No notifications on Arch Linux with KDE

[KimHono]

Hi !
I noticed an error message when launching Hourglass in command line:
HourglassServer.vala:61: Could not aquire service name

However, application seems to work normally, except the alarm function. In this case, a notification is visible at the desired time, but without any beep or sound.

My version is 2.0.2-1 and I'm using Linux 5.15.11-arch2-1

Thanks !

[ryonakano]

Hi, thank you for your reporting. I can confirm the warning message is shown for me too.

However, the notification bug don't occur for me. Could you provide more details about that, like screencast?

[KimHono]

Hi !
The complete message is here:
** (com.github.sgpthomas.hourglass-daemon:17330): CRITICAL **: 13:09:10.789: HourglassServer.vala:61: Could not aquire service name
There is nothing more...

[ryonakano]

Hmm, that message shown for me too so it should not be relevant here. BTW I noticed that you're possibly using Hourglass and Pantheon Desktop Environment on Arch Linux? Did you installed Notifications? which is the notification server of Pantheon?

[KimHono]

No, I'm using KDE Plasma 5.23.5, with Qt 5.15.2.
Hourglass is available in AUR repository.

[ryonakano]

OK so you're using Hourglass in KDE Plasma on Arch Linux, right? I'll prepare that environment in a virtual environment in a few days and check if I can reproduce your issue.

[KimHono]

OK, thanks !
BTW, can you test the notification ? Recently there's no more bell sound with the message window.

[ryonakano]

I installed Arch with KDE on a VM and confirmed there is no notification sound when alarms should ring. I'll also check the case of KDE Neon and GNOME to dig into this issue.

[ryonakano]

OK I tested on KDE Neon too and the summary of results are:

• on Arch Linux (KDE), Hourglass installed from AUR: No notification sound
• on Arch Linux (KDE), Hourglass installed from git using flatpak-builder: No notification sound
• on KDE Neon (KDE), Hourglass installed from git using flatpak-builder: Has notification sound

So it looks like something went wrong on Arch Linux, although not sure if it's because there are some components we need to install or because this app doing something wrong. Need more detailed investigation.

[KimHono]

Hi !
Or maybe by adding the choice to play a sound file (.mp3 or something like that) it would resolve the case ?