Conky does not render correctly under modular Xorg 7. I have tried re-emerging it and it doesn't help. Attached jpg show's problem. here is my conkyrc # set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background background yes # X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel #font 5x7 #font 6x10 #font 7x13 #font 8x13 #font 9x15 #font *mintsmild.se* #font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-* # Use Xft? use_xft yes # Set conky on the bottom of all other applications on_bottom yes # Xft font when Xft is enabled xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=9 # Text alpha when using Xft xftalpha 0.8 # Print everything to stdout? # out_to_console no # MPD host/port # mpd_host localhost # mpd_port 6600 # mpd_password tinker_bell # Print everything to console? # out_to_console no # mail spool # mail_spool $MAIL # Update interval in seconds update_interval 1.0 # This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting. # Set to zero to run forever. total_run_times 0 # Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus) own_window no # Use pseudo transparency with own_window? own_window_transparent yes # If own_window_transparent is set to no, you can set the background colour here own_window_colour hotpink # Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone) double_buffer yes # Minimum size of text area minimum_size 280 5 # Draw shades? draw_shades yes # Draw outlines? draw_outline no # Draw borders around text draw_borders no # Stippled borders? stippled_borders 8 # border margins border_margin 4 # border width #border_width 1 # Default colors and also border colors default_color white default_shade_color black default_outline_color black # Text alignment, other possible values are commented #alignment top_left #alignment top_right alignment bottom_left #alignment bottom_right #alignment none # Gap between borders of screen and text # same thing as passing -x at command line gap_x 12 gap_y 100 # Subtract file system buffers from used memory? no_buffers yes # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase uppercase no # number of cpu samples to average # set to 1 to disable averaging cpu_avg_samples 2 # number of net samples to average # set to 1 to disable averaging net_avg_samples 2 # Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT override_utf8_locale no # Add spaces to keep things from moving about? This only affects certain objects. use_spacer no # mldonkey_hostname Hostname for mldonkey stuff, defaults to localhost # mldonkey_port Mldonkey port, 4001 default # mldonkey_login Mldonkey login, default none # mldonkey_password Mldonkey password, default none # boinc (seti) dir # seti_dir /opt/seti # Allow for the creation of at least this number of port monitors (if 0 or not set, default is 16) #min_port_monitors 16 # Allow each port monitor to track at least this many connections (if 0 or not set, default is 256) #min_port_monitor_connections 256 # variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter # allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network # stuff because of an argument # stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen TEXT $nodename - $sysname $kernel on $machine $stippled_hr ${color lightgrey}Uptime:$color $uptime ${color lightgrey}- Load:$color $loadavg ${color lightgrey}CPU Usage:${color #cc2222} $cpu% ${cpubar} ${color red}${cpugraph 0000ff 00ff00} ${color lightgrey}RAM Usage:$color $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${membar} ${color lightgrey}Swap Usage:$color $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${swapbar} ${color lightgrey}Processes:$color $processes ${color grey}Running:$color $running_processes $color$stippled_hr ${color lightgrey}Networking: Down:${color #8844ee} ${downspeed eth0} k/s${color lightgrey} ${offset 80}Up:${color #22ccff} ${upspeed eth0} k/s ${color #0000ff}${downspeedgraph eth0 32,150 ff0000 0000ff} ${color #22ccff}${upspeedgraph eth0 32,150 0000ff ff0000} ${color lightgrey}File systems: / $color${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar /} ${color}Name PID CPU% MEM% ${color #ddaa00} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1} ${color lightgrey} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2} ${color lightgrey} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3} ${color lightgrey} ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4} ${color}Mem usage ${color #ddaa00} ${top_mem name 1} ${top_mem pid 1} ${top_mem cpu 1} ${top_mem mem 1} ${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 2} ${top_mem pid 2} ${top_mem cpu 2} ${top_mem mem 2} ${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 3} ${top_mem pid 3} ${top_mem cpu 3} ${top_mem mem 3} ${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 4} ${top_mem pid 4} ${top_mem cpu 4} ${top_mem mem 4} $stippled_hr ${color #ddaa00}Port(s)${alignr}#Connections $color ALL: ${alignr}$color ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count} $color sshd: ${alignr}$color ${tcp_portmon 9229 9229 count} ${color #ddaa00}Remote Address ${alignr} Local Service/Port$color ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 0} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 0} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 1} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 1} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 2} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 2} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 3} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 3} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 rhost 4} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 4} I've based it mostly on the sample configuration, with a few things removed.
Created attachment 83680 [details] show's conky's weird colors
also if run from a terminal... I just thought to do this Conky: can't parse X color 'hotpink' Conky: can't parse X color 'white' Conky: can't parse X color 'black' Conky: can't parse X color 'black' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: can't parse X color 'red' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: can't parse X color 'grey' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: can't parse X color 'lightgrey' Conky: drawing to subwindow of root window (180000d) Conky: drawing to double buffer Conky: forked to background, pid is 3252
possibly related to problems I'm having with aterm. aterm: can't load color "White", colorID = 0, (29) aterm: can't load color "Black", colorID = 0, (29) aterm: aborting hmm...
change: draw_shades yes to draw_shades no and enjoy as for the colour parsing, make sure you have /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt laying around. It is included in the package "x11-apps/rgb". This is not a bug and therefore should be marked invalid and closed.
Er, wait, nevermind the draw_shades thing. Install the x11-apps/rgb and it will fix the colours.
(In reply to comment #5) > Er, wait, nevermind the draw_shades thing. Install the x11-apps/rgb and it > will fix the colours. > it is installed I did however solve the problem. the names have changed in the new version of rgb.txt White is now white lightgrey is now LightGrey hotpink is now HotPink etc. changing these in conkyrc works. It also solved my problem with aterm changing it in xdefaults. Changing these to hex codes also works. I'll leave it up to you to decide how you want to handle it. it's a trivial problem.
closing bug if a mod could please mark this as a dupe of bug 129746
