Sunday, December 26, 2010

Another conky config showing date, time, stats, calendar, gmail and weather

Update: Conky weather no longer works, so i have used yahoo weather to get the same effect in my new config. Look here for details.

These are a couple of conkys showing you the date, time, stats, calendar, gmail and weather forecast.





You will need a lot of fonts and few scripts to run this successfully. 
Fonts used
  1. Radio Space
  2. hooge font
  3. Poky font
  4. Weather font
  5. OPenLogos font
  6. PizzaDude Bullets font
  7. VariShapes Solid font
  8. StyleBats font
  9. DejaVu Sans
  10. Liberation Serif
Google for them and download free from the sites.


Scripts used:
  1. conkyForecast.py
  2. conky3Days.templet
  3. gmail.pl
Download the scripts from here.

Logo used:


.conkyrc for the first conky in the above pics is here.
And the .conkyrc for the second pic is here.

Download and save the fonts, scripts and logo.
You will need to edit the scripts and change the paths, to make it work.
If you need more info...... for 
Have fun......

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Ubuntu dark charcoal theme for chrome

Hi install Ubuntu darkly charcoal theme for chrome web browser. You can install it from the chrome web store for free. Go to https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jjekofhljmbijhelagbihakhbnognjfj to install. I liked the theme a lot, it looks great with a dark Ubuntu theme, take a look at the screenshot below.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Natty Narwhal boots only with acpi=off kernel option

The Natty Narwhal alpha 64 bit edition with latest updates, on my Vaio CS can boot only with the kernel option acpi=off. Other kernel option like, pci=noacpi, acpi=force are not working as of now.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

AV Mode multimedia key works with natty narwhal on Vaio CS

Hi with the latest upgrades available for natty narwhal, i found to my surprise that the AV Mode multimedia key now works and brings up the rhythmbox music player on press. This is the first time in 2 yrs, since installing ubuntu on this machine, that i have any of the multimedia keys working.

Mind you this is the only key which works at the moment, volume change keys, forward and backward keys and capture button for webcam do not work.
I believe this is the first step in the right direction.

Although the rhythmbox starts with the AV Button, it leaves the machines unresponsive for a minute or so. But the machine recovers on its own....Natty is still alpha1,so hopefully as it matures, will fix the issue of media keys on Vaios....

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Natty Narwhal running unity on my Vaio CS

Natty Narwhal alpha1, ubuntu 11.04 was out last week. I took the plunge and installed it as a dual boot alon side with my maverick. I am posting screenshots of my natty narwhal i,e ubuntu 11.04 desktop running unity interface under compiz. Will add a video shortly. Thank you.