Alternatively, this suggestion seems to have gotten favourable reviews from other brainstormers.
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ideatorrent/idea/19482 It involves integrating gnome-screensaver into a helper application, and using notify-osd to display an alert that a message has been left. -- leave message does not use new notify system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/333269 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs