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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:40:06 +0000i3bar conky no updatehttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/I configured i3bar to work as per: http://i3wm.org/docs/user-contributed/conky-i3bar.html All is good but the information on the bar does not update the information. Even though conky has been set up to update every 2 seconds all the output is static it does not update automatically. I have to reload i3 to update the info with Mod+Shift+r for the info to update. Is there a way of updating conky info automatically? Thanks Wed, 15 Oct 2014 13:38:24 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/Answer by cee for I configured i3bar to work as per: <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/user-contributed/conky-i3bar.html">http://i3wm.org/docs/user-contributed...</a> All is good but the information on the bar does not update the information. Even though conky has been set up to update every 2 seconds all the output is static it does not update automatically. I have to reload i3 to update the info with Mod+Shift+r for the info to update. Is there a way of updating conky info automatically? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/?answer=4752#post-id-4752Does your conky script set the time interval for i3statusbar? # Update interval in seconds update_interval 2.0 A link to your config would definitely help.Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:03:38 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/?answer=4752#post-id-4752Comment by cee for Does your conky script set the time interval for i3statusbar? <pre><code># Update interval in seconds update_interval 2.0 </code></pre> A link to your config would definitely help. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/?comment=4757#comment-4757I had to add a backslash before the hash symbol, though. like "\\#ffffff"Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:15:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/?comment=4757#comment-4757Comment by cee for Does your conky script set the time interval for i3statusbar? <pre><code># Update interval in seconds update_interval 2.0 </code></pre> A link to your config would definitely help. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/?comment=4756#comment-4756Yes, this line works as expected here.Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:13:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/?comment=4756#comment-4756Comment by jr88er for Does your conky script set the time interval for i3statusbar? <pre><code># Update interval in seconds update_interval 2.0 </code></pre> A link to your config would definitely help. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/?comment=4753#comment-4753Everything is as the link above on my previous post shows. There is an update_interval 2.0 on the .conkyrcWed, 15 Oct 2014 15:45:57 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/?comment=4753#comment-4753Comment by jr88er for Does your conky script set the time interval for i3statusbar? <pre><code># Update interval in seconds update_interval 2.0 </code></pre> A link to your config would definitely help. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/?comment=4755#comment-4755it does work fine with i3statusbar. Please try and add this line too to conkyrc { "full_text" : "${time %H:%M:%S}" , "color" : "\#ffffff" }, should add the time. Does it update every 2s? ThanksWed, 15 Oct 2014 17:51:22 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/?comment=4755#comment-4755Comment by cee for Does your conky script set the time interval for i3statusbar? <pre><code># Update interval in seconds update_interval 2.0 </code></pre> A link to your config would definitely help. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/?comment=4754#comment-4754I tried it out on my PC and it works perfectly with files provided in the docs. Does it work with i3status bar without conky?Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:17:49 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/?comment=4754#comment-4754Comment by jr88er for Does your conky script set the time interval for i3statusbar? <pre><code># Update interval in seconds update_interval 2.0 </code></pre> A link to your config would definitely help. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/?comment=4758#comment-4758Thanks for the answers. I don't know why the backslash did not appear on my message above but on the one I got on conkyrc does have the backslash. I'm back on i3status now, although conky gives you more info it just doesn't want to work on my pc.Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:40:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4751/i3bar-conky-no-update/?comment=4758#comment-4758