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Does Gnome3 have a method to filter desktop notifications?

Does Gnome3 have a method to filter desktop notifications based on notification content? If so, how? Desktop notifications are useful, and I know that it's possible to turn them off per-application. ...
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Volume OSD in Lubuntu

When I change volume, either with shortcut keys on keyboard or with mouse on system setting, how can I get a notification on screen showing the current audio level? Maybe I can use xfce volume OSD ? ...
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No Low Battery Notifications or Low Battery Action on 16.10/17.04/17.10/18.04.4

When upgrading to 16.10 and during installation the installer seemed to turn off battery notifications and actions - I know this because I set the critical action threshold to be 15% and during ...
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What is exactly executed when the Volume Up/Down/Mute keys are tapped?

What is exactly executed when the Volume Up/Down/Mute keys are tapped? I known that the system volume can be changed in a variety of ways (pactl, amixer...), however, I see that what Ubuntu does when ...
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How to find command used to implement "Volume Up" shortcut in Ubuntu 18.04?

In Ubuntu 18.04, there are keyboard shortcuts for "Volume down" and "Volume up", which, on a laptop computer, are usually bound to the media keys (e.g., XF86AudioRaiseVolume). When I press the ...
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Any way to catch the notifications so another program can read them?

I know you can see notifications in the terminal using dbus-monitor "interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications'" | grep --line-buffered "string", but is there any easy way to catch the notifications ...
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NotifyOSD does not work

Somehow my NotiyOSD unter 12.04. does not work. notify-send "Test" "Test" produces: notify-send -i /usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/status/dialog-warning.png "Test" "Test" produces: If I use my ...
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How to remove Xubuntu notification style?

I downloaded Xubuntu to try it on Ubuntu. After uninstalling it using sudo apt-get purge xubuntu-desktop I found out that even after that when there were pop-up notifications, it would appear in ...
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Pop up bubble messages for boot related issues

I was looking at one of my apps today and wondered if it actually worked to get today's sunrise and sunset times. Conky displays them as 8:46am and 4:36pm respectively but they could be yesterday's ...
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How to make notifications larger?

I tried to use osd configuration tool, but font size goes up to 100%. I really need much larger font size on my screen. Two or three times larger at least. I currently miss all my notifications ...
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Missing notifications from top indicator

I am missing new notifications. If I try to raise and lower the volume or brightness, the classic top right hand indicator no longer appears. If I try notify-send test, then this test notification ...
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Change notifications system in Ubuntu 14.04

I know, there's a similar question on this site, but it's quite outdated. So I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 with standard DE, and the default notifications daemon is a real pain. There is even no way to ...
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Set notify-osd font to the Ubuntu Font Family

I'm running Lubuntu 14.04.1 64 bit. I didn't like xfce-notifyd, so I installed libnotify. However, it does not use the Ubuntu font (I think it uses the Sans font), and it looks quite ugly because of ...
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Does Timeshift Backup provide (OSD) notifications in Ubuntu?

I am trying Timeshift backup program for the first time in my Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit system. Setup and use is simple enough but I am used to Ubuntu's default program "Deja-Dup" providing persistent pop ...
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Are there PHP bindings for indicators and notifications?

Are there already some projects/extensions or wrappers to allow easy creation of ubuntu unity indicators with PHP before I try and 'reinvent the wheel'. A basic Python template that would interface ...
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How to make osd volume widget smoth on ubuntu 18.04?

OSD widget shifts from left to right while I am changing sound volume. Please write how to fix it. I d like to make it more pixel perfect like on Mac OS. Source: https://media.giphy.com/media/...
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Best volume OSD for Lubuntu

It's a few months I use lubuntu and I'm pretty happy with it, the problem for me is that it appears it doesn't have a pre-installed volume OSD. What I'm looking for is a feedback pop-up volume bar ...
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How to show command parameters in notify-osd message?

I want to use notify-osd to show desktop notifications. A value given as input parameter should also be displayed. Script: param="parameter $1" echo "${param}" echo 'notify-send "param no value"' | ...
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Why don't work notify-send from terminal?

Ubuntu 16.04, notify 0.7.6 I tried notify-send "something", and this doesn't work. But notify-send -u critical "test" worked. Why this happened? I install notify-daemon, but this doesn't help me? ...
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notify-osd over indicators

On a fresh installation of Ubuntu 17.04 I experience strange behavior of the volume indication notifcation notify-osd over the status bar. Can I move the notifcation down?
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Ubuntu Notifications

Suddenly none of my notifications for new messages from Pidgin or completed downloads from qBittorrent show up. Ubuntu version 16.04 Pidgin version Pidgin 2.10.12 qBittorrent version 3.3.1 Any help ...
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Select monitor for indicator information - choose the 'most right' monitor

How would You set display notification to appear on the 'right/secondary' desktop Currently no matter what I configure, it appears in the top-right corner of the left desktop :/ +---------------+----...
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When I press a volume up/down key, what shell command does it send?

I want to make a keyboard shortcut that changes the volume with exactly the same behaviour as pressing one of the default volume keys (up, down, mute), including the OSD notification and the "pop" ...
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OSD Notify problem with VMware workstation full screen

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 with two monitors. The primary monitor is my laptop monitor (HP EliteBook 8570p) and the second one is 24' LG, which i use for my VMware Workstation 10 guest os. I noticed ...
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Multiple notifications via notify-osd or alternatives

I am searching for a way to display multiple notifications at once. The default app for Ubuntu seems to be notify-osd. Can this be configured to display multiple notifications? PNotify is a very ...
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Fullscreen libnotify?

Is there any way to make libnotify popups appear in fullscreen apps? If not, is there somewhere where I could make a feature request?
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How to decrease step of XF86KbdBrightnessDown and XF86KbdBrightnessUp handlers on Ubuntu

My hardware supports full 256 steps of screen brightness. Unfortunately Ubuntu's default brightness driver uses wrong steps: I need to increase granularity of steps in the dark end of the spectrum, ...
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How to fix a mail notifcation menu

I'm getting a menu like this, don't know why. I` M Using The 12.10 I Installed Some Notifcations And Tried To Move The Notification Applets Actually The Theme I`m Using Is Ambience-Dark Some ...
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Critically Low Battery Notification not showing in Ubuntu 14.04.1

Ubuntu is not showing the notification if there is a critically low battery. I already tried this reinstalling libnotify-bin notify-osd, but that didn't help. I am using a dell Inspiron 15 3537 ...
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Old-style notifications in 18.04

I'm using Gnome 3 in 18.04 LTS and I want to have the notifications the way they were before, I mean the bubble fading when hovered. Is there a way to set them back?
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Brightness keys not working and volume keys responds very slow

I am running Ubuntu 17.04 on a Dell XPS 15 (9560) and it's been working well for over a month. A few days ago I suddenly started having issues with the Fn-shortcuts for brightness and volume. ...
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How can I get a notification for finished processes inside a graphical user interface?

Example: Seeking solution: I would like to receive a notification of any kind, once this process has finished without me having to periodically switch to the window and check if the process has ...
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Send all notifyOSD messages to another ubuntu on the network

I want an ubuntu to send a copy of all its notifyOSD messages to another ubuntu on the network. Preferably with a little "addition" to the title that specifies the host name of the ubuntu that ...
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sudo -u username notify-send stuck

here is my code: roroco@roroco ~/Dropbox/rbs/ro_wemedia $ time sudo -u root notify-send 'prpr' real 0m0.033s user 0m0.008s sys 0m0.012s roroco@roroco ~/Dropbox/rbs/ro_wemedia $ time sudo -u ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 disable notification bubbles (for pulseaudio)

Regarding this topic, respectively this bug: Is there actually a workaround to fix it. It annoyed me for quite some time now and at this point I don't even care, if I had to disable the ...
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Firefox doesn't play sounds in Slack desktop notifications

I'm not getting sounds in desktop notifications, specifically for Slack. I've experienced this on multiple hardware. I ensured I have Notify-OSD installed and have enable desktop notifications in ...
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How to reply to from popup Pidgin notification message itself in unity?

I want to reply to IM notification of pidgin popup in unity desktop, rather than opening a new window of concern IM. It would be much better to rply from popup notification message itself of piding. ...
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quantal: suddenly, notify-osd doesn't show bubbles

using quantal and don't see notify bubbles anymore on my desktop. Using the command notify-send, I see that if i do in the terminal notify-send -u critical Test Test, i see the bubble showing up. But ...
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