
Rainbow-Conky
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work):
Description:
Colourful basic conky. Available as bright and the other with subdued colours.
To run Conky:
place this folder into ~/.config/
for bright conky version run with command:
conky -c ~/.config/Rainbow-Conky/conky-bright.conf
for dark conky version run with command:
conky -c ~/.config/Rainbow-Conky/conky-dark.conf
create startup application entry with above commands
for display of temperatures and fanspeeds
"lm-sensors" needs to be installed
first issue command:
sudo sensors-detect
then reboot
lines 83 and 84 are activated at present
if this does not work your computer may have other parameters
relevant lines are: 80 to 88
try by removing the: #
in front of a line to activate it
or by adding a: #
in front of a line to silence it
or trying various combinations of above possibilities
without dedicated graphics driver it needed lines 83 and 84 set as a pair;
as ‘acpitemp’ is used for CPU, ‘hwmon’ is used for graphics adaptor
network is set to "enp3s0" for wired connections
and "wlan0" for wireless connections
your computer may have different names for network cards and connections
like enp4s0, wlx001f3386b507, enx0c5b8f279a64 etc.
replace the enp3s0 or wlan0 with your connections name
on lines 100 to 107
for laptop battery monitoring
remove the: #
on lines 71 and 72
BAT0 may have a different symbol Last changelog:
To run Conky:
place this folder into ~/.config/
for bright conky version run with command:
conky -c ~/.config/Rainbow-Conky/conky-bright.conf
for dark conky version run with command:
conky -c ~/.config/Rainbow-Conky/conky-dark.conf
create startup application entry with above commands
for display of temperatures and fanspeeds
"lm-sensors" needs to be installed
first issue command:
sudo sensors-detect
then reboot
lines 83 and 84 are activated at present
if this does not work your computer may have other parameters
relevant lines are: 80 to 88
try by removing the: #
in front of a line to activate it
or by adding a: #
in front of a line to silence it
or trying various combinations of above possibilities
without dedicated graphics driver it needed lines 83 and 84 set as a pair;
as ‘acpitemp’ is used for CPU, ‘hwmon’ is used for graphics adaptor
network is set to "enp3s0" for wired connections
and "wlan0" for wireless connections
your computer may have different names for network cards and connections
like enp4s0, wlx001f3386b507, enx0c5b8f279a64 etc.
replace the enp3s0 or wlan0 with your connections name
on lines 100 to 107
for laptop battery monitoring
remove the: #
on lines 71 and 72
BAT0 may have a different symbol
rainbow-conky version 2018-B
modified entry for battery indication and bar to suit the style of the other entries
lines 72 and 73 are commented (having a: # in front of line makes it invisible) at present
for laptops please remove the: # on lines 72 and 73 and save
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