#21 2018-04-22 03:28:47

DeepDayze

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From: In Linux Land

Registered: 2017-05-28

Posts: 1,901

Re: conky on Lubuntu doesn't obey own_window_type

LXqt is still kind of rough, triple H...tried it myself in a test VM. Promising desktop though but still needs a LOT of work.

Just curious what is the version of Conky the person reporting the issue has installed. Maybe there's a bug that needs to be tracked down.

Last edited by DeepDayze (2018-04-22 03:29:56)

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ohnonot

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Registered: 2015-09-29

Posts: 5,592

Re: conky on Lubuntu doesn't obey own_window_type

schwim, as i stated earlier, if you succesfully prevent LXDE from managing the desktop, your problems can't be related to LXDE.
what you're left with in that case is openbox as a wm, plus a very simplistic session manager - very similar to bunsenlabs or my personal openbox setup.

so, with that assumption, i'd concentrate on conky.

a few thoughts:

- it could be a conky version thing. i think it has changed a little in more recent versions, and if you're using Lubuntu 16.04, that will definitely be a much older version than what archlinux or stretch uses.

- please try commenting out the own_window_argb stuff, and maybe also xftalpha, just for testing.

- own_window_type is supposed to be a short form for a particular list of own_window_hints, but sometimes both are still required. you have to play with the values.
what i have in one of my conky's, designed to work on "normal desktop environment installs":

own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
##############################################
# Compositing and desktop environment tips:
# Conky can play strangely when used with
# different compositors. I have found the
# following to work well, but your mileage
# may vary. Comment/uncomment to suit.
# I have highlighted what i believe suitable
# for the major distros.
##############################################
## no compositor, no desktop manager (e.g. plain openbox)
# own_window_type override
# own_window_argb_visual no
#own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

## xcompmgr, but no desktopmanager
#own_window_type override
#own_window_argb_visual yes
#own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

## UBUNTU, LINUX MINT CINNAMON, XUBUNTU etc.
## desktop manager with compositing (e.g. unity)
own_window_type desktop
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
##################################################

## LUBUNTU, LINUX MINT MATE
## desktop manager without compositing (e.g. lxde, xfce)
#own_window_type desktop
#own_window_argb_visual no
#own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
###############################################

i've even seen

own_window_hints undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

somewhere.

martix

Kim Jong-un Stunt Double

Registered: 2016-02-19

Posts: 1,267

Re: conky on Lubuntu doesn't obey own_window_type

Does it work generally on #BĹ? Because it works for me only the way I mentioned (click somewhere else, right click on conky opens the menu). I have conky 1.10.6.

unklar

Back to the roots 1.9

From: #! BL

Registered: 2015-10-31

Posts: 2,710

Re: conky on Lubuntu doesn't obey own_window_type

For testing I installed the siduction-lxde2018.2 in Qemu.

On the login screen I select OpenBox as desktop.

The upper Conky has the "above" option I mentioned earlier.

own_window_hints undecorated,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

The lower Conky has the option "below" (as usual)

own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

Both Conky windows do not disappear when I click on the desktop and show me the sparse OB menu when I right-click.
So Lubuntu does something different here or @schwim

apt policy conky
conky:
  Installiert:           1.9.0-6
  Installationskandidat: 1.10.8-1
  Versionstabelle:
     1.10.8-1 500
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
 *** 1.9.0-6 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
unklarer@qlxde:~$ apt policy conky-std
conky-std:
  Installiert:           1.10.8-1
  Installationskandidat: 1.10.8-1
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 1.10.8-1 500
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

up

	own_window yes
	own_window_type normal
	own_window_transparent yes
        own_window_class conky
	own_window_hints undecorated,above,skip_taskbar,skip_pager   #sticky,
#own_window_colour 000000

down

	own_window = true,--eigenes Fenster
	own_window_type = 'normal',
--               override  
	own_window_transparent = true,
	own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager',--sticky,
	own_window_class = 'conky'
	own_window_argb_visual = true,
--own_window_argb_value 0 
--own_window_colour 000000  
--own_window_title  Teo-Weather 

Last edited by unklar (2018-04-23 15:08:17)