Linux Lite Forums

Software - Support => Other => Topic started by: Rico Heart on July 21, 2015, 04:37:58 AM

Title: [SOLVED] After installing a window manager, notifications not appearing properly
Post by: Rico Heart on July 21, 2015, 04:37:58 AM

Hello,

I don't know how it happened, but instead of the default notifications I have a text only notification in the top left corner with blue background and light blue text. It stays on screen for cca. 10 seconds, regardless of the setting in Settings > Notifications > Disappear After [5] seconds; it's position is also unaffected by this settings screen. Changing the theme here had no effect.
It's length is cropped at around the third screen width.

In trying to fix this I've reinstalled xfce4-notifyd and rebooted, but that did not help.
I've noticed that it does not appear in Settings > Session and Startup > Application Autostart, but that might not have anything to do with it, as starting applications is handled at many different stages by many different systems.

Any advice?

EDIT: I understand that Linux Lite is not configured to install other WMs.

Title: Re: [SOLVED] After installing a window manager, notifications not appearing properly
Post by: shaggytwodope on July 21, 2015, 05:40:04 AM

Could you run a system report, located in Menu>System>Create System Report and share the generated file with us.

Title: Re: [SOLVED] After installing a window manager, notifications not appearing properly
Post by: Rico Heart on July 21, 2015, 06:21:52 AM

Hey shaggy :)

I've attached the system report.

[attachment deleted by admin, expired]

Title: Re: [SOLVED] After installing a window manager, notifications not appearing properly
Post by: shaggytwodope on July 21, 2015, 06:25:23 AM

Nothing here is wrong, in fact you might not be aware. You installed a program called dunst. This has taken over the roll of the normal notifcation tool.

Check out this post here, http://askubuntu.com/questions/371020/notify-osd-notifications-appear-unthemed-in-top-left-corner

Basicly you need to remove dunst (OR you can google on how to configure it so it looks a bit different)

Title: Re: [SOLVED] After installing a window manager, notifications not appearing properly
Post by: Rico Heart on July 21, 2015, 06:38:05 AM

AHA!

I've installed i3 window manager, and that brought dunst with it! Thanks for spotting that shaggy!

In other distros when installing i3, it's notify app does not take over, but is confined to the i3 session. The XFCE session keeps using the original.

I could not use i3 because the login screen does not have a session menu like in Xubuntu or LXLE.
(Session and Startup > General > Session Chooser ticked brings up a menu with just the XFCE session.)

For the time being I'll remove i3 with stuff it brought with itself.


Could this be a bug of Linux Lite's session management?

Title: Re: [SOLVED] After installing a window manager, notifications not appearing properly
Post by: Jerry on July 21, 2015, 06:50:14 AM

Rico, Linux Lite is aimed at new people to Linux, and whilst I acknowledge the beauty of linux is that it allows you to modify your system at will, LL is a heavily modified system. See our stance in the Help Manual under Software, Changing Desktop Environments.

Title: Re: [SOLVED] After installing a window manager, notifications not appearing properly
Post by: Rico Heart on July 21, 2015, 06:58:06 AM

Understood, Boss! :)


- - - by the way - - -

The manual is awesome!

The info in the "Packages that have been kept back" section was something I was not clear about, thanks!

Title: Re: [SOLVED] After installing a window manager, notifications not appearing properly
Post by: esyede on January 12, 2018, 06:55:01 PM

Quote from: shaggytwodope on July 21, 2015, 06:25:23 AM

Nothing here is wrong, in fact you might not be aware. You installed a program called dunst. This has taken over the roll of the normal notifcation tool.

Check out this post here, http://askubuntu.com/questions/371020/notify-osd-notifications-appear-unthemed-in-top-left-corner

Basicly you need to remove dunst (OR you can google on how to configure it so it looks a bit different)

It works on my Linux Lite 3.6
Thank you!