Description of problem: The command notify-send TestTitle TestText hangs and does not display any notification dialog box, as it should. wmudmount, The utility to notify user and mount USB keys, hangs at each event trying to display a notification box with following error msg: (wmudmount:5857): libnotify-WARNING **: Failed to connect to proxy Workaround: Although I could not find the origin of the bug, I fixed the problem by launching manually a notification daemon (from mate). I added the following lines to my ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart : # If notification daemon, is not started, do it [ -z "$(pidof mate-notification-daemon)" ] && (/usr/libexec/mate-notification-daemon &) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Mageia 6 + most recent RPM updates at the date of testing uname -a : Linux mymachine 4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6 #1 SMP Sat Aug 18 14:50:29 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 rpm -q -a | grep windowmaker : task-windowmaker-1-7.mga6 windowmaker-theme-mageia-0.2-9.mga6 default-windowmaker-desktop-0.95.8-1.mga6 mageia-windowmaker-desktop-0.95.8-1.mga6 windowmaker-0.95.8-1.mga6 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. login with windowmaker 2. open a terminal 3. issue the command "notify-send TestTitle TestText" in a terminal, it does not display any notification and hangs.
@ Chris I'm not sure you're the right person to assign this report to, but you're the registered maintainer of windowmaker and you'll surely do the right thing with this report :-)
Assignee: bugsquad => eatdirtCC: (none) => marja11
Yes, I'll have a look if there is really a problem or if this is a feature. These small window managers are targeted to be light, a minimal amount of services and daemon is automatically started. That indeed requires users to set-up specific configurations.
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Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => OLDCC: (none) => ouaurelien