Sometimes when opening an application (web browser, etc), conky disappears from my debian lenny desktop. I am trying to find out why but no result yet.

If I run ps -ax in CLI, I can see conky is still running but not showing on desktop.

In addition, let me tell you I am starting conky by adding it to preferences/sessions. I have seen some of you start it by a script. Is that better or necessary?

Here is my .conkyrc so you can help me finding the problem. Any help or suggestion will be very welcome. Thanks in advance,

thats what i got mentioned in mine as a comment
# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)

i don't know how similar this is but my conky flashes on and off for no aparrent reason(no $blink and not meant too)at random intervals here is my conkyrc.sh

# Use Xft?
use_spacer yes
use_xft yes
xftfont Terminus:size=8
xftalpha 0.8
text_buffer_size 2048
# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 0.5
# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type override
background no
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes
# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 0 780
#maximum_width 200
# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes
# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no
# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0
# border margins
border_margin 4
# border width
border_width 1
# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color white
own_window_colour brown
own_window_transparent yes
# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 10
gap_y 10
# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes
# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no
# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2
# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 2
# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes
# Add spaces to keep things from moving about? This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer none
# Use short unit
short_units on
TEXT
SYSTEM ${hr 2}
${voffset 2}${font OpenLogos:size=16}u${font} Kernel: ${alignr}${kernel}
${font StyleBats:size=16}q${font} Uptime: ${alignr}${uptime}
${font Weather:size=16}xyz${font} CPU Temp: ${alignr}${acpitemp}C
${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font} CPU1: ${freq_g cpu1} GHz ${cpu cpu1}% ${alignr}${cpugraph cpu1 10,120 000000 ff0000}
${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font} CPU2: ${freq_g cpu2} GHz ${cpu cpu2}% ${alignr}${cpugraph cpu2 10,120 000000 00ff00}
${font StyleBats:size=16}g${font} RAM: $memperc% $mem/$memmax ${alignr}${membar 10,120}
${font StyleBats:size=16}j${font} SWAP: $swapperc% $swap/$swapmax ${alignr}${swapbar 10,120}
${font Webdings:size=16}~${font} Battery: ${battery_percent BAT0}% ${alignr}${battery_bar 10,120 BAT0}
DATE ${hr 2}
${alignc 60}${font Arial Black:size=26}${time %H:%M:%S}${font}
${alignc}${time %A %d %B %Y}
DISKS ${font StyleBats:size=16}j${font}${hr 2}
${font RsbillsDng:size=16}i${font} ROOT: ${fs_free /}/${fs_size /} ${alignr}${fs_bar 10,120 /}
${font Webdings:size=16}H${font} HOME: ${fs_free /home}/${fs_size /home}${alignr}${fs_bar 10,120 /home}
DISK I/O ${font StyleBats:size=16}o${font}${hr 2}
${color}Read: ${diskio_read } ${alignr}${diskiograph_read /dev/sda 10,120 000000 00ff00 2}
${color}Write: ${diskio_write } ${alignr}${diskiograph_write /dev/sda 10,120 000000 ff0000 2}
NETWORK ${font Webdings:size=16}k${font}${hr 2}
${if_up eth0}
${color}Wire Connection Up: ${color }${upspeed eth0} k/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 10,120 000000 ff0000}
${color}Wire Connection Down: ${color }${downspeed eth0}k/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth0 10,120 000000 00ff00}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font} Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font} Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font} Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr eth0}
$endif${if_up wlan0}
${color}Wireless Connection Up: ${color }${upspeed wlan0} k/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph wlan0 10,120 000000 ff0000}
${color}Wireless Connection Down: ${color }${downspeed wlan0}k/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph wlan0 10,120 000000 00ff00}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font} Upload: ${alignr}${totalup wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font} Download: ${alignr}${totaldown wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font} Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr wlan0}
$endif
WEATHER ${hr 2}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}
${voffset -10}${alignr 56}${font ConkyWeather:style=Bold:size=40}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=WF}${font}
${voffset -50}${font Weather:size=40}y${font} ${voffset -38}${font Arial Black:size=26}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=HT}${font}
${voffset 0}${alignc 43}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=DW --startday=1 --shortweekday} ${alignc 8}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=DW --startday=2 --shortweekday} ${alignc -29}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=DW --startday=3 --shortweekday} ${alignc -64}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=DW --startday=4 --shortweekday}
${voffset 0}${alignc 75}${font ConkyWeather:size=28}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=WF --startday=1 --endday=4 --spaces=1}${font}
${voffset 0}${font DejaVu Sans:size=7}${alignc 48}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=HT --startday=1 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3}/${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=LT --startday=1 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3} ${alignc -14}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=HT --startday=2 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3}/${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=LT --startday=2 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3} ${alignc -40}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=HT --startday=3 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3}/${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=LT --startday=3 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3} ${alignr 6}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=HT --startday=4 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3}/${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=LT --startday=4 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3}${font}
${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}
${voffset -10}${alignr 56}${font ConkyWeather:style=Bold:size=40}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=WF}${font}
${voffset -50}${font Weather:size=40}y${font} ${voffset -38}${font Arial Black:size=26}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=HT}${font}
${voffset 0}${alignc 43}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=DW --startday=1 --shortweekday} ${alignc 8}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=DW --startday=2 --shortweekday} ${alignc -29}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=DW --startday=3 --shortweekday} ${alignc -64}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=DW --startday=4 --shortweekday}
${voffset 0}${alignc 75}${font ConkyWeather:size=28}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=WF --startday=1 --endday=4 --spaces=1}${font}
${voffset 0}${font DejaVu Sans:size=7}${alignc 10}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=HT --startday=1 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3}/${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=LT --startday=1 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3} ${alignc -14}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=HT --startday=2 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3}/${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=LT --startday=2 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3} ${alignc -40}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=HT --startday=3 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3}/${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=LT --startday=3 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3} ${alignr 70}${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=HT --startday=4 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3}/${execpi 600 conkyForecast --location=THXX0002 --datatype=LT --startday=4 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3}${font}
${endif}${else}
${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}4${font} Weather Unavailable
${endif}
HIGHEST CPU ${hr 2}
${color #ddaa00} ${top name 1}${top_mem cpu 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 2}${top cpu 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 3}${top cpu 3}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 4}${top cpu 4}
HIGHEST MEM ${hr 2}
${color #ddaa00} ${top_mem name 1}${top_mem mem 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 2}${top_mem mem 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 3}${top_mem mem 3}
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 4}${top_mem mem 4}z