Description of problem: --- Hello. Conky (system monitor) not work. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): --- conky-1.11.6-1.mga8.x86_64.rpm How reproducible (in terminal): --- su/password > urpmi --auto conky-manager conky > exit #I launch "conky-manager" from the terminal and select any widget in its window... > conky-manager [14:47:47] Desktop: unknown [14:47:47] Found theme pack [installed]: /usr/share/conky-manager/themepacks/default-themes-2.1.cmtp.7z [14:47:47] App config loaded: '/home/marsik/.config/conky-manager.json' [14:47:48] Searching for conkyrc files... 12 found conky: Syntax error (/home/marsik/.conky/Conky Seamod/conky_seamod:2: unexpected symbol near '#') while reading config file. conky: Assuming it's in old syntax and attempting conversion. conky: [string "..."]:159: attempt to call a nil value (global 'loadstring') Solution: --- su/password > mkdir ./111 && cd ./111 > wget https://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/media/core/release/conky-1.12.1-1.mga9.x86_64.rpm urpmi --auto ./*.rpm #...and then everything is fine. Conclusion: --- In Mageia-8 "Conky" does not work, and installed from Mageia-Cauldron works. Kind regards, Alex
Thank you for this report, and your conclusion. The latest one that works, conky-1.12.1-1.mga9.x86_64.rpm, is very recent. Assigning to Stig as active packager for conky.
Assignee: bugsquad => smelrorSummary: Conky (system monitor) does not work in Mageia-8 => Conky (system monitor) does not work in Mageia-8, does with Cauldron version
Hi Alex. Please try to delete ${HOME}/.conkyrc and run conky without using conky-manager first. I suspect that conky-manager is creating an outdated .conkyrc and it throws an error. Conky updated the format of .conkyrc in version 0.11 I believe. There _is_ a way to convert from the old format to the new, but I don't remember the command at the moment. Will do a search and post here if/when I find it. Cheers, Stig
(In reply to Stig-Ørjan Smelror from comment #2) > Hi Alex. > > Please try to delete ${HOME}/.conkyrc and run conky without using > conky-manager first. > > I suspect that conky-manager is creating an outdated .conkyrc and it throws > an error. Hi, Stig. > find ${HOME}/.conkyrc -type f find: ‘/home/marsik/.conkyrc’: Нет такого файла или каталога (so "file not found") Please note that I have upgraded exclusively "conky" package. "conky-manager" remains the same, i.e. from the Mageia-8. In the sources from 2017, the conversion was first mentioned, for example, here: https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=3983 I've already tried to figure out exactly what to convert with this script: /usr/share/doc/conky/convert.lua ...but I never found. So I went the other way and updated "conky" with the new package you made. :) Cheers, Alex