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How to set semi-transparent conky ?

Dear list,

I am using conky 1.8.0-1.1 in my debian box. My wallpaper changes automatically after every 15 min. Based on the color sometimes it is difficult to understand the conky message. That's why I need semi-transparency which can be controlled upto a level where I can read conky easily. I have already tried with without any success

Quote:

own_window yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_argb_visual yes
own_window_argb_value 200
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_ta

How did you install/compile it?

This is debian wheezy and install conky from the repo as below

````````
deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib
``````````

That affects your config possibilities - the manual says so (sourceforge page)