Other I can't get i3-blocks modules to work

Mitchera

Mitchera

I would like to get started with i3, but I have had problems with i3 blocks never working as I wanted. Here is what I want for my bar

-Cpu temp
-CPU usage
-memory usage

What do I need for configs and packages and help is greatly appreciated.
 
gotnull

gotnull

Hi,

Given information is light here.
You said what you want but not what you've done.
It won't be easy to help you in that situation.
In your case you should at least post your ~/.config/i3/config and ~/.config/i3blocks/config (or whatever name you gave them)

First did you read the given example by the readme on GitHub page ?
github.com

GitHub - vivien/i3blocks: The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3

The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3 - GitHub - vivien/i3blocks: The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3
github.com github.com
Then did you follow instructions listed in the "getting start" section ?
github.com

GitHub - vivien/i3blocks: The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3

The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3 - GitHub - vivien/i3blocks: The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3
github.com github.com
Also do not hesitate to the launch i3blocks in debugging mode, it helps a lot to find what's wrong.
github.com

GitHub - vivien/i3blocks: The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3

The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3 - GitHub - vivien/i3blocks: The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3
github.com github.com

Once you've done all that you should be able to at least get one block to work, then slowly build others step by step, depending on how you feel comfortable with the configuration files it can take time.
 
OP
Mitchera

Mitchera

gotnull said:
Hi,

Given information is light here.
You said what you want but not what you've done.
It won't be easy to help you in that situation.
In your case you should at least post your ~/.config/i3/config and ~/.config/i3blocks/config (or whatever name you gave them)

First did you read the given example by the readme on GitHub page ?
github.com

GitHub - vivien/i3blocks: The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3

The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3 - GitHub - vivien/i3blocks: The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3
github.com github.com
Then did you follow instructions listed in the "getting start" section ?
github.com

GitHub - vivien/i3blocks: The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3

The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3 - GitHub - vivien/i3blocks: The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3
github.com github.com
Also do not hesitate to the launch i3blocks in debugging mode, it helps a lot to find what's wrong.
github.com

GitHub - vivien/i3blocks: The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3

The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3 - GitHub - vivien/i3blocks: The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3
github.com github.com

Once you've done all that you should be able to at least get one block to work, then slowly build others step by step, depending on how you feel comfortable with the configuration files it can take time.
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Thank you very much for the help, There are plenty of resources on Linux, I do apologize for the lack of data I provided, I however do not know for freebsd,
 
gotnull

gotnull

It doesn't change anything, if you can configure it and make it run as you wish on Linux, then you can do it on FreeBSD, configuration files are the same ;)
That's not where Linux and FreeBSD differs.

EDIT:
typo.
 
Minbari

Minbari

CPU_temp:

Bash: 
#!/bin/sh

color0="#00ccff"
color1="#00e600"
color2="#ffff00"
color3="#ff9900"
color4="#ff0000"

temp_info="$(sysctl -n dev.cpu.0.temperature | cut -c 1-2)"
temp_print="$(sysctl -n dev.cpu.0.temperature | cut -c 1-2) °C"

if [ "$temp_info" -ge 01 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 50 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$color0"
elif [ "$temp_info" -gt 50 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 60 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$color1"
elif [ "$temp_info" -gt 60 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 70 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$color2"
elif [ "$temp_info" -gt 70 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 80 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$color3"
elif [ "$temp_info" -gt 80 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 95 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$color4"
fi

CPU_load:

Bash: 
#!/bin/sh

# Color
color="#6666ff"


URGENT_VALUE=90

LOAD=$(sysctl -n vm.loadavg | awk '{print $(NF-1)}' | cut -d ' ' -f 3,6)
if [ "${LOAD}" != "" ]; then
   LOAD_PERC=$(echo "scale=0; ${LOAD} * 100" | bc -l)
   LOAD_PERC=${LOAD_PERC%5.*}

   echo "${LOAD}"
   echo "${LOAD}"
   echo "$color"

   if [ "${LOAD_PERC}" -ge "${URGENT_VALUE}" ]; then
      exit 33
   fi
fi

Memory:
Bash: 
#!/bin/sh

# Display used, free and total memory with the help of freecolor utility

total_mem="$(freecolor -m -o | head -n 2 | tail -n 1 | cut -c14-18)"
used_mem="$(freecolor -m -o | head -n 2 | tail -n 1 | cut -c24-29)"

if [ "${used_mem}" -lt "${total_mem}" ]; then
   echo "${used_mem}/${total_mem} MB"
   echo " "
fi
eg.

i3blocks.png
 
NeilAlieN75

NeilAlieN75

If you want to use Fahrenheit instead

Code: 
#!/bin/sh

color0="#00ccff"
color1="#00e600"
color2="#ffff00"
color3="#ff9900"
color4="#ff0000"

temp_info="$(sysctl -n dev.cpu.0.temperature | cut -c 1-2)"
temp_print="$(echo $temp_info "*" "1.8" "+" "32" | bc ) °F"
#temp_print="$(sysctl -n dev.cpu.0.temperature | cut -c 1-2) °C"

if [ "$temp_info" -ge 01 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 50 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "color0"
elif [ "$temp_info" -gt 50 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 60 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$color1"
elif [ "$temp_info" -gt 60 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 70 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$color2"
elif [ "$temp_info" -gt 70 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 80 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$color3"
elif [ "$temp_info" -gt 80 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 95 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$color4"
fi
 
gotnull

gotnull

Mitchera said:
What do I need for configs and packages
Click to expand...

Regarding this sentence I suppose OP has more problems with i3blocks in general than with a specific block.
The packages names are the same (i3 , i3blocks) I don't think that's where OP struggles.
But as we don't know what's in his config files, it's difficult to guess how really is the situation.
 
OP
Mitchera

Mitchera

Minbari said:
CPU_temp:

Bash: 
#!/bin/sh

color0="#00ccff"
color1="#00e600"
color2="#ffff00"
color3="#ff9900"
color4="#ff0000"

temp_info="$(sysctl -n dev.cpu.0.temperature | cut -c 1-2)"
temp_print="$(sysctl -n dev.cpu.0.temperature | cut -c 1-2) °C"

if [ "$temp_info" -ge 01 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 50 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$color0"
elif [ "$temp_info" -gt 50 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 60 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$color1"
elif [ "$temp_info" -gt 60 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 70 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$color2"
elif [ "$temp_info" -gt 70 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 80 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$color3"
elif [ "$temp_info" -gt 80 ] && [ "$temp_info" -le 95 ]; then
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$temp_print"
    echo "$color4"
fi

CPU_load:

Bash: 
#!/bin/sh

# Color
color="#6666ff"


URGENT_VALUE=90

LOAD=$(sysctl -n vm.loadavg | awk '{print $(NF-1)}' | cut -d ' ' -f 3,6)
if [ "${LOAD}" != "" ]; then
   LOAD_PERC=$(echo "scale=0; ${LOAD} * 100" | bc -l)
   LOAD_PERC=${LOAD_PERC%5.*}

   echo "${LOAD}"
   echo "${LOAD}"
   echo "$color"

   if [ "${LOAD_PERC}" -ge "${URGENT_VALUE}" ]; then
      exit 33
   fi
fi

Memory:
Bash: 
#!/bin/sh

# Display used, free and total memory with the help of freecolor utility

total_mem="$(freecolor -m -o | head -n 2 | tail -n 1 | cut -c14-18)"
used_mem="$(freecolor -m -o | head -n 2 | tail -n 1 | cut -c24-29)"

if [ "${used_mem}" -lt "${total_mem}" ]; then
   echo "${used_mem}/${total_mem} MB"
   echo " "
fi
eg.

View attachment 15348
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Do I place them in i3 blocks config?
 
Minbari

Minbari

Mitchera said:
Do I place them in i3 blocks config?
Click to expand...
No, you make a separate folder in .config/i3 and put them there. Each block has his own file which needs to have executable rights since they are basically shell scripts. Also make sure that you include the path to blocks in Your i3blocks config.
e.g.:
i3blocks.png


i3blocks2.png
 
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