Been playing around with the conky script as I am on a wireless connection here but did a few extras which you may like. Feel free to change any you find interesting or not appropriate to your needs.

Here is the script:

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background no

cpu_avg_samples 1
net_avg_samples 1

out_to_console no

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

#own_window yes
#own_window_transparent no

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont Free Sans:size=8

uppercase no

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline yes

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 3

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#minimum_size 8 8
gap_x 725
gap_y 11
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about? This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer yes

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

TEXT
${alignc}${color yellow} Andy Bleaden Desktop Kubuntu 2008
${alignc}${color yellow}$sysname kernel $kernel
${alignc}${color yellow}${exec cat /etc/issue.net} on $machine host $nodename
${alignc}${color yellow}${time %I:%M %p}, ${time %a}., ${time %b. %e}, ${time %G}
${color yellow}${execi 1000 cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep ‘model name’ | sed -e ‘s/model name.*: //’} ${color yellow} ${freq_dyn}Mhz
${color yellow}Current CPU usage & temp:${color yellow} ${cpu}%${color yellow}, ${color yellow}${acpitemp}C ${color yellow}/${color yellow} ${acpitempf}F
${color yellow}Load average: ${color yellow} $loadavg

${color yellow}CPU usage ${alignr}PID CPU% MEM%
${color yellow} ${top name 1}${alignr}${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color yellow} ${top name 2}${alignr}${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color yellow} ${top name 3}${alignr}${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color yellow} ${top name 4}${alignr}${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
${color yellow} ${top name 5}${alignr}${top pid 5} ${top cpu 5} ${top mem 5}

${color yellow}Mem usage
RAM: $memperc% ${membar 6}$color
${color yellow} ${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top_mem pid 1} ${top_mem cpu 1} ${top_mem mem 1}
${color yellow} ${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top_mem pid 2} ${top_mem cpu 2} ${top_mem mem 2}
${color yellow} ${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top_mem pid 3} ${top_mem cpu 3} ${top_mem mem 3}
${color yellow} ${top_mem name 4}${alignr}${top_mem pid 4} ${top_mem cpu 4} ${top_mem mem 4}

${color yellow}RAM Usage:${color yellow} $mem/$memmax – $memperc% $membar
${color yellow}Swap Usage:${color yellow} $swap/$swapmax – $swapperc% ${swapbar}
Swap: $swapperc% ${swapbar 6}$color
${color yellow}Processes:${color yellow} $processes ${color yellow}Running:${color yellow} $running_processes ${color yellow}
${color yellow}Uptime ${color yellow}’$uptime’

${color yellow}Hard drives:

${color yellow}My system ${color yellow}${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar /}
${color yellow}Home ${color yellow}${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home} ${fs_bar /home}
${color yellow}Elements ${color yellow}${fs_used /media/sda1}/${fs_size /media/sda1} ${fs_bar /media/sda2}
${color yellow}My Book ${color yellow}${fs_used /media/sda2}/${fs_size /media/sda2} ${fs_bar /media/sda1}

${color yellow}Wireless Connection:

${color yellow}${exec iwconfig wlan0 | grep “ESSID” | cut -c 11-}
${color yellow}${exec iwconfig wlan0 | grep “Frequency” | cut -c 25-}
${color yellow}Network Gateway Address (${addr wlan0})
${color yellow}Download: ${color yellow}${totaldown wlan0}
${color yellow}Upload: ${color yellow}${totalup wlan0}
${color yellow}Download speed: ${color yellow}${downspeed wlan0} k/s${color yellow} ${color yellow} upload speed: ${color yellow}${upspeed wlan0} k/s
${color yellow}${downspeedgraph wlan0 15,150 ff0000 0000ff} $alignr${color yellow}${upspeedgraph wlan0) 15,150 0000ff ff0000}

${color yellow}Inbound: ${color yellow}${tcp_portmon 1 32767 count} ${color yellow}Outbound: ${color yellow}${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 count} ${color yellow}Total: ${color yellow}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}
${color yellow}Outbound Connection ${alignr} Remote Service/Port${color yellow}
${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 0} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 0}
${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 1} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 1}
${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 2} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 2}
${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 3} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 3}
${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 4} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 4}
${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 5} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 5}

Then created a file in my home directory called .conkyrc
Copied and pasted the code into it and saved it

alt + F2 (to run files) and type conky

Nice stuff Thanx

I’m shooting in the dark here, but try uninstalling it with sudo aptitude remove –purge conky, then make sure it deleted the .conkyrc file you made. Then create a .conkyrc file before reinstalling it with “sudo aptitude install conky”. If we’re lucky, Ubuntu will sense that file while it’s installing conky (it might even ask if you want to keep it, but I doubt it), and use it when it runs.

By the way, you’re not running conky as root, are you? Conky starts with just “conky &” from the terminal, not “sudo conky”. From the .xinitrc file, it needs only a “conky &” entry.

If you’re still having problems, post a thread on the Ubuntu forums and PM me there. It’s possible another Kubuntu user has run into this problem and can help us out. Cheers!

Created the file and copied your stuff above into the file and started conky. Still conky does not recognise it.

Any idea what is wrong?

By the way, I am using Kubuntu Edgy.

Thanks and well done!