NOTE : this works only on installed backtrack versions, it will not work on a live system, because the fstab and /mnt get rewritten on persistent changes …
to edit the conky config type
kate /root/.conkyrc
here is our conky config
alignment top_right
background no
border_width 1
cpu_avg_samples 2
default_color 0044DD
default_outline_color white
default_shade_color white
double_buffer yes
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
gap_x 5
gap_y 5
maximum_width 250
max_port_monitor_connections 64
max_specials 512
max_user_text 16384
minimum_size 250 10
net_avg_samples 2
no_buffers yes
out_to_console no
own_window_colour black
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type normal
own_window yes
stippled_borders 2
update_interval 2
uppercase no
use_spacer right
use_xft yes
xftalpha 0.8
xftfont Arial:size=7
TEXT
${color #444444}${font Arial:style=Bold:pixelsize=8}$alignc$nodename - $sysname $kernel on $machine
${color}$stippled_hr
${font Arial:style=Bold:pixelsize=9}$alignc${time %a,} ${time %e %m %G} - ${time %l:%M}$font
${color #777777}Uptime :$color $uptime ${tab 55}${color #777777}Load :$color $loadavg$alignr ${color #777777}T=${color}${acpitemp}C
${color #444444}$stippled_hr
${color #777777}root / :${tab 20}$color${fs_free /}/${fs_size /}${tab 50}${fs_bar /}
${color #777777}Q :${tab 20}$color${fs_free /mnt/sdb1/}/${fs_size /mnt/sdb1/}${tab 50}${fs_bar /mnt/sdb1/}
${color #777777}usb :${tab 20}$color${fs_free /mnt/sdc1/}/${fs_size /mnt/sdc1/}${tab 50}${fs_bar /mnt/sdc1/}
${color #777777}Usage RAM :${color #2288DD} $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${tab 70}${membar}
${color #777777}Usage Swap :${color #115588} $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${tab 70}${swapbar}
${color #777777}Processors :$color $processes ${tab 50}${color #777777}Running :$color $running_processes$alignr${color #777777}Battery :$color $battery
$color$stippled_hr
${color #777777}CPU [ ${freq_dyn_g cpu}GHz ] : ${color #2255DD} ${cpu}% $color ${cpugraph 23 77DDFF 8888FF 0000AA}
${font Arial:style=Bold:pixelsize=9}${color #777777}CPU usage$font${tab 60}PID${tab 40}CPU%${tab 25}MEM%
${color #2288DD} ${top name 1}${tab 58}${top pid 1}${tab 41}${top cpu 1}${tab 41}${top mem 1}
${color #1155BB} ${top name 2}${tab 58}${top pid 2}${tab 41}${top cpu 2}${tab 41}${top mem 2}
${color #0055AA} ${top name 3}${tab 58}${top pid 3}${tab 41}${top cpu 3}${tab 41}${top mem 3}
${color #004488} ${top name 4}${tab 58}${top pid 4}${tab 41}${top cpu 4}${tab 41}${top mem 4}
${font Arial:style=Bold:pixelsize=10}${color #777777}Mem usage$font
${color #2288DD} ${top_mem name 1}${tab 58}${top_mem pid 1}${tab 41}${top_mem cpu 1}${tab 41}${top_mem mem 1}
${color #1155BB} ${top_mem name 2}${tab 58}${top_mem pid 2}${tab 41}${top_mem cpu 2}${tab 41}${top_mem mem 2}
$color$stippled_hr
${font Arial:style=Bold:pixelsize=10}${alignc}Public IP : ${execi 1800 /opt/conky/ip.sh}
${color #777777}Wireless Network (IP : ${addr wlan0}) :$font
Down: ${totaldown wlan0} (${downspeed wlan0}k/s) ${alignr}Up: ${totalup wlan0} (${upspeed wlan0}k/s)
$color${downspeedgraph wlan0 23,122 0000AA 77DDFF} $color${upspeedgraph wlan0 23,122 0000AA 77DDFF}
${font Arial:style=Bold:pixelsize=10}${color #777777}Ethernet Network (IP ${addr eth0}) :$font
Down: ${totaldown eth0} (${downspeed eth0}k/s) ${alignr}Up: ${totalup eth0} (${upspeed eth0}k/s)
$color${downspeedgraph eth0 23,122 0055BB 22DDFF} $color${upspeedgraph eth0 23,122 0055BB 22DDFF}
$color$stippled_hr
${font Arial:style=Bold:pixelsize=10}${color #777777}Port(s)${alignr}#Connections
${font}$color Inbound: ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 count} Outbound: ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 count}${alignr}ALL: ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}
${font Arial:style=Bold:pixelsize=10}${color #777777}Inbound Connections ${alignr} Local Service/Port$color
${font}${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 0} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 0}
${font}${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 1} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 1}
${font}${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 2} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 2}
${font}${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 3} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 3}
${font}${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 4} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 4}
${font Arial:style=Bold:pixelsize=10}${color #777777}Outbound Connections ${alignr} Remote Service/Port$color
${font}${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 0} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 0}
${font}${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 1} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 1}
${font}${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 2} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 2}
${font}${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 3} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 3}
${font}${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 4} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 4}
${font}${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 5} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 5}
${font}${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 6} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 6}
${font}${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 7} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rservice 7}
${execi 100 feh --bg-scale `dcop kdesktop KBackgroundIface currentWallpaper 1`}
now we have to make the conky usb capacity bar work.
for that you need to change /etc/fstab
kate /etc/fstab
and add
/dev/sdc1 /mnt/sdc1 vfat auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec,quiet,umask=0,check=s,shortname=mixed 0 0 # AutoUpdate