Icewm works better with notification-daemon

[dannysfather3]

IceWM hangs and won't shut down if notify-osd is running.

Icewm works Great with notification-daemon and saves maybe 20 megs of ram.

Synaptic won't upgrade packages unless notification-daemon is removed and notify-osd is installed.

IceWM 1.3.7pre2-1pclos2010
synaptic 0.57.2
KDE 4.6.5
notification-daemon 0.4.0-3pclos2010
http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/pclinuxos/pclinuxos/apt/

[Neal ManBear]

Do you have notifyconf installed? This is the configuration tool for notify-osd.     

[dannysfather3]

no, it's not installed.

Will this allow me to use notification-daemon?

Or will this configure notify-osd so it doesn't hang all the time.  (obscure box with no content and no title on the screen)

[Neal ManBear]

no, it's not installed.

Will this allow me to use notification-daemon?

Or will this configure notify-osd so it doesn't hang all the time.  (obscure box with no content and no title on the screen)

     
It is the configuration tool for notify-osd, as I said in my previous post.     

[Hootiegibbon]

dannysfather3,

which command are you using in .icewm/preferences for shutdown?

and which iso have you installed IceWM onto ?

Jase

[dannysfather3]

Mr Hootiegibbon,

Sorry for the delay.

I'm using the the KDE login manager on shut down. I set IceWM as my default gui.
KDE is 4.6.5 PClinuxOS

I have these files in .IceWM
menu
preferences
startup
theme
toolbar

and the cursors folder

I'm using blackcat cursors, Kdraxx theme, and made my own toolbar. I put some wine shortcuts in /usr/bin.
I haven't messed with the preferences file.

Tell me what I should put for the "shut down with"


Should I be using something like this?
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=58094

Sometimes on the commandline I'll use "halt"

I'm not having shutdown problems with notification-daemon, but Synaptic doesn't like it.

[dannysfather3]

I did reinstall notify-osd along with notifyconf.
The only adjustment is how long the popup balloons stay up.
My base ram usage goes up to 120meg.

months ago I disabled all notifications in systemsettings, trying to eliminate the obscure window with no title that refuses to die.

I uninstalled notify-osd and the notifyconf and reinstalled the notification-daemon.
My base ram usage goes back down to 85meg.

I'd rather stay with notification-daemon or remove all notifications entirely.
It's my escape from notify-osd and alt-ctrl-backspace.

[dannysfather3]

maybe it doesn't matter, here's my .xsession-errors

localhost being added to access control list
s2u: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libnotify.so.1: undefined symbol: gtk_status_icon_get_geometry
icewm-session: using /home/mark/.icewm for private configuration files
Can't locate Gtk2/Notify.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/libDrakX /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.1/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/bin/net_applet line 23.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/net_applet line 23.
icewmbg: using /home/mark/.icewm for private configuration files
icewmtray: using /home/mark/.icewm for private configuration files
IceWM: using /home/mark/.icewm for private configuration files

I get the same Gtk2 error with notify-osd. . . . but with hanging on shutdown.

[Hootiegibbon]

To save having to log out and use the KDM shutdown locate and adjust the following lines in .icewm/preferences

#  Command to shutdown the system
ShutdownCommand="xterm -e poweroff"

#  Command to reboot the system
RebootCommand="xterm -e reboot"

Which will add shutdown and reboot command options to IceWM, if this does not work try something like

#  Command to shutdown the system
ShutdownCommand="xterm -e killall notify-osd && xterm -e poweroff"

#  Command to reboot the system
RebootCommand="xterm -e killall notify-osd && xterm -e reboot"

See if this allows you to shutdown

Jase
 

[dannysfather3]

Thanks Hootiegibbon

I've been using the taskbar commandline "shutdown now -h" and seems to shutdown properly.


It doesn't really address my original issue with Synaptic and notification-daemon.
I'll just reinstall the notification-daemon after upgrades and let it go.