Questions tagged [notification]

Questions that relate to the system that delivers a visual message or indicator to the user. In Ubuntu such notification is implemented in a consistent way, with non-interactive, non-directional, non-overlapping visual bubbles.

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Automatic suspend notification

Often while watching movies I get "automatic suspend" notification in 15 minutes even though here it says one hour.. I want to turn off the notification on Ubuntu 23.10. While looking for ...
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Is there a dummy notification daemon?

(Ubuntu 22.04 wayland swaywm) I am not interested in any notifications, so I uninstalled dunst. However, many apps are now making their own notifications in incredibly hacky ways e.g. making a popup ...
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'Software Updates Installed' keeps appearing regardless of updates

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS, and for about a month or two I've been having this really silly issue. Every time I turn my PC on, I get a notification that says 'Software Updates Installed. Important ...
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Script to notify via email when low on disk space

I found the below mentioned script on the internet, which notifies via email when server gets low on storage or as per defined. I run it every 5 minutes, if i am low on storage it keeps notifying me ...
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How can I get desktop notifications to display on both screens in Ubuntu 22.04?

I use Ubuntu 22.04 a laptop connected to an external monitor and use both the integrated display and said monitor for work, switching back and forth between them depending on which programs I need to ...
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cron unable to run .sh script - 22.04

I am trying to run a simple script that checks the battery percentage and shows it through a notification (notify-send). The script runs correctly if ran from terminal manually: ~/path-to-script/...
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dunst - i3 - origin option is ignored

Dunst ignores the origin = bottom-left option in ~/.config/dunst/dunstrc. It keeps showing notifications in the top-right corner of the monitor. Geometry section of my dunstrc is the following: ### ...
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How do I view a notificaiton without clearing it on Ubuntu 23.10 Desktop? [duplicate]

I'm attempting to connect from a remote desktop, but this notification pops up when I try to connect from the other computer. Unfortunately, I can't figure how I could possibly read this notification. ...
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Arc-Dark accessing notifaction panel in .css file

The Arc-Dark GNOME Shell theme has some bad configurations. Since I cannot ask about it in the comments (<50 reputation), I'm asking it here: What is the name of the black text that is dimly shown ...
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Application not getting launched from the notification list in ubuntu

I have a GTK application and I m creating the app notification for it using the Libnotify package. I have a scenario where my application triggers a notification and after the popup disappears, the ...
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App not opening when clicked on notification in the notification panel

While clicking on a notification pop-up, I can switch to the respective application. But while clicking the message in the notification panel, it no longer opens or switches to the relevant ...
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Only root can send notification

I'm aware of the two other posts describing the same problem, however none of the solutions proposed there have worked for me. I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS and using GNOME 42.9 as my Desktop ...
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Notifications not showing in fullscreen mode Ubuntu 22.04

So, I don't receive notifications from the Telegram application when I watching a YouTube video in fullscreen mode. I tried to find something about that in google, but I didn't found anything, only ...
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"Import OS Updates" notification won't go away at log in

I upgraded to Ubuntu 23.10 and, after a firmware update, I keep having an "Important OS Updates..." notification showing at every log in. I keep dismissing it, but it still shows up every ...
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How can I read and identify error popup notifications?

Errors appear in a notification window below the clock in Ubuntu 22 (with Gnome). They appear for about one second, then vanish. The text in them is too long to fit in the notification window. ...
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Help with setting for how to stop showing available updates Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS?

I am a complete Linux NOOB, so please elaborate on your answers as if you were explaining to your non-computer-literate elder relative. I am running multiple instances of Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS on mini ...
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How can I dismiss "Software Updates Installed" notification - the saga continues

The problem described in this article How can I dismiss "Software Updates Installed" notification continues to plague me and the fixes in that article do not work in my case. I hope someone ...
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Crontab with script to notify-send

I'm trying to set up a bash script which is send a gui notification when a file is created in a folder. Everything works when I launch it in terminal, but when I set up at boot with crontab, the ...
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Modify Evolution alarm notifier

Most posts seem to ask how to disable Evolution alarm notifier. Following advice, I installed Evolution, then uninstalled it, in order to maintain sync with my Google calendar. It works! However the ...
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I turn off the notification of a software but it can still send message on the top of screen, why?

I have set off in the Notifications with the target soft but it can still send message on the top of screen. I sync and reboot but it doesn't work.
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Desktop notifications will not work under Ubuntu 22.04 and Unity DE

I'm using a PC with Ubuntu 22.04 I recently installed the Unity DE (with the Light DM option if I recall correctly). I have since encountered a couple of issues I would like to resolve but will need ...
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Unable to run notify-send from cronjob

In my Kubuntu 22.04, a script run by my crontab uses notify-send. However, it doesn't work: there is no pop-up appearing. If I redirect the output (stderr in particular) of the script to a file, this ...
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Is there a way to edit the notification bar?

So I use Ubuntu 22.04, and I wonder if there is a way to customize notification: So there is callendar and media player info in there, but is there a way to mount something here? Like, to mount ...
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Send notification when the network route changes

I have 2 network interfaces: ethernet enp2s0 with default metric 1 mobile enx0 with default metric 2 When Ethernet goes down, the metric changes and vice versa. I am getting in systems notifications ...
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Suspicous windows-like notifications from brave web browser (allegedly)

I almost always never allow websites to send me notifications, however recently I've been getting a lot of notifications from this specific website which is why i became a little bit suspicious, not ...
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How to make desktop notification sounds play?

I'm still relatively new to linux in general, but I have tried everything that I could see/understand online to address this issue. The desktop notifications are not making any noise despite having ...
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Ubuntu 23.04 - Slack notification problem

Slack notifications in Ubuntu 23.04, won't go away I have tried using: settings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-icons-emblems false But this seems to disable notifications for all ...
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How do I disable apt and snap update notifications? 22.04 LTS

I have apt-daily and apt-daily-upgrade disabled, yet I still get popup windows to install system updates, even when disconnected from the internet. I also get random notifications through GNOME about ...
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Notification using bluetoothctl output

I am using 22.04 and I created a bash script to disconnect my Bluetooth speaker. You can see the code below #!/bin/sh bluetoothctl disconnect macID notify-send "Soundbar Disconnected!" ...
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How do I turn off the update notifications on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?

How do I turn off the update notifications on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS? By that I mean, those pop up notifications that appear suddenly on the screen. I want to change that, because I don't see any use for ...
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How to make notify-send notifications permanent (to stay there even after reboot) in Ubuntu 22.04?

I'm using below test command on Ubuntu 22.04 (Nvidia 530.41.03 from Ubuntu Repo with X11, vanilla setup no extensions etc.): notify-send -u critical "Header" "Body text" The ...
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23.04 - Stuck Notifications

When I get notifications, mostly from Chrome, they end up stuck at the top of the screen. I cannot dismiss them or acknowledge them. Usually, it'll be a few, i dismiss them, but one stays persistent ...
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How to stop sound when I switch user

When I switch users on my ubuntu 20.04 LTS laptop I get a very loud sound. It sounds like a very quick trio of medium-pitched bells. It's loud enough to wake my spouse up in the next room, and is ...
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How can I dismiss "Software Updates Installed" notification?

For days, Software has been nagging me to close snap-store so that it can update itself. Now that's resolved and it has finally installed various updates, it shows a notification every time I boot up: ...
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Can't get rid of ubuntu 22.04 notification: "Software Updates Installed"

Every time my computer boots up, I get this notification: Software updates installed My update cycle is set to every two weeks and I can't figure out how to tell the system, that I've noticed this ...
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Ubuntu Budgie - notifications are not clickable

Ubuntu Budgie 22.04 (new to) here: the top panel comes with an applet called (I guess) "raven trigger" - that provides a list of notifications (emails, etc). Such notifications are not ...
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Unable to Backup Data restored to Google Drive via "Backups" Application. Please help to get my data RESTORED

When I got to know that Ubuntu 23.04 was out, I wanted to try it. I don't know why but previously while I was using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, I had opted to get notifications for future releases of builds, ...
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How do I disable the green circle (notification counter) in the dock? [duplicate]

23.04 brought notification counters which I don’t like as they are now. How do I disable just them?
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Pending snap update configuration option

Like a lot of users, I have recently run into snap issues where it keeps telling giving me notifications that the apps I'm using will close in 14 days, 13, 12, etc... There's a lot of questions ...
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Modifying the icon of a notification

I love my Newaita icons and am a bit unhappy that e.g. the Thunderbird logo is the conventional one in the notifications of new e-mails. Would there be a way to also change the icons in the ...
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Remove notification emblems on Ubuntu Dock 23.04

I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 22.10 to Ubuntu 23.04 and it seems nice. The only thing I do not like is the new emblem which counts the notifications. Is it possible to remove it but keep the ...
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22.04 LTS sound from different sources interrupting each other

On my fresh 22.04 install on a Dell Precision 5570 notebook I'm experiencing sound problems. When I e.g. play a movie on netflix and a system notification sound is played, the sound from the movie is ...
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"The software on this computer is up-to-date" popping up every few minutes

I know the same question has been asked, but that was 9 years ago. I'm on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS and I really don't feel like upgrading to 22.10. Is there a way I can solve this issue? EDIT: The issue ...
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Apple notification message

When I connect my iPhone to the charger (on an offline machine A), my Ubuntu online machine B displays this notification: How does this happen? I think there is no Apple component installed on the ...
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How to make an "always on top" application on top of push notifications?

I have an Electron application which uses alwaysOnTop, but the problem is push notifications can still appear on top. I do not want to disable notifications; they should still work. But for this ...
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What causes the beep on the hour?

I admit this isn't a really dramatic issue, but I have recently installed Ubuntu 22.10 on a fairly new laptop. Now that I got the sound working, I hear a beep every hour on the hour, coming from the ...
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Chromium Snap Updating

I am confused about the 13 day timer re snap chromium update. I have read the update takes place only after the 13 day has run, and then it just crashes the app if it is running and updates. I've ...
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What are these notifications which only appear on the lock screen?

Sometimes when I lock my screen there are notifications at the bottom When I click them nothing happens. When I unlock the screen I can't see them anywhere. What is causing these notifications? How ...
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How do I get Ubuntu to switch to applications instead of notifications of 'appxxx is ready"

In various, though not all, times when I choose an application all I get is a notification popup saying 'appname(whatever) is ready" rather then switching to it. Obviously even though it is ...
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Kubuntu 22.04 Plasma Workspace login event does not play notification

I have upgraded Kubuntu 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS. The notification sound of the login event does not work while all other events work fine such as Logout. The following screenshots demonstrate some ...
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