Conky output disappears from i3bar after extended use

asked 2013-05-12 19:24:49 +0000

whjms
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updated 2013-05-12 19:30:46 +0000

I am using i3 4.5.1, i3bar 4.5.1, and Conky 1.9.0. I am using the wrapper script method on the official site for displaying output from Conky in i3bar.

After a few minutes of use, i3bar will no longer display info from Conky. The bar becomes blank except for the desktop switcher and tray. Restarting i3 has the same result.

Here are my configuration files:

~/.i3/config

...
bar {
    status_command ~/sh/conky-i3.sh
}
...

~/sh/conky-i3.sh

#!/bin/bash 
echo '{"version":1}'
echo '['
echo '[],'
exec conky -c ~/.conkyrc

~/.conkyrc

out_to_x no
out_to_console yes
background no
max_text_width 0
update_interval 1
total_run_times 0
double_buffer yes

TEXT
[{"full_text" : "${mpd_artist} - ${mpd_album} - ${mpd_title}", "color" : "\#89cff0"},
 {"full_text" : "${mpd_elapsed}/${mpd_length}",                "color" : "\#ff8888"},
 {"full_text" : "${mpd_vol}%",                                 "color" : "\#eeeeee"},
 {"full_text" : "IP: ${addr eth0}",                            "color" : "\#99ff99"},
 {"full_text" : "RAM: ${mem}",                                 "color" : "\#aaaaff"},
 {"full_text" : "Load: ${loadavg 1}",                          "color" : "\#fff79a"},
 {"full_text" : "${tztime US/Eastern %a %b %d, %Y %X}",        "color" : "\#eeeeee"}],

Sample output from ~/sh/conky-i3.sh

{"version":1}
[
[],
[{"full_text" : "(null) - (null) - (null)",          "color" : "#89cff0"},
 {"full_text" : "0:00/0:00",                          "color" : "#ff8888"},
 {"full_text" : "0%",                                 "color" : "#eeeeee"},
 {"full_text" : "IP: 192.168.0.100",                  "color" : "#99ff99"},
 {"full_text" : "RAM: 521MiB",                        "color" : "#aaaaff"},
 {"full_text" : "Load: 0.70",                         "color" : "#fff79a"},
 {"full_text" : "Sun May 12, 2013 03:20:16 PM",       "color" : "#eeeeee"}],
[{"full_text" : "(null) - (null) - (null)",           "color" : "#89cff0"},
 {"full_text" : "0:00/0:00",                          "color" : "#ff8888"},
 {"full_text" : "0%",                                 "color" : "#eeeeee"},
 {"full_text" : "IP: 192.168.0.100",                  "color" : "#99ff99"},
 {"full_text" : "RAM: 521MiB",                        "color" : "#aaaaff"},
 {"full_text" : "Load: 0.70",                         "color" : "#fff79a"},
 {"full_text" : "Sun May 12, 2013 03:20:17 PM",       "color" : "#eeeeee"}],

Edit: I've found that just restarting i3 does not fix this problem, but exiting i3, stopping x, and starting a new x session fixes it.