Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-11 Thread Kris Douglas
On 11/01/2008, Chris Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dave Walker wrote: > > Chris Smith wrote: > >> Joshua Scotton wrote: > >>> I was getting the same error message until I changed this part > >>> XAUTHORITY=~owner_of:0/.Xauthority; > >>> to > >>> XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority; > >>> > >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-10 Thread Chris Smith
Dave Walker wrote: > Chris Smith wrote: >> Joshua Scotton wrote: >>> I was getting the same error message until I changed this part >>> XAUTHORITY=~owner_of:0/.Xauthority; >>> to >>> XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority; >>> >>> where user was the username of the person logged on and using screen :0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-10 Thread Dave Walker
Chris Smith wrote: > Joshua Scotton wrote: >> I was getting the same error message until I changed this part >> XAUTHORITY=~owner_of:0/.Xauthority; >> to >> XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority; >> >> where user was the username of the person logged on and using screen :0 >> >> then it worked a trea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-10 Thread Chris Smith
Joshua Scotton wrote: > > I was getting the same error message until I changed this part > XAUTHORITY=~owner_of:0/.Xauthority; > to > XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority; > > where user was the username of the person logged on and using screen :0 > > then it worked a treat Yeah the "~owner_of:0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-10 Thread Joshua Scotton
On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 19:40 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > On 10/01/2008, Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kris Douglas wrote: > > > Hi, I got the following: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ DISPLAY=:0; > XAUTHORITY=~owner_of:0/.Xauthority;

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-10 Thread Kris Douglas
On 10/01/2008, Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kris Douglas wrote: > > > Hi, I got the following: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ DISPLAY=:0; XAUTHORITY=~owner_of:0/.Xauthority; > > export DISPLAY XAUTHORITY > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ notify-send "title message" "Message body > > text"

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-10 Thread Dave Walker
Kris Douglas wrote: > Hi, I got the following: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ DISPLAY=:0; XAUTHORITY=~owner_of:0/.Xauthority; > export DISPLAY XAUTHORITY > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ notify-send "title message" "Message body > text" libnotify-Message: Unable to get session bus: dbus-launch > faile

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-10 Thread Kris Douglas
On 09/01/2008, Chris Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kris Douglas wrote: > > Hi, thanks for the help, I tried this before, and got the message > > > > > > libnotify-Message: Unable to get session bus: dbus-launch failed to > > autolaunch D-Bus session: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization fail

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-09 Thread Chris Smith
Kris Douglas wrote: > Hi, thanks for the help, I tried this before, and got the message > > > libnotify-Message: Unable to get session bus: dbus-launch failed to > autolaunch D-Bus session: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed. > > > It appeares i would have to actually be on the X serve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-09 Thread Kris Douglas
Hi, thanks for the help, I tried this before, and got the message libnotify-Message: Unable to get session bus: dbus-launch failed to autolaunch D-Bus session: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed. It appeares i would have to actually be on the X server to run it, do you know of a way to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-09 Thread Josh Blacker
I believe you are looking for something like notify-send: notify-send "Title of pop-up" "Text of pop-up" (screenshot of one at http://jerichokb.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/screenshot2.png) I suppose you would ssh into a machine and run it from the command-line? I have no experience of ssh, so co

[ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-09 Thread Kris Douglas
Hi, I have been looking for ages without any success, I'm trying to work out how to send popup notifications with custom content to computers on the network. I have ssh and root access to all of these machines, but i require a simple way to send messages, any ideas? Thanks, -- Kris Douglas