Network Interface Name Detection in Conky

Once-off Conky config for network graphs

When one changes connection type (say, from ethernet to Wi-Fi), the interface name changes (e.g. eth0 → wlan1). To avoid changing Conky config file all the time, here’s a little Lua function for finding the network interface name. function findInterface() local handle = io.popen('ip a | grep "state UP" | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d " "') local result = handle:read('*a'):gsub('\n$','') handle:close() return result end ip a gives everything about connection info. [Read More]
Conky  Lua 

CPU Temperature Display in Conky

Background I’m using Conky for monitoring the system. After a system upgrade, the CPU temperatures were gone. Conky’s standard error showed the following. Conky: can't open '/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/temp3_input': No such file or directory please check your device or remove this var from Conky... Source of message: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=82231 An easy fix would be to adjust the following lines in .conkyrc according to the number N in /sys/class/hwmon/hwmonN containing the file temp3_input. (You may adjust the number 3 according to the number of CPU of your device. [Read More]
Conky  CPU  Linux 

Animated GIF Screenshots on Ubuntu

Background I’ve to take screenshots to demonstrate Conky’s visual output. I’ve chosen Byzanz after reading this answer on Ask Ubuntu. Peek is more user-friendly, but I prefer CLI’s precision. That’s feasible thanks to a comment mentioning xwininfo. After typing xwininfo, click on the target window. Switching to adjacent workplace is possible. $ xwininfo xwininfo: Please select the window about which you would like information by clicking the mouse in that window. [Read More]