Public bug reported: This Xubuntu installation is just a few days old and the daemon apparently worked on the machine (notifications were shown on screen) when booted from the installation medium. After the permanent installation and update i got no notifications on screen. When I open Settings, it shows the following message: "The notification service is not running. No notifications will be shown."
I tried querying systemd about it and got the following: ...% systemctl --user status xfce4-notifyd ● xfce4-notifyd.service - XFCE notifications service Loaded: error (Reason: Unit xfce4-notifyd.service failed to load properly: File exists.) Active: inactive (dead) May 21 17:15:21 arny-HP-ProBook-650-G1 systemd[2076]: xfce4-notifyd.service: Two services allocated for the same bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications, refusing operation. May 21 17:15:32 arny-HP-ProBook-650-G1 systemd[2076]: xfce4-notifyd.service: Two services allocated for the same bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications, refusing operation. May 21 17:15:32 arny-HP-ProBook-650-G1 systemd[2076]: xfce4-notifyd.service: Two services allocated for the same bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications, refusing operation. May 21 17:17:01 arny-HP-ProBook-650-G1 systemd[2076]: xfce4-notifyd.service: Two services allocated for the same bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications, refusing operation. May 21 17:17:01 arny-HP-ProBook-650-G1 systemd[2076]: xfce4-notifyd.service: Two services allocated for the same bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications, refusing operation. May 21 17:17:01 arny-HP-ProBook-650-G1 systemd[2076]: xfce4-notifyd.service: Two services allocated for the same bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications, refusing operation. May 21 17:25:34 arny-HP-ProBook-650-G1 systemd[2076]: xfce4-notifyd.service: Two services allocated for the same bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications, refusing operation. May 21 17:41:38 arny-HP-ProBook-650-G1 systemd[2076]: xfce4-notifyd.service: Two services allocated for the same bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications, refusing operation. May 21 17:41:50 arny-HP-ProBook-650-G1 systemd[2076]: xfce4-notifyd.service: Two services allocated for the same bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications, refusing operation. May 21 17:42:29 arny-HP-ProBook-650-G1 systemd[2076]: xfce4-notifyd.service: Two services allocated for the same bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications, refusing operation. ...% ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: xfce4-notifyd 0.4.4-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-31.35-generic 5.4.34 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-31-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu May 21 17:45:11 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-18 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) SourcePackage: xfce4-notifyd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: xfce4-notifyd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1879985 Title: Xfce notification daemon doesn't start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-notifyd/+bug/1879985/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs