recommended pacman updates conky script?

ancleessen4 · 2010-03-03 15:29:19

Hi,
I have been trying some of the conky pacman updates scripts on the forum/wiki.
So far they either say my system is up to date when in fact pacman -Syu shows otherwise, or they fail to give any info at all.

Can anybody recommend a conky script that is working at this moment in time?:/

Last edited by ancleessen4 (2010-03-03 15:29:45)

userlander · 2010-03-03 15:41:42

I use this one:

#!/usr/bin/perl
## script by Xyne
## http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57291
use strict;
use warnings;
my $n = (`pacman -Qu | wc -l`);
chomp ($n);
if ($n == 0)
{
     print "No new packages"
}
elsif($n == 1)
{
     print "1 new package"
}
else
{
print "$n new packages "
}

in conky I have:
${execi 30 /path/to/pacman-updates}

Then just put a pacman -Sy in crontab to do the checking every half hour or whatever.

whacath · 2010-03-03 16:16:36

#!/usr/bin/perl
## script by Xyne
## http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57291
use strict;
use warnings;
my $n = (`pacman -Qu | wc -l`);
chomp ($n);
if ($n == 0)
{
     print "Pacman is happy! :)"
}
else
{
     print "Pacman is sad! :("
}

ancleessen4 · 2010-03-03 16:41:25

Hi userlander and whacath-thanks for the input.
It looks like I am getting somewhere now with "Pacman is sad!" indeed correct!
After pacman -Syu "Pacman is happy!"...perfect!

Runiq · 2010-03-03 16:48:42

For pretty output, look here.

Three solutions so far, and both are by Xyne. Interesting.

Last edited by Runiq (2010-03-03 23:32:46)

ancleessen4 · 2010-03-03 18:00:05

Looking good-paconky installed!

whacath · 2010-03-03 23:23:27

Runiq wrote:

For prettier output, look here.
Two solutions so far, and both are by Xyne. Interesting.

The second one is modified by me, that is very important to remeber!

Runiq · 2010-03-03 23:30:58

whacath wrote:

The second one is modified by me, that is very important to remeber!

Post edited accordingly.

Last edited by Runiq (2010-03-03 23:31:28)

ancleessen4 · 2010-03-04 15:53:05

A combo of update scripts!

They both appear to work well-perfect!:D

Runiq · 2010-03-04 17:19:30

ancleessen4 wrote:

A combo of update scripts!
http://neilhoughton.com/wp-content/uplo … aconky.jpg
They both appear to work well-perfect!:D

Wow, awesome! I demand to see your .conkyrc!

ancleessen4 · 2010-03-04 18:46:31

Sure-heavily plagiairized from either arch or ubuntu threads...a work in progress...;)
If I find it back I will honour the original author...

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

background no
maximum_width 200

# 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 350 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes


draw_borders no
# Stippled borders?
# stippled_borders 8
# window.border_inner_margin 4
border_width 2


# 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_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 10
gap_y 30

# 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 no
use_xft yes
xftfont Terminus:size=9
#xftfont Sans:size=8
xftalpha 0.8

text_buffer_size 768

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes

color1 333333
color2 cccccc
color3 ddaa00


########## BEGIN FORMATTED DISPLAY ##########
TEXT
${font :size=15}${color red}${alignc}${execi 6000 hostname}${font}${color }
${font :size=8}${alignc}${color lightgrey}$kernel${font}${color }
${hr 1}
${color slate grey}UpTime: ${alignr}${color lightgrey}$uptime${color }

${font StyleBats:size=17}k${font Terminus:size=12} CPU ${font}${hr 2}
${color slate grey}CPU:${color } ${cpu cpu0}% ${cpu cpu1}% ${alignr}${color }$loadavg
${alignc}${cpugraph cpu0 20,90 000000 ffffff} ${cpugraph cpu1 20,90 000000 ffffff}

${color slate grey}cpu0: ${alignr}${color lightgrey}${execi 5 sensors | grep "Core 0" | cut -d "+" -f2 | cut -c1-2}C${color }
${color slate grey}cpu1: ${alignr}${color lightgrey}${execi 5 sensors | grep "Core 1" | cut -d "+" -f2 | cut -c1-2}C${color }
${color slate grey}sda: ${alignr}${color lightgrey}${execi 30 hddtemp /dev/sda |  cut -c 31-33}C

${color slate grey}Processes: ${color }${alignr}$processes  
${color slate grey}Running:   ${color }${alignr}$running_processes

${color slate grey}Top CPU:
${color #ddaa00} ${top name 1}${alignr}${top_mem cpu 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 2}${alignr}${top cpu 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 3}${alignr}${top cpu 3}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 4}${alignr}${top cpu 4}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 5}${alignr}${top cpu 5}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 6}${alignr}${top cpu 6}

${font StyleBats:size=17}M${font Terminus:size=12} MEMORY ${font}${hr 2}
${color slate grey}RAM: ${alignr}${membar 5,100}
${color slate grey}SWAP: ${alignr}${swapbar 5,100}
${color slate grey}ROOT: ${alignr}${fs_bar 5,100 /}
${color slate grey}HOME: ${alignr}${fs_bar 5,100 /home}

${color slate grey}Top Memory:
${color #ddaa00} ${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top_mem mem 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top_mem mem 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top_mem mem 3}

${font StyleBats:size=17}5${font Terminus:size=12} NETWORK ${font}${hr 2}
${color slate grey}Local IP: ${alignr}${color }${addr eth0}
${color slate grey}Public IP: ${alignr}${color }${execi 450 ~/.scripts/externip.sh}

${color}Up: ${color }${upspeed eth0} k/s
${alignc}${upspeedgraph eth0 20,170 000000 ffffff}
${color}Down: ${color }${downspeed eth0}k/s${color}
${alignc}${downspeedgraph eth0 20,170 000000 ffffff}

${font StyleBats:size=17}v${font Terminus:size=12} UPDATES ${font}${hr 2}
${execpi 60 /home/neil/.scripts/pacman-update}${color}
${execpi 3600 paconky /home/neil/.scripts/repos.paconky}
${execpi 3600 paconky /home/neil/.scripts/aur.paconky}
${voffset 900}

Current screen grab;

http://neilhoughton.com/wp-content/uplo … nshot3.png

whacath · 2010-03-05 00:15:44

ancleessen4 wrote:

A combo of update scripts!
http://neilhoughton.com/wp-content/uplo … aconky.jpg
They both appear to work well-perfect!:D

I feel like a grandpa!

Arch Linux

#1 2010-03-03 15:29:19

recommended pacman updates conky script?

#2 2010-03-03 15:41:42

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