I don't see how you could run the conky binary provided in conky-all (which is compiled with X support) without an X server running. Perhaps you should file a wishlist bug upstream but I doubt that what you want is feasible.
** Changed in: conky (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- can't run conky on cli with conky-all https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556546 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs