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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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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Notification for print job sent in UbuntuMATE 22.04 LTS
In previous LTS releases, a completed print job displayed a notification balloon. While perhaps annoying for some users (with printers on their desks), it is extremely handy for a network printer down ...
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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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What is the Super key?
I'm trying to see the notification list.
The notification list gives you a way to get back to your notifications when it is convenient for you. It appears when you click on the clock, or press Super+V....
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Send a desktop notification once command completed [duplicate]
I have installed sudo apt install libnotify-bin which is used to send notification at desktop level.
So if you run below command, it will send you a notification once command's execution finished.
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Can I disable notifications fo the default screenshot tool in Ubuntu 22.04LTS
I am currently taking lots of screenshots of online presentations.
I get a notification for them all.
I cannot find a toggle switch in Settings to turn off for ONLY this application.
Where do I turn ...
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Microsoft Teams PWA - get notice when meeting starts
So Microsoft Teams is discontinuing support of the native Linux app.
Currently we are using the PWA in Chrome browser. This works pretty well, but I don't get a popup notification when someone starts ...
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How to mute ALL notification-sounds (e.g. notification-sound during emptying the trash bin)?
I just upgraded my Ubuntu Studio system from version 20.04 LTS to 22.04.1 LTS, and suddenly I hear different sounds during events like emptying the trash bin for example, which never happened in my ...
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How do I disable app-specific notification sounds? In system Notification Settings, this particular app has "Sounds" toggled to off
The app is Discord. Maybe Discord is producing its own sound and circumvents Ubuntu's notification sound controls. In which case, where is the Sound or Volume Mixer app to silence Discord entirely?
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no sound on calendar event (gnome - ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS)
I'd like to have sound notification on calendar events. Tried the tool from this post Evolution calendar notification with sound? but I was unsuccessful getting it work.
When running sudo ./install.sh ...
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Why does Thunderbird still play a sound when I receive an email even though I've turned off notifications (on 22.04.1)?
I keep hearing a sound at some irregular interval as I'm using my desktop (running Ubuntu 22.04.1).
Finally I notice that I had just received an email in Thunderbird
However, I've turned off ...
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An error occurred, please run Package Manager from the right-click menu or apt-get in a terminal to see what is wrong
recently I have been getting this error message, it just come up in my notification.
(An error occurred, please run Package Manager from the right-click menu or apt-get in a terminal to see what is ...
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missing notification popups from Spotify in Ubuntu 22.04
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04. Before the upgrade, Spotify would send a notification whenever it started playing a track, causing a notification popup to appear just under the clock. ...
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