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loutch

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Re: Show us your conky

Hello

Change it to to open-meteo.com , for the moment it work

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unklar

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Re: Show us your conky

There's always something to do, even if it's f***ing EU summer time. 

   
Based on the 'Grimm Fairy Tale', who is the fairest in the land?
The differences between the weather sites are striking (well, not everyone can tell the location    )

EDIT:  FAMILY SAFE

Last edited by Sector11 (2026-04-12 13:30:17)

Sector11

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Re: Show us your conky

...
EDIT: Ummmmm "fanless" ?
{snip}

Yes, fanless - no fan.

Sweet looking little rig there
sensors doesn't show anything about CPUs at all:

This is your CPU.

Yes I know.  What I meant is mine, an AMD, does show 'individual" CPU temps like your Intel does.
Sorry for the misunderstanding.
And for that reason I use:

CPU ${exec sensors | grep -n 'Tctl' | awk -F'+' '{print $2}' | awk -F'.' '{print $1}'}°\

 2026·04·11 @ 11:17:54 ~
   $ sensors | grep -n 'Tctl' | awk -F'+' '{print $2}' | awk -F'.' '{print $1}'
35

I really should get an Intel - maybe

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Sector11

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Re: Show us your conky

@Sector11
Hello, my friend. 
Check this out on my 'fanless' computer and @Olgmen's Conky.

https://i.postimg.cc/fVzNj8gT/20260407-17h39m46s-grim.png

Simply Awesome - Exactly what I was looking for to work my steampunk network speed conky!

I might have a conky you'd be interested in, Steampunk . or at least mechanical:
It's a highly modofied one from:

# written by easysid
# Sun, 20 Oct 2013 10:44:04 IST

Here's easysids almost done version on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfM8ReK80Rk

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marens

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Re: Show us your conky

RadioTray-NG  -  Now Playing

SACAD (Smart Automatic Cover Art Downloader)

You can download the latest version  sacad 3.0.0  here:
https://github.com/desbma/sacad/releases/tag/3.0.0

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Re: Show us your conky

RadioTray-NG  -  Now Playing

SACAD (Smart Automatic Cover Art Downloader)

You can download the latest version  sacad 3.0.0  here:
https://github.com/desbma/sacad/releases/tag/3.0.0

This is not a conky

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marens

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Re: Show us your conky

^ SACAD is integrated into my  radiotray-ng-sacad  conky script:
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 42#p149742

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unklar

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Re: Show us your conky

And for that reason I use:

CPU ${exec sensors | grep -n 'Tctl' | awk -F'+' '{print $2}' | awk -F'.' '{print $1}'}°\

^^and, my misunderstanding was that you forgot that 

I really should get an Intel - maybe

Don't do that, it will just cost unnecessary money and it won't change much. 

unklar

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Re: Show us your conky

^ SACAD is integrated into my  radiotray-ng-sacad  conky script:
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 42#p149742

Unfortunately, unlike the 'old' audacious-stream-swiss-pop script, this doesn't work. The log says:

error: invalid value 'la lune' for '<SIZE>': invalid digit found in string

For more information, try '--help'.

and

error: invalid value 'www.radioswisspop.ch' for '<SIZE>': invalid digit found in string

For more information, try '--help'.

Sagad-3.0.0 is in use.

marens

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Re: Show us your conky

How to install SACAD?

1) You can download the latest version  sacad_3.0.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz  here:
https://github.com/desbma/sacad/releases/tag/3.0.0

2) Right click on ~/Downloads/sacad_3.0.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz  >  Extract Here

3) Open folder ~/Downloads/sacad_3.0.0_linux_x86_64

4) Copy/Paste file sacad to /usr/local/bin

Done.

Open terminal:

$ sacad "metallica" "master of puppets" 600 AlbumArt.jpg

Open your file manager and check if AlbumArt.jpg is there:

Note *
The  radiotray-ng-sacad  script is written for operating systems that use the PulseAudio sound server.
Otherwise, it is necessary to replace the test1 and test2 lines (Artist and Title).

 

EDIT
Audacious makes things easier because it has its own commands for the Artist and Title:
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 93#p149793

  test1=$(audtool current-song-tuple-data title | awk -F' - ' '{print $1}')
  
  test2=$(audtool current-song-tuple-data title | awk -F' - ' '{print $2}')

Last edited by marens (2026-04-12 14:26:59)

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Re: Show us your conky

Based on the 'Grimm Fairy Tale', who is the fairest in the land?
The differences between the weather sites are striking (well, not everyone can tell the location    )

Well, lucky you, not everytone can pick and choose what weather they want for today. 

 2026·04·12 @ 10:33:32 ~
   $ bsas
Weather report: buenos aires

      \   /     Sunny
       .-.      19 °C          
    ― (   ) ―   ↓ 6 km/h       
       `-’      10 km          
      /   \     0.0 mm         

 2026·04·12 @ 10:35:54 ~
   $ wea
Weather:
  Report: temperature: 20.47 C (69 F) conditions: clear sky wind: from SW at
    1.6 m/s (6 km/h, 4 mph). Gusting to 1.6 m/s (6 km/h, 4 mph)
    cloud cover: 2% humidity: 61% pressure: 1016 mb (34 in)
  Locale: Buenos aires, Argentina current time: Sun 12 Apr 2026 10:36:02 AM
    Source: OpenWeatherMap.org
 
 2026·04·12 @ 10:36:02 ~
   $ 

But I can too, phone says: 20°

Conky and remind: https://ibb.co/tPCjZhyk

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unklar

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Re: Show us your conky

^^@marens,
it was and is done just as you say:

$ sacad "metallica" "master of puppets" 600 AlbumArt.jpg
error: invalid value 'master of puppets' for '<SIZE>': invalid digit found in string

For more information, try '--help'.

marens

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Re: Show us your conky

Smart Automatic Cover Art Downloader

SACAD is multiplatform (Windows/Mac/Linux).
I managed to find a way (for my OS) to install it without adding dependencies.

If my method does not work for you, just remove the  /usr/local/bin/sacad  file.

EDIT
Maybe  /usr/local/bin  is not the right folder for the  sacad   file in your OS.
Check where it might be located:

$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin

I chose  /usr/local/bin,  yours may be different.
END of EDITING

Here's how to install the Python version:
https://github.com/desbma/sacad/tree/2.x

This might also be interesting:
https://github.com/desbma/sacad/issues/82

I ran a simulation to check the dependencies:

$ sudo apt install build-essential python3-dev -s
[sudo] password for marens: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version (12.8ubuntu1.1).
build-essential set to manually installed.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libpython3-dev libpython3.8-dev python3.8-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libpython3-dev libpython3.8-dev python3-dev python3.8-dev
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Inst libpython3.8-dev (3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.18+esm6 UbuntuESM:20.04/focal-infra-security [amd64])
Inst libpython3-dev (3.8.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:20.04/focal [amd64])
Inst python3.8-dev (3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.18+esm6 UbuntuESM:20.04/focal-infra-security [amd64])
Inst python3-dev (3.8.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:20.04/focal [amd64])
Conf libpython3.8-dev (3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.18+esm6 UbuntuESM:20.04/focal-infra-security [amd64])
Conf libpython3-dev (3.8.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:20.04/focal [amd64])
Conf python3.8-dev (3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.18+esm6 UbuntuESM:20.04/focal-infra-security [amd64])
Conf python3-dev (3.8.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:20.04/focal [amd64])

It seems I don't have python3-dev installed.
Also, SACAD requires Python >= 3.10, but it works for me with Python 3.8.
I don't know how I got around that.

Since version 3.0, this tool has been completely rewritten in Rust.

Here is the installation guide:
https://github.com/desbma/sacad

Last edited by marens (2026-04-13 00:42:20)

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unklar

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Re: Show us your conky

I am here on  and use the latest version of sacad written in Rust.
https://github.com/desbma/sacad
There is python3-13 on board

As I understand it, the bug is 9 years old  https://github.com/desbma/sacad/issues/ … 1404421193  and, I can't imagine that it was adopted in Rust.

Apparently it concerns 'spaces' in cover title/artist.
If I have time, I will repeat the test in Carbon here because there are more options with Python3.

Thanks for your help. 

unklar

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Re: Show us your conky

An ancient Conky from @SLK from 2011.
At that time I discovered this in the Russian Ubunto forum.
Prepared for today's conditions.

The files follow... 

Edit:
Sorry for the delay, here they are:  https://workupload.com/file/mBPE22Txh7M
This package also contains the original files in Syntax 1.9

Last edited by unklar (2026-04-14 10:27:28)

marens

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Re: Show us your conky

Smart Automatic Cover Art Downloader

SACAD is a really great command line tool that uses five different sources to find the best album cover.
It was easy to integrate it into my  radiotray-ng  script.

Here are more details:

$ sacad --help
Smart Automatic Cover Art Downloader

Usage: sacad [OPTIONS] <ARTIST> <ALBUM> <SIZE> <OUTPUT_FILEPATH>

Arguments:
  <ARTIST>           Artist to search for
  <ALBUM>            Album to search for
  <SIZE>             Target image size
  <OUTPUT_FILEPATH>  Output image file path

Options:
  -t, --size-tolerance <SIZE_TOLERANCE_PRCT>
          Tolerate this percentage of size difference with the target size. Note that covers with size above or close to the target size will still be preferred if available [default: 25]
  -s, --cover-sources <COVER_SOURCES>
          Cover sources to use, if not set use all of them. Use multiple times to search from several sources [default: coverartarchive deezer discogs itunes lastfm]
  -p, --preserve-format
          Preserve source image format if possible
  -v, --verbosity <VERBOSITY>
          Level of logging output [default: info] [possible values: error, warn, info, debug, trace]
  -h, --help
          Print help
  -V, --version
          Print version

Version:

$ sacad --version
sacad 3.0.0

For me, RadioTray-NG is always on.
Being able to see album cover takes radio listening to the next level.

The conky scripts  radiotray-ng  and  radiotray-ng-sacad  do a great job.   

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unklar

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Re: Show us your conky

^It seems to work here in carbon.

❯ sacad --version
sacad 3.0.0

In contrast to Wayland/Wayfire, the package python3-dev is also on board. Anyway, it turns out

❯ sacad "metallica" "master of puppets" 600 AlbumArt.jpg

the desired result

However, I get errors like this in conky(sacad.log)

WARN  [sacad] No cover to download for artist Some("kiki nam nam") and album "chasing butterflies"
or
WARN  [sacad] No cover to download for artist Some("caroline chevin") and album "good when we're together"

because this error also does not allow the cover to be displayed

/home/unklar/.config/conky/Audacious/audacious-sacad: Line 28: sacad: Command not found.

#!/bin/bash


  test1=$(audtool current-song-tuple-data title | awk -F' - ' '{print $1}')
  
  test2=$(audtool current-song-tuple-data title | awk -F' - ' '{print $2}')  
  
  if [[ "$test1" == "$(sed -n '1p' $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_cover)" && "$test2" == "$(sed -n '2p' $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_cover)" ]]; then
    
    exit 0
   
  fi  
  
  echo $test1 > $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_cover
  echo $test2 >> $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_cover
  
  
  if [[ "$test1" == "" && "$test2" == ""  ]]; then
 
     cp $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/headphone.png $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_art.png
   
  else

    artist=$(sed -n '1p' $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_cover | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')
  
    title=$(sed -n '2p' $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_cover | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')
    
    cover=$(sacad "$artist" "$title" 300 $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_art.jpg &> $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/sacad.log)
        
    echo $cover
            
    check=$(cat $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/sacad.log)

    if [[ $check =~ "No cover to download" ]]; then
  
       cp $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/not_available.png $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_art.png
    
     else
        
       convert $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_art.jpg $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_art.png  
  
    fi  
  
  fi

          
#### Disable audacious-stream-conky when turn off Audacious
  
  test3=$(ps -A | grep audacious)
  
  if [[ "$test3" == "" ]]; then
  
     audacious_conky=$(pgrep -a conky | awk '/P-Rconky10.conf/{print $1}')
  
     kill -SIGKILL $audacious_conky     
      
  fi

Now I don't understand anything anymore!
Pause!

Last edited by unklar (2026-04-13 13:58:48)

marens

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Re: Show us your conky

^ It is normal that Sacad cannot find every album cover.

The sacad.log  file works great.

Warnings and errors can be tracked if there are any.
It's interesting that sometimes there are many warnings (or errors) but SACAD uses five different sources and mostly finds the right album cover.

Such warnings are expected and the script recognizes them:

WARN  [sacad] No cover to download for artist Some("kiki nam nam") and album "chasing butterflies"

The script in this case displays the image  not-available.png  as  album_art.png:

...
check=$(cat $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/sacad.log)

    if [[ $check =~ "No cover to download" ]]; then
  
       cp $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/not_available.png $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_art.png
...

EDIT
For a Radio Swiss Pop station that has many local artists, it is best to use my script that downloads album cover from a website.

At the end of the song (about 20 seconds earlier), Radio Swiss Pop sends a notification:

Radio Swiss Pop
www.radioswisspop.ch

That's why the image  not_available.png  may appear unexpectedly (temporarily).
This can be prevented by replacing:

  echo $test1 > $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_cover
  echo $test2 >> $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_cover

with:

  if [[ "$test1" == "Radio Swiss Pop" && "$test2" == "www.radioswisspop.ch" ]]; then

    exit 0
   
  fi  
  
  echo $test1 > $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_cover
  echo $test2 >> $HOME/.config/conky/Audacious/album_coverr

Last edited by marens (2026-04-13 17:32:52)

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