Strange units in conky (KiB, MiB, GiB)

chilebiker · 2007-05-03 02:40:06

Conky is working fine here (using KDE), but the units are strange: KiB, MiB, GiB. I want kB, MB and GB instead and also a fixed number of digits. How can i format that? I only found a variable for padding percentage-values.

Here's my conkyrc:

background yes
cpu_avg_samples 5
net_avg_samples 5
out_to_console no
font 7x13
own_window_transparent no
own_window_colour hotpink
xftalpha 1.0
on_bottom yes
mail_spool $MAIL
update_interval 2
own_window no
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 5 5
draw_shades yes
draw_outline no
draw_borders yes
stippled_borders 0
border_margin 10
border_width 2
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color white
alignment top_left
gap_x 20
gap_y 20
use_spacer yes
no_buffers yes
uppercase no

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
TEXT
${color #CCCCCC}${time %A, %d %B %Y} ${alignr}${time %T}

${color #ffccaa}SYSTEM
${color white}${hr 1}
  ${color #888888}Kernel: ${color #CCCCCC}$kernel ${color #888888}${alignr}Uptime: ${color #CCCCCC}$uptime
  ${color #888888}CPU   : ${color #CCCCCC}$freq_g GHz   $cpu%  ${alignr}${i2c temp 2} C
  ${color #888888}        ${cpugraph 15,210 ff0000 ff00ff}
  ${color #888888}RAM   : ${color #CCCCCC}$memmax     $memperc%  ${membar 6}
  ${color #888888}Swap  : ${color #CCCCCC}$swapmax    $swapperc%  ${swapbar 6}

${color #ffccaa}DISK
${color white}${hr 1}
  ${color #888888}/     : ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_size /}    ${fs_free_perc /} %  ${fs_bar 6 /}
  ${color #888888}/boot : ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_size /boot}    ${fs_free_perc /boot} %  ${fs_bar 6 /boot}
  ${color #888888}/tmp  : ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_size /tmp}    ${fs_free_perc /tmp} %  ${fs_bar 6 /tmp}
  ${color #888888}/home : ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_size /home}    ${fs_free_perc /home} %  ${fs_bar 6 /home}
  ${color #888888}/data : ${color #CCCCCC}${fs_size /mnt/data}   ${fs_free_perc /mnt/data} %  ${fs_bar 6 /mnt/data}

${color #ffccaa}PROCESSES
${color white}${hr 1}
  ${color #888888}Processes: ${color #CCCCCC}$processes  ${color #888888}Running: ${color #CCCCCC}$running_processes

  ${color #888888}Name             PID     CPU%   MEM%
  ${color #CCCCCC}${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
  ${color #CCCCCC}${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
  ${color #CCCCCC}${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}

  ${color #CCCCCC}${top_mem name 1} ${top_mem pid 1} ${top_mem cpu 1} ${top_mem mem 1}
  ${color #CCCCCC}${top_mem name 2} ${top_mem pid 2} ${top_mem cpu 2} ${top_mem mem 2}
  ${color #CCCCCC}${top_mem name 3} ${top_mem pid 3} ${top_mem cpu 3} ${top_mem mem 3}

${color #ffccaa}NETWORK    
${color white}${hr 1}
  ${color #888888}Down : ${color #CCCCCC}${downspeed eth0} kb/s   ${color #888888}Up   : ${color #CCCCCC}${upspeed eth0} kb/s
  ${color #888888}Total: ${color #CCCCCC}${totaldown eth0}      ${color #888888}Total: ${color #CCCCCC}${totalup eth0}

ralvez · 2007-05-03 03:36:21

I have noticed the same thing but I assumed it was some "bad code" that got added into conky in some of the latest releases because it did not use to show the units that way when I first installed it.

Last edited by ralvez (2007-05-03 03:37:00)

tomk · 2007-05-03 10:12:26

Those units are know as binary prefixes - see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix .

I'm sure someone else will be along soon to explain how to stop conky using them.

ralvez · 2007-05-03 11:43:13

Well ... I've read the WiKi post and my conclusion is: it is the stupidest thing I have ever seen.
Adding those stupid letters does not help at all the end users. Is not a matter of name what confuses people, it is that they do not know what the different powers of 10 mean.

chilebiker · 2007-05-03 12:14:50

@tomk
Thanks for pointing that out. Now I know at least what those abbreviations mean.

[vEX] · 2007-05-03 20:40:28

I'm not completely sure it's conklys fault, if my memory serves me it changed at one time after an upgrade, but conky wasn't upgraded at all. I could be completely wrong though.

Arch Linux

#1 2007-05-03 02:40:06

Strange units in conky (KiB, MiB, GiB)

#2 2007-05-03 03:36:21

Re: Strange units in conky (KiB, MiB, GiB)

#3 2007-05-03 10:12:26

Re: Strange units in conky (KiB, MiB, GiB)

#4 2007-05-03 11:43:13

Re: Strange units in conky (KiB, MiB, GiB)

#5 2007-05-03 12:14:50

Re: Strange units in conky (KiB, MiB, GiB)

#6 2007-05-03 20:40:28

Re: Strange units in conky (KiB, MiB, GiB)

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