Conky and Hibernation [solved]

[fctk]

hello,

is there a way to stop conky before hibernation and to start it after resuming?

the script by which i start conky is named "conkystart" and is the following:

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#!/bin/bash
conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc1
conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc2
conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc3
conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc4

i put:

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OnSuspend 00 killall conky
OnResume 00 conkystart

in /etc/hibernate/ram.conf (i only use hibernate-ram), but when resuming i get:

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Conky: can't open display:
Conky: can't open display:
Conky: can't open display:
Conky: can't open display:

what can i do?

[ppurka]

It seems conky probably starts before the X server is initialized. So, you could try adding a sleep 20 after /bin/bash, so that the conky is started only after the X server resumes.

[drphibes]

or perhaps you merely need a DISPLAY var:

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#!/bin/bash

DISPLAY=:0

conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc1
conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc2
conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc3
conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc4

[fctk]

now conkystart looks like this:

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#!/bin/bash

DISPLAY=":0.0"

sleep 20

conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc1
conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc2
conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc3
conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc4

but same error

[fctk]

i also tried to put:

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OnResume 00 sudo -u fctk conkystart

but nothing, same error.

[fctk]

i fixed by putting:

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export DISPLAY=":0.0"

anyway, there is another problem: i usually launch hibernation from an xterm, but in that way after resuming if i close the xterm conky is closed, too.

is there a way to avoid this?

[truc]

i fixed by putting:

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export DISPLAY=":0.0"

anyway, there is another problem: i usually launch hibernation from an xterm, but in that way after resuming if i close the xterm conky is closed, too.

is there a way to avoid this?

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 nohup yourscript & 

should do it (close your term without ending conky


BTW To avoid exportint the DISPLAY, I think writing DISPLAY=:0.0 conky -c ... (onevery line) should work..

[fctk]

thanks truc! now it works!

now in ram.conf i have:

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OnResume 00 DISPLAY=:0.0 nohup conkystart &> /dev/null &

while conkystart looks like:

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#!/bin/bash
conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc1
conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc2
conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc3
conky -c /home/fctk/.conkyrc4