How to fix: conky disappears after click on desktop or other window?

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How to make conky window stay visible after changing the focus, but with desktop icons visible as well?

Possible duplicate of How to get conky to stay on the desktop — Tachyons, Jan 11 '16 at 06:06

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 04 '17 at 09:11

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Edit conky configuration file, i.e. open in gedit from the terminal:

sudo -H gedit /etc/conky/conky.conf

This worked for me:

own_window yes
own_window_type normal

This worked too, but made desktop icons not visible at all or blinking

own_window no
own_window_type desktop

I have also modified conky to be movable by removing undecorated from:

own_window_hints

edited Jun 04 '17 at 09:11

Zanna

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answered Dec 26 '13 at 09:03

Esamo

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 04 '17 at 09:12

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I just removed the line own_window_type desktop entirely from the .conkyrc file and now conky stays put when I click the desktop in Ubuntu 15.10 with Unity. Why? I dont know. :)

I only use:

own_window_class Conky
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,below

edited Jun 04 '17 at 09:12

Zanna

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answered Jan 14 '16 at 23:45

Fuzzybuzz

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Removed the line from which file? – Martin Thornton Jan 15 '16 at 00:11
From the .conkyrc file. I used Conky Manager and edited the .conkyrc file from the Conky Manager program and just removed the own_window_type desktop (or own_window_type normal) alltogether and that works fine on my system. – Fuzzybuzz Jan 16 '16 at 22:19

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 04 '17 at 09:13

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Alternately...

In CompizConfig Settings Manager, deselect

General > General Options > Hide Skip Taskbar Windows

edited Jun 04 '17 at 09:13

Zanna

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answered Nov 09 '14 at 16:29

Stephen

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 20 '14 at 20:41

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changing /etc/conky/conky.conf or .conkyrc doesn't work for me, instead changing the conf file for each widget worked.

for example:

gedit ~/.conky/Gotham/Gotham

change:

own_window_type normal

to:

own_window_type desktop

edited Nov 20 '14 at 20:41

guntbert

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answered Nov 20 '14 at 10:57

pilleatus

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This makes conky disappear after clicking desktop. Unlike own_window_type normal – George Dirac Feb 20 '15 at 19:57

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 17 '17 at 10:55

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This worked for me:

In ccsm, deselect

General > General Options > Hide Skip Taskbar Windows
own_window_type normal

My system is Ubuntu 16.04.3 [Mate 1.16.1]

answered Sep 17 '17 at 10:55

Phcem

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How to fix: conky disappears after click on desktop or other window?

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