i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:18:37 +0000i3wm + dzen2 issue: dzen2 covered by windows' headershttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/5597/i3wm-dzen2-issue-dzen2-covered-by-windows-headers/Hi all. I have an issue from subject of this post. I use dzen2 with output from conky. When I open a window, dzen2 (on top of the screen) hides behind window's title bar. dzen starts in .xinitrc: conky | sh | dzen2 -ta r -p & Where did i go wrong?Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:36:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5597/i3wm-dzen2-issue-dzen2-covered-by-windows-headers/Comment by Vlad for <p>Hi all. I have an issue from subject of this post. I use dzen2 with output from conky. When I open a window, dzen2 (on top of the screen) hides behind window's title bar. dzen starts in .xinitrc:</p> <pre><code>conky | sh | dzen2 -ta r -p &amp; </code></pre> <p>Where did i go wrong?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5597/i3wm-dzen2-issue-dzen2-covered-by-windows-headers/?comment=5601#comment-5601dzen2 is really running because info output on it works fine (time, volume level, up/down network speed etc displayed correctly). And i pass conky's output to the sh because my conky uses console output option and just write lines of needed information with dzen2 formatting. For ex, my conkys config http://ideone.com/iDdBabThu, 12 Mar 2015 13:18:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5597/i3wm-dzen2-issue-dzen2-covered-by-windows-headers/?comment=5601#comment-5601Comment by Adaephon for <p>Hi all. I have an issue from subject of this post. I use dzen2 with output from conky. When I open a window, dzen2 (on top of the screen) hides behind window's title bar. dzen starts in .xinitrc:</p> <pre><code>conky | sh | dzen2 -ta r -p &amp; </code></pre> <p>Where did i go wrong?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5597/i3wm-dzen2-issue-dzen2-covered-by-windows-headers/?comment=5598#comment-5598Why are you passing conkys output to `sh`? That does not look like it would work. So, are you sure that `dzen2` is really running? It may be that it crashed immediatelly and left an artefact on the root window.Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:07:10 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5597/i3wm-dzen2-issue-dzen2-covered-by-windows-headers/?comment=5598#comment-5598