Conky problem with cairo engine. Please help

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Hi,

im having problems running this conky script, i’ve done what the author said which is copy the files to the home directory, now when i run the files i get the error below, i have checked to see if i have the cairo engine installed and it’s installed fine, i am not sure where the problem stands.

greekleo@linux-7397:~> conky -c .conkyrc
Conky: llua_load: /home/greekleo/scripts/clock_rings.lua:109: module ‘cairo’ not found:
no field package.preload’cairo’]
no file ‘./cairo.lua’
no file ‘/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/cairo.lua’
no file ‘/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/cairo/init.lua’
no file ‘/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/cairo.lua’
no file ‘/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/cairo/init.lua’
no file ‘/usr/share/lua/5.1/cairo.lua’
no file ‘/usr/share/lua/5.1/cairo/init.lua’
no file ‘/usr/lib64/conky/libcairo.so’
no file ‘./cairo.so’
no file ‘/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/cairo.so’
no file ‘/usr/lib64/lua/5.1/cairo.so’
no file ‘/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so’
Conky: desktop window (e000a7) is subwindow of root window (15a)
Conky: window type - override
Conky: drawing to created window (0x1e00001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_clock_rings execution failed: attempt to call a nil value
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_clock_rings execution failed: attempt to call a nil value
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_clock_rings execution failed: attempt to call a nil value
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_clock_rings execution failed: attempt to call a nil value
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_clock_rings execution failed: attempt to call a nil value
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_clock_rings execution failed: attempt to call a nil value
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_clock_rings execution failed: attempt to call a nil value
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_clock_rings execution failed: attempt to call a nil value

Any help would be appreciated.

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in terminal run conky -v
tell us the output especially the version and the listings under “Lua bindings:”

What version of the rings.lua is this?
Have a gander at the CPS (The conky-pitstop)

I believe cairo functions are only available in conky > 1.8.x available as a 1-click install here…

Please let us know…

Thank you.

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Hi
How did you install conky, via rpm? If it’s the default one, does it
have the cairo and lua bindings active?


conky -v

It’s looking in /usr/local for the files… that’s not the default for
an installed openSUSE rpm.

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Hi
@Habitual, that version has them disabled;
https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file?file=conky.spec&package=conky&project=openSUSE%3A11.3%3AContrib&srcmd5=929442125f19d02fbae974f364c3af5c

My version on OBS has it enabled, plus nvidia.
https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file?file=conky.spec&package=conky&project=home%3Amalcolmlewis%3APython&srcmd5=ad49bcd937a55cf240edf00991a3ace6


Conky 1.8.1 compiled Fri Feb 11 17:28:58 UTC 2011 for Linux 2.6.32 (x86_64)

Compiled in features:

System config file: /etc/conky/conky.conf
Package library path: /usr/lib64/conky

 X11:
  * Xdamage extension
  * XDBE (double buffer extension)
  * Xft
  * ARGB visual

 Music detection:
  * MPD
  * MOC

 General:
  * math
  * hddtemp
  * portmon
  * wireless
  * nvidia
  * config-output
  * Imlib2
  * apcupsd
  * iostats
  * ncurses
  * Lua

  Lua bindings:
   * Cairo
   * Imlib2
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IDK then.
I rarely use cairo stuff anymore.

Sorry about that.

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No worries, not sure why they don’t just build tolua++ there is current discussion on Contrib’s role on the mailing lists and will probably be dropped. Once the dust settles from 11.4 release, I will probably push my version through including tolua++ and nvidia-settings.