Notifications indicator not updating in arch linux.

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Ayatana Indicator Notifications Service

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Notifications indicator not updating in arch linux. #37

Closed tempuSr12 closed 4 months ago

tempuSr12 commented 4 months ago

the notifications indicator is not updating to show a different icon nor is it appearing in the history. i used this aur to install it. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ayatana-indicator-notifications i already tried to reinstall the packages before but nothing changes. i even did a fresh install of arch linux in a vm with no prior configuration or anything, just stock arch with the full mate desktop environment and the same problem still occurs in that vm.

tari01 commented 4 months ago

Please verify that you have these (reboot after installation):

ayatana-ido
libayatana-indicator
libayatana-appindicator

If it still does not work, make sure you have added Indicator Applet Complete to the panel (reboot afterwards)
If still nothing, kill the running notification indicator and try launching it manually from the terminal:

/usr/lib/ayatana-indicator-notifications/ayatana-indicator-notifications-service

(The panel may reload)

Is there any suspicious output?

tempuSr12 commented 4 months ago

nope, no output at all but its running and the icon is there, its just that if a notification appears, it doesnt show up in the notifications history and the icon doesnt update to notify of a past notification. im using the command notify-send test and yet the notification is showing up, the notifications indicator isnt catching anything at all. this is working in ubuntu mate 24.04 but weirdly enough not working in my arch install and i recall vaguely that it didnt work in a fresh install of debian 12 bookworm either when i tried it there though im not too sure.

tari01 commented 4 months ago

Scratch-scratch...

I am running Manjaro with MATE here, so it's safe to say we more-or-less have the same packages. On my end it works, so does in a Debian Testing WM. I honestly can't figure out what could be blocking the notifications on your end...

tempuSr12 commented 4 months ago

maybe theres a modification, a step, or a crucial package thats simply missing on arch linux. i've also heard that manjaro is a bit behind arch in terms of package updates since they both use different package repositories. after all, its in the aur so its expected to be working properly on arch but for some reason, its not working for me. maybe try it on plain arch linux if you can and see if you get the same result.

tempuSr12 commented 4 months ago

yeah... i just installed manjaro in a vm and updated everything, i then used pamac to install the indicators and im still having that same issue.

tempuSr12 commented 4 months ago

https://github.com/AyatanaIndicators/ayatana-indicator-notifications/assets/166666317/052e8f18-be8a-4f0f-a045-4e2a3f33f778

https://github.com/AyatanaIndicators/ayatana-indicator-notifications/assets/166666317/184366e9-c40a-4bbb-8b6d-aafdd9cc6dc4

heres a comparison to show you what i really mean just to make it clear whats actually happening.

tari01 commented 4 months ago

Here's my test in VirtualBox: Current Manjaro MATE image, everything updated through Pamac and used Pamac to install ayatana-ido, libayatana-indicator, libayatana-appindicator, ayatana-indicator-notifications, and mate-indicator-applet.

Manjaro

tari01 commented 4 months ago

Ha! I think I got it. I bet you have installed dbus-broker-units instead of dbus-daemon-units?

tempuSr12 commented 4 months ago

yes, that was it and i didnt know why this was happening since this is the default for arch linux. i installed dbus-daemon-units and now the notifications are working as expected, maybe make this package a required dependency in the aur or fix the problem with dbus-broker-units? note that it kinda freezes everything for a short while once on first install so maybe do with caution.