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These instructions are for installation on Puppy 4.1.1, Frugal, but should be fine on any Puppy 4 series, full or frugal install. The instructions are long, but simple.
First prepare your system. By default Conky runs in the top right of your screen, as in the screenshot. If you have icons in that position, you must move them, or Conky will cover them.
Conky runs with a black background, and if you are happy with that, fine, but if you want it transparent, you must do the following:
Determine which image you are using as a background for your desktop. If you are not sure, you can find it from menu>desktop>wallpaper setter.
Load the image being used into mtpaint (usually just clicking on it in Rox filemanager will automatically do this for you). Then save the image using the 'save as' option, and saving it to /root/Choices, giving it the new name ROX-background.jpg
OK, you are now ready to download the Conky .pet files. You can find them here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=23280
You need the Conky .pet file, and the two libs. Right click them and select 'Save Link Target As'. Save all three where you can find them again. I use 'My Applications', but use whatever you want.
After the download, navigate to the files and click on each one to install them. Do the two lib files first. When you install the conky file itself, you will be presented with a text file that includes the following statements:
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To start conky on startup, add the following 2 lines in /root/.xinitrc - add them before #exec $CURRENTWM like below:
xli -fillscreen -onroot /root/Choices/ROX-background.jpg
conky -d
#exec $CURRENTWM
#v2.11 GuestToo suggested this improvement...
Finally, re-start your system. Conky may start automatically, inwhich case, you are all done, but for me it did not. If it does not for you, first go to menu>system>conky system monitor, and start it fro there, just to ensure it works.
If you need to make it autostart when you boot, just open a text editor, and in a new document type
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conky
Navigate to /root/startup/conky.sh in Rox, right click on the file and select 'properties' From the pop-up box, check the check-boxes under 'exec'
Congrats. You have now created an executable script that will load Conky for you on boot.
You are all done.
This thread is just a precis of the info on here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=23280 so my thanks to all those folks that figured this all out, upon whose shoulders I am standing..............
Good luck.