Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox/Conky acting up

[Vlad Dogaru]

On 1/20/07, Vlad Dogaru <ddvlad@×××××.com> wrote:
> On 1/20/07, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> >  On Friday 19 January 2007 21:28, Vlad Dogaru wrote:
> > > On 1/19/07, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > What you probably need is a line like:
> >  > > ============================================
> > > > kill -HUP conky
> > > > ============================================
> > > > after your 'exec /usr/bin/conky &' entry in .fluxbox/startup.
> > > >
> > > > Alternatively,
> > > > ============================================meant to be
> > > > kill -HUP `echo ${SOME_THING} | cut -d ':' -f 2`
> > > > ============================================
> > > > may do the trick but only if 'SOME_THING' is an environment variable for
> > > > conky, which may or may not exist.  If it doesn't exist then you need a
> > > > string which will source the conky PID from ps.  I haven't such a string
> > > > available here, but I recall seeing something in Google.
> >
> > > I've solved the problem by taking your suggestion further. I've added
> > >
> > > pkill -HUP conky
> > >
> > > to my startup file, before starting Conky. That does the trick as far as I
> > > can tell.
> >
> > Try adding it after the start fluxbox line.  Then it should kill it when
> > fluxbox exits.
>
>
> Never thought of it that way, but I will give ti a try.
>
>
> >  PS. Your English is perfect and so would be your netiquette, especially if you
> > posted messages in plain text only!  ;-)
>
>
> That's a problem I have. Can I configure Gmail to send plain text?

Never mind that, I was just being idiotic thinking it was some sort of
hack. The link in the formatting bar had completely eluded me for
years.

Vlad
>
>
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Mick
> >
> >
> >
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