Where (eg. a script) is Conky started from?

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koppe

Where (eg. a script) is Conky started from?

#1 Post by koppe »

Where is Conky started from when I log-in to the MX desktop? Is it from a script or something?
The reason I ask, is because I would like to pass Conky some environment-variables. Setting LC_TIME to nb_NO would give me Norwegian names on weekdays and months, and it also defaults the format to 24h clock (without having to change %h to %H in the theme-file). Setting TZ to an alternate timezone is also sometimes useful.
I've successfully tried this while starting Conky manually from a shell, but would like it automatically at log-in. So I'd like to know where Conky get started from.

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Jerry3904
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Re: Where (eg. a script) is Conky started from?

#2 Post by Jerry3904 »

Welcome to the Forum! There is a link in Settings > Session and Startup, Application Autostart tab that launches the script: ~/.conky/conky-startup.sh
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Re: Where (eg. a script) is Conky started from?

#3 Post by jdhedden »

The file $HOME/.config/autostart/conky.desktop starts it by 'Exec'ing, as Jerry3904 states, ~/.conky/conky-startup.sh

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