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+======Conky : how to show gmusicbrowser playing information======
+This How-To has been conceived after the experiments on Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn - 7.04), a debian-based distribution, and by Quentin Sculo on a Mandriva 2007.
+======What is conky ?======
+Conky is "a light-weight system monitor", deeply configurable ; conky enables you to display lots of different information such as date, hour, disk occupation, networking status and traffic, system information (CPU, RAM, ...)... on your screen.
+Conky can also display music playing information from a few music players / jukebox like bmp, audacious, mpd.
+======Without the patch======
+loomsen has posted on the ubuntu forum a method to display the info in conky without patching it.
+see [[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5967407#post5967407|this post]]
+The advantage of this method is that it works with the current conky versions (1.6 and future versions)
+The disadvantage is that it needs to run a small program for each update, so it's a bit less cpu-friendly.
+======With the patch======
+Quentin Sculo has developed a patch for conky (version for conky-1.5.1 is available [[http://squentin.free.fr/gmusicbrowser/tmp/conky_gmb.patch5_1.5.1_new.gz|here]]) to display the gmusicbrowser playing information into conky.
+//Sadly, this patch requires a lot of modification for using it with conky version 1.6 and higher. So currently you'll have to use the method above without the patch.//
+=====Download and patch conky=====
+After downloading the patch, create the conkypatch directory into your /home :
+<code>mkdir conkypatch</code>
+and move the patch you have just downloaded into it :
+<code> mv downloaddirectory/conky-1.5.1_gmb.patch.gz conkypatch</code>
+to make the future operations easier.
+For this, go to the conky project homepage on sourceforge.net (http://conky.sourceforge.net/) and download [[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=143975&package_id=158249|conky-1.5.1 sources]] in the .tar.bz2 format .
+Move the tar archive into the conkypatch directory : <code>mv downloaddirectory/conky-1.5.1.tar.bz2 conkypatch</code>
+Move into the conkypatch directory :
+<code>cd conkypatch</code>
+Untar the conky-1.5.1.tar.bz2 archive :
+<code>tar xjfv conky-1.5.1.tar.bz2</code>
+Go into the conky-1.5.1 directory (created with the untar) : <code>cd conky-1.5.1</code>
+Apply the patch :
+<code>zcat ../conky_gmb.patch5_1.5.1_new.gz |patch -p1</code>
+=====Compile conky=====
+First, check you have these packages installed on your system : gcc, make, automake1.9, autoconf, build-essential, checkinstall :
+<code>sudo aptitude install gcc automake1.9 autoconf build-essential checkinstall</code>
+Then in the /home/login/conkypatch/conky-1.5.1 directory (where you certainly are), do : <code>./autogen</code>.
+The terminal is quite informative ; if there are some errors or warnings, the messages it sends enable you to install the right packages. Personally, on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, I had a conflict with several "automake" versions and I had to uninstall these packages : automake, automake1.4, automake1.7 et automake1.8 and only have automake1.9 installed.
+Once the autogen is done, it's time to achieve the compilation of conky. You can personalize this process (the "./configure") very much and make your "own conky". This is why I advise you to go to the [[http://conky.sourceforge.net/|homepage project]] and more specifically to the [[http://conky.sourceforge.net/docs.html|"man"]] where you can find all the possibilities / options. I have been much inspired by the "configure" they propose in the "man" except I have not used these three options : --enable-bmp, --enable-audacious and --enable-xmms which give the support for the jukebox of the same name. (It seems that you can benefit the mpd support without adding the --enable-mpd option).
+Thus, I have launched this command :<code>./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --enable-xft --enable-own-window --enable-proc-uptime --enable-hddtemp --enable-mpd --enable-imlib2 --enable-portmon --enable-debug --enable-double-buffer --enable-xdamage --enable-x11  --enable-gmb</code>
+Whatever the options you choose, don't forget to add the option "--enable-gmb" which gives the gmusicbrowser support in conky.
+For this too, the terminal gives you much information which enables you to install the proper packages ; do keep in mind the -dev packages.
+Once the "configure" is achieved, you have to do :
+<code>make</code> and then : <code>sudo checkinstall</code>
+I prefer using "checkinstall" instead of "make install" for the reasons explained [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CheckInstall?highlight=%28checkinstall%29|there]].
+=====Configure conky====
+For those who have just discovered conky, you must know that configuring conky means editing the conky configuration file which is a hidden file in your /home ; to edit that file, in a terminal, do : <code>gedit /home/login/.conkyrc</code> replacing "login" by your own login and "gedit" by the command of the text editor of your choice.
+The patch we have just applied enables these next variables : $gmb_artist, $gmb_album, $gmb_bar, $gmb_elapsed, $gmb_length, $gmb_percent, $gmb_title, $gmb_track.
+Here is an example of conky configuration and the corresponding capture (under Ubuntu Gutsy) : {{gallery>translations:fr:applications_tierces}}
+<code>
+# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
+background no
+cpu_avg_samples 2
+net_avg_samples 2
+out_to_console no
+override_utf8_locale yes
+# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
+#font 8x10
+#font 7x13
+#font 8x13
+#font 7x12
+#font *mintsmild.se*
+#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
+#font -artwiz-snap-normal-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
+#font -*-luxi sans-medium-r-normal-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-2
+#font -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-100-100-*-*-iso8859-2
+#font -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-14-*-100-100-*-*-iso8895-2
+#font -*-courier-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-100-100-*-*-iso8859-2
+#font -*-lucida-medium-r-normal-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-2
+# Use Xft?
+use_xft yes
+# Xft font when Xft is enabled
+#xftfont monospace-8
+xftfont Sans -8.5
+# Text alpha when using Xft
+xftalpha 0.8
+# mail spool
+mail_spool $MAIL
+# Update interval in seconds
+update_interval 1
+# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
+own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
+own_window_transparent yes
+#own_window_colour black
+own_window yes
+own_window_type override
+# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
+double_buffer yes
+# Minimum size of text area
+minimum_size 5
+maximum_width 220
+# Draw shades?
+draw_shades no
+# Draw outlines?
+draw_outline no
+# Draw borders around text
+draw_borders no
+# Stippled borders?
+stippled_borders 0
+# border margins
+border_margin 0
+# border width
+border_width 0
+# drawn 1 pixel border around graphs or not
+draw_graph_borders yes
+# Default colors and also border colors
+default_color black
+default_shade_color black
+default_outline_color black
+# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
+#alignment top_left
+#alignment top_right
+#alignment bottom_left
+alignment bottom_right
+# Gap between borders of screen and text
+gap_x 0
+gap_y 5 #margines gorny
+# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
+use_spacer yes
+# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
+no_buffers yes
+# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
+uppercase no
+# boinc (seti) dir
+# seti_dir /opt/seti
+# Possible variables to be used:
+#
+#      Variable         Arguments                  Description
+#  acpiacadapter                     ACPI ac adapter state.
+#  acpifan                           ACPI fan state
+#  acpitemp                          ACPI temperature.
+#  adt746xcpu                        CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
+#  adt746xfan                        Fan speed from therm_adt746x
+#  battery           (num)           Remaining capasity in ACPI or APM
+#                                    battery. ACPI battery number can be
+#                                    given as argument (default is BAT0).
+#  buffers                           Amount of memory buffered
+#  cached                            Amount of memory cached
+#  color             (color)         Change drawing color to color
+#  cpu                               CPU usage in percents
+#  cpubar            (height)        Bar that shows CPU usage, height is
+#                                    bar's height in pixels
+#  downspeed         net             Download speed in kilobytes
+#  downspeedf        net             Download speed in kilobytes with one
+#                                    decimal
+#  exec              shell command   Executes a shell command and displays
+#                                    the output in torsmo. warning: this
+#                                    takes a lot more resources than other
+#                                    variables. I'd recommend coding wanted
+#                                    behaviour in C and posting a patch :-).
+#  execi             interval, shell Same as exec but with specific interval.
+#                    command         Interval can't be less than
+#                                    update_interval in configuration.
+#  fs_bar            (height), (fs)  Bar that shows how much space is used on
+#                                    a file system. height is the height in
+#                                    pixels. fs is any file on that file
+#                                    system.
+#  fs_free           (fs)            Free space on a file system available
+#                                    for users.
+#  fs_free_perc      (fs)            Free percentage of space on a file
+#                                    system available for users.
+#  fs_size           (fs)            File system size
+#  fs_used           (fs)            File system used space
+#  hr                (height)        Horizontal line, height is the height in
+#                                    pixels
+#  i2c               (dev), type, n  I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev
+#                                    may be omitted if you have only one I2C
+#                                    device. type is either in (or vol)
+#                                    meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp
+#                                    meaning temperature. n is number of the
+#                                    sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on
+#                                    your local computer.
+#  kernel                            Kernel version
+#  loadavg           (1), (2), (3)   System load average, 1 is for past 1
+#                                    minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for
+#                                    past 15 minutes.
+#  machine                           Machine, i686 for example
+#  mails                             Mail count in mail spool. You can use
+#                                    program like fetchmail to get mails from
+#                                    some server using your favourite
+#                                    protocol. See also new_mails.
+#  mem                               Amount of memory in use
+#  membar            (height)        Bar that shows amount of memory in use
+#  memmax                            Total amount of memory
+#  memperc                           Percentage of memory in use
+#  new_mails                         Unread mail count in mail spool.
+#  nodename                          Hostname
+#  outlinecolor      (color)         Change outline color
+#  pre_exec          shell command   Executes a shell command one time before
+#                                    torsmo displays anything and puts output
+#                                    as text.
+#  processes                         Total processes (sleeping and running)
+#  running_processes                 Running processes (not sleeping),
+#                                    requires Linux 2.6
+#  shadecolor        (color)         Change shading color
+#  stippled_hr       (space),        Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
+#                    (height)
+#  swapbar           (height)        Bar that shows amount of swap in use
+#  swap                              Amount of swap in use
+#  swapmax                           Total amount of swap
+#  swapperc                          Percentage of swap in use
+#  sysname                           System name, Linux for example
+#  time              (format)        Local time, see man strftime to get more
+#                                    information about format
+#  totaldown         net             Total download, overflows at 4 GB on
+#                                    Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't
+#                                    seem to be a way to know how many times
+#                                    it has already done that before torsmo
+#                                    has started.
+#  totalup           net             Total upload, this one too, may overflow
+#  updates                           Number of updates (for debugging)
+#  upspeed           net             Upload speed in kilobytes
+#  upspeedf          net             Upload speed in kilobytes with one
+#                                    decimal
+#  uptime                            Uptime
+#  uptime_short                      Uptime in a shorter format
+#
+#  seti_prog                         Seti@home current progress
+#  seti_progbar      (height)        Seti@home current progress bar
+#  seti_credit                       Seti@hoome total user credit
+# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
+# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
+# stuff because of an argument
+#${font Dungeon:style=Bold:pixelsize=10}I can change the font as well
+#${font Verdana:size=10}as many times as I choose
+#${font Perry:size=10}Including UTF-8,
+#${font Luxi Mono:size=10}justo como este texto que o google traduz fĂ?ÂŞz o portuguĂ?ÂŞs
+# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
+TEXT
+${font Verdana:size=12}$alignc${color #DBAA82}${Time %d %B %Y} - ${color #FFFB00}${time %H:%M:%S}${font Sans:size=8.5}
+${color #FF000C}${font Verdana:size=10}Moniteur Système :${font Sans:size=8.5}
+${color #DBAA82}$sysname, ${color #565868}$kernel ${color #DBAA82}on ${color #565868}$machine
+${color #DBAA82}Fréquence CPU : ${color #FFFB00}$freq_g ${color #DBAA82}GHz
+${color #DBAA82}Uptime : ${color #B6A291}$uptime
+${color #DBAA82}Temp. : ${color #B6A291}CPU : ${color #FFFB00}${acpitemp}°C ${color #DBAA82}| ${color #B6A291}DD : ${color #FFFB00}${execi 10 hddtemp -n /dev/sda}°C
+${color #DBAA82}Adaptateur : ${color #FFFB00}${acpiacadapter}
+${color #DBAA82}Autonomie : ${battery BAT1} ${battery_time BAT1}
+${color #DBAA82}cpu: ${color #FFFB00}${cpu}% ${color #344299}$cpubar
+${color #FFFFFF}${cpugraph DBAA82 344299}
+${color #DBAA82}ram : ${color #3652FF}$mem ${color #DBAA82}/ $memmax - ${color #FFFB00}$memperc% ${color #344299}$membar
+${color #DBAA82}swap : ${color #3652FF}$swap ${color #DBAA82}/ $swapmax - ${color #FFFB00}$swapperc% ${color #344299}$swapbar
+${color #FFFB00}.: ${top name 1}
+${color #DBAA82}PID: ${color #FFFB00}${top pid 1} ${color #DBAA82}%cpu : ${color #FFFB00}${top cpu 1}
+${color #565868}.: ${top name 2}
+${color #DBAA82}PID: ${color #3652FF}${top pid 2} ${color #DBAA82}%cpu : ${color #344299}${top cpu 2}
+${color #565868}.: ${top name 3}
+${color #DBAA82}PID: ${color #3652FF}${top pid 3} ${color #DBAA82}%cpu : ${color #344299}${top cpu 3}
+${color #FF000C}${font Verdana:size=10}Disques :${font Sans:size=8.5}
+${color #DBAA82}/ : ${color #3652FF}${fs_used /} ${color #DBAA82}/ ${fs_size /} (${color #FFFB00}${fs_free_perc /}% ${color #DBAA82}free)
+${color #344299}${fs_bar /}
+${color #DBAA82}/home : ${color #3652FF}${fs_used /home} ${color #DBAA82}/ ${fs_size /home} (${color #FFFB00}${fs_free_perc /home}% ${color #DBAA82}free)
+${color #344299}${fs_bar /home}
+${color #DBAA82}/Musique : ${color #3652FF}${fs_used /Musique} ${color #DBAA82}/ ${fs_size /Musique} (${color #FFFB00}${fs_free_perc /Musique}% ${color #DBAA82}free)
+${color #344299}${fs_bar /Musique}
+${color #FF000C}${font Verdana:size=10}Réseau :${font Sans:size=8.5}
+${color #DBAA82}down: ${color #FFFB00}${downspeedf eth1} k/s        ${color #DBAA82}up: ${color #FFFB00}${upspeedf eth1} k/s
+${color #FFFFFF}${downspeedgraph eth1 25,100 DBAA82 344299}    ${color #FFFFFF}${upspeedgraph eth1 25,100 344299 DBAA82}
+${color #FF000C}${font Verdana:size=10}Musique :${font Sans:size=8.5}
+${color #800080}${gmb_title}
+${color #4682B4}${gmb_artist}
+${color #008B8B}${gmb_album}
+${color #FFFB00}${gmb_elapsed}${color #DBAA82}/${gmb_length}  ${color #344299}${gmb_bar}${color #DBAA82}
+</code>
+You can also have something like that :
+<code>${color #FF000C}${font Lexia:size=10}Musique :${font Sans:size=8.5}${color0}
+${if_existing /home/bbrice/.config/gmusicbrowser/gmusicbrowser.fifo}${gmb_title}
+${gmb_artist}
+${gmb_album}
+${color #002939}${gmb_bar 18}${color0}
+$alignc${voffset -21}${gmb_elapsed}/${gmb_length}$endif${if_empty $mpd_smart}$else${mpd_title}
+${mpd_artist}
+${mpd_album}
+${color #002939}${mpd_bar 18}${color0}
+$alignc${voffset -21}${mpd_elapsed}/${mpd_length}$endif
+</code>
+but in this case, you have to be careful to the location of the gmusicbrowser.fifo on your computer. In Ubuntu (Gutsy) you find this file here : ~/.gmusicbrowser/gmusicbrowser.fifo but in Debian Lenny, this file is "hidden" here : ~/.config/gmusicbrowser/gmusicbrowser.fifo.
+For some other examples and tips and tricks you can visit [[http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=99471|this page]] on the [[http://www.ubuntu-fr.org/|Ubuntu-fr]] forum.