Bug 128239

Summary: Chat window doesn't flash taskbar entry
Product: [Applications] kopete Reporter: Wiebe Cazemier <wiebe>
Component: generalAssignee: Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version: 0.11.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Wiebe Cazemier 2006-05-29 14:32:36 UTC 
Version:           0.11.1 (using KDE 3.5.2, Gentoo)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.4.5 (Gentoo 3.4.5-r1, ssp-3.4.5-1.0, pie-8.7.9)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.16-gentoo-r7

Normally, when a contact says something, the taskbar entry of the chatwindow flashes when the window is not active. This kopete version (0.11.1) does not, no matter the status of the window. I've enabled all the proper options, including an explicit notification in the "configure notification" menu, yet no success. 

Other applications (Such as the Psi jabber client) can cause the taskbar to flash just fine, so it's not a general KDE issue.

Loaded plugins:
- Cryptography
- History
- KopeTex
- Statistics
Comment 1 Olivier Goffart 2006-06-07 21:59:43 UTC 
Works fine here.
Comment 2 Thomas Beinicke 2006-06-08 16:53:14 UTC 
I believe the cause could be that you have compiled kdelibs without arts support.
Even though you don't use arts (you can disable it in the kde config afterwards) you still have to compile kdelibs with arts support because knotify is included in it.

Try it ;)
Comment 3 Wiebe Cazemier 2006-06-08 17:32:37 UTC 
I indeed leave out arts. But, if it includes knotify, does that mean that it's impossible alltogether for apps to flash the taskbar? I ask, because other apps flash it nicely, including the jabber client Psi.

And, has knotify been moved to arts since KDE 3.5? I had my 3.4.2 release compiled wihout arts as well, and kopete was able to flash the taskbar in it.

BTW, knotify in arts? I don't see the logic in that...
Comment 4 Thomas Beinicke 2006-06-08 20:20:46 UTC 
Well, there is an easy way to test it.
Tell KDE to use an external player to play sounds (aplay or play) for example.
Then try to play a sound through it via KDE. If it works you have another problem but if it doesn't compile kdelibs with arts (only kdelibs is enough).

Afaik it has always been like this.
I don't know about PSI but I think it doesn't depend on knotify or kdelibs.
Comment 5 Olivier Goffart 2006-06-09 16:33:23 UTC 
this is for history reasons.

but in kde4 there os phonon, so "bug" is resoleved :-)