Occasionally, my Conky window jumps to the top and covers all other windows. The only way to solve it is to kill and restart Conky.
This happens at seemingly random times while using Compiz features. It seems especially common while using the scale plugin's window picker, but no plugin consistently causes this problem every time.
I've seen several questions that appear related on the surface. However, all those questions are solved by ensuring that Conky starts after Compiz. In my case, my problems occur even if Conky starts after Compiz.
Here's my ~/.conkyrc
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# Conky settings #
background no
update_interval 1
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale yes
double_buffer yes
no_buffers yes
text_buffer_size 2048
#imlib_cache_size 0
temperature_unit fahrenheit
# Window specifications #
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,below
border_inner_margin 0
border_outer_margin 0
minimum_size 200 250
maximum_width 200
alignment tr
gap_x 5
gap_y 20
# Graphics settings #
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
# Text settings #
use_xft yes
xftfont ubuntu:size=8
xftalpha 0.5
uppercase no
temperature_unit celsius
default_color FFFFFF
# Lua Load #
lua_load ~/.lua/scripts/clock_rings.lua
lua_draw_hook_pre clock_rings
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