OK - here is a version of the necessary file(s) that you can modify however you like. It is in the form of a .zip file, and includes a combined README and install file. The idea is to read it first, make the changes to the conky file (ends in -rc), and be in the same directory as the install and this time execute it Or, do the steps separately yourself - it should be pretty clear what they are. Any troubles, let me know - I can probably fix them (hopefully I didn't cause them!)
Hi folks, my first post. I've just installed Garuda and want to try my conky (developed on MX linux) on this distro. I need lua bindings but don't know where to start - I'm used to Debian derivatives, so please be gentle
You might like to 'search' by trying yay conky to see what choices are out there. For instance - conky-cairo is a good choice too Going to the AUR site for Arch and running searches there can help too...
Thanks, this is a derivative from a Raspberry Pi design that definitely needed some reworking to get functional. I was used to configuring in Conky Manager but I just can't seem to get it working, so I just autostart Conky with this as my .conkyrc
Hopefully I can integrate 2 separate displays, since I would like to have some terminal notes etched into my desktop using this method, unless there is another way to do it that I am not yet familiar with.
Separate conkys are no problem - I run about 12 at the moment (over 2 monitors). A look back at some of the desktops I’ve posted will give you an idea
conky -c alternate_conky_filename_rc &
will run the alternate conky without interference from the first, or subsequent ones.
I suggest making a directory for keeping all your conky stuff - I have used ~/.conky or ~/.config.conky most often - with subdirs for lua script and images. If you don’t start out orgranized (!)
Not quite sure what you mean by ‘terminal notes’, but I’m using conky to output simple text with OS calls to for example cat ‘${execi 86400 cat some-text-file}’. …but you’ve probably thought about that. Anyhow, I have now borrowed (or should I say ‘stolen’?) your script and will try to rework it to suit my needs
Yay I fixed my lua problem. The conky I used was based on an older version (pre 5.2), and the function loadstring, which was causing all the misery, is deprecated in favour of 'load()'. Now it works. Needs a few cosmetic tweaks, but the lua graphs I'm, so fond of are working fine now. Thanks all in the forum for help and good tips!