Description of problem: Conky 1.12.2_pre compiled 2022-01-19 for Linux x86_64 no longer recognizes the wireless_* variables. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): conky v. 1.12.2 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1.Configure conky to use any of the wireless_* variables with the package provided by Fedora 36. 2. 3. Actual results: When conky launches, the following appears: conky: unknown variable '$wireless_essid' conky: unknown variable '$wireless_link_qual_perc' conky: unknown variable '$wireless_link_bar' Expected results: Wireless variables are recognized and displayed accordingly. Additional info: This line in ConkyBuildOptions.cmake should be set to true prior to rebuilding the package. (On or about line 157 of ConkyBuildOptions.cmake) option(BUILD_WLAN "Enable wireless support" false) The output of $ conky --version shows that this option was not enabled: conky 1.12.2_pre compiled 2022-01-19 for Linux x86_64 Compiled in features: System config file: /etc/conky/conky.conf Package library path: /usr/lib64/conky General: * math * hddtemp * portmon * IPv6 * Curl * RSS * Weather (METAR) * support for IBM/Lenovo notebooks * old configuration syntax * Imlib2 * OSS mixer support * apcupsd * iostats * Internationalization support Lua bindings: * Cairo * Imlib2 X11: * Xdamage extension * Xinerama extension (virtual display) * Xshape extension (click through) * XDBE (double buffer extension) * Xft * ARGB visual * Own window * HSV Gradient Music detection: * CMUS * MPD Default values: * Netdevice: eno1 * Local configfile: $HOME/.conkyrc * Localedir: /usr/share/locale * Maximum netdevices: 256 * Maximum text size: 16384 * Size text buffer: 256
The wlan support was disabled in the F36 conky package due to this change: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RemoveWirelessExtensions Upstream issue: https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/issues/1001
*** Bug 2088786 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***