17 hours later and Skype notifier still works after my last post. The screensaver is definitely the problem. In one comment it appeared that the notifier started getting put in a position below the bottom of the screen. There was a fix to change the alignment of the monitors in a dual monitor scenario. Should that be the reason for the disappearance, if the Skype programmers have any control over the position of the notification on the screen they should either place it somewhere on top right or left or higher on the bottom or give the user the option of where the notification is placed on the screen.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xscreensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/545894 Title: notifications appear over screensaver Status in “xscreensaver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In Xubuntu Lucid, popup notifications such as new IMs, people signing in etc. appear over the top of the screensaver. This is possibly the same as Bug #21172 but that is "Fix Released" and the last post is in 2005. I'm not sure if this is a libnotify issue or a pidgin issue. dezza@beatrice:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch) Release: 10.04 dezza@beatrice:~$ apt-cache policy libnotify1 pidgin-libnotify libnotify1: Installed: 0.4.5-1ubuntu3 Candidate: 0.4.5-1ubuntu3 Version table: *** 0.4.5-1ubuntu3 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status pidgin-libnotify: Installed: 0.14-1ubuntu14 Candidate: 0.14-1ubuntu14 Version table: *** 0.14-1ubuntu14 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status I feel that this is a privacy issue and that these notifications shouldn't go over the screensaver. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/+bug/545894/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
