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jschall

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Registered: 2018-09-16

Posts: 51

[SOLVED] Conky disappears when I click the desktop

I am trying to setup Conky so it displays various system parameters on the desktop.

It works, and I managed to have it start on login.

But for some reason it hides when I left click on the desktop background, and I don't know how to bring it back to visibility. It is still running in the background, and if I kill it and restart it, it's visible again. Until I click on the desktop.

I suspect there is some parameter in the display setup that lets it hide like that, but I can't see what that might be.

Here is the display portion of my /home/jeff/.conkyrc:

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conky.config = {

    alignment = 'top_right',
    background = true,
    border_width = 1,
    cpu_avg_samples = 2,
    default_color = 'white',
    default_outline_color = 'white',
    default_shade_color = 'white',
    draw_borders = false,
    draw_graph_borders = true,
    draw_outline = false,
    draw_shades = false,
    use_xft = true,
    font = 'DejaVu Sans Mono:size=12',
    gap_x = 5,
    gap_y = 60,
    minimum_height = 5,
    minimum_width = 5,
    net_avg_samples = 2,
    no_buffers = true,
    out_to_console = false,
    out_to_stderr = false,
    extra_newline = false,
    own_window = true,
    own_window_class = 'Conky',
    own_window_type = 'desktop',
    stippled_borders = 0,
    update_interval = 1.0,
    uppercase = false,
    use_spacer = 'none',
    show_graph_scale = false,
    show_graph_range = false
}
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Does anybody know how to keep Conky on the desktop?

Last edited by jschall (2018-10-03 15:28)

Dai_trying

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From: UK

Registered: 2015-12-14

Posts: 2,992

Re: [SOLVED] Conky disappears when I click the desktop

It is because of your "own_window" settings (type=desktop), below are the settings I use which might help

own_window = true,
own_window_type = 'normal',
own_window_transparent = true,
own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager',
own_window_argb_visual = true,
own_window_argb_value = 255,

You may or may not need the argb settings depending on your compositor settings, but this works for me.

jschall

Member

Registered: 2018-09-16

Posts: 51

Re: [SOLVED] Conky disappears when I click the desktop

Thanks a lot, @Dai_trying.

It was the  "own_window_type = 'desktop'," that caused the problem.

"own_window_type = 'normal'," followed by "own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager'," did the trick.

Dai_trying

Member

From: UK

Registered: 2015-12-14

Posts: 2,992

Re: [SOLVED] Conky disappears when I click the desktop

You're welcome, I thought you would need something else from that section too but didn't have time to test it before posting. Glad it sorted it out though