On Fri, 1 May 2015 21:36:30 -0500, Francis Gerund wrote:
So, do I need to create a "conky.desktop" file, and if so, how?
"Add a ~/.config/autostart/conky.desktop: [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Version=0.9.4 Type=Application Name=conky Comment= Exec=conky -d StartupNotify=false Terminal=false Hidden=false" - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Conky "Integrate with Gnome 3 Some have experienced problems with conky showing up under Gnome 3. Add these lines to ~/.conkyrc: own_window yes own_window_type conky own_window_transparent yes own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager If you still experience problems with transparency. You could add these lines. own_window_argb_visual yes own_window_argb_value 255" - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Conky#Integrate_with_Gnome_3 This might not solve your issue. I'm neither a GNOME, nor a conky user. $ pacman -Qi conky error: package 'conky' was not found However, if you are used to GUIs and GNOME shouldn't provide GUIs were you can add autostart.desktop files to ~/.config/autostart/ that aren't listed, use the tool of another DE following freedesktop.org thingies, e.g. xfce4-session-settings .