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krgailey

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Registered: 2017-08-23

Posts: 13

Re: XFCE notifications won't start automatically.

Well not solved, but I've found a work around. (I think, time will tell)

You mentioned you were using a git version, so I installed xfce4-notifyd-git from AUR.  I started the service and it was still running after 30 minutes.

I added the command to start the service to my startup applications and so far everything is working fine.

krgailey

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Registered: 2017-08-23

Posts: 13

Re: XFCE notifications won't start automatically.

Day 2 and notifications working great.  I'm satisfied with the workaround.

sonycdr

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Registered: 2009-01-30

Posts: 130

Re: XFCE notifications won't start automatically.

For the record I'm on (X)Ubuntu 18.04 (original install: Ubuntu 12.04, added xfce-desktop and upgraded a few times...) and had the same issue: xfce4-notifyd doesn't start and programs that try to send notifications will hang for a few seconds.

This thread was very helpful and I solved it by adding a startup script to my user account using Xfce control panel with the command below:

    systemctl --user start xfce4-notifyd.service

It works but it still bugs me a little that it's a per-user solution.

If someone finds out the root cause of this issue or has more ideas on how to debug it (my journal entries say that the system tried to start the service but nothing happened afterwards), please come back and post here. I would like to fix my systemd globally without a reinstall.

Last edited by sonycdr (2019-04-16 13:43:25)

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: XFCE notifications won't start automatically.

Do you have an xfce4-notifyd.service file in /usr/lib/systemd/user? It should start up the instance for every user that logs in.

What version of xfce4-notifyd are you running?

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sonycdr

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Registered: 2009-01-30

Posts: 130

Re: XFCE notifications won't start automatically.

Do you have an xfce4-notifyd.service file in /usr/lib/systemd/user?

Yes, it's there. Its contents seem to be standard too. The installed version is 0.4.2ubuntu2 (bionic). Once started for my user it stays running fine (no 10-minute problem at least).

The following command returns nothing:

journalctl -b --user -u dbus.service | grep notifyd

What else could I check?

I moved from lightdm to gdm3 in the last upgrade by the way (ubuntu 16.04 -> 18.04). Gdm3 behaved somewhat better (but I can't remember how exactly). Maybe that's related somehow?

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: XFCE notifications won't start automatically.

The following command returns nothing:

journalctl -b --user -u dbus.service | grep notifyd

Which means that it isn't auto-starting.

I moved from lightdm to gdm3 in the last upgrade by the way (ubuntu 16.04 -> 18.04). Gdm3 behaved somewhat better (but I can't remember how exactly). Maybe that's related somehow?

Can you revert to lightdm as a test?

Can you also post back, on a fresh boot (to keep the log file smaller):

journalctl -b --user 

...let's see if there is anything in there that explains why it's not starting.

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sonycdr

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Registered: 2009-01-30

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Re: XFCE notifications won't start automatically.

Can you revert to lightdm as a test?

Yes, I've just tried it and the behavior is the same (other than a bunch of weird things)

Can you also post back, on a fresh boot (to keep the log file smaller):

journalctl -b --user

Even on a fresh boot it's a 800+ lines file. Are you sure it's OK to post it all here?

I'll post the parts I think will be most useful and if it's not enough I'll post the rest later. Please tell me if I omitted something useful

mai 05 04:41:55 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache.
mai 05 04:41:55 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent (ssh-agent emulation).
mai 05 04:41:55 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Starting D-Bus User Message Bus Socket.
mai 05 04:41:55 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (access for web browsers).
mai 05 04:41:55 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Listening on GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (restricted).
mai 05 04:41:55 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Listening on GnuPG network certificate management daemon.
mai 05 04:41:55 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Started Pending report trigger for Ubuntu Report.
mai 05 04:41:55 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Reached target Paths.
mai 05 04:41:55 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Reached target Timers.
mai 05 04:41:55 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Listening on D-Bus User Message Bus Socket.
mai 05 04:41:55 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Reached target Sockets.
mai 05 04:41:55 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Reached target Basic System.
mai 05 04:41:55 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Reached target Default.
mai 05 04:41:55 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Startup finished in 77ms.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) Log file renamed from "/var/log/Xorg.pid-2601.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.1.log"
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: X.Org X Server 1.19.6
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: Release Date: 2017-12-20
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: Build Operating System: Linux 4.4.0-138-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: Current Operating System: Linux Octahedron 4.15.0-48-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 3 08:28:49 UTC 2019 x86_64
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-48-generic root=UUID=15c44951-2c8d-4c57-b8ff-e46deebb7b4a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: Build Date: 25 October 2018  04:11:27PM
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: xorg-server 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.2 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         to make sure that you have the latest version.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Sun May  5 04:41:56 2019
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (**) |-->Screen "My Screen" (0)
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) No device specified for screen "My Screen".
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         Using the first device section listed.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (**) |   |-->Device "My Card"
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (**) |   |-->GPUDevice "My Card"
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) No monitor specified for screen "My Screen".
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         Using a default monitor configuration.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) Automatically adding devices
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) Automatically enabling devices
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         Entry deleted from font path.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         Entry deleted from font path.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         Entry deleted from font path.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         Entry deleted from font path.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         Entry deleted from font path.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) FontPath set to:
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         built-ins
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) Loader magic: 0x55bd0e4af020
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) Module ABI versions:
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         X.Org Video Driver: 23.0
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:         X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (++) using VT number 2
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) systemd-logind: took control of session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/_33
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/dri/card0 226:0 fd 13 paused 0
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (**) OutputClass "nvidia" ModulePath extended to "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:1380:1458:362d rev 162, Mem @ 0xe2000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xe0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) LoadModule: "glx"
... snip ...
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
... snip ...
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) LoadModule: "fb"
... snip ...
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
... snip ...
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
... snip ...
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GTX 750 Ti (GM107-A) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 2097152 kBytes
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 82.07.25.00.6b
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): CRT-0: disconnected
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): CRT-0: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: disconnected
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock

... I have two monitors and a TV plugged in. SAMSUNG, LG, Acer, blah, blah ...

mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) NVIDIA(0):     will be used as the requested mode.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (==) NVIDIA(0):
... snip ...
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: nvidia
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) RandR disabled
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) SELinux: Disabled on system
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) Initializing extension GLX
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) Indirect GLX disabled.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) LoadModule: "libinput"

... Many, many lines about all the input devices that are connected (wired keyboard/mouse, wireless keyboard/mouse etc.) ...

mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel Rear Mic (/dev/input/event14)

... Many lines about audio ports ...

mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device 2.4G Composite Devic (/dev/input/event2)
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (**) 2.4G Composite Devic: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"

... Many, many lines about all the input devices that are connected (wired keyboard/mouse, wireless keyboard/mouse etc.) ...

mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Started D-Bus User Message Bus.
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron dbus-daemon[2607]: [session uid=1000 pid=2607] AppArmor D-Bus mediation is enabled
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: rm: cannot remove '/var/log/prime-offload.log': Permission denied
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: rm: cannot remove '/var/log/prime-supported.log': Permission denied
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: /usr/bin/prime-supported: 38: /usr/bin/prime-supported: cannot create /var/log/prime-supported.log: Permission denied
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: /sbin/prime-offload: 30: /sbin/prime-offload: cannot create /var/log/prime-offload.log: Permission denied
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: /etc/gdm3/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: localuser:sonycdr being added to access control list
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DISPLAY=:1
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: localuser:sonycdr being added to access control list
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_MEASUREMENT=pt_BR.UTF-8
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_PAPER=pt_BR.UTF-8
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_MONETARY=pt_BR.UTF-8
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DISPLAY=:1
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK2_MODULES=overlay-scrollbar
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_CSD=0
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting USERNAME=sonycdr
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting MANDATORY_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/xubuntu.mandatory.path
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_NAME=pt_BR.UTF-8
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting USER=sonycdr
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DESKTOP_SESSION=xubuntu
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DEFAULTS_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/xubuntu.default.path
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PWD=/home/sonycdr
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting HOME=/home/sonycdr
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/xfce4:/usr/share/xubuntu:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop:/var/lib/snapd/desktop
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=xubuntu
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_ADDRESS=pt_BR.UTF-8
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_NUMERIC=pt_BR.UTF-8
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting CLUTTER_BACKEND=x11
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting WINDOWPATH=2
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SHELL=/bin/bash
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting IM_CONFIG_PHASE=1
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SHLVL=1
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt_PT:en
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_TELEPHONE=pt_BR.UTF-8
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GDMSESSION=xubuntu
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LOGNAME=sonycdr
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-xubuntu:/etc/xdg:/usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kf5-settings
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PATH=/home/sonycdr/.cargo/bin:/home/sonycdr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_IDENTIFICATION=pt_BR.UTF-8
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LD_PRELOAD=libgtk3-nocsd.so.0
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_TIME=pt_BR.UTF-8
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting _=/usr/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: /usr/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :1
mai 05 04:41:56 Octahedron xfce4-session[2752]: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron dbus-daemon[2607]: [session uid=1000 pid=2607] Activating via systemd: service name='org.a11y.Bus' unit='at-spi-dbus-bus.service' requested by ':1.6' (uid=1000 pid=2752 comm="xfce4-session " label="unconfined")
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Starting Accessibility services bus...
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron dbus-daemon[2607]: [session uid=1000 pid=2607] Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.Bus'
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Started Accessibility services bus.
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron at-spi-bus-launcher[2753]: dbus-daemon[2758]: Activating service name='org.a11y.atspi.Registry' requested by ':1.0' (uid=1000 pid=2752 comm="xfce4-session " label="unconfined")
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron at-spi-bus-launcher[2753]: dbus-daemon[2758]: Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.atspi.Registry'
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron at-spi-bus-launcher[2753]: SpiRegistry daemon is running with well-known name - org.a11y.atspi.Registry
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron dbus-daemon[2607]: [session uid=1000 pid=2607] Activating service name='org.xfce.Xfconf' requested by ':1.6' (uid=1000 pid=2752 comm="xfce4-session " label="unconfined")
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron dbus-daemon[2607]: [session uid=1000 pid=2607] Successfully activated service 'org.xfce.Xfconf'
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: xfce4-session: GNOME compatibility is enabled and gnome-keyring-daemon is found on the system. Skipping gpg/ssh-agent startup.
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron gnome-keyring-daemon[2595]: Gkm: using old keyring directory: /home/sonycdr/.gnome2/keyrings
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron gnome-keyring-daemon[2595]: Gkm: using old keyring directory: /home/sonycdr/.gnome2/keyrings
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron xfwm4[2772]: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): CRT-0: disconnected
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): CRT-0: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: disconnected
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): SAMSUNG (DFP-1): connected

... I have two monitors and a TV plugged in. SAMSUNG, LG, Acer, blah, blah ...

mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron Thunar[2773]: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron xfsettingsd[2776]: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron xfce4-panel[2775]: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron xfsettingsd[2778]: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): CRT-0: disconnected
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): CRT-0: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: disconnected
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): SAMSUNG (DFP-1): connected

... I have two monitors and a TV plugged in. SAMSUNG, LG, Acer, blah, blah ...

mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LG Electronics 23MP55 (DFP-2): connected
... snip ...
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Acer VA270H (DFP-3): connected
... snip ...
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DVI-D-0: nvidia-auto-select @1920x1080 +0+0 {ViewPortIn=1920x1080, ViewPortOut=1920x1080+0+0}, HDMI-1: nvidia-auto-select @1920x1080 +5760+0 {ViewPortIn=1920x1080, ViewPortOut=1920x1080+0+0}"

... I added the command above to my startup programs to avoid screen tearing. I guess my user session has started and my autostart commands are running at this point ...

mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron xfdesktop[2780]: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DVI-D-0: nvidia-auto-select @1920x1080 +0+0 {ViewPortIn=1920x1080, ViewPortOut=1920x1080+0+0}"
mai 05 04:41:57 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DVI-D-0: nvidia-auto-select @1920x1080 +0+0 {ViewPortIn=1920x1080, ViewPortOut=1920x1080+0+0}, HDMI-1: nvidia-auto-select @1920x1080 +0+0 {ViewPortIn=1920x1080, ViewPortOut=1920x1080+0+0}"

... I have two monitors and a TV plugged in. SAMSUNG, LG, Acer, blah, blah...

mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron dbus-daemon[2607]: [session uid=1000 pid=2607] Activating via systemd: service name='org.gtk.vfs.Daemon' unit='gvfs-daemon.service' requested by ':1.17' (uid=1000 pid=2775 comm="xfce4-panel --display :1.0 --sm-client-id 2c436cf5" label="unconfined")
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Starting Virtual filesystem service...
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): SAMSUNG (DFP-1): connected

... I have two monitors and a TV plugged in. SAMSUNG, LG, Acer, blah, blah...

mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron xfwm4[2772]: output size (1920x1080) and logical screen size (7680x2160) do not match

... I have two monitors and a TV plugged in. SAMSUNG, LG, Acer, blah, blah...

mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LG Electronics 23MP55 (DFP-2): 340.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Starting XFCE notifications service...

... I have two monitors and a TV plugged in. SAMSUNG, LG, Acer, blah, blah...

mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron xfce4-panel[2775]: Setting the pager rows returned false. Maybe the setting is not applied.
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron xfce4-volumed[2804]: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"

... I have two monitors and a TV plugged in. SAMSUNG, LG, Acer, blah, blah...

mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron xfsettingsd[2821]: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): SAMSUNG (DFP-1): connected
... snip ...
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LG Electronics 23MP55 (DFP-2): connected
... snip ...
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Acer VA270H (DFP-3): connected
... snip ...
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron dbus-daemon[2607]: [session uid=1000 pid=2607] Activating via systemd: service name='org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine' unit='zeitgeist.service' requested by ':1.22' (uid=1000 pid=2826 comm="zeitgeist-datahub " label="unconfined")
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Starting Zeitgeist activity log service...
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: Already created: OpenDocument Text.odt, OpenDocument Spreadsheet.ods, Plain Text.txt
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: Found template directory: '/home/sonycdr/Modelos'
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: 'OpenDocument Text.odt' already created
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: 'OpenDocument Spreadsheet.ods' already created
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: 'Plain Text.txt' already created
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron dbus-daemon[2607]: [session uid=1000 pid=2607] Activating via systemd: service name='org.gnome.zeitgeist.SimpleIndexer' unit='zeitgeist-fts.service' requested by ':1.23' (uid=1000 pid=2844 comm="/usr/bin/zeitgeist-daemon " label="unconfined")
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron dbus-daemon[2607]: [session uid=1000 pid=2607] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine'
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Started Zeitgeist activity log service.
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron zeitgeist-daemon[2844]: [07:41:58.403288 WARNING] zeitgeist-daemon.vala:127: Unable to parse version info!
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Starting Zeitgeist full-text search indexer...
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron dbus-daemon[2607]: [session uid=1000 pid=2607] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.thumbnails.Thumbnailer1' requested by ':1.19' (uid=1000 pid=2780 comm="xfdesktop --display :1.0 --sm-client-id 2e2748862-" label="unconfined")
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: Mounted /dev/sdb2 at /media/sonycdr/Partition3.
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron zeitgeist-daemon[2844]: [07:41:58.448793 WARNING] zeitgeist-daemon.vala:127: Unable to parse version info!
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron spice-vdagent[2858]: Cannot access vdagent virtio channel /dev/virtio-ports/com.redhat.spice.0
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: Warning:          Key <OUTP> not found in evdev+aliases(qwerty) keycodes
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:                   Symbols ignored

... The lines above repeat for several keycodes ...

mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]:                   Symbols ignored
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: Warning:          No symbols defined for <JPCM> (keycode 103)

... The lines above repeat for several keycodes ...

mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron zeitgeist-daemon[2844]: [07:41:58.473229 WARNING] zeitgeist-daemon.vala:127: Unable to parse version info!
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron zeitgeist-datah[2865]: zeitgeist-datahub.vala:227: Unable to get name "org.gnome.zeitgeist.datahub" on the bus!
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron panel-1-systray[2851]: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2599]: sh: 1: exec: jockey-gtk: not found
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron dbus-daemon[2607]: [session uid=1000 pid=2607] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.zeitgeist.SimpleIndexer'
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Started Zeitgeist full-text search indexer.
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron xfce4-volumed[2807]: Binding 'XF86AudioRaiseVolume' failed!
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron xfce4-volumed[2807]: Binding 'XF86AudioLowerVolume' failed!
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron panel-9-actions[2895]: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron xfce4-volumed[2807]: Binding 'XF86AudioMute' failed!
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Started XFCE notifications service.

... A hundred additional lines but now I guess we're well past the point where notifyd should have been started...

The last line probably refers to my user-specific startup command (that shouldn't be necessary).
The XF86Audio* lines may be related to some issues I had recently with my multimedia keys after the last upgrade... That's what gives me the feeling I need to reinstall everything (but I would love to understand what's going on).

ToZ

Administrator

From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: XFCE notifications won't start automatically.

mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Starting XFCE notifications service...
.....
mai 05 04:41:58 Octahedron systemd[2581]: Started XFCE notifications service.

So it is auto-starting. Can you please post the whole log file? There maybe something else there that is interesting.

Can we also see your xfce4-notifyd configuration settings?

xfconf-query -c xfce4-notifyd -lv

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sonycdr

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Registered: 2009-01-30

Posts: 130

Re: XFCE notifications won't start automatically.

It's starting because I added

systemctl --user start xfce4-notifyd.service

to my startup applications, that's my workaround in action. I'll disable that and post the results when I get home later today. I'll post my xfce4-notifyd settings too.

Thank you for your help!

EDIT: I've just found http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=12213 (a little bit late, I know). I have to try that solution and see if it works. I'm not well versed in systemd and dbus...

EDIT 2: In the end I opted to reinstall the whole system and didn't pursue this specific issue any further.

Last edited by sonycdr (2019-10-17 15:52:28)

MajorX234

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Registered: 2020-02-28

Posts: 1

Re: XFCE notifications won't start automatically.

Hi I've got a really similar problem as rayandrews and also the outputs of debuging commands give the same information.
I've found the problem in my case:

I've installed for testing reasons KDE. (Also on Archlinux) Even if I didn't use it, it spoiled the notification daemon startup.
In Archlinux the package plasma-workspace contains a servicefile: /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.kde.plasma.Notifications.service.
As mentioned here if both the XFCE4 notifyd service file and the KDE one are present it can lead the errors.
Especially that the XFCE4 notifyd do not autostart!
I de-installed  KDE packages (also moving the KDE org.kde.plasma.Notifications.service-file somewhere else helps)

Still I've got some questions: how is the autostart of the notifyd-service working how does dbus knows what to autostart? (or if one service is started why is it invoked)
Because maybe it is wanted to have 2 desktop environment installed (and normally one should not break the other)
Also I still don't understand the mechanism behind the start of whole XFCE4 as well, where is it written what to do when starting?

OT: many thx to this thread and in particular to ToZ - I do now understand much more of debugging these kind of issues and get known a lot of new tools

Last edited by MajorX234 (2020-02-28 22:06:26)

rayandrews

Member

From: Vancouver B.C. Canada

Registered: 2011-12-30

Posts: 213

Re: XFCE notifications won't start automatically.

Thanks Major, but no such file here.

mkkot

Member

Registered: 2017-11-07

Posts: 4

Re: XFCE notifications won't start automatically.

I can replicate the plasma file issue on my system. I created a bug report: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16690