Here is a sample conkyrc file. If you are having transparency issues, create a new conkyrc file in a text editor and paste this code. Place it in your ~/.conky folder then enable it through Conky Manager.
conky.config = {
alignment = 'top_left',
background = false,
border_inner_margin = 100,
imlib_cache_size = 0,
border_width = 5,
double_buffer = true,
draw_borders = false,
draw_graph_borders = false,
draw_outline = false,
draw_shades = false,
gap_x = 30,
gap_y = 60,
maximum_width = 550,
double_buffer = true,
override_utf8_locale = true,
own_window = true,
own_window_class = 'override',
own_window_type = 'Conky',
own_window_transparent = true,
--own_window_colour = 'grey',
own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,sticky',
own_window_argb_visual = true,
own_window_argb_value = 0,
text_buffer_size = 1,
total_run_times = 0,
update_interval = 1,
uppercase = false,
use_xft = true,
xftalpha = 1,
short_units = false,
font = 'Ubuntu:weight=Regular:pixelsize=20',
default_color = 'B03E3E',
}
conky.text = [[
${color}${font Ubuntu:weight=Regular:size=40}${alignc}Testing transparency!
]];
Happy Conky-ing!!