Likely it's because Conky changed the format of the configuration file... if you use the old format (which you can find many examples of with a search), newer versions of Conky tend to puke.
Here's my conky.conf:
Summary
conky.config = {
alignment = 'top_right',
background = true,
border_inner_margin = 0,
border_outer_margin = 1,
border_width = 0.5,
cpu_avg_samples = 4,
default_color = '88CCFF',
default_outline_color = 'CCCCCC',
default_shade_color = '000000',
double_buffer = true,
draw_borders = true,
draw_graph_borders = true,
draw_outline = false,
draw_shades = false,
extra_newline = false,
font = 'JetBrains Mono Regular:size=7',
gap_x = 5,
gap_y = 0,
maximum_width = 252,
minimum_height = 5,
minimum_width = 252,
net_avg_samples = 10,
out_to_console = false,
out_to_stderr = false,
own_window = true,
own_window_argb_visual = true,
own_window_class = 'Conky',
own_window_colour = '000000',
own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager',
own_window_transparent = true,
own_window_type = 'panel',
show_graph_range = false,
show_graph_scale = false,
stippled_borders = 0,
temperature_unit = 'fahrenheit',
top_cpu_separate = true,
update_interval = 5.0,
update_interval_on_battery = 60,
uppercase = false,
use_spacer = 'none',
use_xft = true,
xftalpha = 1
-- Load LUA script to change interval.
-- lua_load = '/etc/conky/conky_interval.lua'
}
conky.text = [[
#${if_match " Monitor is Off" == "${execi 5 xset -q | sed -n '$p'}"}
# ${lua conky_interval.lua 300}
#${else}
# ${lua conky_interval.lua 5}
#${endif}
${color FFFFFF}${hr}
Uptime:${goto 50}${uptime}${goto 135}Time:${goto 170}${time %H:%M:%S}
${hr}
AMD Ryzen 5 5625 U${alignr}CPU Temp: ${hwmon 3 temp 1} F
${color FFFFFF}Core 00: ${cpu cpu1} % ${goto 80}${freq 1} MHz${goto 135}${color 3388FF}${cpubar cpu1 10,115}
${color FFFFFF}Core 01: ${cpu cpu2} % ${goto 80}${freq 2} MHz${goto 135}${color 3388FF}${cpubar cpu2 10,115}
${color FFFFFF}Core 02: ${cpu cpu3} % ${goto 80}${freq 3} MHz${goto 135}${color 3388FF}${cpubar cpu3 10,115}
${color FFFFFF}Core 03: ${cpu cpu4} % ${goto 80}${freq 4} MHz${goto 135}${color 3388FF}${cpubar cpu4 10,115}
${color FFFFFF}Core 04: ${cpu cpu5} % ${goto 80}${freq 5} MHz${goto 135}${color 3388FF}${cpubar cpu5 10,115}
${color FFFFFF}Core 05: ${cpu cpu6} % ${goto 80}${freq 6} MHz${goto 135}${color 3388FF}${cpubar cpu6 10,115}
${color FFFFFF}Core 06: ${cpu cpu7} % ${goto 80}${freq 7} MHz${goto 135}${color 3388FF}${cpubar cpu7 10,115}
${color FFFFFF}Core 07: ${cpu cpu8} % ${goto 80}${freq 8} MHz${goto 135}${color 3388FF}${cpubar cpu8 10,115}
${color FFFFFF}Core 08: ${cpu cpu9} % ${goto 80}${freq 9} MHz${goto 135}${color 3388FF}${cpubar cpu9 10,115}
${color FFFFFF}Core 09: ${cpu cpu10} % ${goto 80}${freq 10} MHz${goto 135}${color 3388FF}${cpubar cpu10 10,115}
${color FFFFFF}Core 10: ${cpu cpu11} % ${goto 80}${freq 11} MHz${goto 135}${color 3388FF}${cpubar cpu11 10,115}
${color FFFFFF}Core 11: ${cpu cpu12} % ${goto 80}${freq 12} MHz${goto 135}${color 3388FF}${cpubar cpu12 10,115}
${color FFFFFF}${hr}
Drive Free Space:${goto 90}${color 3388FF}${fs_bar_free 10,125 /}${color FFFFFF}${alignr}${fs_free_perc} %
RAM Usage:${goto 90}${color 3388FF}${memwithbuffersbar 10,125}${color FFFFFF}${alignr}${memperc} %
Swap Usage:${goto 90}${color 3388FF}${swapbar 10,125}${color FFFFFF}${alignr}${swapperc} %
${hr}
SSID: ${goto 30}${wireless_essid wlo1}${goto 70}Channel: ${wireless_channel wlo1}${goto 135}Quality: ${goto 180}${wireless_link_qual_perc wlo1} %${alignr}${wireless_bitrate wlo1}
LAN: ${goto 30}${addr wlo1}${goto 135}WAN: ${goto 180}${texeci 1800 curl -s https://ipv4.icanhazip.com}
Up: ${goto 30}${upspeed wlo1}/s ${goto 135}Down: ${goto 180}${downspeed wlo1}/s
${color 3388FF}${upspeedgraph wlo1 25,124 FF0000 8B0000 -l -t}${alignr}${downspeedgraph wlo1 25,124 ABFF2C 12CD22 -l -t}
${color FFFFFF}Total: ${totalup wlo1}${alignr}Total: ${totaldown wlo1}
${hr}
Processes: ${processes}${alignr}Running: ${running_threads}
${hr}
Name${goto 105}MEM${goto 150}CPU%${alignr}PID
${top_mem name 1}${goto 105}${top_mem mem_res 1}${goto 150}${top_mem cpu 1}${alignr}${top_mem pid 1}
${top_mem name 2}${goto 105}${top_mem mem_res 2}${goto 150}${top_mem cpu 2}${alignr}${top_mem pid 2}
${top_mem name 3}${goto 105}${top_mem mem_res 3}${goto 150}${top_mem cpu 3}${alignr}${top_mem pid 3}
${top_mem name 4}${goto 105}${top_mem mem_res 4}${goto 150}${top_mem cpu 4}${alignr}${top_mem pid 4}
${top_mem name 5}${goto 105}${top_mem mem_res 5}${goto 150}${top_mem cpu 5}${alignr}${top_mem pid 5}
${top_mem name 6}${goto 105}${top_mem mem_res 6}${goto 150}${top_mem cpu 6}${alignr}${top_mem pid 6}
${top_mem name 7}${goto 105}${top_mem mem_res 7}${goto 150}${top_mem cpu 7}${alignr}${top_mem pid 7}
${top_mem name 8}${goto 105}${top_mem mem_res 8}${goto 150}${top_mem cpu 8}${alignr}${top_mem pid 8}
${top_mem name 9}${goto 105}${top_mem mem_res 9}${goto 150}${top_mem cpu 9}${alignr}${top_mem pid 9}
${top_mem name 10}${goto 105}${top_mem mem_res 10}${goto 150}${top_mem cpu 10}${alignr}${top_mem pid 10}
${hr}
Name${goto 105}CPU%${goto 150}MEM${alignr}PID
${top_time name 1}${goto 105}${top_time cpu 1}${goto 150}${top_time mem_res 1}${alignr}${top_time pid 1}
${top_time name 2}${goto 105}${top_time cpu 2}${goto 150}${top_time mem_res 2}${alignr}${top_time pid 2}
${top_time name 3}${goto 105}${top_time cpu 3}${goto 150}${top_time mem_res 3}${alignr}${top_time pid 3}
${top_time name 4}${goto 105}${top_time cpu 4}${goto 150}${top_time mem_res 4}${alignr}${top_time pid 4}
${top_time name 5}${goto 105}${top_time cpu 5}${goto 150}${top_time mem_res 5}${alignr}${top_time pid 5}
${top_time name 6}${goto 105}${top_time cpu 6}${goto 150}${top_time mem_res 6}${alignr}${top_time pid 6}
${top_time name 7}${goto 105}${top_time cpu 7}${goto 150}${top_time mem_res 7}${alignr}${top_time pid 7}
${top_time name 8}${goto 105}${top_time cpu 8}${goto 150}${top_time mem_res 8}${alignr}${top_time pid 8}
${top_time name 9}${goto 105}${top_time cpu 9}${goto 150}${top_time mem_res 9}${alignr}${top_time pid 9}
${top_time name 10}${goto 105}${top_time cpu 10}${goto 150}${top_time mem_res 10}${alignr}${top_time pid 10}
${color FFFFFF}${hr}
]]
I never did get the LUA scripting (commented out above) to dynamically change the update interval working right.
