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LShoravi

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Registered: 2015-05-03

Posts: 7

[SOLVED]Conky not immediately updating background upon ...

Hi! First forum post.

I'm using xfce4, and have run in to a problem with Conky.

I'm running a conky with a clock, here's the settings:

# General Settings
alignment top_left
gap_X 120
background no
color1 #FFFFFF
double_buffer yes
own_window_class Conky
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type desktop
draw_shades no
update_interval 1.0
no_buffers no


# Font Settings
use_xft yes
xftfont Forum:size=35

TEXT
${color1}${font Forum:size=170}${time %H:%M}
${color1}${font}${voffset -180}${time %A, %d %B}

But what happends is that upon swapping workspaces, that all use different wallpapers, the conky window still shows the old background for a second or so, because it's not using true transparency
Plank, however, is using true transparency, and is not lagging behind, unlike conky.

Here's a picture to show what I mean:

http://i.imgur.com/W1C1AFE.png

Any help?

Last edited by LShoravi (2015-05-03 23:58:39)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Registered: 2014-02-20

Posts: 7,744

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Re: [SOLVED]Conky not immediately updating background upon ...

Try adding this option to use real transparency:

own_window_argb_visual yes

Also: https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode

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LShoravi

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Registered: 2015-05-03

Posts: 7

Re: [SOLVED]Conky not immediately updating background upon ...

own_window_argb_visual yes

That solved it! Thanks.

And that link, thank you.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED]Conky not immediately updating background upon ...

You're welcome

Please add "[SOLVED]" to the thread title for the benefit of others.

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