Ubuntu
indicator-datetime package

Can't shut the meeting alarm (notify-osd fallback buttons not working)

Bug #1283142 reported by Anmar Oueja
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indicator-datetime (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Charles Kerr
Trusty
Fix Released
High
Charles Kerr

Bug Description

I was surprised with this features. Suddenly, the system started beeping at him about a meeting and asked if I want to cancel, dismiss, ok , etc.

pressing OK or Cancel puts the UI away but doesn't shut the alarm sounds. This is extremely annoying. BTW where is the setting to turn off notification?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: indicator-datetime 13.10.0+14.04.20140219.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-11.31-generic 3.13.3
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Feb 21 12:01:18 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-17 (65 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20131217)
SourcePackage: indicator-datetime
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Related branches

lp:~charlesk/indicator-datetime/lp-1283142
PS Jenkins bot (community): Approve (continuous-integration)
Lars Karlitski (community): Approve
Sebastien Bacher: Needs Information
Diff: 111 lines (+68/-7)
1 file modified
src/snap.cpp (+68/-7)
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Anmar Oueja (anmar) wrote :
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
summary: - Can't shut the meeting alarm. EXTREMELY annoying
+ Can't shut the meeting alarm (notify-osd fallback buttons not working)
Changed in indicator-datetime (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Charles Kerr (charlesk)
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Confirmed
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Iain Lane (laney) wrote :

Yeah, I got this. It's quite scary. I'm not sure that having the ringing on by default (on desktop?) is the best idea.

Notifications for calendar events is a good idea though.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

+1 for "normal" notifications as well. If we have sound for those, on the desktop, I think need we need some sort of UI to be able to turn that off

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Charles Kerr (charlesk) wrote :

Laney, Seb, I agree... I think there's something fundamentally different from alerting on a phone and on the desktop.

The snap + audio is to let you know something's going on when your phone is in your pocket or on your bedside table... but on the desktop, where you're already looking at the screen, the sound is annoying and the popup dialog is unnecessary.

Until design gives more direction on this, I'm going to have datetime use bubble notifications w/o sound when it sees notify-osd is the notification server.

Charles Kerr (charlesk)
Changed in indicator-datetime (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package indicator-datetime - 13.10.0+14.04.20140227.1-0ubuntu1

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indicator-datetime (13.10.0+14.04.20140227.1-0ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=low

  [ Charles Kerr ]
  * When the notification engine is notify-osd, use bubble notifications
    instead of the phone's snap decisions. (LP: #1283142)
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:44:10 +0000

Changed in indicator-datetime (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

Sorry, what do you mean by "Until design gives more direction on this"? I thought the spec was pretty clear that alarms on the PC shouldn't use Notify OSD in the first place. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeAndDate#alarm> If they're now using notification bubbles, that's wrong too: if you happen to be in the bathroom when an alarm goes off, you'll miss it completely.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

We are probably not going to be able to implement the "alarm settings" from this spec before the LTS, displaying a dialog with an "OK" button seems fine though

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