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#1 2008-09-28 21:30:19

mini
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Registered: 2006-12-18
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[SOLVED] Conky disappears from the desktop

This happens on kde and gnome when I click on desktop.

Last edited by mini (2008-09-29 18:24:56)

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#2 2008-09-28 22:30:32

tonyisnt
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Registered: 2008-03-18
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Re: [SOLVED] Conky disappears from the desktop

Do you have own_window_type set in .conkyrc?  If so, what do you have it set as?  I remember when I had it set as desktop in Gnome it would show up fine initially, but then disappear when I clicked the desktop.

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#3 2008-09-29 07:54:57

mini
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Re: [SOLVED] Conky disappears from the desktop

The own_window section in .conkyrc is:

James wrote:

#own window to run simultanious 2 or more conkys
own_window  yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

edit
I have changed own_window_type desktop to own_window_type root
and now conky is working correctly

Last edited by mini (2008-09-29 18:24:32)

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#4 2009-07-28 18:37:11

knedlyk
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Re: [SOLVED] Conky disappears from the desktop

In my case it doesn't work, I had to change own_window_type to normal, after that everithing is working perfectly.

Last edited by knedlyk (2009-09-14 15:25:33)

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