Conky Autostart

Hi All,

I am running Garuda, and have put a custom conky.conf in my home folder.
I have added conky -c /path/to/conky.conf to Autostart and it starts no problems. However the original conky and conf is also loading.

What i can’t figure out is where in Garuda would have the original conky autostart as only the instance i added to autostart shows.

╰─λ garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.12.10-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=df6fd518-165d-4867-86ef-ab006d0682aa rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=ada50c83-c90d-40c2-8c48-3f65a2a2a2d8 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.10.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire A315-23 v: V1.21
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: DL model: Lotus_DA v: V1.21 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 0000000000000000 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.21
date: 09/08/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 33.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 33.1/37.0 Wh (89.3%)
volts: 8.6 min: 7.7 model: PANASONIC AP16M5J type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64
type: MT MCP arch: Zen/Zen+ note: check gen: 1 level: v3 note: check
built: 2019 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x18 (24)
stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8108109
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB
desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1564 min/max: 1400/2100 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 1564 2: 1564 3: 1564
4: 1564 5: 1564 6: 1564 7: 1564 8: 1564 bogomips: 33598
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega
Series / Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm
built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8 class-ID: 0300
temp: 63.0 C
Device-2: Quanta VGA WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 0408:a031
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0xe997 built: 2021 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 125% (1.25) to: 1536x864 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
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max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
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wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
(radeonsi raven LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.59 6.12.10-zen1-1-zen)
device-ID: 1002:15d8 memory: 1.95 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 14 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Vega 8 Graphics (RADV RAVEN) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:15d8
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
19.1.7 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP
Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 05:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_pci_acp3x v: kernel
alternate: snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci,
snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt,
snd_sof_amd_vangogh, snd_sof_amd_acp63, snd_sof_amd_acp70 pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 05:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 05:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.10-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
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v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
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SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
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fw-rev: 21113000 temp: 42.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
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used: 15.02 GiB (32.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
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used: 584 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 426.96 GiB size: 426.96 GiB (100.00%)
used: 24.17 GiB (5.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 46.12 GiB size: 46.12 GiB (100.00%)
used: 15.02 GiB (32.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 46.12 GiB size: 46.12 GiB (100.00%)
used: 15.02 GiB (32.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 5.72 GiB used: 284.5 MiB (4.9%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 1.98 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 62.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 62.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 6 GiB available: 5.72 GiB used: 3.25 GiB (56.8%)
Processes: 326 Power: uptime: 36m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 2.28 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1847 libs: 567 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):
System install date:     2025-01-27
Last full system update: 2025-01-28
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:            systemd-vconsole-setup.service

Thanks in advance

Afaik, only i3 edition used to come with a conky and custom config for it; the current screenshot on the homepage doesn’t show it, so maybe it was dropped altogether. In any case, could one of these be the culprit?

The configuration file can be located in one of the following paths (the first one found will be used):
~/.config/conky/conky.conf
~/.conkyrc
/etc/conky/conky.conf

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Conky

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I know where the config files are, but i can’t figure out why there is 2 instances of Conky starting, not sure where the default autostart file is

Hi there, welcome to the forum!
Check if you have the autostart in both of these two directories.
/etc/xdg/autostart/conky.desktop (automatically created by “Garuda Common Settings” package)
~/.config/autostart/ (often created by Conky users)
If so, (backup and) delete one of them.

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Thankyou it was /etc/xdg

I did manage to write a quick bash script that killed conky and then restarted conky with my config, but all Sorted now.
Thanks

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Pay attention if you deleted /etc/xdg/autostart/conky.desktop: it will come back at the next update of the Garuda Common Settings package; so you should possibly use that one to autostart instead of the other (but there are endless possibilities, as you already saw :slight_smile:).

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