Description of problem: No tray alert balloons when I receive private messages or highlighted messages. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xchat-2.8.2-8.fc7 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Go into Preferences dialog 2. Go to Chatting->Alerts 3. Check 'Private Message' and 'Highlighted Message' in the 'Show tray ballons on:' row. 4. Close dialog with OK and even try restarting Xchat Actual results: No alerts Expected results: balloons! (preferably shaped like a giraffe) Additional info: I'm guessing the alerts are implemented via libnotify and/or dbus. I have the below packaged installed: dbus-1.0.2-4.fc7 dbus-glib-devel-0.73-1.fc7 dbus-glib-0.73-1.fc7 dbus-python-0.80.2-3.fc7 dbus-devel-1.0.2-4.fc7 dbus-x11-1.0.2-4.fc7 libnotify-0.4.4-2.fc7 notify-python-0.1.0-4.fc7 pidgin-libnotify-0.12-7.fc7
Uh, I tried these and they worked here (even with the tray icon disabled, icon and baloons are apparently handled separately). Note that these (like all the other notifications you can enable) only show up when X-Chat is not the front window.
Uhm... Thinking of it, I tried these with the version I built myself outside of mock, it's possible that we're missing a BuildRequires. I'll check the build logs.
I just tested this with the official binary from updates now. I can't see any differences in the ldd output or in the build logs, but I redid the test anyway and it works for me (I get the tray balloons just fine). dbus-1.0.2-4.fc7 dbus-glib-0.73-1.fc7 libnotify-0.4.4-2.fc7 notification-daemon-0.3.7-2.fc7 Running KDE 3.5.6 (kdebase-3.5.6-12.fc7), though that shouldn't matter. Do you have notification-daemon running? (Try "pidof notification-daemon", that should output a number. If it outputs an empty string, you don't have it running.)
(In reply to comment #1) > Uh, I tried these and they worked here (even with the tray icon disabled, icon > and baloons are apparently handled separately). Note that these (like all the > other notifications you can enable) only show up when X-Chat is not the front > window. I wasn't aware of the focus issue. I have verified that it does indeed work when X-Chat doesn't have focus. Thank you.
But are they shaped like giraffes?
I will submit an RFE for libnotify to add support.