I read this post, decided to try Conky instead of Torsmo and got the segmentation fault too. Try the following as .conkyrc:
# ********************************* Begin ***************************** # set to yes if you want tormo to be forked in the background background no cpu_avg_samples 2 net_avg_samples 2 out_to_console no # X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel #font 7x12 #font *mintsmild.se* # Use Xft? use_xft yes # Xft font when Xft is enabled xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=8 # Text alpha when using Xft xftalpha 0.8 # mail spool mail_spool $MAIL # Update interval in seconds update_interval 1 # Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus) own_window on # Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone) double_buffer yes # MPD host/port #mpd_host heaton #mpd_port 6600 # Minimum size of text area minimum_size 230 5 maximum_width 230 # Draw shades? draw_shades no # Draw outlines? draw_outline no # Draw borders around text draw_borders no # Stippled borders? stippled_borders 8 # border margins border_margin 4 # border width border_width 1 # Default colors and also border colors default_color white default_shade_color black default_outline_color black # Text alignment, other possible values are commented alignment top_left #alignment top_right #alignment bottom_left #alignment bottom_right # Gap between borders of screen and text gap_x 23 gap_y 43 # Add spaces to keep things from moving about? This only affects certain objects. use_spacer no # Subtract file system buffers from used memory? no_buffers yes # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase uppercase no #xmms_player xmms # stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen TEXT $nodename - $kernel CPU: $cpu% ${alignr}${freq_dyn} Mhz $cpubar ${cpugraph 25 ff0000 ff00ff} Processes:$color $running_processes/$processes ${offset 6}Load:$color ${loadavg 3} RAM:$color $memperc%${alignr}Swap:$color $swapperc% Net: rl0 DOWN: ${downspeed rl0} k/s ${alignr}UP: ${upspeed rl0} k/s ${downspeedgraph rl0 25,100 ff0000 0000ff} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph rl0 25,100 0000ff ff0000} TOTAL: ${totaldown rl0} ${alignr} TOTAL: ${totalup rl0} FS: / $color${fs_used_perc /}% /home $color${fs_used_perc /home}% /var $color${fs_used_perc /var}% /boot $color${fs_used_perc /boot}% ${time %A, %d %B %Y}${alignr}${offset -22}${alignr}${time %H:%M:%S} # ********************************* End ***************************** On Tue, 16 May 2006 00:39:40 +0200 martinko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jimmie James wrote: > >> i had been using sysutils/torsmo happily until i upgraded xorg to > >> 6.9. since then torsmo is not functioning properly, usually after > >> a few minutes its window output looses text and most graphics etc. > >> maybe xorg is not the (only) reason but as i upgraded all my ports > >> after longer > > t>ime it's hard to say. (actually i've seen this behaviour on gentoo > >> since long long time ago.) > > > >> so my question is what are the (similar) alternatives to torsmo > >> pls ?? > > > >> cheers, > > > >> martin > > > > Conky, it's almost excatly like torsmo, and works with Xorg/XFCE4 > > easy, not searching for rootwindow ID. > > > > #cat /usr/ports/sysutils/conky/pkg-descr > > Conky is an advanced, highly configurable system monitor for X > > > > WWW: http://conky.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks! > i've just installed it and it run w/o config file but since i copied > the sample config file to ~/.conkyrc it crashes with segmentation > fault. :-( i'll try to investigate tmrw or so what options if any > makes it unhappy. the crash shouldn't happen, though, of course. > m. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"