Notify OSD

How can I suppress notifications for a while?

Asked by Philipp Wendler on 2010-05-16

Hello,

how can I suppress notifications for a while? For example when my notebook is connected to a beamer, I do not want these bubbles to appear.

I'm using Lucid and Gnome.

Thanks for your help,
Philipp

Question information

Language:
English Edit question
Status:
Solved
For:
Notify OSD Edit question
Assignee:
No assignee Edit question
Solved by:
Jan
Solved:
2010-06-02
Last query:
2010-06-02
Last reply:
2010-06-02
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : #1

This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.

Philipp Wendler (philw85) said : #2

Why is this question not answered?

Best Jan (jancborchardt-deactivatedaccount) said : #3

You could open a terminal (Applications → Accessories → Terminal) and type in:
sudo chmod -x /usr/lib/notify-osd/notify-osd && killall notify-osd

That will deactivate the service. Reactivate it by:
sudo chmod +x /usr/lib/notify-osd/notify-osd

If you want it to be deactivated for just the session (until you log out or turn the computer off), just typing this will suffice:
killall notify-osd

(Part of my solution from http://www.killertechtips.com/2009/04/26/disable-notifications-in-ubuntu-904-jaunty-jackalope/ )

Philipp Wendler (philw85) said : #4

Thanks. It's not beautiful but it's ok for me.

Is it planned that this will be better accessible in the future? I could for example imagine combining this with the power saving mode inhibition applet.

Greetings, Philipp

Jan (jancborchardt-deactivatedaccount) said : #5

You could create launchers for each command to make it easier (with »Application in Terminal« as type, for the password prompt).

On future plans:
It has already been reported, please see the linked bug.
You can also take part in the discussion and feedback about Notify-OSD at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotifyOSD/Comments