 0 'Core 0' | cut -c14-19 | sed '/^$/d'}°F
Core 2  : ${execi 8 sensors | grep -A 0 'Core 2' | cut -c14-19 | sed '/^$/d'}°C $alignr${execi 8 sensors -f | grep -A 0 'Core 2' | cut -c14-19 | sed '/^$/d'}°F

CPU: ${alignr}${freq} MHz
Processes: ${alignr}$processes ($running_processes running)
Load: ${alignr}$loadavg

CPU1 ${alignr}${cpu cpu1}%
${color 00af00}${cpubar 4 cpu1}${color}
CPU2 ${alignr}${cpu cpu2}%
${color 00af00}${cpubar 4 cpu2}${color}
CPU3 ${alignr}${cpu cpu3}%
${color 00af00}${cpubar 4 cpu3}${color}
CPU4 ${alignr}${cpu cpu4}%
${color 00af00}${cpubar 4 cpu4}${color}

Ram ${alignr}$mem / $memmax ($memperc%)
${color 00af00}${membar 4}${color}
swap ${alignr}$swap / $swapmax ($swapperc%)
${color 00af00}${swapbar 4}${color}

Highest CPU $alignr CPU% MEM%
${color 7e0f06}${top name 1}$alignr${top cpu 1}${top mem 1}${color}
${color d2d00a}${top name 2}$alignr${top cpu 2}${top mem 2}${color}
${color 0538ab}${top name 3}$alignr${top cpu 3}${top mem 3}${color}

Highest MEM $alignr CPU% MEM%
${color 7e0f06}${top_mem name 1}$alignr${top_mem cpu 1}${top_mem mem 1}${color}
${color d2d00a}${top_mem name 2}$alignr${top_mem cpu 2}${top_mem mem 2}${color}
${color 0538ab}${top_mem name 3}$alignr${top_mem cpu 3}${top_mem mem 3}${color}

${color gray}Filesystem ${hr 1}${color}

Root: ${alignr}${fs_free /} / ${fs_size /}
${color 00af00}${fs_bar 4 /}${color}
Disk: ${alignr}${fs_free /mnt/disk} / ${fs_size /mnt/disk}
${color 00af00}${fs_bar 4 /mnt/disk}${color}
Disk1: ${alignr}${fs_free /mnt/disk1} / ${fs_size /mnt/disk1}
${color 00af00}${fs_bar 4 /mnt/disk1}${color}

${color gray}NETWORK ${hr 1}${color}

Down ${downspeed wlan0} k/s ${alignr}Up ${upspeed wlan0} k/s
${downspeedgraph wlan0 25,107 0000ff 00ff00 scale -t -l}${alignr}${upspeedgraph wlan0 25,107 d0c40c 6b0853}
Total ${totaldown wlan0} ${alignr}Total ${totalup wlan0}

[vinnywright]

hears a screen shot so you can see the result.



VINNY

[kubicle]

numbers overlap each other

A common cause for this is that you have multiple instances of conky running on top of each other.

you can check this by running "pgrep conky", if there are multiple processes you can kill all but one (or kill them all and then start conky)

[Ksiencha]

Thank you, guys, really. I'm gonna do this all later, 'cause it's night here. I'll report tomorrow

[Ksiencha]

@kubicle, thank you so much ))). Your solution worked. The output of pgrep conky gave me several processes, and I killed every process except the first one. I also removed startup file which I originally created in ~/.config/autostart/conky.desktop. So now there's only one instance of conky running on my desktop at startup (so it appears the startup file was created automatically?). However, I cannot figure out where's the startup file for the current conky process, I've looked into .kde/share/config/session list, but there's no conky file. I'd really like to know where is it hiding (lol).
Anyway, I will mark the thread as solved, because my problem is solved now. Good luck, everyone

[millusions]

nice one Vinny!

this problem is very common, on my home server anyway, almost always after login:
killall conky; conky &

[kubicle]

However, I cannot figure out where's the startup file for the current conky process, I've looked into .kde/share/config/session list, but there's no conky file. I'd really like to know where is it hiding (lol).

I have sessions disabled, so I'm not 100% certain, but IIRC sessions are stored in ~/.kde/share/config/ksmserverrc (and ~/.kde/share/config/session/ only holds the state files for individual applications in a session).

You can run the following to test whether conky is started by ksmserver when it restores a session:
grep conky ~/.kde/share/config/ksmserverrc

[Ksiencha]

Yep, it's there.

command1=conky

Thx

Would you mind give an answer to another question ( pretty please): how can I tweak conky start-up time then? so that it would appear faster after system is up. This question is being asked bacause I as you know now I have only ksmserverrc file for that and I don't know how to modify it.

[Snowhog]

Check System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Autostart to see if Conky is shown as either a Desktop File or Script File. Also, check Session Management. If you have Restore previous session marked, and Conky was still running when you shutdown, that instance will be restarted and a new instance will be started.

Many here simply opt to start our PCs and Logon with Start with an empty session.

[Ksiencha]

Yay! Thank you I had Restore previous session checked and I saw Conky on shutdown. Changed it to Start with an empty session, and on Autostart added conky, now it starts right away.

P.S. Gru rocks! lol

[Snowhog]

Happy to help when/where/as I can.