Conky troubles

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 00:58:47 -0800
Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> For a few months now I have been unable to run conky with XFCE.
> Earlier the following configuration used to work without any problems:
> 
> background yes
> ...
> own_window yes
> own_window_class Conky
> own_window_type override
> own_window_transparent yes
> 
> But since a few months back this stopped working. I like to have it
> displayed on all desktops overlayed translucently on the wallpaper, so
> I tried the options desktop and override. With override I don't get
> any display at all, with desktop I get a display but it goes away the
> moment I click on the desktop.
> 
> I have tried running conky with or without the daemonize/background
> option with no avail. Anyone has any ideas about what could be the
> problem here?

Are there any errors or other output when you run it from a terminal? 

There was a conky update in October... perhaps file a bug on it and see
if the older version still works?

kevin

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