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twiistedkaos

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Registered: 2006-05-20

Posts: 666

Conky Problem

I am trying to run two conky's at the same time, both with different configs, The problem is, when one updates, the other disapears and vice versa. Is there any way around this?

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Conky Problem

I am trying to run two conky's at the same time, both with different configs, The problem is, when one updates, the other disapears and vice versa. Is there any way around this?

Yes, Here's one of my config file. I don't use conky anymore so I don't know if it still work. I don't remember which option(s) does it. You'll need to use trial and error.

EDIT: I think it's:
double_buffer no

# Conky sample configuration
#
# the list of variables has been removed from this file in favour
# of keeping the documentation more maintainable.
# Check http://conky.sf.net for an up-to-date-list.

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background no

# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 5x7
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
#font 8x13
#font 9x15
#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
font -*-georgia-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#font -*-new century schoolbook-medium-r-*-*-17-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Set conky on the bottom of all other applications
on_bottom yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
#xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=14
xftfont amertype md bt:size=16

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

# Print everything to stdout?
# out_to_console no

# MPD host/port
# mpd_host localhost
# mpd_port 6600
# mpd_password tinker_bell

# Print everything to console?
# out_to_console no

# mail spool
mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 5.0

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window no

# Use pseudo transparency with own_window?
own_window_transparent yes

# If own_window_transparent is set to no, you can set the background colour here
own_window_colour hotpink

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer no

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 28 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders yes

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0

# border margins
border_margin 6

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color black

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
alignment bottom_right
#alignment none

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 12
gap_y 45

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase yes

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2

# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 2

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale no


# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer no

#   mldonkey_hostname     Hostname for mldonkey stuff, defaults to localhost
#   mldonkey_port         Mldonkey port, 4001 default
#   mldonkey_login        Mldonkey login, default none
#   mldonkey_password     Mldonkey password, default none

# boinc (seti) dir
# seti_dir /opt/seti

# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
# stuff because of an argument

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
${color yellow}$acpitemp$color °C ${color red}${battery}

twiistedkaos

Member

Registered: 2006-05-20

Posts: 666

Re: Conky Problem

Yep, double_buffer was the problem, thanks