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TomMan

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From: UK

Registered: 2010-11-07

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Conky + Plasma

Hi,

I've got conky working under KDE with real transparency, but if I click on the plasma desktop, conky gets hidden below the desktop. Is there anyway to fix this?

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skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,543

Re: Conky + Plasma

try adding these options to your conky file

own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,below
own_window_argb_visual yes

TomMan

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Re: Conky + Plasma

That hasn't fixed the problem.

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skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

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Re: Conky + Plasma

Did you try this yet?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … h_Kdesktop

TomMan

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Registered: 2010-11-07

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Re: Conky + Plasma

I thought that was for making Conky have a transparent background, my problem is that plasma gets put in-front of it and so conky disappears behind plasma. Maybe there is a kwin/conky option you can set for this?

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eDio

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From: Ukraine, Kyiv

Registered: 2008-12-02

Posts: 422

Re: Conky + Plasma

Try to override conky settings with kwin.

Also I was using conky with kde some time ago. I will check if I kept conky configs and will let you know about solution (if any) tonight.

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TomMan

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From: UK

Registered: 2010-11-07

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Re: Conky + Plasma

Changing the settings in kwin didn't seem to make any difference

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eDio

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From: Ukraine, Kyiv

Registered: 2008-12-02

Posts: 422

Re: Conky + Plasma

Seems like I understand now, why I had no problems with conky - I've used it in panel mode.
And I have no any kwin settings also. So, sorry, can't help you right now.

alignment bl
background yes
border_width 1
cpu_avg_samples 2
double_buffer yes
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
use_xft yes
xftfont Droid Sans:size=7
gap_x 4
gap_y -2
minimum_size 151 10
maximum_width 151
net_avg_samples 1 
no_buffers yes
out_to_console no
out_to_stderr no
extra_newline no
own_window yes
own_window_class Conky
own_window_type panel
own_window_hints undecorated,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_argb_value 128
own_window_argb_visual yes
stippled_borders 1
update_interval 2
uppercase no
use_spacer left
show_graph_scale no
show_graph_range no

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TomMan

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From: UK

Registered: 2010-11-07

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Re: Conky + Plasma

Great! Thanks! That's worked for me!

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eDio

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From: Ukraine, Kyiv

Registered: 2008-12-02

Posts: 422

Re: Conky + Plasma

I was not expecting this will help. I'm glad

P.S. Though, there may be some undesired effects, if you decided to use conky in panel mode.

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