use Skype with Jaunty notifcations (notify-osd)

[mr_pitchfork]

Here's an in-depth, comprehensive guide to reproducing my issue:

Get any notification from Skype. Any at all.

No matter what I do, I can't get it to stop saying I have a new Skype message even if I check the message. : /

This is why I'm trying (but am too lazy) to learn Python. Sometimes a dev-bro could use help appeasing the masses.

[Lightbreeze]

@mr_pitchfork OK try going to the Skype Options > Chat > 'Create a minimised chat window'.

The script uses libwnck to look for _open_ chat windows. If the chat window isn't listed then it won't open :/

Tell me if that works for when you click on the message in the indicator-applet, thanks!

[mr_pitchfork]

Darn, it didn't work. I'll do some poking around the .py files.

[Lightbreeze]

Go for it, but it's a mess

I'm fixing it up though. The plan is to provide a setup.py file which configures things properly, a skype-notify.sh file which receives the notifications and passes them onto skype-dbus-server.py, or run the server if it needs to.

Dive into it

[six-geek]

I am using kubuntu 9.04 and after using

python skype-dbus-service.py

I get the message:

Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module": libcanberra-gtk-module.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "skype-dbus-service.py", line 20, in <module>
    import wnck
ImportError: No module named wnck

I don't really know what the GTK error occurs. Btw if someone know how to fix it please let me know.
But the main problem is the import of wnck. I have already installed the packages libwnck-common and libwnck22. Does someone have e hint for me to solve the problem?

[Lightbreeze]

Hmm, try installing python-gnome2-desktop.

[update] Sorry, missed you were using Kubuntu. Does Kubuntu even have notify-osd or indicator-applet currently?

[six-geek]

[update] Sorry, missed you were using Kubuntu. Does Kubuntu even have notify-osd or indicator-applet currently?

Yeah, there is an osd-notifier-system in kubuntu. Actually I don't know the name but it looks like the ubuntu notifier system. Beyond the error I get the skype notifier osd system working - hopefully.
I got the message that a friend went online. I couldn't test the osd-system whether all notification are working.

[six-geek]

All right, I did some tests. The result is, that I don't get any text message notifications from Skype via ubuntu notifications osd. I guess the text message notification works in ubuntu (GNOME)?

[update] Please let me know if there is something I can edit / install / or do for a further test of the skype-osd-notification in kubuntu.

[Capt.Klondyke]

I downloaded the scripts today & tried them immediately. However, it seems I can't get a notification if I'm receiving a chat message.
Can anybody help & point me the direction. What am I doing wrong?

Tks, Klondyke

[six-geek]

Which (k/x)ubuntu are you using?
Did you followed the instructions from post #12?