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#1 2016-06-24 17:20:46

dreadz
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Registered: 2011-11-23
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[SOLVED] Weird conky behavior on dual monitor LXDE setup

Hi guys, i just made a fresh install with LXDE and i have a dual monitor
setup. Conky starts trough xinitrc and appears in the right monitor as
intended, but when i click anywhere on that monitor it disappears.
Doesn't happen when i click on the left monitor. If i run it from the
terminal it behaves the same. Any ideas how can i change it ?

uname -a

Linux ufoo 4.6.2-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jun 8 08:40:59 CEST 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux

xinitrc

#!/bin/sh

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then

    xrdb -merge $sysresources

fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then

    xrdb -merge "$userresources"

fi

if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
    xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi

# start some nice programs

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
 for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
  [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
 done
 unset f
fi

(sleep 5; conky -q) &

#xcompmgr -c -t-5 -l-5 -r4.2 -o.55 &
#conky -d; sleep 1 && transset-df .5 -n Conky


exec startlxde

conky from terminal

conky: desktop window (8001a8) is subwindow of root window (4e1)
conky: window type - desktop
conky: drawing to created window (0x600001)
conky: drawing to double buffer

~/.config/conky/conky.conf

conky.config = {

    -- position
    alignment = 'top_right',
    gap_x = -1595,
    gap_y = 5,

    -- size
    minimum_height = 5,
    minimum_width = 5,
    short_units = true,
    pad_percents =  1,

    -- background
    background = false,

    -- borders
    border_width = 1,

    -- color
    default_color = 'white',
    default_outline_color = 'white',
    default_shade_color = 'white',

    -- frame
    draw_borders = false,
    draw_graph_borders = true,
    draw_outline = false,
    stippled_borders = 0,

    -- shadows
    draw_shades = false,

    -- better fonts
    use_xft = true,
    font = 'Anonymous Pro:size=12',
    out_to_console = false,
    out_to_stderr = false,
    extra_newline = false,

    -- no_buffers = true,

    -- window settings
    own_window = true,
    own_window_class = 'Conky',
    own_window_type = 'desktop',
    own_window_transparent = true,
    
    -- update intervals
    update_interval = 1.0,
    uppercase = false,
    use_spacer = 'none',
    cpu_avg_samples = 2,
    net_avg_samples = 2,

    -- anti-flickering
    double_buffer = true,
    show_graph_scale = false,
    show_graph_range = false
}

conky.text = [[
${scroll 16 $nodename - $sysname $kernel on $machine | }
$hr
${color grey}Uptime:$color $uptime
${color grey}Frequency (in MHz):$color $freq
${color grey}Frequency (in GHz):$color $freq_g
${color grey}RAM Usage:$color $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${membar 4}
${color grey}Swap Usage:$color $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${swapbar 4}
${color grey}CPU Usage:$color $cpu% ${cpubar 4}
${color grey}Processes:$color $processes  ${color grey}Running:$color $running_processes
$hr
${color grey}File systems:
 / $color${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar 6 /}
${color grey}Networking:
Up:$color ${upspeed eth0} ${color grey} - Down:$color ${downspeed eth0}
$hr
${color grey}Name              PID   CPU%   MEM%
${color lightgrey} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
]]

Last edited by dreadz (2016-06-25 15:48:35)

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#2 2016-06-24 18:36:06

Hund
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Re: [SOLVED] Weird conky behavior on dual monitor LXDE setup

Try adding this and see what happens.

own_window_type override

smile

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#3 2016-06-24 19:06:53

dreadz
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Registered: 2011-11-23
Posts: 27

Re: [SOLVED] Weird conky behavior on dual monitor LXDE setup

Hund wrote:

Try adding this and see what happens.

own_window_type override

If i set it to override the whole thing disappears and throws nothing in the terminal.

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#4 2016-06-24 19:22:54

Hund
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Re: [SOLVED] Weird conky behavior on dual monitor LXDE setup

I haven't used a regular Conky setup in years, but I copied this from my old config:

own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

Perhaps it's one of those, or all of them.

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#5 2016-06-24 22:35:40

dreadz
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Registered: 2011-11-23
Posts: 27

Re: [SOLVED] Weird conky behavior on dual monitor LXDE setup

Hund wrote:

I haven't used a regular Conky setup in years, but I copied this from my old config:

own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

Perhaps it's one of those, or all of them.

None of it works, i've tried several combos.
If i set it up to normal then i get borders and
buttons on the top... Maybe some other ideas ?

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#6 2016-06-25 08:50:44

Hund
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Re: [SOLVED] Weird conky behavior on dual monitor LXDE setup

Hm, how about this then?

own_window_type desktop

The solution seems to vary depending on what the DE, composite manager etc people are using.

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#7 2016-06-25 15:47:25

dreadz
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Registered: 2011-11-23
Posts: 27

Re: [SOLVED] Weird conky behavior on dual monitor LXDE setup

Hund wrote:

Hm, how about this then?

own_window_type desktop

The solution seems to vary depending on what the DE, composite manager etc people are using.

Hund, thanks for the suggestions man! I finally got it running.
I did

-- window settings
    own_window = true,
    own_window_class = 'Conky',
    own_window_type = 'normal',
    own_window_transparent = false,
    own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager',

The first time i tried 'normal' it didn't work, but after a restart it came to life oO.

Thanks solved!

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#8 2016-06-25 21:14:17

Hund
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Re: [SOLVED] Weird conky behavior on dual monitor LXDE setup

Cool! Good to know. smile

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