The conky system monitor is a handy system utility that displays system data. Recently I added this to my FreeBSD boxen by way of the start script: ~/.xinitrc.
The data displayed was mushy text and the background black - instead of the correct transparent.
So after searching around for some remedies, I found one that used a sleep (seconds) variable that you can add to your start script. I started out with 20 seconds sleep; then have it set to 8 seconds now.
The mushy text and black background problem has been fixed!
BTW: If you want to know the file location of the conky configuration example:
/usr/local/share/examples/conky/conky.conf
Edit: This same sleep variable can be added for the package 'feh' which can be used
to display wallpapers / background images for your desktop or window-manager.
The data displayed was mushy text and the background black - instead of the correct transparent.
So after searching around for some remedies, I found one that used a sleep (seconds) variable that you can add to your start script. I started out with 20 seconds sleep; then have it set to 8 seconds now.
Code:
sleep 8 && conky -a top_right &The mushy text and black background problem has been fixed!
BTW: If you want to know the file location of the conky configuration example:
/usr/local/share/examples/conky/conky.conf
Edit: This same sleep variable can be added for the package 'feh' which can be used
to display wallpapers / background images for your desktop or window-manager.
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