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conky KDE

Post by mick_swagger »

Sorry I keep asking annoying questions about conky, but how do i get conky to run without this gray background, in KDE?

http://i.imgur.com/FM3Yo.png
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linXea

Re: conky KDE

Post by linXea »

Kwin and conky do not play nice together. afaik, there is no easy fix for that other than changing window manger to eg. openbox, running KDE/openbox.
colyn

Re: conky KDE

Post by colyn »

mick_swagger wrote:Sorry I keep asking annoying questions about conky, but how do i get conky to run without this gray background, in KDE?

http://i.imgur.com/FM3Yo.png
Post your .conkyrc file.. That way we can see what you need to change..
mick_swagger

Re: conky KDE

Post by mick_swagger »

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 double_buffer yes
    update_interval 3.0
    background no

    own_window yes
    own_window_transparent yes
   #own_window_type desktop
    own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar

    use_xft yes
    override_utf8_locale no
    xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=7
    xftalpha 0.8
    draw_shades no
    draw_outline no
    draw_borders no
    uppercase yes
    use_spacer right

    border_margin 9
    border_width 0

    default_color green
    default_shade_color black
    default_outline_color black

    alignment top_right
    minimum_size 200
    gap_x 9
    gap_y 9

   TEXT

${offset 240}${color slate grey}${time %a, } ${color }${time %e %B %G}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}${time %Z,    }${color }${time %H:%M:%S}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}UpTime: ${color }$uptime
${offset 240}${color slate grey}Kern:${color }$kernel
${offset 240}${color slate grey}CPU:${color } $cpu% ${acpitemp}C
${offset 240}${cpugraph 20,130 000000 ffffff}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}Load: ${color }$loadavg
${offset 240}${color slate grey}Processes: ${color }$processes  
${offset 240}${color slate grey}Running:   ${color }$running_processes

${offset 240}${color slate grey}Highest CPU:
${offset 240}${color #ddaa00} ${top name 1}${top_mem cpu 1}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top name 2}${top cpu 2}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top name 3}${top cpu 3}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top name 4}${top cpu 4}

${offset 240}${color slate grey}Highest MEM:
${offset 240}${color #ddaa00} ${top_mem name 1}${top_mem mem 1}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 2}${top_mem mem 2}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 3}${top_mem mem 3}
${offset 240}${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 4}${top_mem mem 4}

${offset 240}${color slate grey}MEM:  ${color } $memperc% $mem/$memmax
${offset 240}${membar 3,100}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}SWAP: ${color }$swapperc% $swap/$swapmax
${offset 240}${swapbar 3,100}

${offset 240}${color slate grey}ROOT:    ${color }${fs_free /}/${fs_size /}
${offset 240}${fs_bar 3,100 /}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}HOME:  ${color }${fs_free /home}/${fs_size /home}
${offset 240}${fs_bar 3,100 /home}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}SLACK:  ${color }${fs_free /mnt/slack}/${fs_size /mnt/slack}
${offset 240}${fs_bar 3,100 /mnt/slack}
${offset 240}${color slate grey}NET: 
${offset 240}${color}Up: ${color }${upspeed eth0} k/s
${offset 240}${upspeedgraph eth0 20,130 000000 ffffff}
${offset 240}${color}Down: ${color }${downspeed eth0}k/s${color}
${offset 240}${downspeedgraph eth0 20,130 000000 ffffff}
Habitual

Re: conky KDE

Post by Habitual »

unremark

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   #own_window_type desktop
and make it own_window_type override

worked here.
colyn

Re: conky KDE

Post by colyn »

Change

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minimum_size 200
to

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minimum_size 100x200
this should reduce the size down

For

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own_window_type desktop
I use

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own_window_type normal
In the own_window part add

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own_window_class Conky
If you want to make it more transparent add these 2 lines to the own_window part

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own_window_argb_visual yes

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own_window_argb_value 95
You can change the value to get the level of transparency you want..

Below is what I use

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own_window yes
own_window_transparent no
own_window_argb_visual yes
own_window_argb_value 95
own_window_class Conky
own_window_type normal
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
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