Questions[libnotify](ubuntu)

I'll receive a wall broadcast message like this in my terminal:

Broadcast message from rick@dell (somewhere) (Tue Jun 23 19:21:32 2020):       
                                                                               
If no activity, shutdown in: 15 minute(s).

Can a job be running on my machine that watches my terminal screen for messages like this and issue a desktop popup bubble message with libnotify send?

The message may have already scrolled off the screen if a batch job is running.

I know I can install ssh server on my local machine and the server/remote host can issue libnotify sends instead of wall broadcasts but that isn't my first choice. I also know I can use nc (netcast) but that is less appealing.

I installed pidgin when I upgraded to ubuntu 20.04, and realized immediately that notifications were not working properly and I could not close the buddy list without also closing the chat window.

When I went to check on the libnotify plugin, I realized it was no longer on the list, how can I add it again? I can't seem to find a download link to the standalone plugin anywhere.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but shouldn't the commands (run separately)

notify-send -t 1 "test"
notify-send -t 1000 "test"
notify-send -t 10000 "test"

have different timeouts? The first being nearly instantaneous, the second taking 1 sec and the third 10 seconds? In all cases it seems to take about six seconds for me.

Is there a way around this behaviour? As the developers label this as a "feature" instead of a bug, I would like some alternatives.

I am trying to use notify-send, but it doesn't display.

I am reasonably sure I have the correct packages installed, but I am not expert in configuring the notification settings.

I know I have some sort of notification package working - I get notifications from Pidgin (sporadically).

What is the correct configuration for notify-send to operate correctly?

• I have libnotify-bin installed

• I have the notification-daemon installed

Is there a way to change how long the libnotify notifications last? I've googled around for this for months and no still no luck.

I'm actually starting to think that you can't change it. I can't even find anywhere in the API where developers can control this.