É mesmo pode ser isso, irei verificar.
A minha Conky é pequenininha, montei ontem, aqui está ela (creio que tenha muita unutilidade nele ainda):
# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sans:size=8
xftalpha 0.8
text_buffer_size 2048
# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 4
# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
#own_window_type override
own_window_type desktop
#own_window_type normal #use this if you want a nice shadow to appear around conky
# If own_window is yes, these window manager hints may be used
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes
# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 180 0
#maximum_width 200
# Draw shades?
draw_shades no
# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no
# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0
# border margins
border_margin 5
# border width
border_width 1
# Default colors and also border colors
default_color black
#default_shade_color black
#default_outline_color grey
own_window_colour grey
# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 955
gap_y 570
# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes
# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no
# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2
# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 2
# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes
# Add spaces to keep things from moving about? This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer none
TEXT
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=13}r${font} Download speed ${downspeed eth1} kb/s
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=13}v${font} Upload speed ${upspeed eth1} kb/s
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=13}S${font} Total downloaded ${alignr}${totaldown eth1}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=13}M${font} Total uploaded ${alignr}${totalup eth1}
${font StyleBats:size=15}A${font} CPU usage: ${cpu cpu}%
${font StyleBats:size=15}g${font} RAM: $memperc%
${font StyleBats:size=15}P${font} Uptime: ${alignr}${uptime}
Editado: Mudei de eth1 para eth0 e funcionou! Obrigado alarcon!