use Skype with Jaunty notifcations (notify-osd)

[n1k0z]

The script is awesome!

I can confirm that changing the "is" to "==" works.

However, do you know how I can add the skype icon in all notifications?

Thank you!

[n1k0z]

Almost all notifications have the skype icon, or another icon, except incoming chat messages if I am not mistaken.

To correct this (and answer my previous question) go on and replace ling 57 with

n = pynotify.Notification(skypename, skypemessage, "skype")

which adds a skype icon to the incoming-messages notifications.

Finally, logout and login (or restart service in general) for the changes to take effect.

great script guys! (not_insane++)

[Harmageddon]

I've installed the script by not_insane and it works, but it only works for messages, not if somebody goes online or offline or anything other.

[montini]

Hello everyone, I wanted to figure out if the script is working on oneiric, because when I install it, it says:

montini@insecticide:~$ ./skype-notify-messaging
1) Install Skype Messaging Menu / Notifications support
2) Remove Skype Messaging Menu / Notifications support
3) Quit
Please enter an option (1, 2 or 3): 1
[sudo] password for montini: 
--2011-09-18 10:39:39--  http://webupd8.googlecode.com/files/skype-notify-improved.tar.gz
Resolving webupd8.googlecode.com... 74.125.39.82
Connecting to webupd8.googlecode.com|74.125.39.82|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 117583 (115K) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: `skype-notify-improved.tar.gz'

100%[======================================>] 117,583      156K/s   in 0.7s    

2011-09-18 10:39:40 (156 KB/s) - `skype-notify-improved.tar.gz' saved [117583/117583]

skype-notify-improved/skype-notify.py
skype-notify-improved/skype-dbus-service.py
skype-notify-improved/skype.desktop
skype-notify-improved/skype
skype-notify-improved/message-new-instant.wav
skype-notify-improved/INSTALL
skype-notify-improved/
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package python-skype is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'python-skype' has no installation candidate
Done. Remember to log out and log back in or else this wont work.
montini@insecticide:~$ sudo apt-get install python-skype
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package python-skype is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'python-skype' has no installation candidate
montini@insecticide:~$

It misses 'python-skype'. Is it ok, or a showstopper?

[Spaced]

Hello everyone, I wanted to figure out if the script is working on oneiric, because when I install it, it says:

montini@insecticide:~$ ./skype-notify-messaging
1) Install Skype Messaging Menu / Notifications support
2) Remove Skype Messaging Menu / Notifications support
3) Quit
Please enter an option (1, 2 or 3): 1
[sudo] password for montini: 
--2011-09-18 10:39:39--  http://webupd8.googlecode.com/files/skype-notify-improved.tar.gz
Resolving webupd8.googlecode.com... 74.125.39.82
Connecting to webupd8.googlecode.com|74.125.39.82|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 117583 (115K) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: `skype-notify-improved.tar.gz'

100%[======================================>] 117,583      156K/s   in 0.7s    

2011-09-18 10:39:40 (156 KB/s) - `skype-notify-improved.tar.gz' saved [117583/117583]

skype-notify-improved/skype-notify.py
skype-notify-improved/skype-dbus-service.py
skype-notify-improved/skype.desktop
skype-notify-improved/skype
skype-notify-improved/message-new-instant.wav
skype-notify-improved/INSTALL
skype-notify-improved/
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package python-skype is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'python-skype' has no installation candidate
Done. Remember to log out and log back in or else this wont work.
montini@insecticide:~$ sudo apt-get install python-skype
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package python-skype is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'python-skype' has no installation candidate
montini@insecticide:~$

It misses 'python-skype'. Is it ok, or a showstopper?

'python-skype' is necessary for the script to work. I downloaded the package from here (http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/all...skype/download) and it seems to work.

By the way, although I have removed Skype from the whitelist of the Ubuntu panel, the icon still shows up every time I launch the programme.

[EgoGratis]

In Ubuntu 11.10 sni-qt package is used for Qt applications indicators and they are not "systray indicators" anymore so if u "whitelist" Skype as "systray indicator" it does not affect Skype anymore! If u remove sni-qt package there will be no Skype indicator, but you will not be able to use other Qt indicators like the one for VLC, but i guess you could "whitelist" them and use them as "systray indicators" if u want, the same way u did it in Ubuntu 11.04.

I manually downloaded and installed package python-skype and used instructions and python script from not_insane and it does work! I just don't get "blue envelope" in Ubuntu 11.10 and i was wondering if this is normal behavior and if there is a "fix" available for this!

[EgoGratis]

Update:

Icon does change color! Basically everything i need is working OK! Thanks to all the people involved that made this work.

[Harmageddon]

The script by not_insane doesn't work anymore for me on Ubuntu 11.10.

Edit: It works, but still only for chat messages, as I wrote ~2 months ago.