Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[localguy]

well, mine is embeded into desktop. i'll give you the top part of mine so you can change one or 2 things (like fonts and dimensions) and just try that for an example as mine isn't giving me any probs

background yes
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
# own_window_class conky
use_xft yes
#xftfont ariel:size=8
xftfont MgOpen Modata-07
xftalpha 1.0 #0.2
override_utf8_locale yes
update_interval 1
total_run_times 0
double_buffer yes
no_buffers yes
cpu_avg_samples 1
net_avg_samples 2
use_spacer none
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
alignment tr
uppercase no
imlib_cache_size 0
max_specials 3000

minimum_size 1024 768
#maximum_width 1024 

gap_x 0 # left-right
gap_y 0 # up-down
border_inner_margin 0
border_outer_margin 0

EDIT : i saw this in your code

# Set conky on the bottom of all other applications
on_bottom yes

but i've never seen that anywhere else before so maybe change that to either no or

#on_bottom yes

first and see what happens

nope tried both #on_bottom no then put yes but if i change this

 # Use Xft?
use_xft no

to yes i lose the 2 graph bars

[davitodd]

# Use Xft?
use_xft no

If you are using Gnome, you have to set xft to yes because it messes the desktop up somehow, it's been different for every maching that I've tested on.

EDIT: Maybe you're trying to show too much info, that it gets pushed off the screen. If that's the case, then you might need to either change the conky min size, or put some of the information in another conky file, (like conkylc), and just do it like that.

EDIT EDIT:

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window_type override

What if you set the override to normal instead?

own_window_type normal

[localguy]

If you are using Gnome, you have to set xft to yes because it messes the desktop up somehow, it's been different for every maching that I've tested on.

EDIT: Maybe you're trying to show too much info, that it gets pushed off the screen. If that's the case, then you might need to either change the conky min size, or put some of the information in another conky file, (like conkylc), and just do it like that.

EDIT EDIT:
What if you set the override to normal instead?

own_window_type normal

samething tried em all, think im just gonna have touse another conky code and piece together what i want lol

[merlin_ie]

samething tried em all, think im just gonna have touse another conky code and piece together what i want lol

did you try turning off the Compiz effects? it might be that, meaning your coding is good

[killerhippy]

nope tried both #on_bottom no then put yes but if i change this

 # Use Xft?
use_xft no

to yes i lose the 2 graph bars

I "loose"* bar's too, if I modify the conkyrc which makes the conkywindow restart.
Killing the conky process and give it a fresh start fixes this issue.

Hope this helps.

* There is no bar drawn over the whole bar space but a wandering small bar over the bar space.

[elendilnl]

I'm using the rhythmboxbar, is it possible to show the song that is playing on a radiostation?

[killerhippy]

I'm using the rhythmboxbar, is it possible to show the song that is playing on a radiostation?

What do you mean with radiostation exactly? Is it a device connected to your computer or are you talking about a software? Please specify.

[elendilnl]

What do you mean with radiostation exactly? Is it a device connected to your computer or are you talking about a software? Please specify.

Sorry
When I'm in Rhythmbox I can see the title of the (.mp3) song or CD track that is playing, as is the name of the song that is playing when I listen to a radio station in Rhythmbox.
Conky is neatly showing the (.mp3) song or CD-track, but doesn't show anything about the radio station I'm listening to, except the time. Is it possible to show the name of the song played on a radio station?
I hope this makes more sense

[bigsmitty64]

Hi all,
Thought I'd post a simple script to display the horizontal calendar.

This one should not have the bug like the last one which made the calendar go crazy on the 8th of every month.
Also (especially) for Bruce, the calendar would remain the same width every month even without displaying any dates of the coming month.

#!/bin/bash
#minimalistic horizontal caalendar for conky by ans.

TOP=`cal|head -n 2| tail -n 1`
LINE1=`cal|head -n 3| tail -n 1`
LINE2=`cal|head -n 4| tail -n 1`
LINE3=`cal|head -n 5| tail -n 1`
LINE4=`cal|head -n 6| tail -n 1`
LINE5=`cal|head -n 7| tail -n 1`

echo $TOP $TOP $TOP $TOP $TOP
echo " $LINE1 $LINE2 $LINE3 $LINE4 $LINE5"

TODAY=`date +%d`
FIRSTDAY=`date -d "-1 month -$(($(date +%d)-1)) days +1 month" +%u`
if [ $FIRSTDAY -eq 7 ]
then
    FIRSTDAY=1
fi 
POSIT=`echo "($TODAY + $FIRSTDAY)*17"|bc`
echo "\${voffset -14}\${goto $POSIT}\${color skyblue} [  ]"
exit 0

I had the sudden urge to go minimalistic so almost no colors. But it would be easy to add using sed

BTW the number in red should be different for different combinations of font size and DPI settings. I felt too lazy to try and figure out how to make it dynamic, but if somebody needs it then i'll give it a go.

How do I use this calender? Is there another file I need to create other than .conkyrc?

[killerhippy]

Sorry
When I'm in Rhythmbox I can see the title of the (.mp3) song or CD track that is playing, as is the name of the song that is playing when I listen to a radio station in Rhythmbox.
Conky is neatly showing the (.mp3) song or CD-track, but doesn't show anything about the radio station I'm listening to, except the time. Is it possible to show the name of the song played on a radio station?
I hope this makes more sense

Ok, I don't use rythmbox but I think I got a clue.
What if you use http://cerebrum.dnalounge.com:8000/radio do you get the songtitles then?
If yes, then it is simply your beloved radiostation which does not send the titles.