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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How to get the “Your battery is broken” message to go away?
Everytime I turn on my computer, I see a message saying something like:
Your battery may be old or broken. Etc...
I know my battery is not working. How can I make the message go away?
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1answer
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How to customize on screen notifications?
There was a tool to configure notifications in earlier versions of Ubuntu as described here. I tried to install it in Ubuntu 12.04 too but I failed.
I want to have the notifications dynamically ...
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4answers
908 views
How to get an email notification when a USB storage device is inserted?
We are running more than 600 Ubuntu systems in our company. It is a data centre so we have certain policies. We have disabled the usage of storage devices in all the Ubuntu systems. However we would ...
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3answers
887 views
How can I send a custom desktop notification?
I have a custom script and I want to send a desktop notification (the one that appears in the top right corner of the screen) with a custom message. How do I do that?
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4answers
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How can I customize/disable notification bubbles?
Is there a way you can disable or customize the notification bubbles on Lucid?
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1answer
211 views
Is there a fancy vertical notification OSD that works for both ALSA and pulseaudio?
Is there a fancy way to get the volume notification OSD to work with both pulseaudio and ALSA? Right now the standard desktop ones only work with pulseaudio for me. How about a vertical OSD that I can ...
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5answers
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How do I clear all gnome shell notifications?
I use Jupiter as a power manager. Now I get a good number of notifications from it. I do not have problem with the fact that I get all these notifications.
I do however, want to be able to clear all ...
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2answers
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How to enable notification area (systray) for Pidgin
The Pidgin icon won't appear in the notification area. I have already checked if the "Show system tray icon option" is set to "Always" in the Pidgin Preferences.
I didn't find an equivalent solution ...
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3answers
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OSD desktop-clock that does not get in your way?
is there a clock application,
that can be placed on your screen like a widget
staying always on top
but automatically fades away on mouseover
enabling you to click through it on items below,
...
11
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1answer
771 views
Is there a way to view notification history?
If I walk away from my PC, then there is a good chance I might miss certain notifications. I've seen in KDE that notifications get stored and stacked until you click them (or whatever).
Unless I'm ...
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2answers
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Are there any existing apps similar to GNOME 3's chat popup/respond box?
In general, I prefer Unity to Gnome Shell, but the latter's chat popup and inline responder thing (video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lepXx1kDelo) is more or less a killer app for me and is ...
10
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5answers
4k views
How to disable notification from network-manager
Can i disable all libnotify related notification from Network Manager ? 'Edit Connection' dialog doesn't help out
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2answers
3k views
How to read dbus-monitor output?
i'm playing around with dbus-monitor to try and understand how dbus is working in Ubuntu environment. I have several questions in this regard:
Could you please let me know how to read the following ...
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2answers
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Sound notification over SSH
I just switched from the Konversation IRC client to the terminal based IRSSI. I'm starting IRSSI on a remote machine using GNU screen + SSH. I do not get any sound notification on new messages, which ...
9
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3answers
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what is the best Google Calender application for unity to alert and notify you with Events?
i want some example for the best application/client for manage and edit and control your Google calendar and daily mission or event.
and it provide alert -alert with sound or notification- to give ...
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2answers
2k views
How do I use 'notify-send' to immediately replace an existing notification?
When I use notify-send to show a notification on the desktop, and then use it again to show a different notification, I have noticed that the second one only shows after the first one has disappeared.
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8
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3answers
594 views
Show notifications with notify-send when application is full screen?
Is it possible for notify-send to show notifications even if there is application opened in full screen (e.g. chromium, hit F11)? Currently, it does not appear.
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2answers
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How can I stop Gnome Shell's drive pop up notifications?
I have an NFS drive mapped in Ubuntu 11.10 using autofs which automatically mounts a drive on every boot. But if I use the Gnome Shell interface, a pop up notification keeps popping up from the ...
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2answers
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Full screen or more visible Skype, Pidgin, Empathy notifications?
I work in a shared office and I have the heaphones plugged in in order not to bother my colleagues with the poping sounds of chats and incoming calls. The problem is that I miss most of my calls and ...
8
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1answer
428 views
How to get back default upper right corner notifications?
I recently installed Xubuntu/Xfce session using Ubuntu Software Center in order to test how Xfce would look like.
I didn't like it, so I removed those packages and got back to the default Unity ...
8
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1answer
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Is it possible to temporarily disable notifications?
I certainly like notifications in 12.04, but depending on the work I do they can be quite distracting.
Is there an official way or a tweak to temporarily deactivate notifications?
UPDATE:
To ...
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2answers
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Notification appears on 'wrong' screen
Work provides me with four large screens, which in Xinerama leads to a nice 5120 x 3200 pixel display (running Ubuntu classic, no animations).
All very nice indeed --- but the 'notifications' appear ...
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3answers
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How can I make notifications appear on a specific monitor?
In my Ubuntu 12.04, I have two monitors: left is the laptop and the right one is an external and big monitor. My vision is generally focused on the laptop monitor, but the notifications appears in the ...
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3answers
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How do I setup a timer based notification?
Being a compulsive computer user, I am in front of it all day. I sometimes lose track of time when I am working on my comp. I need a notification service to alert me of the current time, either by a ...
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2answers
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What is the best notification script for irssi?
I'm using irssi on Gnome 3, but I do use KDE 4 sometimes. I like irssi very much but i miss any notification feature. I don't use irssi over ssh.
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2answers
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Why do my clock, indicator applets, and notification area sometimes move around when I restart? How can I prevent that?
I have all of them locked to the panel, but they keep moving around upon logging out and back in. So, for example, sometimes the Indicator Applet Session is farthest to the right, but sometimes the ...
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2answers
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Gnome Shell Thunderbird Mail Notification
Does anyone know of a way to get persistent Gnome 3 panel notifications in Gnome 3 in Oneiric? It's one of the few things holding me back from using Gnome 3 regularly.
I've actually found a way of ...
7
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1answer
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How to enable Empathy chat room notifications?
Is it possible in Empathy (Ubuntu 11.10, gnome-shell) to receive notifications when somebody posts a message to a chat room?
I have checked the "Enable bubble notifications" box under edit > ...
7
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1answer
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How can I display a message on the login screen?
In some circumstances it would be valuable for me to be presented with a short, text notification prior to logging in, so that I have the option to decide not to log in after seeing the message.
Is ...
6
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4answers
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How to make Thunderbird notify of new email like Evolution?
In Ubuntu when new mail arrives Evolution changes message indicator to green color. I have migrated from Evolution to Thunderbird and that is why looking for how to make Thunderbird react like ...
6
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2answers
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Is there any way to initiate “urgent animation” of an icon on the Unity launcher from command line?
It would be great if one could use it in the terminal for announcing that some time intensive job is done, e.g. "apt-get dist-upgrade; urg-anim".
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2answers
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How to replace Adobe Air notifications icons
I have been using various tool that depend on the adobe air platform on ubuntu, like tweetdeck and grooveshark.
I have always hated, how the notification icons look, but I need them there for ease ...
6
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1answer
275 views
Outlook.com and Google Apps email notifier for gnome-shell?
So, pretty basic question,
I use outlook.com for some work email, I use multiple Google Apps emails for different things.
I don't use an email client, I just use the different webmail interfaces,
...
6
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1answer
1k views
Standalone Calendar with Unity Integration
I currently use Sunbird, and I like it for the most part, but its support is being dropped and it doesn't integrate with Unity. I'm looking for a calendar or personal organizer program which would run ...
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4answers
3k views
How do I make Evolution check and notify new emails, without keeping main UI open? [closed]
How do I make Evolution keep checking my emails and notifying in the indicator applet without keeping the main UI open?
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2answers
357 views
How to close notifications with the keyboard?
my problem is that when I insert a drive (HDD partition, DVD etc.) a notification appears, which has a unlimited duration.
Clicking somewhere (except the options) will close this notification, but it ...
6
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1answer
157 views
How to show unread count on Messaging Menu?
Is there a way to show unread count on Messaging Menu icon, without opening it? I'm using Ubuntu 11.04.
6
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1answer
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Is there a way to have event sounds?
Basically, I want to have Ubuntu 11.10 play sounds when events occur, like adding and removing a USB or FireWire device, when it finds hardware, pops up a notification, or mounts a new volume. Like ...
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2answers
416 views
What is the name of the program that displays the notifications?
What is the name of the program that displays the notifications in ubuntu ? The ones like sound changes, song name (in rhythmbox) etc. Can I send my own custom messages to it ?
quick answer
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5
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1answer
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Is there any way to 'hook' the messaging menu?
I would like to write an application that receives a notification whenever the messaging menu is activated (the blue envelope lights up) and whenever it is deactivated (the blue envelope returns to ...
5
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1answer
900 views
Desktop Feed Reader which can sync with Google Reader
I am looking for a Desktop Feed Reader which can sync with Google Reader and sits in the messaging menu and give desktop notifications.
It should be like, when I have marked an item as 'read' on ...
5
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1answer
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Change notification popup monitor [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
notify-osd and dual monitors
I have two monitors setup currently however when I get a new notification (ie popup for new mail, or im) it fades in on the secondary ...
5
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2answers
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How to setup delay for indicator-applet?
Time, when notification is shown is too much. How can I cut it?
5
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1answer
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How do I get rid of a notification?
I occasionally run applications that use the transparent notifications in the Ubuntu 11.10 desktop and they generally work fine for me except for when I'm running them over ssh with X11 forwarding. ...
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2answers
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What happened with message notifications from Empathy?
I notice that some changes have been made in message notifications from Empathy in 11.10.
I open chat in Empathy with another user but when a message is received there are no notifications in the ...
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2answers
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Keyboard shortcut to respond to notification?
I am wondering if there is a keyboard shortcut to respond to a notification.
E.g. you get a notification that a chat messages has been recevied.
Press ??? and it will open the chat window.
Same ...
5
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1answer
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Reliable alert dialogs from the shell
I'd like to have a message pop up in response to various system events, mostly in order to be able to set reminders for myself from a shell session. There are a few ways to do this; zenity seems to ...
5
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1answer
420 views
Is it possible to add a notification message when a VPN gets connected?
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and I use to connect to a pptp VPN, everything works perfectly, when i start my VPN connection I can see that the connection is in progress from the NetworkManager icon, and I ...
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2answers
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What are the alternatives for notify-send?
I use notify-send for desktop notifications and I get notifications with expected summary and body. However, notify-send has limitations and so I would like a few recommendations on alternatives for ...
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2answers
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Notification icon always the same, even when Liferea has new items
As you can see on this screenshot, the icon circled in red is always the same, whether Liferea has zero new items (left side), or has new items (right side).
Why not have different icons depending ...
