notify-send: cannot show popup under root
Bug #160598 reported by
Viktor Kazakov
This bug affects 5 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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libnotify (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: libnotify-bin
:~$ sudo notify-send "Hello"
libnotify-Message: Unable to get session bus: 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.
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you shouldn't launch this command with sudo, since it won't have access to dbus.