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puddinpop

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Registered: 2008-11-21

Posts: 4

Conky Problems

I am having problems with my conky, it seems to show up as a gray box whenever I run firefox.  You can see it from the screenshot below:

Here is my .conkyrc if that will help out I have tried many different things but I can't seem to get anything to work.

double_buffer yes
background no

use_xft yes
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=12
xftalpha 0.8

update_interval 1.0
 
total_run_times 0

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

maximum_width 400
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
stippled_borders 0
alignment top_left
gap_x 20
gap_y 20
uppercase no

#use_spaces yes

color0 000000
color1 000000
color2 000000

TEXT
${color2}${alignr}Time / Info
${color1}date:   ${color0}${time %a,} ${time %e %B %G}
${color1}time:   ${color0}${time %H:%M:%S}
${color1}uptime: ${color0}$uptime
${color1}os:     ${color0}${sysname} ${kernel}
${stippled_hr 2 1}
${color2}${alignr}CPU
${color1}freq:   ${color0}${freq}Mhz
${color1}core 2: ${color0}${cpu cpu2}% ${alignr}${cpubar cpu2 6,135}
${stippled_hr 2 1}
${color2}${alignr}Memory
${color1}ram: ${color0}$memperc%${alignr}${membar 6,135}
${stippled_hr 2 1}
${color2}${alignr}Space
${color1}home: ${alignr}${color0}${fs_free /home}/${fs_size /home}
${fs_bar /home}
${color1}storage: ${alignr}${color0}${fs_free /mnt/storage}/${fs_size /mnt/storage}
${fs_bar /mnt/storage}
${if_mounted /mnt} 
${color1}mnt: ${alignr}${color0}${fs_free /mnt}/${fs_size /mnt}
${fs_bar /mnt}
${endif}
${stippled_hr 2 1}
${color2}${alignr}Network
${color1}eth:  ${color1}down:${color0} ${downspeed eth0} k/s ${color1}  up:${color0} ${upspeed eth0} k/s
${color1}wlan: ${color1}down:${color0} ${downspeed wlan0} k/s ${color1}  up:${color0} ${upspeed wlan0} k/s
${stippled_hr 2 1}
${color2}${alignr}Battery
${color1}AC Adapter: ${color0}$acpiacadapter
${color1}Battery:    ${color0}${battery BAT1}
${color2}${alignr}Temperature
${color1}Fan Status: ${color0}$acpifan
${color1}Temperature: ${color0}$acpitempf
${stippled_hr 2 1}

Rydgel

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From: France

Registered: 2008-09-04

Posts: 166

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Re: Conky Problems

Try own_window_type desktop

puddinpop

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Registered: 2008-11-21

Posts: 4

Re: Conky Problems

Tried it, still having the problem.

Rydgel

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From: France

Registered: 2008-09-04

Posts: 166

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Re: Conky Problems

Do you run compiz-fusion ?

puddinpop

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Registered: 2008-11-21

Posts: 4

Re: Conky Problems

Nope I run xfce4 and not much else really, I have a acer aspire one so its just a internet machine

Rydgel

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From: France

Registered: 2008-09-04

Posts: 166

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Re: Conky Problems

How do you launch your conky ?

puddinpop

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Registered: 2008-11-21

Posts: 4

Re: Conky Problems

I had it autostart when i booted or I would run it from the terminal, either way it would cause the same problem

lunch_box

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Registered: 2008-10-21

Posts: 16

Re: Conky Problems

Try setting:

background yes