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Building my awesome new Slackware 12.2 Live distro
its straight 12.2 with sbopkg's and slapt-get/gslapt pkgmngr from slacky
with Slim, JWM, and much more

Problem

If I check the box for pcmanfm to "manage" the desktop
conky disappears

heres pic with box unchecked for manage
http://multidistro.com/distros/slack...ased/nopcmanfm

heres pic with box checked for manage
http://multidistro.com/distros/slack-slax-based/pcmanfm

nice desktop huh?

maybe you can use Rox to manager desktop icons instead of pcmanfm.

how?

You can download and build rox here:
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.0/system/rox-filer/



The official rox website is:

http://roscidus.com/desktop/


here is the document form rox to show how to manager the desktop icons:


Pinboard support
If you want the filer to manage your desktop background then you use the --pinboard option and supply a name for the pinboard, eg:

$ rox --pinboard=MyPinboardThe pinboard configuration is saved in `~/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/ROX-Filer/pb_MyPinboard' as soon as you change it in some way (for example, by dropping a file onto the background). You can have as many pinboards as you like and switch between them by running rox again, eg:

$ rox --pinboard=MyOtherPinboardTo turn off the pinboard again, set the name to an empty string:

$ rox --pinboard=See the window manager notes if you have trouble getting the icons to display correctly. The pinboard may also be turned on and off by locating `ROX-Filer' in a filer window and choosing Enable pinboard or Disable pinboard from the menu.

anyone else know why this is?

Crunchbang uses both pcmanfm to manage desktop and conky too
it runs fine
why wont mine?

I tried every option for both pcmanfm and conky

mmmm
arggg!

I think some people use 'feh' to circumvent this...

No no

you guys dont understand

I want PCMANFM to manage the desktop
but, when it does, conky starts but then gets put "behind" the PCMANFM desktop?!
at desktop startup and shutdown I can see conky blink on/off,etc

if I uncheck the box for pcmanfm to manage desktop
theres conky..LOL

My guess is that pcmanfm is using a pseudo root window loaded over the real root window on which conky is writing its display, thus obscuring it. Many of the file-managers that 'manage your desktop' work in this way.

If you run conky in its own client window, and then customise it's settings in the window manager to hide the window decorations, make it immovable/no-resize etc. then you may be able to get something approximating what you're trying to do.

Personally, I've never cared for icons on my desktop and always disable that feature. If I need a file manager then I use one in a window and keep the root window just as a backdrop, which means I get to do silly stuff like "/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/glmatrix -root &" when I'm in the mood for some bling!

Hi,linus72.I have tried to use conky +pcmanfm in slk 12.1, the result is the same to you.
but rox + conky works fine.

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Have you tried the new PCManFM? Still in Beta (or Alpha?) v 0.9.3 I think. I've been hearing that it's getting close, so it might work for you.

http://pcmanfm.sourceforge.net/