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I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 and when I press Ctrl+Super+D to show up my desktop, conky disappears.

edwinksl
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Ahmed HENTETI
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This works for me with the Cinnamon desktop environment. (Linux Mint 18 - Which is essentially Ubuntu 16.04)

In my conky config:

own_window_class Conky
own_window yes
own_window_type dock

If that doesn't work in Unity (what comes with Ubuntu, try this)

own_window yes
own_window_type normal

or

own_window no
own_window_type desktop

Source: How to fix: conky disappears after click on desktop or other window?

edwinksl
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  • Just tried "own_window yes own_window_type normal". Conky disappeared and wasn't restored with other open windows. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Sep 14 '16 at 01:11
  • Just tried "own_window no own_window_type desktop" and conky disappeared as soon as file was saved (even before showing desktop this time). However I have various other window parameters such as transparent, argb_visual, hints that may conflict with examples given. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Sep 14 '16 at 01:13
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    it worked for me.Changed from normal to dock in this line: own_window_type dock – Elysium Oct 05 '16 at 11:43
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    dock worked for me. I had tried normal, desktop. desktop disappeared on clicking the desktop and normal flickered on update/redraw – MattBoothDev Feb 06 '18 at 09:28
  • I have tried normal, desktop and window, none of which have done what I wanted. Dock worked for me. – FalcoGer Feb 12 '21 at 18:10
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I use Ubuntu Mate 18.04 and I had the same problem. I changed 

own_window_type = 'normal',

to

own_window_type = 'desktop',

and the issue seems to be fixed

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On Lubuntu 16.04, these worked for me for multiple conky themes:

own_window yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type normal
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In ~/.conkyrc

own_window = false,
own_window_class = 'conky',
own_window_type = 'desktop'

worked for me with Unity. It still disappears momentarily, but it comes back as soon as it updates.

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In my case:

Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.90.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.15.16-1-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60GHz
Memory: 31.2 ГиБ of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620

I use this settings additional to default settings:

own_window = true,
own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager',
own_window_transparent = true,
own_window_type = 'normal',

in ~.config/conky/conky.conf

And the issue has been fixed.

Thanks to Mehrdad Salimi

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