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    Conky sometimes disappears...

    I wonder if anyone has the solution to this annoyance: I have looked on the InterWeb, but so far, nothing doing. I have a conky which runs flawlessly in 14.10, but which sometimes disappears for a few moments or longer in 15.04 when an application is launched or closed, or when a notification icon or the desktop is clicked. I have tried various settings to no avail. My current conky window settings are:

    Code:
    # Window specifications #
    
    own_window_class Conky
    own_window yes
    own_window_type conky
    own_window_transparent yes
    own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
    own_window_argb_visual yes
    Other own_window_type settings like override, dock, desktop result in black background or conky showing over windows. Any ideas?
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    Re: Conky sometimes disappears...

    What window types have you tried ?
    Code:
     own_window_type conky
    Alternatives might include desktop, override, or panel. In regular Ubuntu the file manager handles the desktop so I find necessary to change the window type for some conky scripts so it doesn't go missing when the desktop right clicked .
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    Re: Conky sometimes disappears...

    I have tried desktop, override, panel and dock. Override keeps it above windows, as does dock (but override also turns background black). Desktop also disappears. I have also tried normal. No dice! I suspect this may be something to do with compositing in Plasma 5.
    Last edited by timgood; May 7th, 2015 at 06:14 PM.
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    Re: Conky sometimes disappears...

    Do you use Kwin or compiz ?
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    Re: Conky sometimes disappears...

    Quote Originally Posted by Frogs Hair View Post
    Do you use Kwin or compiz ?
    Using standard Kwin. Some compiz packages not available for Kubuntu 15.04

    Installed available compiz packages, but when window manager is switched, conky has black background.
    Last edited by timgood; May 8th, 2015 at 12:58 PM.
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    Re: Conky sometimes disappears...

    Changed window type to override today, and it's now working with full transparency and no disappearances! Previously has turned panel black. Don't know why it's working now, but will mark this solved.
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    Re: Conky sometimes disappears...

    Weird ! glad it worked out.
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