notify-osd is overriden by xfce4-notifyd in Unity

[Hugo Venhorst]

I upgraded from 12.04
I noticed ubuntu-settings wasn't installed
(no nautilus desktop, no alt-f2, no shutdown)
so i installed ubuntu-settings manually

still i see the wrong notify-ost style, see attached screenshots.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: notify-osd 0.9.34-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 20 19:06:00 2012
DesktopSession: 'ubuntu'
GtkTheme: 'Ambiance'
IconTheme: 'ubuntu-mono-dark'
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Acer Aspire 9300
MarkForUpload: True
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
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PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=b477abfb-191f-4f20-b02a-0686e36f2481 ro quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4
 libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1
 libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: notify-osd
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 05/15/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: V1.19
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[Jason Conti (jconti)]

The first screenshot looks like xfce4-notifyd to me. If you would prefer to use notify-osd I would remove that package, otherwise it can be a bit of a race for who gets control of desktop notifications first.

The second screenshot looks like gnome-settings-daemon, which will display brightness and volume popups like that if notify-osd is not running (since most notification daemons do not support that feature), so that should be fixed by removing xfce4-notifyd as well.

[Hugo Venhorst (yougo)]

Removing that package fixes it, thanks!

I did have gnome fallback and lubuntu-desktop installed from before the upgrade (don't know which brings in xfce4-notifyd?), and it wasn't a problem. I think the upgrade screwed that up.

[Hugo Venhorst (yougo)]

Installing lubuntu-desktop draws in xfce4-notifyd, which overrides notify-osd in lightdm and in unity session.

Removing xfce4-notifyd fixes that in unity session, but now lubuntu uses notify-osd as well.

Could they exist side by side, with clear definitions which session uses which?

[Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount)]

Not a bug.

[Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount)]

Related bug reports:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=640082
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7950