Ubuntu – Conky does not work properly on Ubuntu 16.04 GNOME 16.04conkyubuntu-gnome I have this strange problem with conky. It doesn't show properly on the desktop: I've tried everything from editing conky widget file to reinstalling conky and conky manager (v.2.4). Who knows how to fix it? Best Answer I had the same issue lately with conky 1.10.1 on Ubuntu 16.04.1. I did not roll back conky. I fixed the issue by changing the line own_window_type = 'desktop', in my .conkyrc to own_window_type = 'dock', After all, my .conkyrc for Ubuntu 16.04.1 reads os.execute("sleep 1") conky.config = { background = true, double_buffer = true, alignment = 'top_right', border_width = 1, cpu_avg_samples = 2, default_color = 'white', default_outline_color = 'black', default_shade_color = 'black', draw_borders = false, draw_graph_borders = true, draw_outline = false, draw_shades = false, net_avg_samples = 2, no_buffers = true, out_to_console = false, out_to_stderr = false, extra_newline = false, own_window = true, own_window_type = 'dock', own_window_transparent = false, own_window_argb_visual = true, own_window_argb_value = 64, own_window_colour = 'black', own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager', minimum_width = 170, minimum_height = 0, stippled_borders = 0, update_interval = 2.0, uppercase = false, use_spacer = 'none', show_graph_scale = false, show_graph_range = false, use_xft = true, xftalpha = 0.1, font = 'Droid Sans:size=11', color0 = 'white', color1 = 'EAEAEA', color2 = 'FFA300', color3 = 'grey' } conky.text = [[ ${font AvantGardeLTMedium:bold:size=11}${color Tan1}System ${color slate grey}${hr 2}${font} ${color1}Computer name ${alignr}${color}${nodename} ${color1}Kernel version ${alignr}${color}${kernel}-${machine} ${color1}CPU frequency ${alignr}${color}${freq_g}GHz ${color1}Load (average) ${alignr}${color}${loadavg 1} ${color1}CPU temperature ${alignr}${color}${acpitemp} degrees Celsius ${if_existing /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/uevent}${font AvantGardeLTMedium:bold:size=11}${color Tan1}Laptop battery charge ${color slate grey}${hr 2}${font} ${color1}Battery charge ${alignr}${color}${battery BAT0}${endif} ${if_existing /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/uevent}${font AvantGardeLTMedium:bold:size=11}${color Tan1}Laptop battery charge ${color slate grey}${hr 2}${font} ${color1}Battery charge ${alignr}${color}${battery BAT1}${endif} ${font AvantGardeLTMedium:bold:size=11}${color Tan1}Processors ${color slate grey}${hr 2}${font} ${color1}Kernel 1 ${color}${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1} ${font AvantGardeLTMedium:bold:size=11}${color Tan1}Memory (RAM) ${color slate grey}${hr 2}${font} ${color1}Memory free / total ${alignr}${color}${memeasyfree} / ${memmax} ${color1}Now in use ${color}${memperc}% ${membar} ${color1}Virtual memory (swap) ${alignc}${color}${swap} / ${swapmax} ${color}${alignr}${swapperc} % ${font AvantGardeLTMedium:bold:size=11}${color Tan1}File system ${color slate grey}${hr 2}${font} ${color1}Root or / ${alignc}${color}${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /} ${color}${alignr}${fs_free_perc /} % ${color}${fs_bar 5,300 /} ${color1}Home or /home ${alignc}${color}${fs_used /home} / ${fs_size /home} ${color}${alignr}${fs_free_perc /home} % ${color}${fs_bar 5,300 /home} ${font AvantGardeLTMedium:bold:size=11}${color Tan1}Wireless network ${color slate grey}${hr 2}${font} ${if_existing /proc/net/route wlp3s0}${color1}Wireless access point ${alignr}${color}${wireless_essid wlp3s0}${endif} ${color1}Signal strength ${alignr}${color}${wireless_link_qual_perc wlp3s0} ${wireless_link_bar 10,100 wlp3s0} ${color1}Data traffic down / up ${alignr}${color}${totaldown wlp3s0} ${color1}/ ${color}${totalup wlp3s0} ]] My .conkyrc produces output as follows: Related SolutionsUbuntu – Conky not working in Gnome 3.4 Just replace own_window_type override with following lines: own_window_type normal own_window_argb_visual yes and use following command to start conky automatically at startup: bash -c "sleep 20; conky" Related QuestionUbuntu – Conky not working in Gnome 3.4
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I had the same issue lately with conky 1.10.1 on Ubuntu 16.04.1. I did not roll back conky. I fixed the issue by changing the line
in my .conkyrc to
After all, my .conkyrc for Ubuntu 16.04.1 reads
My .conkyrc produces output as follows: