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[Bug]: Conky crashes when config file is modified
What happened?
Conky freezes whenever it's running and I update the config file. Here is the debug output:
$ pkill -9 conky && conky -DD
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:2555]: reading contents from config file '/home/jason/.conkyrc'
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/x11.cc:401]: enter init_X11()
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/x11.cc:482]: Fixed xinerama area to: 0 0 3840 2160
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/x11.cc:433]: leave init_X11()
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/x11.cc:642]: enter init_window()
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/x11.cc:482]: Fixed xinerama area to: 0 0 3840 2160
conky: desktop window (24a) is root window
conky: window type - desktop
conky: drawing to created window (0x1000001)
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/x11.cc:992]: leave init_window()
conky: drawing to double buffer
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/core.cc:2045]: no templates to replace
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/core.cc:700]: Adding $cpubar for CPU 1
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/core.cc:700]: Adding $cpubar for CPU 2
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/core.cc:700]: Adding $cpubar for CPU 3
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/core.cc:700]: Adding $cpubar for CPU 4
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/core.cc:700]: Adding $cpubar for CPU 5
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/core.cc:700]: Adding $cpubar for CPU 6
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/core.cc:700]: Adding $cpubar for CPU 7
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/core.cc:700]: Adding $cpubar for CPU 8
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/core.cc:686]: Adding $cpu for CPU 0
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/core.cc:706]: Adding $cpugraph for CPU 0
conky: forked to background, pid is 687164
$
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/specials.cc:560]: reallocing graph from 0 to 60
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/specials.cc:560]: reallocing graph from 0 to 60
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/specials.cc:560]: reallocing graph from 0 to 60
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/specials.cc:560]: reallocing graph from 0 to 60
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/specials.cc:560]: reallocing graph from 0 to 60
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/specials.cc:560]: reallocing graph from 0 to 60
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conkyConky crashes when config file is modified-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/conky.cc:697]: jumping
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:149]: loading fonts
DEBUG(1) [/build/conky-kqhypt/conky-1.11.6/src/fonts.cc:94]: setting up fonts
conky: '/home/jason/.conkyrc' modified, reloading...
At this point, conky is frozen and I have to issue a pkill -9 conky && conky to get it back up.
Conky didn't freeze when I first began working on my config file, so I suspected there was a buggy feature that I started using (possibly running_processes?). I've removed sections of the config file to test, but I'm seeing some inconsistent behavior - sometimes it freezes, sometimes it doesn't with the same config.
If I turn off double_buffer, conky starts to be redrawn but only the conky background window (a black box) is drawn to the screen before it freezes. With double_buffer on, conky freezes with as it was whenever I saved the modified config file.
Version
1.11.6
Which OS/distro are you seeing the problem on?
Debian
Conky config
conky.config = {
alignment = 'top_left',
background = true,
border_width = 10,
cpu_avg_samples = 2,
default_color = '#76B705',
default_outline_color = 'white',
default_shade_color = 'white',
double_buffer = true,
draw_borders = false,
draw_graph_borders = true,
default_graph_height = 40,
default_graph_width = 60,
draw_outline = false,
draw_shades = false,
extra_newline = false,
font = 'Monospace:size=11',
gap_x = 600,
gap_y = 25,
minimum_height = 5,
minimum_width = 5,
net_avg_samples = 2,
no_buffers = true,
out_to_console = false,
out_to_ncurses = false,
out_to_stderr = false,
out_to_x = true,
own_window = true,
own_window_class = 'Conky',
own_window_type = 'desktop',
own_window_colour = '#01001F',
short_units = true,
show_graph_range = false,
show_graph_scale = false,
stippled_borders = 0,
update_interval = 1.0,
uppercase = false,
use_spacer = 'none',
use_xft = true,
}
conky.text = [[
$color${cpubar cpu1}
${voffset -10}${cpubar cpu2}
${voffset -10}${cpubar cpu3}
${voffset -10}${cpubar cpu4}
${voffset -10}${cpubar cpu5}
${voffset -10}${cpubar cpu6}
${voffset -10}${cpubar cpu7}
${voffset -10}${cpubar cpu8}
${goto 20}${color grey}CPU ${goto 90}RAM ${goto 155}GPU ${goto 220}GRAM ${goto 285}NET UP ${goto 350}NET DN
${voffset -4}${font Monospace:size=9}${goto 20}${color grey}${cpu}%${goto 90}$memperc%${goto 155}${nvidia gpuutil}%${goto 220}${nvidia memutil}%${goto 285}${upspeedf wlp4s0}${goto 350}${downspeedf wlp4s0}${font}
${voffset -4}$color${cpugraph cpu0 40,60 00FF00 FF0000 -t} ${memgraph 40,60 00FF00 FF0000 -t} ${nvidiagraph gpuutil 40,60 00FF00 FF0000 -t 0} ${nvidiagraph memutil 40,60 00FF00 FF0000 -t 0} ${upspeedgraph wlp4s0} ${downspeedgraph wlp4s0}
${color grey}/ $color${fs_free /} free ${goto 185}${color grey}R: $color${diskio_read /dev/mapper/ashwa--vg-root} ${color grey}${goto 300}W: $color${diskio_write /dev/mapper/ashwa--vg-root}
${fs_bar 6 /}
${color grey}/home $color${fs_free /home} free ${goto 185}${color grey}R: $color${diskio_read /dev/mapper/ashwa--vg-home} ${color grey}${goto 300}W: $color${diskio_write /dev/mapper/ashwa--vg-home}
${fs_bar 6 /home}
$color${stippled_hr}
${color grey}Top CPU proc PID CPU% TIME
${color #959595} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top time 1}
${color grey}Top MEM proc PID MEM% MEM
${color #959595} ${top_mem name 1} ${top_mem pid 1} ${top_mem mem 1} ${top_mem mem_res 1}
${top_mem name 2} ${top_mem pid 2} ${top_mem mem 2} ${top_mem mem_res 2}
${top_mem name 3} ${top_mem pid 3} ${top_mem mem 3} ${top_mem mem_res 3}
${top_mem name 4} ${top_mem pid 4} ${top_mem mem 4} ${top_mem mem_res 4}
$color${stippled_hr}
${color grey}Proc${goto 130}$color${running_processes} running / ${processes}
${color grey}Load Avg${goto 130}$color${loadavg 1}
${color grey}Uptime${goto 130}$color$uptime
${color grey}Battery${goto 130}$color${battery_percent BAT0}% ${battery_bar BAT0}
${color grey}Volume${goto 130}$color${if_pa_sink_muted}MUTED${else}$pa_sink_volume%${endif}
$color${stippled_hr}
${font Monospace:size=13}${color grey}${time %Y-%m-%d}${goto 185}${time %A}${alignr}${time %I:%M %p}
]];
Stack trace
$ gdb conky
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Reading symbols from conky...
(No debugging symbols found in conky)
(gdb) run -c ~/.conkyrc
Starting program: /usr/bin/conky -c ~/.conkyrc
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
conky: desktop window (24a) is root window
conky: window type - desktop
conky: drawing to created window (0x1000001)
conky: drawing to double buffer
[New Thread 0x7fffef2b7700 (LWP 699139)]
[Detaching after fork from child process 699150]
conky: forked to background, pid is 699150
[Thread 0x7ffff35a2680 (LWP 699129) exited]
[Inferior 1 (process 699129) exited normally]
(gdb)
conky: '/home/jason/.conkyrc' modified, reloading...
Relevant log output
No response
If I set "background = false", then I don't have this problem. Conky auto-restarts when I update the config file.
This bug started happening since kernel 6.0 was released, so it must have something to do with it. Fortunately I don't modify the config very often, unless abs. necessary, so I can live with this bug.
I was running Ubuntu 20.04 without issues. I transfered the same conky config to Ubuntu 22.04 and started having crashes everytime I modify the config file. This doesn't happen if the lua file is modified . I checked and "background=false" is already set. conky.crash.zip
If the developer is still reading these issues: is there any chance for that to be fixed anytime soon? It's been over a year since that started happening and still hasn't been fixed yet.
If the developer is still reading these issues: is there any chance for that to be fixed anytime soon? It's been over a year since that started happening and still hasn't been fixed yet.
I can't reproduce the issue, and there isn't actionable information here. If you can get me a full stack trace with debug symbols then perhaps I can do something about it.
