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:

# 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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