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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, 10 Nov 2014 21:26:11 +0000Which notification-tool is i3 using by default?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4062/which-notification-tool-is-i3-using-by-default/I was reinstalling i3wm, after playing around with other tiling WMs, through the ubuntu repository and when I started pidgin, I saw that i3 now obviously is using a notification bar when a blue bar with a "contact is online now"-message occured on top of the left side of my screen. What tool exactly is this and how do I configure it? :) Thanks a lot, jakeSun, 29 Jun 2014 12:12:36 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4062/which-notification-tool-is-i3-using-by-default/Answer by badboy_ for I was reinstalling i3wm, after playing around with other tiling WMs, through the ubuntu repository and when I started pidgin, I saw that i3 now obviously is using a notification bar when a blue bar with a "contact is online now"-message occured on top of the left side of my screen. What tool exactly is this and how do I configure it? :) Thanks a lot, jake https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4062/which-notification-tool-is-i3-using-by-default/?answer=4063#post-id-4063i3 is not responsible for notifications and does not provide a default either. What you saw is probably provided by your distribution by default or pidgin provides its own implementation.Sun, 29 Jun 2014 12:19:58 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4062/which-notification-tool-is-i3-using-by-default/?answer=4063#post-id-4063Comment by alecb for i3 is not responsible for notifications and does not provide a default either. What you saw is probably provided by your distribution by default or pidgin provides its own implementation. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4062/which-notification-tool-is-i3-using-by-default/?comment=4933#comment-4933FYI: on ubuntu installing i3 seems to be modifying the behavior of notify-osd so that notifications look different. I'm not sure how to get the normal ubuntu style notifications back. https://askubuntu.com/questions/544036/very-spartan-and-ugly-rendering-of-osd-notify-messagesMon, 10 Nov 2014 20:29:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4062/which-notification-tool-is-i3-using-by-default/?comment=4933#comment-4933Answer by alecb for I was reinstalling i3wm, after playing around with other tiling WMs, through the ubuntu repository and when I started pidgin, I saw that i3 now obviously is using a notification bar when a blue bar with a "contact is online now"-message occured on top of the left side of my screen. What tool exactly is this and how do I configure it? :) Thanks a lot, jake https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4062/which-notification-tool-is-i3-using-by-default/?answer=4934#post-id-4934It seems that the i3 package in ubuntu is installing dunst, which takes over for notifications from notify-osd.Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:26:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4062/which-notification-tool-is-i3-using-by-default/?answer=4934#post-id-4934Answer by mschaefer for I was reinstalling i3wm, after playing around with other tiling WMs, through the ubuntu repository and when I started pidgin, I saw that i3 now obviously is using a notification bar when a blue bar with a "contact is online now"-message occured on top of the left side of my screen. What tool exactly is this and how do I configure it? :) Thanks a lot, jake https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4062/which-notification-tool-is-i3-using-by-default/?answer=4065#post-id-4065badboy_ is right. Ubuntu based Systems use the command `notify-send` for desktop messages to be displayed. By default Ubuntu uses the `notify-osd` daemon to display the messages. It seems that `~/.notify-osd` is used for its configuration however I didn't find a link with a howto. You can use other notification daemons instead. I prefer [dunst](http://www.knopwob.org/dunst/) over it, but there are others, see [here](https://faq.i3wm.org/question/121/whats-a-good-notification-daemon-for-i3/). In order to run a different daemon I have the following lines in my i3 config: exec killall -q notify-osd exec --no-startup-id dunst -config ~/.i3/config_dunst This exchanges the daemons.Sun, 29 Jun 2014 13:44:18 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4062/which-notification-tool-is-i3-using-by-default/?answer=4065#post-id-4065