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diff --git a/vimwiki/conky.md b/vimwiki/conky.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eec9407 --- /dev/null +++ b/vimwiki/conky.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +On new installs sometimes conky script doesnt work correctly with regards to the network info to be displayed. +For instance the current network portion of the conky script is: + + { "full_text" : "${if_up wlan0}${wireless_link_qual_perc wlan0 }% @ ${wireless_essid wlan0} ${addr wlan0}${else} down${endif}" , "color" : ${if_up wlan0} "\#00ff00"${else}"\#ff0000"${endif} }, + + However the wireless_link_qual_perc variable is not displayed. + +This is because conky needs to have root priviledges to access network libraries and functionalities. If you don't want to run conky with root priviledges, +there is a way to give programs the priviledges they need without running them under root priviledges. +In this case , we need to delegate (to Conky's binary file) the appropriate root priviledges to +perform network-related tasks and to capture raw packets from wire/wireless adapter. +Two of these access categories (which conky needs) are cap_net_admin and cap_net_raw. +We need to give conky these classes of permission. This is done by the following command: + + +`sudo setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin=eip /usr/bin/conky` + +The conky output is then displayed correctly. + + |