conky disappear

[0day]

disappears when clicking on desktop

[CAVT]

That happened to me with the PCLOS based ***** distro. I don't know how to fix it, but to bring it back again just open a terminal and write "conky" (without quotes). I'm afraid you'll have to do that everytime it goes away.

[Lee2010]

change your conky window type to own_window_type normal

[uncleV]

The configuration file(s) is placed:

CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
       Default    configuration    file    location   is   $HOME/.conkyrc   or
       ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf. On most systems,  sysconfdir  is  /etc,
       and  you can find the sample config file there (/etc/conky/conky.conf).

You can copy /etc/conky/conky.conf to $HOME/.conkyrc and after that edit it.
Lee2010 proposed you change there the line
own_window_type desktop
to
own_window_type normal.
This way you will have it like a normal window. You can change its transparency and other things by editing this file. Type man conky in terminal for instructions and look especially at the "own_window" options.
Here's is a section of my .conkyrc

Code:

own_window yes
own_window_class Conky
#own_window_argb_visual yes
#own_window_argb_value 0
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below

You can see the differences made by your changes in this file instantly while conky is running, just save (Ctrl+S) and observe.

[uncleV]

That happened to me with the PCLOS based ***** distro. I don't know how to fix it, but to bring it back again just open a terminal and write "conky" (without quotes). I'm afraid you'll have to do that everytime it goes away.

It doesn't go away here, only the window disappears.
You have to stop it in the terminal where it was started.

[CAVT]

That happened to me with the PCLOS based ***** distro. I don't know how to fix it, but to bring it back again just open a terminal and write "conky" (without quotes). I'm afraid you'll have to do that everytime it goes away.

It doesn't go away here, only the window disappears.
You have to stop it in the terminal where it was started.

I kill the extra instances  . But anyway, I'm not used to LXDE, so maybe there are alternatives to Conky, the KDE PCLOS had a couple. I suppose one is putting some included widgets in the taskbar. However, I think only a widget for CPU use is available. Another one could be gkrellm.

[cstrike77]

disappears when clicking on desktop

Here's my conky config, works here fine, did a search of the forum for conky lxde.

own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_class Conky
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes

Cheers!

[weirdwolf]

Here's mine (current conky.conf)

own_window yes
own_window_type conky
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,sticky,skip_pager


Different (key)strokes for different folks, just depends on your personal setup I suspect. When you get it setup the way you like it don't forget to back it up somewhere.

[parnote]

disappears when clicking on desktop

Here's my conky config, works here fine, did a search of the forum for conky lxde.

own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_class Conky
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes

Cheers!

FWIW, I have been setting up Conky on my freshly installed version of LXDE. While the above config for the Conky window works fine, there is one glitch. With "own_window_type normal", the conky window disappears when you click on the "show desktop" icon in the LXDE panel. However, changing it to "own_window_type desktop" causes the conky window to remain unaffected whenever you click on the "show desktop" panel icon.

I hope this helps someone!

parnote

[uncleV]

...version of LXDE. While the above config for the Conky window works fine, there is one glitch. With "own_window_type normal", the conky window disappears when you click on the "show desktop" icon in the LXDE panel. However, changing it to "own_window_type desktop" causes the conky window to remain unaffected whenever you click on the "show desktop" panel icon.

I hope this helps someone!

parnote

... or if you simply click on a desktop place. As far as I can understand it behaves this way like all other windows with "normal" minimise/maximise behaviour.

[parnote]

FWIW, I have been setting up Conky on my freshly installed version of LXDE. While the above config for the Conky window works fine, there is one glitch. With "own_window_type normal", the conky window disappears when you click on the "show desktop" icon in the LXDE panel. However, changing it to "own_window_type desktop" causes the conky window to remain unaffected whenever you click on the "show desktop" panel icon.

I hope this helps someone!

parnote

UPDATE:

Using "own_window_type desktop" caused my conky window to disappear whenever you clicked on the desktop. So I've reverted back to using "own_window_type normal" since I rarely use the "show desktop" panel icon.

parnote

[weirdwolf]

Has any one tried "own_window_type conky" ?  Works for me, YMMV.  (I don't have a "own_window_class")