pynotify.set_timeout() ignores timeout

With this code the notification bubble is shown 10 seconds. The same with n.set_timeout(60000).

I had the same problem. set_timeout(60000), didn't work.
set_hint() also didn't work.
Tags html didn't work too, like <b>message</b>

I tried many things, and nothing.

Same here: set_timeout is ignored by pynotify...

... that is in Ubuntu lucid, 32bit...

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

2010 ... Didn't even remember this bug... Good luck getting it fixed :-/ I don't need it fixed anymore.

Mit freundlichem Gruß
Dominik Fischer

Am 04.03.2012 um 22:51 schrieb Launchpad Bug Tracker <email address hidden>:

> Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
>
> ** Changed in: notify-python (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663726
>
> Title:
> pynotify.set_timeout() ignores timeout
>
> Status in “notify-python” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> We have to display notifications longer than 10 seconds. But pynotify
> seems to ignore the timeout.
>
> Here's my sample code:
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
> # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
>
> import pynotify
> pynotify.init("Test")
> n = pynotify.Notification("Test", "<b>Test</b>")
> n.set_urgency(pynotify.URGENCY_NORMAL)
> n.set_timeout(5000) # 60 seconds
> n.show()
>
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Still not fixed as of 13.04! Please fix this!

AFAICT, Ubuntu and Debian have the latest upstream release.

http://www.galago-project.org/news/index.php

OTOH, it's not at all clear to me that this is still a viable project. According to the above page, notify-python 0.1.1 was released on October 08, 2006 and its bug tracker link is broken.

I'm going to mark this Launchpad bug as Won't Fix. I think there's little motivation and probably zero resources to fix this in Ubuntu only. OTOH, if someone comes up with a patch, please re-open the bug and I will review it.

you can set it to lower than ten seonds via NotifyOSD but not hicher, there's a hard cap somwhere else in ubuntu files.

Setting it lower than 10 seconds doesn't shorten the timeout either. But if you set it to 0 you get the info in a dialog box that persists until you dismiss it instead of a bubble that goes away in 10 seconds. (Currently running xenial.)

If you set it lower than 10 seconds it still remains onscreen for 10 seconds. Except if you set it to 0 it gives you a dialog box that remains onscreen until you dismiss it instead of the momentary notification. (Currently on xenial.)