Conky without X support

[rota]

I want to compile Conky without X support, but is this the right way to do it?

I would change the line in the makefile which reads:

USE_XORG?= x11 xext xdamage
to this:
USE_XORG?= no

[Mel_Flynn]

Nope, because:
Conky is an advanced, highly configurable system monitor for X

So I take it, it's not useable without X.

[rota]

Nevermind, found it. It's called Conky-awesome.

[Daisuke_Aramaki]

Nope, because:
Conky is an advanced, highly configurable system monitor for X

So I take it, it's not useable without X.

Yes you can. You simply have to pass parameters to build it without X support.

[rota]

Yes you can. You simply have to pass parameters to build it without X support.
But how to do it? :)

[Mel_Flynn]

Yes you can. You simply have to pass parameters to build it without X support.

You've actually done this, or just making an 'educated' guess?


# ./configure --without-x

...

checking for X... disabled
configure: error: Can't locate your X11 installation

[Daisuke_Aramaki]

You've actually done this, or just making an 'educated' guess?


# ./configure --without-x

...

checking for X... disabled
configure: error: Can't locate your X11 installation


./configure --disable-x11 --disable-xdamage --disable- own-window --disable-xft

to give you an example. not just x11, as you can see you can also disable xft support! I use conky without X support when i use status bars like dzen together with tiling managers lik dwm or xmonad.

[Daisuke_Aramaki]

./configure --disable-x11 --disable-xdamage --disable- own-window --disable-xft

to give you an example. not just x11, as you can see you can also disable xft support! I use conky without X support when i use status bars like dzen together with tiling managers lik dwm or xmonad.

Here's a screen how conky-command line interface will look like. This is a shot of my eee pc

http://omploader.org/vMTNvbA

[rota]

Well FreeBSD also makes this really simple. :) If you want Conky display information in awesome, dwm, or other tiling window manager you can use conky-awesome which has no X support by default, just look at the makefile. (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/ports/sysutils/conky-awesome/Makefile?rev=1.37;content-type=text%2Fplain) Hmm, I helped myself with this one. :e

[Daisuke_Aramaki]

Well FreeBSD also makes this really simple. :) If you want Conky display information in awesome, dwm, or other tiling window manager you can use conky-awesome which has no X support by default, just look at the makefile. (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/ports/sysutils/conky-awesome/Makefile?rev=1.37;content-type=text%2Fplain) Hmm, I helped myself with this one. :e

yeah i know it exists. But just wanted to say that it can be built from sources as well, the way i mentioned, thats all. But of course, its the best to use the conky-awesome port! :e