NotifyOSD slow with repetitive notifications

[Denis.K]

Binary package hint: notify-osd

When a notification appears one after another the OSD tends to lag and respond slowly.
For example when I increase volume (from my netbook's volume hotkey) and hold or repetitively press it, it will respond slowly.

It seems like a similar problem when numerous notifications (that aren't volume notifications) appear over top of each other and it waits for the older one to disappear first, then shows the newer one later.

Volume and other notifications should not appear as if they popped up one after another, but rather as if the OSD was one window with dynamic text (and icons,etc) that change in real time, as notifications occur, and not wait for the older ones to disappear.

(Also, ideally, clicking a notifcation should take you to the program it came from, and/or close the OSD pop up {but this isn't really a bug so i'll go post it on brainstorm as well} )

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Dec 17 01:58:42 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
GtkTheme: Inverted
IconTheme: elementary_2.2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1005HA
Package: notify-osd 0.9.24-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=UUID=0e4e4399-5b80-4763-8f60-a87a999551e6 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: notify-osd
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
WindowManager: compiz
dmi.bios.date: 09/23/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0905
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 1005HA
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.version: x.x
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0905:bd09/23/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1005HA:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1005HA:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
dmi.product.name: 1005HA
dmi.product.version: x.x
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.

[Francisco Villalobos (belhor)]

I have a similar problem, when a notify appears my rendering & cursor becomes slow.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Vanessa Lee (vanessax)]

I think this problem is either related to or compounded by another issue about timeouts that is unresolved, there is a long standing bug #390508 discussed here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify-osd/+bug/390508