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Topic: Conky + compositing = window flickering

Hi everyone, i have downloaded and installed this beautiful conky theme:

http://psyjunta.deviantart.com/art/Goth … -205465419

The problem is that i get window flickering as soon as i have compositing turned on, everything is ok with conky shut down.

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Re: Conky + compositing = window flickering

Cairo or xcompmgr?

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Re: Conky + compositing = window flickering

Xcompmgr.  With cairo conky stops working.

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Re: Conky + compositing = window flickering

Can we see the config?

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Re: Conky + compositing = window flickering

Do you get flickering with the default Conky config?

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Re: Conky + compositing = window flickering

Are you using Openbox or Xfce ?

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Re: Conky + compositing = window flickering

I assume he's using Openbox, XFCE has it's own composit stuff.

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Re: Conky + compositing = window flickering

True, but it would be helpful to have more information from the OP
I have seen more conky problems with Xfce than Openbox

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Re: Conky + compositing = window flickering

I get no flickering with the default, i have openbox and this is the config:

use_xft yes
xftfont 123:size=8
xftalpha 0.1
update_interval 1
total_run_times 0
own_window no
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 250 5
maximum_width 500
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
default_color white
default_shade_color red
default_outline_color green
alignment top_left
gap_x 60
gap_y 300
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 1
override_utf8_locale yes
use_spacer yes


TEXT
${voffset 10}${color EAEAEA}${font GE Inspira:pixelsize=120}${time %H:%M}${font}${voffset -84}${offset 10}${color FFA300}${font GE Inspira:pixelsize=42}${time %d} ${voffset -15}${color EAEAEA}${font GE Inspira:pixelsize=22}${time  %B} ${time %Y}${font}${voffset 24}${font GE Inspira:pixelsize=58}${offset -148}${time %A}${font}
${voffset 1}${offset 12}${font Ubuntu:pixelsize=10}${color FFA300}HD ${offset 9}$color${fs_free /} / ${fs_size /}${offset 30}${color FFA300}RAM ${offset 9}$color$mem / $memmax${offset 30}${color FFA300}CPU ${offset 9}$color${cpu cpu0}%

Thanks a lot!

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Re: Conky + compositing = window flickering

I think the problem is caused by the conkyrc, i don't get the same problem with other setups, o think i will just change config

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Re: Conky + compositing = window flickering

You might try changing it to own window yes and see if that helps
Also, the best place for help with conky is the conky help thread

   http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … onky-help/

that is where the conky gurus are

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Re: Conky + compositing = window flickering

jeffreyC wrote:

You might try changing it to own window yes and see if that helps
Also, the best place for help with conky is the conky help thread

   http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … onky-help/

that is where the conky gurus are


Thank you very much, option "windows yes" didn't work so i followed your advice and posted in the guru's topic smile