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Offline SamK

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Flnotify Fails to Produce On-Screen Display
« on: January 16, 2013, 06:01:18 AM »
TC v4.7.3
Flnotify v0.8.1

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flnotify "say hi"A notification area is not shown although the default 5 second countdown occurs.

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Re: Flnotify Fails to Produce On-Screen Display
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2013, 01:23:46 PM »
Can't reproduce, I see it fine on 4.7.3:
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Re: Flnotify Fails to Produce On-Screen Display
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2013, 09:08:16 AM »
Hi SamK
Does:
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ldd `which flnotify`report anything?

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Re: Flnotify Fails to Produce On-Screen Display
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2013, 10:15:06 AM »
Can't reproduce, I see it fine on 4.7.3:
The problem is present depending upon the WM used.

Booting in cloud mode via CorePlus-4.7.3.iso, downloading flnotify, issuing command
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flnotify -c "Hi There"produces the following results:

Success
FLWM Topside
JWM

Failure
Fluxbox
Hackedbox
ICEWM
Openbox

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Re: Flnotify Fails to Produce On-Screen Display
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2013, 03:28:59 PM »
For diagnostic purposes you could check what happens without a WM with something like:
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Xvesa :1 -screen 640x480x8 & flnotify -display :1 test
Needs to be run from a VT, not X
For shortscreens geometry may need adaption
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Re: Flnotify Fails to Produce On-Screen Display
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2013, 03:05:32 PM »
I gave flnotify some much needed updates. Please test the latest version, seems to work fine here on fluxbox.
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Re: Flnotify Fails to Produce On-Screen Display
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2013, 05:54:58 AM »
Please test the latest version...
Tested by booting in cloud mode via CorePlus-4.7.3.iso.  All WMs produced a notifcation as expected.  Thanks.

One issue is seen when downloading flnotify for each WM test.  Apps-->Status field consistently reports "flnotify Failed.".  Despite the message, the app successfully downloads and is able to be manually loaded.

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Re: Flnotify Fails to Produce On-Screen Display
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2013, 10:38:28 AM »
Thanks, that one should be ok now too.
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