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maniat1k
Asked: 2011-12-17 10:25:19 +0800 CST

How can I make smaller pop-ups on Lubuntu?

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I want to see smaller pop-ups but where have I to go to configure this?

For example, when power manager pops up: I want a smaller notification

configuration

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  1. Best Answer

    Depending on the OS version, one may have to to replace the existing Lubuntu notify pop-up with the XFCE equivalent:

    XFCE Popup enter image description here

    Lubuntu Popup enter image description here

    It has a simple config GUI (xfce4-notifyd-config) - by default the notification size is smaller - similar to the Unity pop-ups.

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    Since all the desktop popups work with the same underlying libnotify - using the XFCE variant in Lubuntu is fully compatible.

    to install

    Install the XFCE Notify Pop-up if you don't see it in your list of installed software (dpkg --get-selections | grep "xfce4-notify"):

    sudo apt-get install xfce4-notifyd

    11.10 users

    It doesn't work with notify-osd if you have this also installed:

    sudo apt-get remove notify-osd

    Logout and login for the changes to take effect.

    12.04 users

    You need to remove notification-daemon as described using this Q&A:

    12.10 users

    Notification-daemon have been replaced for xfce4-notifyd on the default installation

    In other words, it's the default. You don't have to install or uninstall anything and the notifications are already smaller. But you can still do useful things such as choose

    • where the pop-ups appear
    • the duration pop-ups stay visible
    • their theme and
    • opacity

    Just press Alt+F2 to bring up the Run window (or click Run in the main menu), type xfce4-notifyd-config, and hit enter to get the GUI and make your choice.

    Alternatively, if you want to use the mouse, you'll have to do a bit of extra work to get xfce4-notifyd-config to appear as an option in Main Menu, Preferences:

    • copy over /usr/share/applications/xfce4-notifyd-config.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications
    • open the copied file with Nano (or any other text editor)
    • navigate to near the end of the file and look for the line OnlyShowIn=XFCE
    • edit that line to read OnlyShowIn=XFCE;LXDE
    • save the changes

    You should now see Notifications in Main Menu, Preferences. Clicking on that will bring up the GUI (that could be also accessed by typing xfce4-notifyd-config in a terminal or in the dialog box obtained by pressing Alt+F2).

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  2. Install notifyosdconfig

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install notifyosdconfig

    Full Tutorial: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/configurable-notifyosd-bubbles-for.html

    Screenshot

    From tutorial

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  3. By coincidence I discovered that notifyosdconfig works with xfce4-notifyd, but you have to remove notify-osd and the notification-daemon. FYI: I'm on Lubuntu 12.10

    Sorry: disregard my answer, turned out that it doesn't change the settings of xfce4-notifyd :-(

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