okay back to this... here's the error I'm getting...
[louis@localhost ~]$ conky
Conky: use_spacer should have an argument of left, right, or none. 'no' seems to be some form of 'false', so defaulting to none.
Conky: scandir for /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/: No such file or directory
Conky: statfs '/media/Volume': No such file or directory
Conky: forked to background, pid is 3344
[louis@localhost ~]$
Conky: desktop window (1600003) is subwindow of root window (109)
Conky: window type - normal
Conky: drawing to created window (0x4600002)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
Conky: statfs '/media/Volume': No such file or directory
X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error)
Major opcode of failed request: 0 ()
Serial number of failed request: 242
Current serial number in output stream: 261