no transparent own_window_type desktop // KDE - Plasma

[cmddroid]

Antergos KDE 5.50.0 / Plasma 5.13.5 Conky 1.10.8 https://pastebin.com/cWpEW2Uc conkrc https://pastebin.com/uXN37PdD

[dbriba]

Change that : own_window_transparent no by own_window_transparent yes and also own_window_argb_value 100 by own_window_argb_value 0

[lasers]

@cmddroid Update on this issue, please. Does it work for you? Thx. :-)

[cmddroid]

Sorry, no effect for me

[lasers]

@cmddroid Hi. You can try a new setting draw_blended = true/false in conky 1.11.0 as it's related to transparent. You should play with other settings too. Here's your config in the new syntax. Please let me know if this solves your issue. Thank you.

conky.config = {
-- Elegant Conky settings #
	background = false,
	update_interval = 1,
	total_run_times = 0,

	cpu_avg_samples = 2,
	net_avg_samples = 2,

	override_utf8_locale = true,

	double_buffer = true,
	no_buffers = true,

	text_buffer_size = 2048,

-- Window specifications #
	own_window_class = 'conky-semi',
	own_window_class = 'normal',
	own_window = true,
	own_window_type = 'desktop',
	own_window_transparent = false,
	own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager',
	own_window_argb_visual = true,
	own_window_argb_value = 100,

	border_inner_margin = 0,
	border_outer_margin = 0,

	minimum_width = 200, minimum_height = 250,
	maximum_width = 200,

	alignment = 'top_right',
	gap_x = 10,
	gap_y = 35,

-- Graphics settings #
	draw_shades = false,
	draw_outline = false,
	draw_borders = false,
	draw_graph_borders = false,

-- Text settings #
	use_xft = true,
	font = 'DejaVu Sans:size=9',
	xftalpha = 0.8,
	text_buffer_size = 2048,

	uppercase = false,
	temperature_unit = 'celsius',
	default_color = '#FFFFFF',

};

conky.text = [[
${font zekton:style=Bold:pixelsize=14}SYSTEM${font  Snap.se:size=8} ${color 1783B4}${hr}${color}
${voffset 2}${font OpenLogos:size=12}u${font}   OS: ${alignr}${execi 10800 ~/.conky/scripts/version}
${font StyleBats:size=12}q${font}   Kernel: ${alignr}${kernel}
${font StyleBats:size=12}x${font}   Hostname: ${alignr}${nodename}
${font StyleBats:size=12}p${font}   Uptime: ${alignr}${uptime}
${font StyleBats:size=12}k${font}   Processes: ${alignr}${processes} ($running_processes running)

${font zekton:style=Bold:pixelsize=12}SYSTEM LOAD${font  Snap.se:size=8} ${color 1783B4}${hr}${color}
${font StyleBats:size=12}A${font}   CPU1: ${cpu cpu1}% ${alignr}${freq1} MHz
${color 1783B4}${cpubar 8 cpu1}${color}
${font StyleBats:size=12}A${font}   CPU 2: ${cpu cpu2}% ${alignr}${freq2} MHz
${color 1783B4}${cpubar 8 cpu2}${color}
${font StyleBats:size=12}A${font}   CPU3: ${cpu cpu3}% ${alignr}${freq3} MHz
${color 1783B4}${cpubar 8 cpu3}${color}
${font StyleBats:size=12}A${font}   CPU4: ${cpu cpu4}% ${alignr}${freq4} MHz
${color 1783B4}${cpubar 8 cpu4}${color}

${font StyleBats:size=12}g${font}   RAM ${alignr}$mem / $memmax ($memperc%)
${color 1783B4}${membar 8}${color}
${font StyleBats:size=12}j${font}   SWAP ${alignr}$swap / $swapmax ($swapperc%)
${color 1783B4}${swapbar 8}${color}

${font zekton:style=Bold:pixelsize=14}TOP PROCESSES${font Snap.se:size=8} ${color 1783B4}${hr}${color}
Highest CPU/MEM $alignr CPU MEM
${top name 1}$alignr${color 1783B4}${top cpu 1}${color}${top mem 1}
${top name 2}$alignr${color 1783B4}${top cpu 2}${color}${top mem 2}
${top name 3}$alignr${color 1783B4}${top cpu 3}${color}${top mem 3}
${top name 4}$alignr${color 1783B4}${top cpu 4}${color}${top mem 4}
${top name 5}$alignr${color 1783B4}${top cpu 5}${color}${top mem 5}

${font zekton:style=Bold:pixelsize=12}FILESYSTEM ${font Snap.se:size=8} ${color 1783B4}${hr}${color}
${voffset 4}${font StyleBats:size=12}4${font}   Root: ${alignr}${fs_free /} / ${fs_size /}
${voffset 4}${color 1783B4}${fs_bar 8 /}${color}
${voffset 4}${font StyleBats:size=12}4${font}   Home: ${alignr}${fs_free /dev/sda3} / ${fs_size /home}
${voffset 4}${color 1783B4}${fs_bar 8 /home}${color}

${font zekton:style=Bold:pixelsize=14}NETWORK${font  Snap.se:size=8} ${color 1783B4}${hr}${color}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlp2s0b1}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}O${font}   Up: ${upspeed wlp2s0b1} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph wlp2s0b1 8,60 1783B4 FFFFFF}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}U${font}   Down: ${downspeed wlp2s0b1} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph wlp2s0b1 8,60 1783B4 FFFFFF}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}N${font}   Upload: ${alignr}${totalup wlp2s0b1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}T${font}   Download: ${alignr}${totaldown wlp2s0b1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}Z${font}   Signal: ${wireless_link_qual wlp2s0b1}% ${alignr}${wireless_link_bar 8,60 wlp2s0b1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}a${font}   Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr wlp2s0b1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}a${font}   Public Ip: ${alignr}${execi 10800 ~/.conky/scripts/conkyIp}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}O${font}   Up: ${upspeed eth0} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 8,60 1783B4 FFFFFF}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}U${font}   Down: ${downspeed eth0} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth0 8,60 1783B4 FFFFFF}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}N${font}   Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}T${font}   Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}a${font}   Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}a${font}   Public Ip: ${alignr}${execi 10800 ~/.conky/scripts/conkyIp}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth1}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}O${font}   Up: ${upspeed eth1} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth1 8,60 1783B4 FFFFFF}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}U${font}   Down: ${downspeed eth1} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth1 8,60 1783B4 FFFFFF}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}N${font}   Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}T${font}   Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}a${font}   Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr eth1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}a${font}   Public Ip: ${alignr}${execi 10800 ~/.conky/scripts/conkyIp}${else}
Network Unavailable${endif}${endif}${endif}]];

[femarschall]

I have the same issue and I cannot install conky 1.11.0 due to missing libcurl3 because I have libcurl4. extract from conky-master/cmake/ConkyPlatformChecks.cmake: if(WANT_CURL) pkg_check_modules(CURL REQUIRED libcurl) set(conky_libs ${conky_libs} ${CURL_LIBRARIES}) set(conky_includes ${conky_includes} ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS}) endif(WANT_CURL)

[lasers]

@femarschall What distro? I'm seeing libcurl4-gnutls-dev in .travis.yml and Dockerfile so it might be working okay already. My wild assumption is that you might be missing one of the curl*-dev package. Either way, we might want more information from you about this error.

[femarschall]

I use:

• KDE neon User Edition 5.14, based on Ubuntu 18.04
• Plasma 5.14.4

excuse me for my lack of experience.. I now installed all the dependencies listed on the Dockerfile but it failed on make: [ 91%] Linking CXX executable conky CMakeFiles/conky.dir/common.cc.o: In function print_github(text_object*, char*, unsigned int)': /home/marschall/Downloads/conky-master/src/common.cc:766: undefined reference to curl_global_init' /home/marschall/Downloads/conky-master/src/common.cc:767: undefined reference to curl_easy_init' /home/marschall/Downloads/conky-master/src/common.cc:770: undefined reference to curl_easy_setopt' ...

[lasers]

@npyl @brndnmtthws Can you look into this?

[brndnmtthws]

Works fine here, with libcurl4-gnutls-dev:amd64 (7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5). cmake shows:

-- Checking for module 'libcurl'
--   Found libcurl, version 7.58.0

[npyl]

I don't have access to linux but I will see how I can help as soon as possible.

[femarschall]

damn.. this is embarassing... Probably something that I installed turned compositor off.

After turning it on by pressing alt + shift + F12 transparency started working again.

[lasers]

@femarschall and/or @cmddroid: Can you try and play with @cmddroid's config [link] to see if we can resolve this issue? Hopefully, @cmddroid's problem was that he/she had his/her compositor off too. Otherwise, I think we need more details about what's not working or such.

[CareF]

Meet similar thing. With compositor on, I can get transparent conky with own_window_type = 'normal', but for own_window_type = 'desktop' it's not working.. The same config file works fine on Gnome. own_window_type = 'normal' doesn't allow conky to show on show-desktop.

[ghost]

My friend has the same problem: if he uses own_window_type = 'override' conky crashes, with own_window_type = 'normal', conky will be minimized when pressing Super+D, and in the case of own_window_type = 'desktop', no transparency even with compositor on. I use OpenBox and have no problem with that config file, he uses Plasma on Manjaro. The config file is the one from Gotham theme converted to new format.

[sebma]

I managed to build conky on Ubuntu 18.04 by installing these dependencies :

$ git clone https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky
....
$ sudo apt install -V cmake libncurses5-dev libx11-dev libxdamage-dev libxinerama-dev libxext-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev liblua5.3-dev # as documented at "https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Installation"
$ sudo apt install -V libfreetype6-dev libxft-dev libimlib2-dev # Found thanks to "apt-cache search"
$ sudo apt install -V libiw-dev # To enable the BUILD_WLAN flag
$ cd conky && mkdir -p build
$ cd build && cmake -D BUILD_WLAN=ON .. && make && sudo checkinstall
$ sudo apt install -V docbook2x xsltproc # Needed to build the docs
$ cd ../doc && docbook2x-man docs.xml && gzip -9Nv conky.1
conky.1:	 73.3% -- replaced with conky.1.gz
$ sudo install -pvm 644 conky.1.gz /usr/local/share/man/man1/
'conky.1.gz' -> '/usr/local/share/man/man1/conky.1.gz'

Regarding the own_window_type = 'desktop', I've tried everything given above, nothing seem to make it transparent and relative the placement to the taskbar doesn't work either, it starts relative to the upper corner therefore overridden by my taskbar (which is at the top of the screen display).

[simonwiles]

I'm having the same problem -- transparency works with own_window_type = 'normal' and own_window_type = 'override', but nothing I've tried will make it work with own_window_type = 'desktop' on plasma. Compositor is enabled. Conky v1.11.6.

[ariefra]

I use following to work around this issue

    own_window_type = 'dock',       
    own_window_argb_visual = true,  
    own_window_argb_value = 128,  

[Rabcor]

There's actually a super easy solution to this problem: (Set conky window type to normal or dock; then configure kwin to override it as desktop.)

[whtyger]

@Rabcor Though it is a good idea, it works the same way as setting own_window_type = 'desktop' in Conky's configuration file.

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