notify-osd won't start (notify-osd:15956): GConf-CRITICAL error

[Delilah]

Binary package hint: notify-osd

I'm Using Fedora 10 - Gnome 2.24.3

here is my point :

I get the sources :

bzr branch lp:notify-osd
cd notify-osd
./autogen.sh
make

everything is OK but when i tried to start the program i get those errors

(notify-osd:15956): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_get_float: assertion `err == NULL || *err == NULL' failed
Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
** (notify-osd:15956): WARNING **: Could not register instance

(notify-osd:15956): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_notify_remove: assertion `client->listeners != NULL' failed

(notify-osd:15956): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_notify_remove: assertion `client->listeners != NULL' failed

(notify-osd:15956): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_notify_remove: assertion `client->listeners != NULL' failed

(notify-osd:15956): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_notify_remove: assertion `client->listeners != NULL' failed

(notify-osd:15956): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_notify_remove: assertion `client->listeners != NULL' failed

(notify-osd:15956): GConf-WARNING **: Directory `/desktop/gnome/interface' was not being monitored by GConfClient 0x818c190

(notify-osd:15956): GConf-WARNING **: Directory `/desktop/gnome/font_rendering' was not being monitored by GConfClient 0x818c190

I tried to deactivate SElinux but no effects

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

This shouldn't be assigned to notify-osd in Ubuntu, as you're using Fedora. re-assigning to the correct project.

[Delilah (fleurdesang07)]

Thanks how can i do that?

[Mirco Müller (macslow)]

Well, do I need to install Fedora to debug that? ;-) Jokes aside... I'll get to the bottom of this. From the first look at it, it looks like a simple fix.

[Delilah (fleurdesang07)]

Thanks :D any idea on the error what is the problem with notify-osd?

[Xiaofan Chen (xiaofanc)]

Seems to work here with the latest checkout. But there is a lot of warning for the test.

(Note: Fedora installation got the same host name my Ubuntu 8.10)
[mcuee@ubuntu810 src]$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: :core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:desktop-3.1-ia32:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-ia32:desktop-3.2-noarch
Distributor ID: Fedora
Description: Fedora release 10 (Cambridge)
Release: 10
Codename: Cambridge

[mcuee@ubuntu810 src]$ ./notify-osd &
[1] 30527
[mcuee@ubuntu810 src]$
(notify-osd:30527): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: value "0" of type `gint' is invalid or out of range for property `pixels-per-em' of type `gint'

[mcuee@ubuntu810 src]$ ./send-test-notification.sh

(notify-osd:30527): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

** (notify-osd:30527): WARNING **: loading icon 'dialog-info' caused error: 'Icon 'dialog-info' not present in theme'
** (notify-osd:30527): DEBUG: [2009-04-09T23:26:37-00:00, notify-send, id:0, icon:dialog-info] Take note
The next example will test the icon-only layout-case

(notify-osd:30527): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: The name org.gnome.ScreenSaver was not provided by any .service files
** (notify-osd:30527): DEBUG: selecting monitor 0 at (0,0) - 1280x1024
** (notify-osd:30527): DEBUG: no panel detetected; using workarea fallback
** (notify-osd:30527): DEBUG: top corner at: 1039, -1
** (notify-osd:30527): DEBUG: [2009-04-09T23:26:39-00:00, notify-send, id:0, icon:notification-device-eject]

** (notify-osd:30527): DEBUG: [2009-04-09T23:26:41-00:00, notify-send, id:0, icon:notification-network-wireless-medium] WiFi signal found

(notify-osd:30527): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: The name org.gnome.ScreenSaver was not provided by any .service files
** (notify-osd:30527): DEBUG: selecting monitor 0 at (0,0) - 1280x1024
** (notify-osd:30527): DEBUG: no panel detetected; using workarea fallback ...

[Xiaofan Chen (xiaofanc)]

I was running KDE in the previous report. Under Gnome it is similar but slightly less warnings.

[mcuee@ubuntu810 src]$ ./notify-osd &
[1] 31542
[mcuee@ubuntu810 src]$
(notify-osd:31542): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: value "0" of type `gint' is invalid or out of range for property `pixels-per-em' of type `gint'

[mcuee@ubuntu810 src]$ ./send-test-notification.sh

(notify-osd:31542): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

** (notify-osd:31542): WARNING **: loading icon 'dialog-info' caused error: 'Icon 'dialog-info' not present in theme'
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: [2009-04-09T23:47:11-00:00, notify-send, id:0, icon:dialog-info] Take note
The next example will test the icon-only layout-case

** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: found panel (0,0) - 1280x25 on monitor 0
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: selecting monitor 0 at (0,0) - 1280x1024
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: top corner at: 1039, 24
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: [2009-04-09T23:47:13-00:00, notify-send, id:0, icon:notification-device-eject]

** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: [2009-04-09T23:47:15-00:00, notify-send, id:0, icon:notification-network-wireless-medium] WiFi signal found

** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: found panel (0,0) - 1280x25 on monitor 0
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: selecting monitor 0 at (0,0) - 1280x1024
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: top corner at: 1039, 24
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: [2009-04-09T23:47:18-00:00, notify-send, id:0, icon:notification-network-wireless-disconnected] WiFi signal lost

** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: [2009-04-09T23:47:20-00:00, notify-send, id:0, icon:notification-audio-volume-medium (synchronous)]

** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: found panel (0,0) - 1280x25 on monitor 0
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: selecting monitor 0 at (0,0) - 1280x1024
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: top corner at: 1039, 24
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: found panel (0,0) - 1280x25 on monitor 0
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: selecting monitor 0 at (0,0) - 1280x1024
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: top corner at: 1039, 24
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: [2009-04-09T23:47:22-00:00, notify-send, id:0, icon:notification-audio-volume-low (synchronous)]

** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: found panel (0,0) - 1280x25 on monitor 0
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: selecting monitor 0 at (0,0) - 1280x1024
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: top corner at: 1039, 24
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: [2009-04-09T23:47:24-00:00, notify-send, id:0, icon:notification-display-brightness-high (synchronous)]

** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: found panel (0,0) - 1280x25 on monitor 0
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: selecting monitor 0 at (0,0) - 1280x1024
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: top corner at: 1039, 24
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: [2009-04-09T23:47:26-00:00, notify-send, id:0, icon:notification-keyboard-brightness-medium (synchronous)]

** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: found panel (0,0) - 1280x25 on monitor 0
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: selecting monitor 0 at (0,0) - 1280x1024
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: top corner at: 1039, 24
** (notify-osd:31542): DEBUG: [2009-04-09T23:47:28-00:00, notify-send, id:0, icon:] Testing markup
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[Roxalyne (fleurdesang290786)]

The problem still there lots of warning but in version 0.9.9 I can make it correctly and run the test which worked. But when I hit a button to increase the sound the old system notification show that notification not notify-osd notification

[Delilah (fleurdesang07)]

Great news! Just tested 0.9.12 version on fedora 11 preview release and it works great but two things are still buggy :

-Size of the notification

http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=090501121946940708.png

- Sound notification doesn't work

http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=090501122107891858.png

Best Regards,

Delilah

[Steve Dodier-Lazaro (sidi)]

For sound notifications, we have a patch in gnome-settings-daemon. I suppose it would work under Fedora if the patch was ported (or, even better, included upstream).

[Delilah (fleurdesang07)]

Thanks, a patch? where can I find these patch?

I can test it and have a look just tell me what to do.

Best regards,

Delilah

[Mirco Müller (macslow)]

Delilah, if you grab gnome-settings-daemon (under ubuntu using "apt-get source gnome-settings-daemon") you'll find the patch under ./gnome-settings-daemon-2.28.0/debian/patches/16_use_synchronous_notifications.patch

[Ron_ (ronald-liebman)]

@Mirco,

I'm running Karmic. Following your instructions in #12, I got the patch. At the terminal, I issued the command patch -p2 < 16_use-synchronous_notifications.patch from ~/gnome-settings-daemon-2.28.1/debian/patches>. The command failed because it didn't know which file to patch.

My greater concern is that I don't want to screw up my other sound settings. (My webcam microphone required a patch of its own.) I don't see gnome-settings-daemon-2.28 anywhere else on my system. It is all gnome-settings-daemon-2.0.

Have you any advice?

[Mirco Müller (macslow)]

@Ron: You should not need to patch your system, if you're already under Ubuntu Karmic. The hint regarding the patch location was for Deliah, who tried to get synchronous notifications for mm-keys working under Fedora.