Re: Gnome Popup Messages
Thanks for the response Dave. I'm having a problem where the popup message always displays: All updates are complete The window title is: Information I'll document the steps I took below: Logged in to client machine via ssh. sudo nano /usr/local/bin/popup #!/bin/sh # Popup message generator # Written by Dave Hall - http://davehall.com.au USER=`who | grep :0 | cut -d\ -f1` export DISPLAY=:0 export XAUTHORITY=/home/$USER/.Xauthority zenity --info text=$1 sudo chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/popup sudo popup 'Lorem Ipsum' So I am getting a popup message but it's not displaying the text I'm inputing. I don't want to move on to the next step (the centralised script) until I've sorted this out. Thanks. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Gnome Popup Messages
Changed the line so the file now reads: #!/bin/sh # Popup message generator # Written by Dave Hall - http://davehall.com.au USER=`who | grep :0 | cut -d\ -f1` export DISPLAY=:0 export XAUTHORITY=/home/$USER/.Xauthority zenity --info --title=Broadcast message --text=$1 Executing with: sudo popup 'lorem ipsum' and receiving the following error: export: 6: simon/.Xauthority: bad variable name do I need to somehow configure settings to do with Xauthority? Thanks. -- Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 21:48 +1100, Dave Hall wrote: On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 19:56 +1000, Simon Ives wrote: Thanks for the response Dave. I'm having a problem where the popup message always displays: All updates are complete The window title is: Information That is a weird default - keep reading for the (tested) solution :) I'll document the steps I took below: Logged in to client machine via ssh. sudo nano /usr/local/bin/popup #!/bin/sh # Popup message generator # Written by Dave Hall - http://davehall.com.au USER=`who | grep :0 | cut -d\ -f1` export DISPLAY=:0 export XAUTHORITY=/home/$USER/.Xauthority zenity --info text=$1 My bad - change this line to zenity --info --title=Broadcast message --text=$1 That way you get your message, and a nicer title. It should work better now :) Cheers Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Gnome Popup Messages
You could use the notify-send command (man notify-send) for this task as well, if you put it into the script instead of the zenity line: notify-send -t 5 Message from Simon Ives $1 This gives you one of the popup balloon messages, so it won't eat your clients' keypresses or interrupt their work, but it will remain on the screen for about 30 seconds. Increase the number if necessary, and add extra options if you want (such as -u critical for an eye-catching balloon, or -i important for an exclamation mark icon). -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
