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Re: [SOLVED] Correct Distribution Name in Conky

dummy@example.com (supusr) — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:17:02 +0000

Thanks very much Head_on_a_Stick and ralph.ronnquist. I'm back on Debian for the moment for other reasons, but I'm sure these replies will help me resolve my conky issue when I return to Devuan. I really like the idea of Devuan.

Re: [SOLVED] Correct Distribution Name in Conky

dummy@example.com (ralph.ronnquist) — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 22:16:47 +0000

Works with $3 rather than $2.

Another way could be:

echo '. /etc/os-release ; echo $PRETTY_NAME' | sh

Re: [SOLVED] Correct Distribution Name in Conky

dummy@example.com (Head_on_a_Stick) — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 20:08:20 +0000

Try

awk -F'=|"' '/PRETTY/{print $3}' /etc/os-release

But I can't test that 'cos I'm posting this from Windows.

EDIT: remove quotation marks from output. Hopefully :-)

EDIT2: fixed command, thanks Ralph.

Re: [SOLVED] Correct Distribution Name in Conky

dummy@example.com (supusr) — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:04:33 +0000

Head_on_a_Stick, thanks very much for the reply and the opinion. To be more clear, my question should have been: Can someone tell me how to generate the cut information from /etc/os-release? I am sorry I was not precise enough the first time.

Re: [SOLVED] Correct Distribution Name in Conky

dummy@example.com (Head_on_a_Stick) — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 05:07:48 +0000

supusr wrote:

Is there a way to have it display Devuan GNU/Linux 4 (chimaera)?

Distro: Devuan

Or you could file a bug report for this against conky (upstream would be best, remember to test the latest release first to see if it's already fixed) or cut the information out of /etc/os-release but I really don't see the point of using a dynamic status indicator to display static information.

[SOLVED] Correct Distribution Name in Conky

dummy@example.com (supusr) — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 22:35:18 +0000

I have come over from Debian. Using my old Debian conky config works except for the line to show the distribution:
Distro: ${alignr}${distribution}
This yields Debian, not Devuan. Is there a way to have it display Devuan GNU/Linux 4 (chimaera)? If it helps, the info I want to display (the pretty name} is in the 1st line of the output of: cat /etc/os-release
Thanks, in advance.