I'm currently playing around with notifications, and I'm trying to "keep" notifications displayed above the screensaver, so that I can see if I've got new mail or an IM from afar, without having to unlock my pc.
Basically the opposite problem to these:
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#popup-windows
http://www.google.com/search?q=notifications+over+screensaver+ubuntu
I'm using a command similar to the following, to display messages with an infinite timeout:
Code:
Currently notifications get displayed temporarily "above" the xscreensaver, but eventually xscreensaver will "raise" itself above the notification (e.g. after a minute or two).
Here are my options, as I see it currently:
1) Download the xscreensaver's source code, modify it to prevent it raising itself above the notifications, build and install it (painful... I've managed to build it from the source, but I don't know what I should be modifying.)
2) Write my own custom screensaver (not really path I want to take, when I already have a notification and screensaver framework).
Are there any other (easier) options I've missed? Can anyone help?
(There's an argument that nothing should be displayed over the top of screensavers... )
Some context:
Ubuntu 11.04
Unity
notification-daemon/natty uptodate 0.5.0-2ubuntu1 (better functionality than notify-osd - i.e. click to close, vertical stacking, customisation...)
xscreensaver/natty uptodate 5.12-0ubuntu3 (more customisable than gnome-screensaver).
See also:
The same question, posted on the ubuntu forums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11292893#post11292893
Traceback to a thread, on customising notify-osd notifications:
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/configurable-notifyosd-bubbles-for.html#dsq-comment-199829486
Another alternative to notification-daemon and notify-osd is avant-window-navigator
http://maketecheasier.com/2-ways-to-make-ubuntu-notification-more-user-friendly/2011/05/21
Unfortunately, this is the closest solution I've found to notifications whilst the screensaver is running (checkGmail lights up the scroll lock key on the keyboard).
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1564412
Basically the opposite problem to these:
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#popup-windows
http://www.google.com/search?q=notifications+over+screensaver+ubuntu
I'm using a command similar to the following, to display messages with an infinite timeout:
Code:
$ notify-send -t 0 -i info "You've got mail" "mailbox (123)"
Currently notifications get displayed temporarily "above" the xscreensaver, but eventually xscreensaver will "raise" itself above the notification (e.g. after a minute or two).
Here are my options, as I see it currently:
1) Download the xscreensaver's source code, modify it to prevent it raising itself above the notifications, build and install it (painful... I've managed to build it from the source, but I don't know what I should be modifying.)
2) Write my own custom screensaver (not really path I want to take, when I already have a notification and screensaver framework).
Are there any other (easier) options I've missed? Can anyone help?
(There's an argument that nothing should be displayed over the top of screensavers... )
Some context:
Ubuntu 11.04
Unity
notification-daemon/natty uptodate 0.5.0-2ubuntu1 (better functionality than notify-osd - i.e. click to close, vertical stacking, customisation...)
xscreensaver/natty uptodate 5.12-0ubuntu3 (more customisable than gnome-screensaver).
See also:
The same question, posted on the ubuntu forums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11292893#post11292893
Traceback to a thread, on customising notify-osd notifications:
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/configurable-notifyosd-bubbles-for.html#dsq-comment-199829486
Another alternative to notification-daemon and notify-osd is avant-window-navigator
http://maketecheasier.com/2-ways-to-make-ubuntu-notification-more-user-friendly/2011/05/21
Unfortunately, this is the closest solution I've found to notifications whilst the screensaver is running (checkGmail lights up the scroll lock key on the keyboard).
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1564412
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