Kaisen Conky

What is Kaisen Conky?

Kaisen Conky is a package created for Kaisen Linux installing the Conky software and the theme created for Kaisen Linux. Conky is a desktop widget that displays information about processes in use, battery percentage, network connection status, disk space used, and more!

Informations on the conky theme

How install Conky?

Conky can be installed with the kaisen-conky package. This package will install the Conky and conkycolors software and their dependencies. The conky configuration is then copied to /etc/skel and this automatically copied to the /home/$USER directory of all users on the system.

How to update conky?

When the kaisen-conky package is updated, the theme will be automatically updated in all user directories having their directory in /home.

Launch conky with a custom theme

It's easy to run your own conky setup. You must modify the conffile /etc/xdg/autostart/kaisen-conky.desktop This file contains this by default:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Kaisen Linux Conky
Exec=/usr/bin/conky
Hidden=false
Type=Application
X-KDE-Autostart-enabled=true
X-LXQT-Autostart-enabled=true
X-MATE-Autostart-enabled=true
X-XFCE-Autostart-enabled=true

In this example, your conky configuration file will be called: .myconkyconf

You will simply have to replace the file like this:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Kaisen Linux Conky
Exec=/usr/bin/conky --config ~/.conkyconf
Hidden=false
Type=Application
X-KDE-Autostart-enabled=true
X-LXQT-Autostart-enabled=true
X-MATE-Autostart-enabled=true
X-XFCE-Autostart-enabled=true

The next time you start conky, your own configuration will be executed. If it does not perform as you expect, it could probably be an error in your configurations.
When updating the kaisen-kde, kaisen-lxqt, kaisen-mate or kaisen-xfce package, select the option "N" or "O" to keep your configurations.

Disable conky launch

You cannot therefore remove the conky-all package, otherwise you risk removing your entire GUI.
But do not panic ! You have a very easy way to not start conky even if it is installed.
You must go and modify the file: /etc/xdg/autostart/conky.desktop.

This file contains this by default:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Kaisen Linux Conky
Exec=/usr/bin/conky
Hidden=false
Type=Application
X-KDE-Autostart-enabled=true
X-LXQT-Autostart-enabled=true
X-MATE-Autostart-enabled=true
X-XFCE-Autostart-enabled=true

Just replace the line Hidden=false with Hidden=true to completely disable launching Conky (the process won't even be started, conky, so it won't consume any resources.)

So the file will look like:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Kaisen Linux Conky
Exec=/usr/bin/conky
Hidden=true
Type=Application
X-KDE-Autostart-enabled=true
X-LXQT-Autostart-enabled=true
X-MATE-Autostart-enabled=true
X-XFCE-Autostart-enabled=true

When updating the kaisen-kde, kaisen-lxqt, kaisen-mate or kaisen-xfce package, select the option "N" or "O" to keep your configurations.

Problems with KDE desktop

I have seen some issues with KDE.
The conky is initially configured to be completely transparent and integrated into the wallpaper. KDE is initially configured to start programs that were not closed from the previous session, and Conky is one of them.
Kaisen Linux's default profile disables this feature by default by opening an empty session each time the computer is started/restarted.
To turn off the restore from the previous session, do this:
Go to "System Settings" => "Startup and Shutdown" => "Desktop Session" after select "Start with an empty session".

Relaunch conky manually

Sometimes, Conky may not automatically relaunch after a package update. To relaunch it, it is very simple. Open a terminal window, and type this command:

conky&

Next this command, press ctrl +D until closing the terminal. Conky is now relaunched.

Completely uninstall Conky

Conky like almost all of the tools pre-integrated in Kaisen Linux can be uninstalled manually via an APT command.
For Conky, do this: sudo apt remove --purge kaisen-conky