<![CDATA[CrunchBang Linux Forums - conky covers other windows]]> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/1117/conky-covers-other-windows/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:47:10 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: conky covers other windows]]> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/32474/#p32474
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Thank you.

(sleep 2s && conky -q) &

worked out to me.

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:47:10 +0000 http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/32474/#p32474 <![CDATA[Re: conky covers other windows]]> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/15592/#p15592
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Thank you. :)

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:19:49 +0000 http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/15592/#p15592 <![CDATA[Re: conky covers other windows]]> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/15587/#p15587
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Look in your autostart.sh file for this line:

conky -q &

and change it to:

(sleep 5s && conky) &
]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:58:20 +0000 http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/15587/#p15587 <![CDATA[Re: conky covers other windows]]> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/15581/#p15581
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ShaqArif wrote:

putting the sleep in worked for me too, something like

sleep 5 && conky

Sounds great, but could you please be more specific? What is the exact code needed and where exactly to put it? Thank you. :)

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:34:48 +0000 http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/15581/#p15581 <![CDATA[Re: conky covers other windows]]> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/9414/#p9414
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putting the sleep in worked for me too, something like

sleep 5 && conky

]]> Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:43:07 +0000 http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/9414/#p9414 <![CDATA[Re: conky covers other windows]]> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/9395/#p9395
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ZeroTruths wrote:

Uncomment this line #own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

didn't really work for me. just caused conky to totally disappear at random intervals.

i added a 5 sec sleep intervall before the conky start and that seemed to do the trick. now i can even have xpad launch after it.  don't know if that missing sleep was really the problem as with other people it seemes not necessary. however, for now it seems to work.

maybe somewhen has an idea as to how this works....

but i have to say again, this is a really nice fast helping community. thanks for that.

]]> Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:24:38 +0000 http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/9395/#p9395 <![CDATA[Re: conky covers other windows]]> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/9235/#p9235
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Uncomment this line:

#own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:15:32 +0000 http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/9235/#p9235 <![CDATA[Re: conky covers other windows]]> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/9198/#p9198
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i don't really get what you mean, i'm afraid.
i just want it to go back to normal. i just don't understand what changed.

]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:55:08 +0000 http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/9198/#p9198 <![CDATA[Re: conky covers other windows]]> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/9174/#p9174
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try the rc.xml and tell it to stay in the background... like in the terminator in the background topic... see if that works... maybe it's a ugly workaround that can be fixed in a better way, but you could check if it works...

]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:57:24 +0000 http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/9174/#p9174 <![CDATA[conky covers other windows]]> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/9173/#p9173
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hi there,

I've had my conky and desktop set up quite nicely and all worked fine. (thanks to all those conky config posts i was able to cherry pick my favorite things...)
but just recently, that is as of yesterday, on every system start my conky starts in a way that it is always on top covering every window beneath.  after manually restarting conky it works fine most of the time, though!

my config:

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sans:size=8
xftalpha 0.8
text_buffer_size 2048

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type override
#own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 180 0
#maximum_width 200

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0

# border margins
border_margin 5

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
#default_shade_color black
#default_outline_color white
own_window_colour white

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 35
gap_y 30

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2

# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 2

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer none

TEXT
SYSTEM ${hr 2}
${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font}   CPU1: ${cpu cpu1}% ${alignr}${cpubar cpu1 8,60}
${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font}   CPU2: ${cpu cpu2}% ${alignr}${cpubar cpu2 8,60}
${font StyleBats:size=16}g${font}   RAM: $memperc% ${alignr}${membar 8,60}

DATE ${hr 2}
${alignc 35}${font Arial Black:size=26}${time %H:%M}${font}
${alignc}${time %A %d %Y}

HD ${hr 2}
${voffset 4}${font Pie charts for maps:size=14}7${font}   ${voffset -5}Root:
${voffset 4}${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} ${alignr}${fs_bar 8,60 /}

NETWORK ${hr 2}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}O${font}   Up: ${upspeed wlan0} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}U${font}   Down: ${downspeed wlan0} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font}   Upload: ${alignr}${totalup wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font}   Download: ${alignr}${totaldown wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}Z${font}   Signal: ${wireless_link_qual wlan0}% ${alignr}${wireless_link_bar 8,60 wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}b${font}   Public Ip: ${alignr}${execi 1 ~/.scripts/ip.sh}
${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}O${font}   Up: ${upspeed eth0} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}U${font}   Down: ${downspeed eth0} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth0 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font}   Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font}   Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font}   Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}b${font}   Public Ip: ${alignr}${execi 1 ~/.scripts/ip.sh}
${endif}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth1}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}O${font}   Up: ${upspeed eth1} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth1 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}U${font}   Down: ${downspeed eth1} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth1 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font}   Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font}   Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font}   Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr eth1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}b${font}   Public Ip: ${alignr}${execi 1 ~/.scripts/ip.sh}
${endif}${else}
${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}4${font}   Network Unavailable
${endif}
WEATHER ${hr 1}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}
${voffset -8}${alignr 56}${font ConkyWeather:style=Bold:size=40}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=GMXX00510 --datatype=WF}${font}
${voffset -52}${font Weather:size=40}y${font}   ${voffset -38}${font Trebuchet MS:size=26}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=GMXX0051 --datatype=HT}${font}
${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=GMXX0051 --template=/usr/share/conkyforecast/example/conkyForecast.template}
${endif}
Alt+F2$alignr Run Dialog
Alt+F3$alignr Alt Menu
Super+space$alignr Main Menu
Super+tab$alignr Client Menu
Super+t$alignr Terminal
Super+f$alignr File Manager
Super+m$alignr Media Player
Super+w$alignr Web Browser
Super+g$alignr Graphics Editor
Super+v$alignr Volume Control
Super+x$alignr Logout

at the same time i'm using a transparancy script for terminator posted somewhere here in the forum. 
the whole issue started after i added "xpad" to the autostart.sh .... but the problem remains even after i've removed the line.  even though i wouldn't have thought that simply adding another program to autostart could do that to you.

any ideas? thanks for the input.

]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:49:21 +0000 http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/9173/#p9173