Somehow, cairo FINALLY works with conky now

conky_box.lua

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function conky_main_box()
 	  y = conky_window.text_start_y - 10,
 	  w = conky_window.text_width + 20,
 	  h = conky_window.text_height + 20,
-	  colour = {{1,0x000000,0.8}},
+	  colour = {{1,0x000000,0.4}},
        },
     }
 

conkyrc

@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
-lua_load               ~/.conky/box.lua
 background             yes
 use_xft                yes
-xftfont                terminus:123:size=8
+xftfont                tamsyn:size=8
 xftalpha               0.1
 update_interval        2.0
 total_run_times        0
-#own_window             yes
-#own_window_type        normal
-#own_window_transparent yes
-#own_window_hints       undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
 double_buffer          yes
 minimum_size           250 5
 maximum_width          400
@@ -28,7 +23,8 @@ cpu_avg_samples        2
 net_avg_samples        1
 override_utf8_locale   no
 use_spacer             yes
-lua_draw_hook_pre      main_box
+lua_load               ~/.conkybox.lua
+lua_draw_hook_pre      conky_main_box
 
 TEXT
 ${font Arial:size=20}${color Tan1}${alignc}GNU${color RoyalBlue}LINUX$font

install.sh

@@ -13,11 +13,17 @@ function linkmy
     $CMD $INSTALL_BASEDIR/$1 $HOME/$2
 }
 
+function copymy
+{
+    echo "Copying $INSTALL_BASEDIR/$1 to $HOME/$2"
+    cp $INSTALL_BASEDIR/$1 $HOME/$2
+}
+
 # AWESOME
 linkmy config/awesome .config/awesome
 # CONKY
 linkmy conkyrc .conkyrc
-linkmy conky .conky
+copymy conky_box.lua .conky_box.lua
 # EMACS
 linkmy emacs .emacs
 linkmy emacs.d .emacs.d