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contraversy
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 Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:21 pm Post subject: Running Conky in Background/at boot |
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Ok so I managed to get conky setup the way I wanted, but in all of my searching I didn't see how to have it run in the background, as this terminal window gets annoying and in the way.
Do I HAVE to set it up using screen to run in the bground?
*edit* I just ran conky -q and althought i had to Ctrl C out of it, conky continued to run this time.. |
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DawgG
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:45 am Post subject: |
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i ususally run it with
(the backgrounding can be put into .conkyrc).
this way you can run it from an open terminal inside your wm/de, or you can use one of the "Run Command"-tools many of these have, or you can put it in the startup-config of your wm/de.
in my ~/.fluxbox/startup-file there is this line, and in xfce i have bound it to a keyboard-shortcut (since i do not always want to run it.
GOOD LUCK!
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BillWho
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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contraversy,
This is how I start mine:
| Code: | #!/bin/bash
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SCREEN=$(env | grep DISPLAY | cut -d: -f2)
if ! [[ $(ps -ef | grep "\-\-config=/home/bill/.conkyrc" ) ]]; then
sleep 5s
conky --window-id=$SCREEN --config=/home/bill/.conkyrc&
fi
exit $?
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I use LXDE and call the script from ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart
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contraversy
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:49 am Post subject: |
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| Hey thanks a lot! I just opened a terminal, ran it once and it kind of never went away after that, I appreciate all the help! |
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