Conky without X support

rota · Feb 11, 2009

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:

Code:

USE_XORG?= x11 xext xdamage

to this:

Code:

USE_XORG?= no

Mel_Flynn · Feb 11, 2009

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

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

rota · Feb 11, 2009

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

Daisuke_Aramaki · Feb 11, 2009

Mel_Flynn said:
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 · Feb 11, 2009

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

But how to do it?

Mel_Flynn · Feb 11, 2009

Daisuke_Aramaki said:
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?

Code:

# ./configure --without-x

...

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

Daisuke_Aramaki · Feb 11, 2009

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

Code:

# ./configure --without-x ... checking for X... disabled configure: error: Can't locate your X11 installation

Code:

./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 · Feb 11, 2009

Daisuke_Aramaki said:
Code:

./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 · Feb 11, 2009

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. Hmm, I helped myself with this one. :e

Daisuke_Aramaki · Feb 11, 2009

rota said:
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. 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