Gap_y setting ignored, conky placed incorrectly

Question

I have a weird problem with my Conky in Openbox. It seems to be drawn in the correct place initially, but then it snaps to the top of the screen, dragging bits of the wallpaper with it. Here is my .conkyrc:
# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans:size=8
xftalpha 0.8
text_buffer_size 2048
# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1
# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes
# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 180 0
# Draw shades?
draw_shades no
# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no
# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0
# border margins
border_inner_margin 5
# border width
border_width 1
# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
own_window_colour white
# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_right
# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 35
gap_y 50
# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes
# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no
# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2
# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 2
# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes
# Add spaces to keep things from moving about? This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer none
TEXT
SYSTEM ${hr 2}
${font OpenLogos:size=16}B${font} Kernel: ${alignr}${kernel}
CPU: ${cpu cpu}% ${alignr}${cpubar 8,60 cpu}
RAM: $memperc% ${alignr}${membar 8,60}
Uptime: ${alignr}${uptime}
HD ${hr 2}
Home:
${fs_free /home}/${fs_size /home} ${alignr}${fs_bar 8,60 /home}
NETWORK ${hr 2}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}
Up: ${upspeed wlan0} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
Down: ${downspeed wlan0} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
Upload: ${alignr}${totalup wlan0}
Download: ${alignr}${totaldown wlan0}
Signal: ${wireless_link_qual wlan0}% ${alignr}${wireless_link_bar 8,60 wlan0}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}
Up: ${upspeed eth0} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
Down: ${downspeed eth0} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth0 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth0}
Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth0}
IP: ${alignr}${addr eth0}${endif}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth1}
Up: ${upspeed eth1} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth1 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
Down: ${downspeed eth1} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth1 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth1}
Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth1}${endif}${else}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}4${font} Network Unavailable${endif}
UPDATES ${hr 2}
${execpi 1800 python /home/pasha/.scripts/conky-pkg.py}
WEATHER ${hr 2}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}
${voffset -8}${alignr 56}${font ConkyWeather:style=Bold:size=30}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=WF}${font}
${voffset -35}${font Weather:size=25}y${font} ${voffset -15}${font Bitstream Vera Sans:size=16}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=HT}${font}
${voffset 0}${font}Barometer Tendency: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=BD}
${voffset 0}Humidity: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=HM}
${voffset 0}${font}Wind Speed: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --hideunits --datatype=WS} km/h ${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --hideunits --datatype=WD}
${voffset 0}${font}Wind Gusts: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=WG}
${voffset 0}Daylight: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=SR} - ${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=SS}
${font Bitstream Vera Sans:size=10}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=MP}
${voffset -25}${alignr 42}${font MoonPhases:size=18}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=MF}${font}
${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}
${voffset -8}${alignr 56}${font ConkyWeather:style=Bold:size=30}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=WF}${font}
${voffset -35}${font Weather:size=25}y${font} ${voffset -15}${font Bitstream Vera Sans:size=16}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=HT}${font}
${voffset 0}${font}Barometer Tendency: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=BD}
${voffset 0}Humidity: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=HM}
${voffset 0}${font}Wind Speed: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --hideunits --datatype=WS} km/h ${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --hideunits --datatype=WD}
${voffset 0}${font}Wind Gusts: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=WG}
${voffset 0}Daylight: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=SR} - ${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=SS}
${font Bitstream Vera Sans:size=10}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=MP}
${voffset -25}${alignr 42}${font MoonPhases:size=18}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=MF}${font}
${endif}${else}
${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}4${font} Weather Unavailable
${endif}
And the screenshot is here
Turning off xcompmgr and getting rid of the wallpaper didn't help. The strange thing is that it gets drawn correctly initially (you can see that from the wallpaper weirdness, and also when it's loading it shows a black rectangle where conky would be). The strangest thing is that once in a blue moon it does actually place conky correctly (i.e. if I kill and restart it enough times).
Help appreciated!

Answer 1

jwhendy wrote:
When conky refreshes, I can see the footprint the screen is going to take up before it lays out the text and it's staying at the same size. None of the options above seem to make it increase.
Any suggestions?
maybe try:
max_specials 1024
Could supply a "sample" agenda-export.txt for me to try here?
Just change: names, places etc that are sensitive to protect the guilty so to speak 
Last edited by Sector11 (2011-08-12 22:00:01)