notifications missing?

[Klaus Lichtenwalder]

Hi,

I could not find anything helpful on this issue, so forgive me if I try
here...

I have a fresh install of Fedora 15 based LXDE. Unfortunately,
notifications like wireless (dis)connect and notifications from other
applications that use this don't happen. Any way to remedy this?

Thanks
Klaus
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[Christoph Wickert]

Am Dienstag, den 07.06.2011, 21:15 +0200 schrieb Klaus Lichtenwalder:

>  I have a fresh install of Fedora 15 based LXDE. Unfortunately,
>  notifications like wireless (dis)connect and notifications from other
>  applications that use this don't happen. Any way to remedy this? 
Hi Klaus,

LXDE doesn't have a notification daemon of it's own but you have to
either use GNOME's notification-daemon or Xfce's xfce4-notifyd. Please
make sure either one of them is installed. I suggest to use the one from
GNOME because you probably already have some GNOME programs installed so
it's less dependencies than xfce4-notifyd.

Regards,
Christoph

P.S.: Please use the correct email address when posting to this list. ;)
You are subscribed, but not with this address.

[Klaus Lichtenwalder]

On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:37:59 +0200
Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert(a)googlemail.com&gt; wrote:

>  Am Dienstag, den 07.06.2011, 21:15 +0200 schrieb Klaus
> Lichtenwalder:
>  
>  > I have a fresh install of Fedora 15 based LXDE. Unfortunately,
>  > notifications like wireless (dis)connect and notifications from other
>  > applications that use this don't happen. Any way to remedy this?
>  
>  Hi Klaus,
>  
>  LXDE doesn't have a notification daemon of it's own but you have to
>  either use GNOME's notification-daemon or Xfce's xfce4-notifyd. Please
>  make sure either one of them is installed. I suggest to use the one from
>  GNOME because you probably already have some GNOME programs installed so
>  it's less dependencies than xfce4-notifyd. 
Yes, you're right. I do have gnome's notification-daemon on the system, but
unfortunately, when trying to send via notify-send, the daemon crashes with a bus error: 

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
0x0012f416 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x0012f416 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0x0024522f in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0x00246b65 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
#3  0x4a792ac4 in g_logv () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4  0x4a792b04 in g_log () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5  0x4a792d6e in g_return_if_fail_warning () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#6  0x4b697060 in gdk_visual_get_red_pixel_details ()
   from /usr/lib/libgdk-3.so.0
#7  0x4b51be2b in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-3.so.0
#8  0x4b51c231 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-3.so.0
#9  0x4a8986da in g_object_newv () from /lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#10 0x4a89914b in g_object_new_valist () from /lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#11 0x4a8993a0 in g_object_new () from /lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#12 0x4b51c947 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-3.so.0
#13 0x4b40f3bf in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-3.so.0
#14 0x4a8b7feb in g_type_create_instance () from /lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#15 0x4a8953bc in ?? () from /lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#16 0x4b40d9a0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-3.so.0
#17 0x4a898159 in g_object_newv () from /lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#18 0x4a89914b in g_object_new_valist () from /lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#19 0x4a8993a0 in g_object_new () from /lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#20 0x4b40f897 in gtk_status_icon_new_from_icon_name ()


notifcation-daemon itself states:
** (notification-daemon:1831): DEBUG: Adding id 1

Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_visual_get_red_pixel_details: assertion `GDK_IS_VISUAL (visual)'
failed
aborting...

This pointed me to https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/23720, which points
upstream:https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649588


So I'm probably going to Cc; me on these bugs. 

Thanks for your input, so I know I'm on the right track

>  
>  Regards,
>  Christoph
>  
>  P.S.: Please use the correct email address when posting to this list. ;)
>  You are subscribed, but not with this address.  
yeah, thanks, noticed it after the message for moderation approval... Too many possible
addresses, I guess ;-)

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[Christoph Wickert]

Am Mittwoch, den 08.06.2011, 17:57 +0200 schrieb Klaus Lichtenwalder:
>  On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:37:59 +0200
>  Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert(a)googlemail.com&gt; wrote:
>   
>  > LXDE doesn't have a notification daemon of it's own but you have to
>  > either use GNOME's notification-daemon or Xfce's xfce4-notifyd. Please
>  > make sure either one of them is installed. I suggest to use the one from
>  > GNOME because you probably already have some GNOME programs installed so
>  > it's less dependencies than xfce4-notifyd.
>  
>  Yes, you're right. I do have gnome's notification-daemon on the
>  system, but unfortunately, when trying to send via notify-send, the
>  daemon crashes with a bus error:  
Does it make you feel better if I tell you that xfce4-notifyd crashes,
too? ;)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706677
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7643

Regards,
Christoph