Thread: HowTo: Run 2 conkys

i know lot has been written on subject. have been experimenting couple days now. trying accomplish have hardware monitor in upper right of screen , rss reader in bottom left.

have script harware monitor. /home/robert/.conkyrc can make work fine.
haven't got other script developed yet figure out. now, i'm trying use same script different name , screen placement. /home/robert/.conkyrss

difference between 2 this: conkyrc =

background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont sans:size=8
xftalpha 1
update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 200 200
maximum_width 200
draw_shades yes
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color white
alignment top_right
gap_x 12
gap_y 60
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale no

text
${font sans-serif:bold:size=8}system ${hr 2}
${font sans-serif:normal:size=8}$sysname $kernel $alignr $machine
host:$alignr$nodename
uptime:$alignr$uptime
file system: $alignr${fs_type}

${font sans-serif:bold:size=8}processors ${hr 2}
${font sans-serif:normal:size=8}${cpugraph cpu1}
cpu1: ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}

${font sans-serif:bold:size=8}memory ${hr 2}
${font sans-serif:normal:size=8}ram $alignc $mem / $memmax $alignr $memperc%
$membar

${font sans-serif:bold:size=8}disks ${hr 2}
${font sans-serif:normal:size=8}/ $alignc ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /} $alignr ${fs_used_perc /}%
${fs_bar /}
swap $alignc ${swap} / ${swapmax} $alignr ${swapperc}%
${swapbar}

${font sans-serif:bold:size=8}top processes ${hr 2}
${font sans-serif:normal:size=8}${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top mem 1} %
${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top mem 2} %
$font${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top mem 3} %
$font${top_mem name 4}${alignr}${top mem 4} %
$font${top_mem name 5}${alignr}${top mem 5} %

${font sans-serif:bold:size=8}network ${hr 2}
${font sans-serif:normal:size=8}ip address: $alignr ${addr eth0}
${downspeedgraph eth0}
dls:${downspeed eth0} kb/s $alignr total: ${totaldown ath0}
${upspeedgraph eth0}
uls:${upspeed eth0} kb/s $alignr total: ${totalup ath0}

conkyrss = same "alignment bottom_right"

launching /home/robert/.conky_start.sh looks this:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 60 &&
conky -c ~/home/robert/.conkyrc &
sleep 60 &&
conky -c ~/home/robert/.conkyrss &

when boot, hardware monitor in upper right , disappears first time click on desktop.

doing wrong?

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