popup gui message from script - xmessage

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#1

I have a popup gui message from script - xmessage to signal when a virus scan is completed.

xmessage -center "scanvirus - scan completed"

Across linux distros, which commands are the most common? And package it needs, how to detect it?

opensuse 15.2 supports ‘xmessage’

https://linux-issues.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-send-remote-xmessage-to-desktop.html

Every GUI program has its command line, even dialog boxes too. zenity for gnome, kdialog for KDE, xmessage for other windows managers, etc.
In this example I am going to show you examples of xmessage and zenity.
xmessage is a very simple dialog box which uses by fluxbox, it allows you to define your text and buttons. Let say I want to create a shutdown script, before execute the shutdown, I would like to ask for comfirmation.

#2

Hi
What about notify-send? Else dbus might be the other option.

#3

I don’t have gnome, so no way to test it. So, please tell me if this is correct, based on working examples.

xmessage -nearmouse "SCANVIRUS - scan completed" -timeout 3

kdialog --title "SCANVIRUS" --passivepopup "scan completed" 3

zenity --notification --title="SCANVIRUS" --text="scan completed" --timeout 3
#4

notify-send ‘Title of the message’ ‘Text of the message’

I installed ‘notify-osd’ and nothing happens.

I read about it and it requires ‘dbus’. Statement format for a general linux system.

#5

Hi
It’s libnotify-tools;


cnf notify-send
                             
Program 'notify-send' is present in package 'libnotify-tools'



notify-send 'IMPORTANT' "Important message" -u critical -i face-worried
#6 
notify-send 'IMPORTANT' "Important message" -u critical -i face-worried

Still nothing, no errors or messages.

[Keep]               libKF5NotifyConfig5            | Configuration dialog for desktop noti... | 5.71.0-lp152.1.1          |  146.3 KiB
[Keep]               libKF5NotifyConfig5-lang       | Translations for package knotifyconfig   | 5.71.0-lp152.1.1          |  191.1 KiB
[Keep]               libnotify-tools                | Notifications Library -- Tools           | 0.7.8-lp152.1.4           |   14.5 KiB
[Keep]               libnotify4                     | Notifications Library                    | 0.7.8-lp152.1.4           |   94.9 KiB

All installed.

#7

Hi
I would have thought since it’s dbus centric it would have worked… seems some desktops are just not there yet (like dbuis and switherooctl)…

#8

I’m using the KDE desktop.