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Hey guys, using linux mint 18 with cinnamon DE. Also using conky, as i think that may be what is going on.
i only have 2 icons on the desktop, but i notice when clicking and dragging(making a selectable square) i only am able to use about a 1/2 of my desktop space. And if i move an icon to one of the "dead spaces" it puts it right back to where it was.
Now i understand that where the conky portion is on the right side vertical, wouldn't be a usable space, but i also lose about 4 inches from the taskbar up towards the center as well.
Is there something i would look for in the conkyrc file to see if i have some funky 'J' shape?
jpg attached, i'm sure my description is not accurate.
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Hey guys, using linux mint 18 with cinnamon DE. Also using conky, as i think that may be what is going on.
i only have 2 icons on the desktop, but i notice when clicking and dragging(making a selectable square) i only am able to use about a 1/2 of my desktop space. And if i move an icon to one of the "dead spaces" it puts it right back to where it was.
Now i understand that where the conky portion is on the right side vertical, wouldn't be a usable space, but i also lose about 4 inches from the taskbar up towards the center as well.
Is there something i would look for in the conkyrc file to see if i have some funky 'J' shape?
jpg attached, i'm sure my description is not accurate.
check your conky script file thingy.. for width and type that I bet is stopping you ...
Sorry it has been way too long sense I've used conky to be more precise.
i looked in the conkyrc and changed the width, it changed the width of conky, but did not change my issue. I also used top to find the process id and stopped conky from running, and its still doing the same thing. Could it be anything else?
did a reboot, and the issue seems to have been cleared. not sure exactly what caused it, but conky is running and i am able to select the entire desktop now. I can even put an icon over the conky graphic. Weird...
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