Thread: Conky hddtemp works only intermittantly

this minor, annoying, problem. have following line in .conkyrc

code:

${voffset 4}${font droidsansmono:size=8}${offset 5}${color3}hdd  : ${alignr}${hddtemp /dev/sdb}

then have code in .conky/bargraph_small.lua file (this part of vindsl's conky setup):

code:

            {    --[ graph sdb temp ]--                         name="hddtemp",             arg="/dev/sdb",             max=195,             alarm=82,             alarm_colour={0xff0000,0.72},             bg_colour={0xffffff,0.25},             fg_colour={0x00ff00,0.55},             mid_colour={{0.45,0xffff00,0.70}},             x=55,y=804,             blocks=55,             space=1,             height=2,width=5,             angle=90,             smooth=true             },

ok, produces line says "hdd :" @ beginning, has bar graph of temperature, has temperature in text after bargraph.

problem works of time. if have conky update interval set 2 seconds, seems work 1 cycle, fail 2 cycles, work one, fail two, etc. when fails says "n/a" text , bargraph drawn if temperature zero. i've attached 2 screenshots showing working , not-working version, near bottom temperature section.

i've tried testing hddtemp daemon

code:

nc localhost 7634

, works, no matter how or try it. , output in same format, i'm not seeing cause conky have trouble parsing it.

i'm baffled... insight appreciated.

edit: ubuntu, not lubuntu... way change thread prefix?

attached images

• conky-working.jpg (39.2 kb, 23 views)
• conky-broken.jpg (37.7 kb, 26 views)

do have firewall blocking port?
if not probally permissiion issue
can run hddtemp terminal or this:

command 'hddtemp' available in '/usr/sbin/hddtemp'
command not located because '/usr/sbin' not included in path environment variable.
caused lack of administrative privileges associated user account.
hddtemp: command not found

should temp yuo may able pull off messing "name" , "args" in .lua file

code:

nc localhost 7634 | sed 's/|/\n/g' | tail -2 | head -1

edit:

code:

nc localhost 7634 | sed 's/|//;s/|/\: /;s/|/\: /;s/|/\°/;s/|//'

this 1 put line break after text output includes output of hddtemp compare to

code:

nc localhost 7634 | sed 's/|//;s/|/\: /;s/|/\: /;s/|/\°/;s/|/\n/';sudo hddtemp /dev/sda /dev/sda: wdc wd3200bekt-00ka9t0: 43°c /dev/sda: wdc wd3200bekt-00ka9t0: 43°c

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