Yeah, looks like it works fine now (disabling Shell's notification system so that notify-osd gets used). Not sure what could have fixed it, but if nobody else is still experimenting this problem I guess this can be closed.
** Also affects: notify-osd Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Notifications not visible in GNOME Shell https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388581 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs