Here’s my small but functional conky config (conkyrc).
It displays:
- Battery
- CPU Utilisation
- RAM Utilisation
- SWAP Utilisation
- Hard Drive Usage
- eth0 and wlan0 stats
- Public IP
- Wireless Info
- Clock
Some bits you might want to change according to your distro.
######################
# - Conky settings - #
######################
update_interval 2
total_run_times 0
net_avg_samples 1
cpu_avg_samples 2
imlib_cache_size 0
double_buffer yes
no_buffers yes
format_human_readable
#####################
# - Text settings - #
#####################
use_xft yes
xftfont Droid Sans:size=8
override_utf8_locale yes
text_buffer_size 2048
#############################
# - Window specifications - #
#############################
own_window_class Conky
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
alignment top_right
gap_y 40
gap_x 20
border_inner_margin 8
minimum_size 180 300
maximum_width 180
maximum_height 460
default_bar_size 92 6
#########################
# - Graphics settings - #
#########################
draw_shades no
default_shade_color 000000
default_color FFFFFF
TEXT
${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}DEBIAN LINUX $hr${font}
##############
# - OS - #
##############
${voffset 5}${font OpenLogos:size=35}J${font}${goto 45}${voffset -30}Name: ${alignr}${nodename}
${goto 45}OS: ${alignr}Debian Wheezy
${goto 45}Kernel: ${alignr}${kernel}
${goto 45}Uptime: ${alignr}${uptime}
${voffset 8}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}SYSTEM $hr${font}
##############
# - SYSTEM - #
##############
# |--SWAP
${voffset 5}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}BATT${font}${goto 45}Rem: ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${battery_percent BAT0}%${font} ${alignr}${battery_bar 7,70 BAT0}
${goto 45}Status: ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${battery BAT0}${font}
# |--CPU
${voffset 6}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}CPU${font}${offset -20}${goto 45}Core 1: ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${cpu cpu1}%${font} ${alignr}${cpubar cpu2 7,70 EEEEEE}
${goto 45}Core 2: ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${cpu cpu2}%${font} ${alignr}${cpubar cpu2 7,70 EEEEEE}
# |--MEM
${voffset 6}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}RAM${font}${goto 45}RAM: ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}$memperc%${font} ${alignr}${membar 7,70}
${goto 45}Free: ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${memeasyfree}${font} ${goto 115}Used: ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${mem}${font}
# |--HDD
${voffset 6}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}HDD${font}${goto 45}/: ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${fs_used_perc /}%${font} ${alignr}${fs_bar 7,70 /}
${goto 45}Free: ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${fs_free /}${font} ${goto 115}Used: ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${fs_used /}${font}
# |--SWAP
${voffset 5}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}SWAP${font}${goto 45}Swap: ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${swapperc}%${font} ${alignr}${swapbar 7,70}
${goto 45}Free: ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}$swapmax${font} ${goto 115}Used: ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}$swap${font}
###############
# - NETWORK - #
###############
${voffset 8}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}NETWORK $hr${font}
${voffset 5}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}Public${font}${goto 45}Addr:${goto 85}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${execi 240 curl http://automation.whatismyip.com/n09230945.asp}${font}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}${voffset 5}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}waln0${font}${goto 45}Addr:${goto 85}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${addr wlan0}${font}
${goto 45}Down:${goto 85}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${downspeed wlan0}${font}${alignr}${downspeedgraph wlan0 8,50 EEEEEE}
${goto 45}Up:${goto 85}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${upspeed wlan0}${font}${alignr}${upspeedgraph wlan0 8,50 EEEEEE}
${goto 45}Total:${goto 85}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${totaldown wlan0}${font} / ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${totalup wlan0}${font}${else}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}wlan0${font}${goto 45}Not Conencted${endif}
${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}${voffset 5}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}eth0${font}${goto 45}Addr:${goto 85}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${addr eth0}${font}
${goto 45}Down:${goto 85}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${downspeed eth0}${font}${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth0 8,50 EEEEEE}
${goto 45}Up:${goto 85}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${upspeed eth0}${font}${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 8,50 EEEEEE}
${goto 45}Total:${goto 85}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${totaldown eth0}${font} / ${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${totalup eth0}${font}${else}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}eth0${font}${goto 45}Not Connected${endif}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}${voffset 8}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}WIRELESS $hr${font}
${voffset 5}${goto 45}Int:${goto 85}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}wlan0${font}
${goto 45}SSID:${goto 85}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${wireless_essid wlan0}${font}
${goto 45}Speed:${goto 85}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${wireless_bitrate wlan0}${font}
${goto 45}Signal:${goto 85}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}${wireless_link_qual_perc wlan0}%${font}${alignr}${wireless_link_bar 7,70 wlan0}${endif}
#############
# - CLOCK - #
#############
${voffset 8}${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=8}CLOCK $hr${font}
${font Droid Sans:size=20}${alignc}${time %l:%M %p}${font}
${alignc}${time %d %B %Y}
It requires openlogos font too for the debian/distro logo and curl for the public ip. The initial script isn’t mine; it’s just oen I found and them modified.