Conkyforecast problem

Hi!
My conkyforecast is to carry on, it's became good after about one hour .
After bootup my screenshot is :
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/120406/conky_1_w … es.hu_.png
After one hour my desktop is here
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/120406/conky_2_w … es.hu_.png
the second screenshot is made at time when conkyforecast became good. In terminal you can see what happened when I wrote command from my conky config. My configs are here (first one is temperature etc. second one is 4 day forecast):
background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont Sans:size=8
xftalpha 1
update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 200 200
maximum_width 200
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
default_color black
default_shade_color white
default_outline_color black
alignment top_left
gap_x 20
gap_y 12
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale yes
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${font sans-serif:bold:size=10}PROCESSORS ${hr 2}
${font sans-serif:normal:size=10}${cpugraph cpu1}
CPU1: ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}
${font sans-serif:normal:size=10}${cpugraph cpu2}
CPU2: ${cpu cpu2}% ${cpubar cpu2}
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${font sans-serif:normal:size=10}RAM $alignc $mem / $memmax $alignr $memperc%
$membar
${font sans-serif:bold:size=10}DISKS ${hr 2}
${font sans-serif:normal:size=10}/ $alignc ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /} $alignr ${fs_used_perc /}%
${fs_bar /}
SWAP $alignc ${swap} / ${swapmax} $alignr ${swapperc}%
${swapbar}
${font sans-serif:normal:size=10}/HOME $alignc ${fs_used /home/soosistvan} / ${fs_size /home/soosistvan} $alignr ${fs_used_perc /home/soosistvan}%
${fs_bar /home/soosistvan}
${font sans-serif:bold:size=10}WEATHER ${hr 2}
${voffset -8}${alignr 56}${font ConkyWeather:style=Bold:size=40}${texeci 600 conkyForecast --location=SRXX0031 --datatype=WF}${font}
${voffset -52}${font Weather:size=40}y${font} ${voffset -25}${font Trebuchet MS:size=26}${texeci 600 conkyForecast --location=SRXX0031 --datatype=HT}${font}
${font sans-serif:normal:size=9}Humidity: ${alignr}${texeci 600 conkyForecast --location=SRXX0031 --datatype=HM}
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Wind Speed: ${alignr}${texeci 600 conkyForecast --location=SRXX0031 --datatype=WS}${font}
The second one:
background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont Sans:size=8
xftalpha 1
update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 500 200
maximum_width 800
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
default_color black
default_shade_color black #white
default_outline_color black
alignment top_left
gap_x 20
gap_y 450
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale yes
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${texeci 3600 conkyForecast --location=SRXX0031 --datatype=DW --shortweekday --startday=1 --spaces=22 --endday=4}
${font ConkyWeather:size=30}${texeci 3600 conkyForecast --location=SRXX0031 --datatype=WF --startday=1 --endday=4 --spaces=7}
My autostart.sh is:
feh --bg-scale /home/soosistvan/Wallpaper/Spider.jpg &
tint2 &
gnome-terminal --hide-menubar --geometry=80x15+35+510 &
conky -c /home/soosistvan/Conky/conkyrc_1.conf &
conky -c /home/soosistvan/Conky/conkyrc_2.conf &
conky --pause=10 -c /home/soosistvan/Conky/conkyrc_3.conf &
conky --pause=1 -c /home/soosistvan/Conky/conkyrc_5.conf &
Any idea why it's happen and how can I resolve it?
moderator edit: Welcome to the forums. The images are too large. Please read Forum Etiquette: Pasting Pictures and Code. Thanks. --fsckd
Last edited by fsckd (2012-04-06 16:18:07)

Ok, and I'm sorry for the large picture but if I resize it nothing interesting visible so maybe better that I don't post picture but link...
But I don't understand why you post this:
karol wrote:Please read https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=138699
Last edited by saalty (2012-04-06 17:52:42)

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    ${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font} Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth1}
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    draw_shades yes
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    net_avg_samples 2
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    Last edited by kaizoku (2009-11-18 06:17:42)

    Rede wrote:
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    sand_man wrote:
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    *cough* Let me guess...Someone on the Ubuntu forums said you should ask the guys on the Arch forums, right?
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    Anyways I meant like due to the gap on the bottom, it doesn't vertically align properly; it looks like bottom part has more gap than top part. I am trying to align it middle vertically.
    Last edited by kaizoku (2009-11-18 06:01:00)

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