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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Dunst progress bar i3 Ubuntu22.04

I've been experiencing issues with Dunst notifications. Despite setting up everything according to the documentation and troubleshooting as much as I could, I can't seem to get the progress bars to ...
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Disable system download notification from Brave Browser in KDE Plasma

Whenever I download something with Brave Browser I get the system popup notification from the status bar like this (red): and underlying i have the popup from the browser itself (green)... Is there ...
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Disable update notifier

I'm trying to disable the update notifier completely. Unfortunately the GUI options does not allow this. I found this hint: $ sudo apt purge update-notifier update-notifier-common but it asks for 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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Battery Monitor for Ubuntu 20.04

Just yesterday I migrated from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04. In 18.04 there was a software called "Battery Monitor" that monitors your battery percentage and notifies you when your battery percentage ...
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notify-send to other user by crontab

I have script what is running by crontab but as su, at some point is possible that it will send notify by notify-send but I want to this to specific user (login is in $2, but only one will be logged ...
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Is there a way to have wall messages show to desktop users?

Let's say I'm away from home, ssh-ing on my home computer. For any reason, I need it rebooted. # shutdown -r +10 This sends a warning message every minute via wall, which is completely invisible for ...
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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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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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How to make my Ubuntu 16.04 system display a to-do reminder?

Sometimes I get interrupted while programming and would like to have some sort of alarm function that can remind me to do sometihing important. I do not want to build a clock, nor do I want the kind ...
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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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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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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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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 to enable popups after every one hour for exercise/break?

I want to take a break from my system after every one hour. How to enable Popups(I mean Pop ups, not notifications). OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Unity DE
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How do I disable pop-up notifications in Xubuntu?

How can i disable ALL pop-up notification on Xubuntu 11.10 I have tried: sudo apt-get remove notify-osd Which resulted in Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree ...
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View full message from gnome notifications area

The Gnome Notifications area only shows the title and a portion of the first line of a message. Clicking on the message in the Notifications area simply removes the message. I've tried looking at the ...
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Gnome notifications and multiple monitors [closed]

I have dual monitors on an Ubuntu 21.10 system with Gnome version 40.4.0. One monitor is directly in front of me and the other is to the side, which I rarely look at. Gnome notifications like a new ...
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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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Konsole - silence in session 'Default'

Why is my Konsole generating notifications every 10 seconds after a keypress in statusbar "Konsole -- silence in session 'Default'". In "Configure Notifications -- Plasma" I can deselect ...
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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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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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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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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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How to run Thunderbird in the background?

I want to get instant notifications for new emails and I don't want to install and configure an extra program for that. Thunderbird shows notifications, so does Gmail webapp. But both of them work ...
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How to disable release upgrade notification at terminal/TTY login (not the GUI pop-up)?

I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on one of my old laptop. Each time I login through TTY or SSH it says: Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.4.0-030400-generic i686) * Documentation: https://help....
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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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"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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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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How to stop evolution-alarm-notify

A few months ago, I started getting these pop-ups from evolution-alarm-notify. They are some kind of calendar reminder. But they are horribly inaccurate. They either don't reflect any changes I have ...
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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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Quick way to temporarily disable notifications in Plasma/KDE/Kubuntu?

I'd like to be able to quickly disable and re-enable notifications in the KDE Plasma desktop (Kubuntu 19.04); essentially, a "focus" mode. Previous (4+ years old) answers - Is it possible to ...
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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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How to play a sound when laptop gets unplugged?

My laptop unplugged stands 1 minute. Previous week my laptop cable, started not connecting good with the laptop. I would like to play a certain sound everytime it gets's unplugged so I can hurry and ...
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Gnome Shell: Move windows to front on launch (No more "... is ready to use" notifications)

I've been using Gnome Shell with Ubuntu for few days now and have experienced really annoying behaviour with new windows. Sometimes when I use another window and press e.g. Alt+Ctrl +T to open new ...
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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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Is it possible to view the notifications' history on Ubuntu 18.04?

Is there a way to see/display notifications' history on Ubuntu 18.04? EDIT: I installed indicator-notifications following this answer but, contrary to what was told in the answer, You will find ...
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Why does VSCode send a system notification when opening a file dialog?

When I create a new file in vscode and then hit ctrl+s to save the untitled file, instead of opening the file explorer window directly, it instead sends a system notification that says... "Visual ...
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Where do I find system sounds?

After installing gm-notify I see the option of hearing a sound every time a new e-mail arrives in my Gmail inbox, but I don't know where Ubuntu (10.4) stores the system sounds to assign one. Any ideas?...
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How to remove the "Add World Clock" in the notification area?

I'm on Ubuntu 20.10 and in this update, the events show at the bottom of the calendar along with the add world clock option as in the screenshot below. I know this got here because of I installed &...
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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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Disable "Mouse battery low" spam notification

Countless times over the past few weeks I have been notified about the low battery in my wireless mouse. Every time it wakes up from sleeping mode and reconnects over Bluetooth I get a notification. I ...
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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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How to make chrome notification show as Ubuntu's 18.04 gnome native notification?

Update [Aug 28 2019]: Recently, I noticed that web notifications "as native" are working but disappearing without being consumed. If I'm fast enough to click them while appearing, they send me to 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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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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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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Allow regular user to update software via GUI and update notifier

I want to demote a user with admin right to a regular user. But I want to let her continue to do the updates as before via the GUI. Explicitly, allow the updates to happen when asked to do so via the ...

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