Conky: journal: wrong output

[MeisterP]

this might be an escaping issue...

conky.text = [[
${exec journalctl -n 5}
--------------------------
${journal 5}
]]

the full string that isn't properly displayed is:
Apr 18 18:29:12 zenon gedit[8959]: Allocating size to GtkOverlay 0x2836130 without calling gtk_widget_get_preferred_width/height(). How does the code know the size to allocate?

[plikhari]

Please add text_buffer_size = 1000, in the conky.config section - the minimum default is 256 which may not be enough. Increase in increments of 1000 till you get the desired output and then trim the value to your satisfaction.

[MeisterP]

it's still the same with

conky.config = {
    use_xft = true,
    font = 'SourceCodePro:size=9',
    own_window = true,
    own_window_type = 'desktop',
    text_buffer_size = 1000000,
}

conky.text = [[
${journal 10}
]]

[lasers]

Allocating size to GtkOverlay 0x2836130 without calling gtk_widget_get_preferred_width/height().
How does the code know the size to allocate?

That output seems to be supposedly fixed. bugzilla.gnome/769566 via eb01ba so it is hard for us to reproduce this behavior without gedit.

[MeisterP]

Yes, gedit is fixed indeed.
The issue still happens though. The output is just a [ from time to time (like in the screenshot). Unfortunately I haven't found a way to reliably reproduce it.

[MeisterP]

I can reproduce it with gnome-calendar

[lasers]

Hi. Quick question. What version are you on right now?

Does ${journal 10 xxx} work for you? Try xxx with both user and system.

The long line goes out of conky window. Was that the problem? Are you expecting it to wrap?

[MeisterP]

app-admin/conky-1.10.8-r1 on gentoo

well, ${journal 10 system} obviously works since those are errors coming from gui apps that run as a user and therefore don't appear on system level. ${journal 10 user} shows the same issues as just ${journal 10}, which is a combination of user and system.

unfortunately I've just noticed that the issue isn't 100% reproducible with gnome-calendar. It happens most of the time though :-/

[lasers]

Lol. I think there is a regression because I get conky: invalid arg for journal, type must be 'system' or 'user' with ${journal 10 user}. With ${journal 10}, I don't see anything other than a date. I'm bisecting this right now.

EDIT: I see your [ bug. ;-)