Open madalu opened 1 year ago
An update: I tested this with xcompmgr and did not experience the same problem. So it seems to be picom specific and perhaps a bug there. Apologies for the noise.
I don't know if this is helpful but dunst notifications are flickering for me as well. There is also high cpu usage when it does flicker. I have noticed that the flicker and high cpu usage only seems to happen for me when there is a timeout of zero set ("dunstify --timeout=0" or "notify-send --expire-time=0"). I use Compton but whether or not it's running doesn't seem to matter.
Also, when I use "dunstctl history-pop" the notification will flicker, even if the original notification didn't. I'm guessing it sets a zero value for the timeout since the notification remains onscreen until manually dismissed?
Version: dunst 1.9.1
Install type: pkg
Window manager / Desktop environment: xmonad + compton
OS: FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6
I'm also experiencing occasional flickering on bspwm+picom too. I can't reproduce the issue with the steps OP provided, though. I've tried to observe when it flickers throughout a couple of weeks, but I still can't figure out any consistent condition that would trigger it.
I'm also experiencing flickering and high CPU utilization on Arch Linux with DWM + Picom.
I can reproduce with notify-send
and set-paused
and it happens consistently when I get browser notifications (emails, message, etc)
I believe this might be related to #1102, and possibly #1163, at least in my case. I've temporarily worked around the issue by using "dunstify --timeout=30000" or "notify-send --expire-time=30000" in my scripts and setting "idle_threshold = 0" in $HOME/.config/dunst/dunstrc for system generated notifications. This does mean notifications are automatically dismissed after 30 seconds in my scripts and whatever "timeout" is set to in critical/normal/low urgency sections in dunstrc, even when the PC is idle.
I still get high CPU usage and flickering when using "dunstctl history-pop", but I'm not using that when the PC is unattended, so less of a concern for the moment.
Could you try to see if the issue persists on the current dunst master with #1164 merged. If not, please provide a minimal dunstrc that still reproduces the issue
You might also try if #1158 fixes the issue
@fwsmit I've been running out of master all day and I can no longer reproduce the issue. Looks good, thanks.
Unfortunately, I'm still experiencing this even on master. I've managed to capture it on video:
Still no solid reproduction steps though, sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't.
Issue description
With the upgrade to
1.9.1
, I find that dunst notifications flicker occastionally. But they flicker repeatedly and reliably after pausing and unpausing. This behavior occurs on X11 when running a compositor (picom). It does not occur with1.9.0
. My guess is that it has to do with the recent patches substituting timestamps for time in seconds.Steps to reproduce:
notify-send "test"
)dunstctl set-paused true; sleep 5s; dunstctl set-paused false
)Installation info
dunst 1.9.1
package
dwm + picom
Arch Linux