Conky does not start using polycore conkyrc.lua

[blitux]

Hello there,
I'm having this error:

conky -c ~/.config/conky/polycore/conkyrc.lua -DDD
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-USSzL9/conky-1.10.8/src/conky.cc:2740]: reading contents from config file '/home/blitux/.config/conky/polycore/conkyrc.lua'
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-USSzL9/conky-1.10.8/src/x11.cc:494]: Fixed xinerama area to: 0 0 1920 1080
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-USSzL9/conky-1.10.8/src/x11.cc:494]: Fixed xinerama area to: 0 0 1920 1080
conky: desktop window (1800011) is subwindow of root window (4db)
DEBUG(0) [/build/conky-USSzL9/conky-1.10.8/src/x11.cc:631]: Found ARGB Visual
conky: window type - override
conky: drawing to created window (0x6400002)
X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request:  1 (X_CreateWindow)
  Serial number of failed request:  135
  Current serial number in output stream:  139

I just removed the mounts part and nvidia related stuff on both, layout.lua and conkyrc.lua.

This is my conky version (installed with sudo apt install conky-all on elementary os 5.1.4 Hera):

conky -v                                          
conky 1.10.8 compiled Wed Feb 28 17:11:42 UTC 2018 for Linux 4.4.0-101-generic x86_64

Compiled in features:

System config file: /etc/conky/conky.conf
Package library path: /usr/lib/conky


 General:
  * math
  * hddtemp
  * portmon
  * IPv6
  * Curl
  * RSS
  * Weather (METAR)
  * Weather (XOAP)
  * wireless
  * support for IBM/Lenovo notebooks
  * nvidia
  * eve-online
  * builtin default configuration
  * old configuration syntax
  * Imlib2
  * apcupsd
  * iostats
  * ncurses
  * Internationalization support
  * PulseAudio

 Lua bindings:
  * Cairo
  * Imlib2
  * RSVG
 X11:
  * Xdamage extension
  * Xinerama extension (virtual display)
  * Xshape extension (click through)
  * XDBE (double buffer extension)
  * Xft
  * ARGB visual
  * Own window

 Music detection:
  * Audacious
  * MPD
  * MOC
  * XMMS2

 Default values:
  * Netdevice: eth0
  * Local configfile: $HOME/.conkyrc
  * Localedir: /usr/share/locale
  * Maximum netdevices: 64
  * Maximum text size: 16384
  * Size text buffer: 256

Any clues of what is failing? Thanks!

[philer]

If I interpret the error correctly conky doesn't like the window configuration in some way. You'll probably have to play around with the own_window related options in conkyrc.lua to find something that works for your desktop/window manager. For example try setting own_window_type to something else, like 'desktop'.

[blitux]

Hi @philer, you're right. I tried "desktop" and it started working. This is not an issue then, thanks for the help!