Субж. Если грохнуть conky.rc, отображаются. Если нет, то не видны. Linux mint 17.3 x86. Вот conky.rc:
alignment top_right
background yes
cpu_avg_samples 2
#default_color dimgray
use_xft yes
xftfont Sans:size=9
gap_x 10
gap_y 0 # Отступ от края экрана по верт
double_buffer yes
net_avg_samples 2
out_to_console no #false
update_interval 3
own_window yes
own_window_class conky
own_window_type normal # normal, desktop, dock, panel or override (default: normal)
own_window_transparent no
own_window_argb_visual yes
own_window_colour green
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
xftalpha 0.5
maximum_width 330
uppercase false
use_spacer none
show_graph_scale yes
show_graph_range yes
override_utf8_locale yes
draw_shades no
draw_borders no
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${color white}$nodename$color${alignr}${color white}$sysname $kernel${color white}
${time %F}${alignr}${color white}${time %k:%M:%S}${color}
${color greenyellow}Пашем уже:${color yellow} $uptime
# Использование памяти
${color aquamarine}$hr
${alignc}${color aquamarine}Использование памяти:
${color greenyellow} $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${membar 4}
# Секция нагрузки на процессор
${color aquamarine}$hr
${color aquamarine}CPU1 Usage:${color f57212} ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1 6}
${color aquamarine}CPU2 Usage:${color f57212} ${cpu cpu2}% ${cpubar cpu2 6}
${color 00bfff}LoadAverage ${alignr}${color FC2F59}$loadavg
# Использование подкачки
# Секция датчиков температуры
${color aquamarine}$hr
${color aquamarine}Нагрев пенька: ${color f57212}${execi 2. $HOME/.conky/cputemp.sh}
${color 00ffff}${exec $HOME/.conky/hdtsda.sh}: ${alignr} ${color orange}+${execi 5. hddtemp -n /dev/sda}°C
${color aquamarine}$hr
# Свободное место на разделах / и /home
${color moccasin}$hr
${alignc}${color aquamarine}Свободное место:
${color 888888}root : ${color CCCCCC}${fs_used /}${color 888888}/${color CCCCCC}${fs_size /} ${color 888888}(${color CCCCCC}${fs_free /} ${fs_free_perc /}% ${color 888888} free)
${fs_bar /}
# Демонизация
${color moccasin}$hr
${color grey}Процессов:${color 0BB4DD} $processes ${color grey}Запущено:${color DD0B14} $running_processes
${color aquamarine}Демон PID CPU% MEM%
${color orange}${top name 1} ${alignr}${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color D7F412}${top name 2} ${alignr}${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color D7F412}${top name 3} ${alignr}${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}