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Notify-send ignores timeout?

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but shouldn't the commands (run separately) notify-send -t 1 "test" notify-send -t 1000 "test" notify-send -t 10000 "test" have ...
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How do I change how long notifications are displayed?

Is there a way to change how long the libnotify notifications last? I've googled around for this for months and no still no luck. I'm actually starting to think that you can't change it. I can't ...
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Listening to incoming libnotify notifications using DBus

I am attempting to filter every notification through espeak. However, I can't seem to find a way to get the notification body from a python script, or even what signal_name to listen to. bus....
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Is it possible to block NotifyOSD for one application?

Is there any way to prevent NotifyOSD (or XFCE-Notify) from displaying notifications from one particular application?
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Shortcut to hide libnotify

I was wondering if it is possible to make an shortcut to hide all those Notify Bubbles (libnotify) for some time. Why I'am ask this? Because sometimes I want to see something, read or even show and ...
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notify-send does nothing, yet, libnotify is installed

I am trying to use notify-send, but it doesn't display. I am reasonably sure I have the correct packages installed, but I am not expert in configuring the notification settings. I know I have some ...
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notify-send only works as root (via sudo)

I have notify-send and all the requirments installed, but when I run a simple command notify-send "Test" "Test Message" nothing happens, but if I run the same command through sudo, it works. System ...
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Run rkhunter regularly on a desktop system

I want to get a warning on my desktop when rkhunter finds something odd on my system. I whitelisted some files and dirs that seem ok in /etc/rkhunter.conf so I get no warnings anymore. Now I want to ...
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