Ugly looking notifications in ubuntu 16.04

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My notifications appear with this weird look.



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$ uname -a 
Linux dev-pc 4.13.0-37-generic #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 7 16:03:28 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ unity --version
unity 7.4.5

$ comm -23 <(apt-mark showmanual | sort -u) <(gzip -dc /var/log/installer/initial-status.gz | sed -n 's/^Package: //p' | sort -u)
curl
docker-ce
git
google-chrome-stable
i3
libbz2-dev
libncurses5-dev
libsqlite3-dev
libssl-dev
p7zip
python-setuptools
sublime-text
tixati
zlib1g-dev
zsh









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  • Maybe this can help: askubuntu.com/questions/128474/…
    – lubumbax
    Mar 18 at 21:41










  • i tried sudo apt purge notify-osd followed by sudo apt install notify-osd. Didnt work
    – Dev Aggarwal
    Mar 19 at 17:21










  • Someone else suggested i remove the xfce4-notifyd package, but i dont have that installed
    – Dev Aggarwal
    Mar 19 at 17:24










  • Its actually a very fresh installation
    – Dev Aggarwal
    Mar 19 at 17:25










  • Have you tried switching to another theme? Maybe also creating a dummy new user?
    – lubumbax
    Mar 19 at 19:09














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My notifications appear with this weird look.



spotify song change notification



What caused this?



$ uname -a 
Linux dev-pc 4.13.0-37-generic #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 7 16:03:28 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ unity --version
unity 7.4.5

$ comm -23 <(apt-mark showmanual | sort -u) <(gzip -dc /var/log/installer/initial-status.gz | sed -n 's/^Package: //p' | sort -u)
curl
docker-ce
git
google-chrome-stable
i3
libbz2-dev
libncurses5-dev
libsqlite3-dev
libssl-dev
p7zip
python-setuptools
sublime-text
tixati
zlib1g-dev
zsh









share|improve this question























  • Maybe this can help: askubuntu.com/questions/128474/…
    – lubumbax
    Mar 18 at 21:41










  • i tried sudo apt purge notify-osd followed by sudo apt install notify-osd. Didnt work
    – Dev Aggarwal
    Mar 19 at 17:21










  • Someone else suggested i remove the xfce4-notifyd package, but i dont have that installed
    – Dev Aggarwal
    Mar 19 at 17:24










  • Its actually a very fresh installation
    – Dev Aggarwal
    Mar 19 at 17:25










  • Have you tried switching to another theme? Maybe also creating a dummy new user?
    – lubumbax
    Mar 19 at 19:09












up vote
0
down vote

favorite









up vote
0
down vote

favorite











My notifications appear with this weird look.



spotify song change notification



What caused this?



$ uname -a 
Linux dev-pc 4.13.0-37-generic #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 7 16:03:28 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ unity --version
unity 7.4.5

$ comm -23 <(apt-mark showmanual | sort -u) <(gzip -dc /var/log/installer/initial-status.gz | sed -n 's/^Package: //p' | sort -u)
curl
docker-ce
git
google-chrome-stable
i3
libbz2-dev
libncurses5-dev
libsqlite3-dev
libssl-dev
p7zip
python-setuptools
sublime-text
tixati
zlib1g-dev
zsh









share|improve this question















My notifications appear with this weird look.



spotify song change notification



What caused this?



$ uname -a 
Linux dev-pc 4.13.0-37-generic #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 7 16:03:28 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ unity --version
unity 7.4.5

$ comm -23 <(apt-mark showmanual | sort -u) <(gzip -dc /var/log/installer/initial-status.gz | sed -n 's/^Package: //p' | sort -u)
curl
docker-ce
git
google-chrome-stable
i3
libbz2-dev
libncurses5-dev
libsqlite3-dev
libssl-dev
p7zip
python-setuptools
sublime-text
tixati
zlib1g-dev
zsh






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  • Maybe this can help: askubuntu.com/questions/128474/…
    – lubumbax
    Mar 18 at 21:41










  • i tried sudo apt purge notify-osd followed by sudo apt install notify-osd. Didnt work
    – Dev Aggarwal
    Mar 19 at 17:21










  • Someone else suggested i remove the xfce4-notifyd package, but i dont have that installed
    – Dev Aggarwal
    Mar 19 at 17:24










  • Its actually a very fresh installation
    – Dev Aggarwal
    Mar 19 at 17:25










  • Have you tried switching to another theme? Maybe also creating a dummy new user?
    – lubumbax
    Mar 19 at 19:09
















  • Maybe this can help: askubuntu.com/questions/128474/…
    – lubumbax
    Mar 18 at 21:41










  • i tried sudo apt purge notify-osd followed by sudo apt install notify-osd. Didnt work
    – Dev Aggarwal
    Mar 19 at 17:21










  • Someone else suggested i remove the xfce4-notifyd package, but i dont have that installed
    – Dev Aggarwal
    Mar 19 at 17:24










  • Its actually a very fresh installation
    – Dev Aggarwal
    Mar 19 at 17:25










  • Have you tried switching to another theme? Maybe also creating a dummy new user?
    – lubumbax
    Mar 19 at 19:09















Maybe this can help: askubuntu.com/questions/128474/…
– lubumbax
Mar 18 at 21:41




Maybe this can help: askubuntu.com/questions/128474/…
– lubumbax
Mar 18 at 21:41












i tried sudo apt purge notify-osd followed by sudo apt install notify-osd. Didnt work
– Dev Aggarwal
Mar 19 at 17:21




i tried sudo apt purge notify-osd followed by sudo apt install notify-osd. Didnt work
– Dev Aggarwal
Mar 19 at 17:21












Someone else suggested i remove the xfce4-notifyd package, but i dont have that installed
– Dev Aggarwal
Mar 19 at 17:24




Someone else suggested i remove the xfce4-notifyd package, but i dont have that installed
– Dev Aggarwal
Mar 19 at 17:24












Its actually a very fresh installation
– Dev Aggarwal
Mar 19 at 17:25




Its actually a very fresh installation
– Dev Aggarwal
Mar 19 at 17:25












Have you tried switching to another theme? Maybe also creating a dummy new user?
– lubumbax
Mar 19 at 19:09




Have you tried switching to another theme? Maybe also creating a dummy new user?
– lubumbax
Mar 19 at 19:09










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I ran sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop, which installed some missing packages and after a reboot, it was restored to normal!






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