[xmonad] XMonad.Hooks.UrgencyHook broken?

[Thomas Adam]

On 20/01/2008, David Chanters <david.chanters at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 19/01/2008, Ricardo Martins <ricardo at scarybox.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:30:46 +0000
> > "David Chanters" <david.chanters at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Ok - i did this and restarted pidgin, and still nothing.  Where would
> > > the dzen bar appear?  i have other dzen instances running just fine.
> > > if it matters, here's the relevant lines from my config:
> > >
> > > statusBarCmd= "dzen2 -bg '#2c2c32' -fg 'grey70' -w 370 -x 0 -ta l -p -e ''"
> > > main = do din <- spawnPipe statusBarCmd
> > >           xmonad $ withUrgencyHook dzenUrgencyHook { args = ["-bg",
> > > "purple", "-fg", "white", "-xs", "-1"] }
> > >                  $ sConfig d
> > >
> > > Certainly I see nothing on screen 1 --- should I?  And for how long,
> > > and where?  I don't even know what I am supposed to be seeing.  :)
> >
> > Hmm, shouldn't it be "1" instead of "-1" after "-xs"?
>
> So it should -- changed, but *still* nothing.  :(
>
> > I don't use Xinerama, so I don't know the behaviour with more than one screen, but the dzen notification should appear on top of your screen, for about 1 or two seconds. I'm far too ignorant about xmonad and dzen to be sure, actually.
>
> Thanks though  Is there some way to debug this?

Have you tried a basic config from a template?  Such as on the wiki?
Maybe it's something in your config?

-- Thomas Adam