Conky and Cinnamon. Can it be done? (SOLVED)

[Dave W.]

Hello everyone!

I'm liking LM12 very much. I have had little success in using conky with Cinnamon and Gnome 3. Classic Gnome as well as Gnome no effects are fine. Is this a desktop effects issue? Is there a way to use conky in Cinnamon?

Thanks,
Dave

[Dave W.]

Yep!

I'm using a minimal modified conky that I borrowed from my #! setups.

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# conky configuration
#
# The list of variables has been removed from this file in favour
# of keeping the documentation more maintainable.
# Check http://conky.sf.net for an up-to-date-list.
#
# For ideas about how to modify conky, please see:
# http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/59/my-conky-config/
#
# For help with conky, please see:
# http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/2047/conky-help/
#
# Enjoy! :)
##############################################
# Settings
##############################################
background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont Liberation Sans:size=9
xftalpha 1
update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
##############################################
# Compositing tips:
# Conky can play strangely when used with
# different compositors. I have found the
# following to work well, but your mileage
# may vary. Comment/uncomment to suit.
##############################################
## no compositor
#own_window_type override
#own_window_argb_visual no   
                                                                                                                                                     
## xcompmgr
#own_window_type override
#own_window_argb_visual yes

## cairo-compmgr
#own_window_type desktop
#own_window_argb_visual yes
##############################################
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 200 200
maximum_width 240
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
default_color white
default_shade_color 000000
default_outline_color 828282
alignment top_right
gap_x 12
gap_y 56
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale no
##############################################
#  Output
##############################################
TEXT
S Y S T E M    I N F O
${hr}
Host:$alignr$nodename
Uptime:$alignr$uptime
RAM:$alignr$mem/$memmax
Swap usage:$alignr$swap/$swapmax
Disk usage:$alignr${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}
CPU usage:$alignr${cpu cpu0}%
Frequency:$alignr$freq MHz
Up:$alignr${upspeed wlan0} 
Down:$alignr${downspeed wlan0}

I commented out the lines referring to "no compositer" and now have my conky.

I guess it helps to read the info in one's conky.