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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:21:01 +0000using gnome notification-daemon in i3https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1024/using-gnome-notification-daemon-in-i3/Hi! I have spent several hours trying different notification daemons with pop up windows in i3 and I haven't found any as aesthetically pleasing as the standard notification-daemon. I am able to get the daemon to run (/usr/libexec/notification-daemon) but when using notify-send the popups happen all over the screen, and in many cases off the screen (I can tell because I see about 15 or so pixels of the bubble popup). Any thoughts on why the results are so sporadic and how I can get this working in i3? Or do you suggest any good notification engines? P.s. I tried dunst and a hacky notify-osd...neither of which I liked. Thanks in advance! PatrickFri, 11 Jan 2013 22:48:56 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1024/using-gnome-notification-daemon-in-i3/Comment by MeanEYE for Hi! I have spent several hours trying different notification daemons with pop up windows in i3 and I haven't found any as aesthetically pleasing as the standard notification-daemon. I am able to get the daemon to run (/usr/libexec/notification-daemon) but when using notify-send the popups happen all over the screen, and in many cases off the screen (I can tell because I see about 15 or so pixels of the bubble popup). Any thoughts on why the results are so sporadic and how I can get this working in i3? Or do you suggest any good notification engines? P.s. I tried dunst and a hacky notify-osd...neither of which I liked. Thanks in advance! Patrick https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1024/using-gnome-notification-daemon-in-i3/?comment=1047#comment-1047@patrickshuff It might be something specific with your configuration. I've user notification-daemon for quite some time. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:52:51 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1024/using-gnome-notification-daemon-in-i3/?comment=1047#comment-1047Comment by Michael for Hi! I have spent several hours trying different notification daemons with pop up windows in i3 and I haven't found any as aesthetically pleasing as the standard notification-daemon. I am able to get the daemon to run (/usr/libexec/notification-daemon) but when using notify-send the popups happen all over the screen, and in many cases off the screen (I can tell because I see about 15 or so pixels of the bubble popup). Any thoughts on why the results are so sporadic and how I can get this working in i3? Or do you suggest any good notification engines? P.s. I tried dunst and a hacky notify-osd...neither of which I liked. Thanks in advance! Patrick https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1024/using-gnome-notification-daemon-in-i3/?comment=1039#comment-1039No definite solution, but I know of some people in the i3 IRC channel who are using notification-daemon without problems.Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:51:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1024/using-gnome-notification-daemon-in-i3/?comment=1039#comment-1039Comment by virtualeyes for Hi! I have spent several hours trying different notification daemons with pop up windows in i3 and I haven't found any as aesthetically pleasing as the standard notification-daemon. I am able to get the daemon to run (/usr/libexec/notification-daemon) but when using notify-send the popups happen all over the screen, and in many cases off the screen (I can tell because I see about 15 or so pixels of the bubble popup). Any thoughts on why the results are so sporadic and how I can get this working in i3? Or do you suggest any good notification engines? P.s. I tried dunst and a hacky notify-osd...neither of which I liked. Thanks in advance! Patrick https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1024/using-gnome-notification-daemon-in-i3/?comment=1368#comment-1368notification-daemon should work just fine out of the box -- the bigger question is, why bother with it when you have to manually click a tiny icon with your mouse to display recent events? Gnome-shell seems a requirement to attach a keybinding to toggle show-hide events menu.Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:30:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1024/using-gnome-notification-daemon-in-i3/?comment=1368#comment-1368Answer by sml for Hi! I have spent several hours trying different notification daemons with pop up windows in i3 and I haven't found any as aesthetically pleasing as the standard notification-daemon. I am able to get the daemon to run (/usr/libexec/notification-daemon) but when using notify-send the popups happen all over the screen, and in many cases off the screen (I can tell because I see about 15 or so pixels of the bubble popup). Any thoughts on why the results are so sporadic and how I can get this working in i3? Or do you suggest any good notification engines? P.s. I tried dunst and a hacky notify-osd...neither of which I liked. Thanks in advance! Patrick https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1024/using-gnome-notification-daemon-in-i3/?answer=4240#post-id-4240Try `xfce4-notifyd` (gtk2) or `mate-notification-daemon` (gtk3) - those are the Debian package names, but your distro should have them too. Both work well on i3 and provide the minimum features I need: * icon support * active monitor support (popup on the monitor you're working on, for multi-monitor setups) * configurable position to any corner of the screenMon, 14 Jul 2014 11:21:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1024/using-gnome-notification-daemon-in-i3/?answer=4240#post-id-4240