How to get transparent in KDE 4.3

Question

Hi,
I am not able to make my conky window transparent.
Here's the .conkyrc file:
alignment top_right
background no
border_width 1
cpu_avg_samples 2
default_color white
default_outline_color white
default_shade_color white
double_buffer yes
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sans Mono:size=9
xftalpha 0.8
gap_x 5
gap_y 60
#minimum_size 5 5
maximum_width 300
net_avg_samples 2
no_buffers yes
out_to_console no
out_to_stderr no
extra_newline no
own_window yes
own_window_class Conky
own_window_type desktop
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
stippled_borders 0
update_interval 1.0
uppercase no
use_spacer none
show_graph_scale no
show_graph_range no
TEXT
${scroll 16 $nodename - $sysname $kernel on $machine | }
$hr
${color grey}Uptime:$color $uptime
${color grey}Frequency (in GHz):$color $freq_g
${color grey}RAM Usage:$color $mem/$memmax - $memperc%
${color grey}CPU Usage:$color $cpu% ${cpubar 4}
${color grey}Processes:$color $processes ${color grey}Running:$color $running_processes
$hr
${color lightgrey}Intel Core2Duo T5900 @ $color${freq_g} GHz
${color lightgrey}Core0:$color ${execi 8 sensors | grep -A 1 'Core 0' | cut -c15-16 | sed '/^$/d'} °C${color grey} @$color ${cpu cpu1}%
${color lightgrey}Core1:$color ${execi 8 sensors | grep -A 1 'Core 1' | cut -c15-16 | sed '/^$/d'} °C${color grey} @$color ${cpu cpu2}%
${color grey}Load:$color $loadavg
$hr
${color grey}File systems: ${color grey} sda:$color ${execi 300 sudo hddtemp /dev/sda | cut -c30-31} °C
/ $color${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar 6 /}
${color grey}Networking:
Up:$color ${upspeed wlan0} ${color grey} - Down:$color ${downspeed wlan0}
${color lightgrey}Wireless signal: $color${wireless_link_qual wlan0}%
$hr
${color grey}Name PID CPU% MEM%
${color lightgrey} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
Note: I am using Kdemod
Last edited by mukul_s (2009-09-06 17:31:19)

Answer 1

Try here:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=78848
Deej