Ubuntu
util-linux package

[wishlist] desktop notification support for wall

Bug #393553 reported by Dustin Kirkland 
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
libnotify (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned
util-linux (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

wall is an old, well-known unix utility for a system administrator to broadcast a message to users, on the command line.

It would be nice if messages posted to 'wall' were also displayed to desktop users via notify-osd.

I'm not entirely sure if it would be better for wall.c to link against and use libnotify, or if the notify-osd daemon should handle messages broadcast via wall. Either way, this would be a nice thing to have. I'll file against both packages for now.

:-Dustin

Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)
Changed in libnotify (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in util-linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Revision history for this message
ceg (ceg) wrote :

I second this,

and note that as different deamons exist already (notification-daemon, notify-osd) patching wall might be preferable.

summary: - [wishlist] notify-osd support for wall
+ [wishlist] desktop notification support for wall
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in libnotify (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in util-linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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