Conky problem

neovaysburd5 · 2009-08-16 21:42:41

I want my conky to be a startup application. In the gnome startup application command settings for conky, I have tried: conky, conky &, conky exit, conky & exit, and ~/ConkyStartup(a bash file that starts conky after a 2 second delay). However, none of these work. For each of them, after I logon, I see conky for a second, but then it disappears. Starting conky manually, however, once I have already logged on, works. How can I make it so that conky starts but doesn't disappear?

I use Arch Linux(:D) with Gnome.

neovaysburd5 · 2009-08-16 21:56:07

I'm looking at the online users, and there seem to be alot...
I don't want to be obnoxious, I know that there are other people that want help, but please, someone help.
I know that this problem can easily be fixed, it's just that I don't know how.
Really sorry for the inconvenience ;(.

djszapi · 2009-08-16 22:12:21

Hello neovaysburd5!

Does it help for you something?
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-386078.html

ngoonee · 2009-08-16 22:15:57

You are also using Compiz, I believe? Put a 30-second delay in your startup script and it'll work. That's how long it takes compiz to load up, if conky starts before that, it'll get 'overwritten' by the takes-very-long-to-load compiz.

My script is as below:-

#! /bin/bash
#sleep 20 &&
until [ "$done" = "true" ]
do
    if [ $(dbus-send --print-reply --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.compiz /org/freedesktop/compiz/dbus/screen0 org.freedesktop.compiz.list | wc -l) != 0 ]
    then
      conky -c /home/symlinked/Conky/conkymain >/dev/null 2>&1 &
    else
        echo "CONKY IS WAITING"
        done="false"
        sleep 5;
    fi
done
exit 0

This relies on your compiz having DBUS turned on. If you can't understand the above script, just put sleep 30 or 20 or something around that long.

djszapi · 2009-08-16 23:14:36

Instructive remark:
Please don't write such a post into other problem thread, we will help you if we can it's sure.
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=78161

hrobeers · 2009-08-16 23:22:01

edit: nevermind, this was not the answer

Last edited by hrobeers (2009-08-16 23:24:51)

tomk · 2009-08-17 06:34:06

neovaysburd5 - bumping is not permitted. See Forum Etiquette for full details on how this forum works.

It should also be obvious to you that posting in an unrelated thread in an attempt to get an answer in this one is completely unacceptable. Do not do it again.

wankel · 2009-08-17 06:42:05

Not sure if this will work but it might be worth a shot to add conky to your .xinitrc file.

conky &
exec gnome-session

lda-daemon · 2009-08-17 17:27:13

wankel wrote:

Not sure if this will work but it might be worth a shot to add conky to your .xinitrc file.
conky &
exec gnome-session

That's how I have mine start... but I use openbox-session. I would imagine ^ would work as well.

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#1 2009-08-16 21:42:41

Conky problem

#2 2009-08-16 21:56:07

Re: Conky problem

#3 2009-08-16 22:12:21

Re: Conky problem

#4 2009-08-16 22:15:57

Re: Conky problem

#5 2009-08-16 23:14:36

Re: Conky problem

#6 2009-08-16 23:22:01

Re: Conky problem

#7 2009-08-17 06:34:06

Re: Conky problem

#8 2009-08-17 06:42:05

Re: Conky problem

#9 2009-08-17 17:27:13

Re: Conky problem

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