[SOLVED] dwm + dzen2 + conky-cli misconfigured

Question

I have been trying to pipe conky status to dzen2 and it is doing my head in.
My .xinitrc
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp &
eval `cat ~/.fehbg` &
numlockx &
xscreensaver -no-splash &
# Dzen & conky
conky | dzen2 -fg '#dcdcdc' -bg '#3f3f3f' -ta r -fn '-*-terminus-*-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*' &
# Start dwm
exec ck-launch-session ~/Scripts/dwm-start
.conkyrc
background no
out_to_console yes
update_interval 2
total_run_times 0
use_spacer none
double_buffer yes
TEXT
${if_existing /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/present}^fg(#999999)BAT^fg()${battery_percent}%${else}AC${endif} * CPU ${cpu cpu1}% RAM ${memperc}% * / ${fs_used_perc /}% /home ${fs_used_perc /home}% * PKG ${execpi 900 ~/Scripts/pacman-up.pl} * ${if_existing /proc/net/route ra0}Down ${downspeedf ra0}K/s Up ${upspeedf ra0}K/s ${else} ${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0} Down ${downspeedf ra0}K/s Up ${upspeedf ra0}K/s${endif} ${endif}* ${time %I:%M%P}
Start dwm script
conky | while read line; do
xsetroot -name "$line";
done | while true; do
dwm > /dev/null; done;
Could anyone point me at what I am doing wrong? I have tried following examples in the forums, including this one and this one -- but I either end up with dwm 5.7.2 in the corner, or conky prints out the ^fg etc...
Any help would be appreciated at this point...
Last edited by jasonwryan (2009-11-20 06:11:51)

Answer 1

Thanks for the suggestions Skanky. The broken line in conky was a copy/paste error into the browser - it is a single line conky (I've edited the OP to reflect that).
I think it is a problem with the way conky-cli and dzen work together. If I run:
echo "testing" | dzen2 -fg '#dcdcdc' -bg '#3f3f3f' -ta r -fn '-*-terminus-*-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*' -p
it prints as expected.
Similarly, if I comment the conky | dzen2 line in .xinintrc and just run conky-cli from the start script it works...
Trying to get then to work together, however, is another matter.
/edit
Some progress: it seems that it is being drawn - if I Mod-Shift-q the dwm status bar briefly disappears and I can see conky momentarily. I tried starting conky | dzen2 after dwm but that didn't work.
I have also added some options, which seem to have helped, my .xinintrc entry now looks like:
conky | dzen2 -x '500' -e '' -fg '#dcdcdc' -bg '#3f3f3f' -ta r -fn '-*-terminus-*-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*' -p &
Last edited by jasonwryan (2009-11-19 16:57:13)