[solved]cant get conky workin properly in compiz-fusion!

ninjaprawn · 2009-02-19 20:28:13

hi,

im trying to get conky to draw the time on my desktop, but it is putting a black background behind the time!!

# THIS CONFIG RELIES ON 2 SCRIPTS, CPUSPEED AND CPUTEMP
# YOUR SYSTEM MAY NOT REQUIRE THEM, REPLACE AS DESIRED

# maintain spacing between certain elements
use_spacer none

# set to yes if you want conky to be forked in the background
background yes

use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-7
#xftfont Andale Mono-9
#xftfont Clean-8
#xftfont cubicfive10:pixelsize=8
#xftfont squaredance10:pixelsize=14
#xftfont swf!t_v02:pixelsize=10

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.5

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1.0

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 100 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no # amplifies text

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0

# border margins
border_margin 1

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color grey90
default_shade_color grey
default_outline_color DarkGrey

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 14
gap_y 14

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
${font georgia:size=72}${alignr}${offset -85}${time %k}
${voffset -160}${goto 132}${font georgia:size=26}${time : %M}
${voffset -20}${goto 132}${color4}${font georgia:size=8}${time %e. %B}$font$color
${goto 132}${color4}${time %A}

I have googled and tried everything i can find, but no solution!

Last edited by ninjaprawn (2009-02-19 20:47:49)

muunleit · 2009-02-19 20:42:02

I think your wallpaper is set by compiz?!

Conky can not take this for it's backround, I had the same problem once. My solution was to set it additionally by feh, if I remember right.

(Or was it the other way? Did I replace feh with compiz-wallpaper? I'm not sure. Sorry, please try it.)

ninjaprawn · 2009-02-19 20:47:27

thanks for that!

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#1 2009-02-19 20:28:13

[solved]cant get conky workin properly in compiz-fusion!

#2 2009-02-19 20:42:02

Re: [solved]cant get conky workin properly in compiz-fusion!

#3 2009-02-19 20:47:27

Re: [solved]cant get conky workin properly in compiz-fusion!

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