Conky question

M_Mynaardt · posted: 2017-03-26 05:03

Hi yet again!

Another Newbie question.

With my (64 bit install) Conky mostly works.
But with IceWM, it only seems to appear in (virtual) desktop #1 only.
When I trundled around a bit in Fluxbox and JWM, Conky seemed to be showing up in all the desktops.

Is there some reason for this?
I'd just like to have Conky appearing in all desktops, if possible.
More aesthetics than need, mind.

Thanks again!

Should be my last question.
Until tomorrow, anyway. __{{emoticon}}__

~*~ Mynaardt ~*~

skidoo · posted: 2017-03-26 06:51

Hmm, I haven't changed the defaults... and conky displays in all icewm workspaces. I'm unsure why it's behaving differently on your system.

In the default ~/.icewm/winoptions file, I don't see anything mentioning conky. If a line were needed, I expect it would read
conky.allWorkspaces: 1
or
conky.conky.allWorkspaces: 1

peek into the files pathed within ~/.icewm and within ~/.conkyrc
and visit
/usr/share/doc/conky_all/config-settings.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm-common/html/index.html

Dave · posted: 2017-03-26 12:11

In the past this would be because icewm would finish loading after conky. It might be the case with you and you could try increasing the startup-delay in ~/.desktop-session/desktop-session.conf

M_Mynaardt · posted: 2017-03-26 13:47

Hi skidoo & Dave:

Thanks for the hints.
I'll check those out.

M_Mynaardt · posted: 2017-03-26 17:40

HI Dave:
I tried to change the start up delay delay, as suggested.
Didn't change anything.
It was worth a try, though.

Dave wrote:In the past this would be because icewm would finish loading after conky. It might be the case with you and you could try increasing the startup-delay in ~/.desktop-session/desktop-session.conf

M_Mynaardt · posted: 2017-03-26 17:57

Hi skidoo:
No joy with the allWorkspaces thing.
I'll try looking at the other files you suggested later.

skidoo wrote:Hmm, I haven't changed the defaults... and conky displays in all icewm workspaces. I'm unsure why it's behaving differently on your system.

In the default ~/.icewm/winoptions file, I don't see anything mentioning conky. If a line were needed, I expect it would read
conky.allWorkspaces: 1
or
conky.conky.allWorkspaces: 1

peek into the files pathed within ~/.icewm and within ~/.conkyrc
and visit
/usr/share/doc/conky_all/config-settings.html
/usr/share/doc/icewm-common/html/index.html

reverseDog · posted: 2017-03-26 19:22

Are you using the conky that comes shipped with antiX or one of your own?

For your conky to show on all workspaces you should use the value"sticky" with the variable"own_window_hints" in ~/.conkyrc, like

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own_window_hints undecorated,sticky,skip_taskbar

rokytnji · posted: 2017-03-26 19:42

Stock line section in mine is

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# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus, pcmanfm and rox desktops)
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,sticky,skip_taskbar

M_Mynaardt · posted: 2017-03-26 23:45

Hi rokytnji:

That's what I have already in .conkyrc.
Conky still only shows up in workspace one in IceWM.
Shows up in all workspaces for both Fluxbox and JWM.

I did try Rox, Space, regular, and Min IceWM.
Same thing in all four versions of IceWM: Conky only displays on Desktop #1.

It's not crucial, of course. Everything else seems to be just fine.
Just seems a bit odd it only does that in IceWM., that's all.

bdp1 · posted: 2017-03-27 04:15

Same here. Conky is only on desktop #1 with IceWM.

No time to hunt down the issue, though.

M_Mynaardt · posted: 2017-03-27 06:00

Not just me, then!
Maybe a wee hardware conflict?
(to which I'd have no idea on hunting down)