I want to setup a remainder system such that, it auto starts when booted into system and reminds me repeatedly after specified interval from the booting time. Time should stop when the system is locked.
Thanks in advance.
Edit: I am using Kubuntu.
I want to setup a remainder system such that, it auto starts when booted into system and reminds me repeatedly after specified interval from the booting time. Time should stop when the system is locked.
Thanks in advance.
Edit: I am using Kubuntu.
For reminders, I use KAlarm a lot - I use it for periodic scripts (including checking and setting the RTC Wake time, and later on warning me before suspending at bedtime) and I use it for scheduling alerts.
Hi. When I first installed KAlarm, I can see option to create new alarm but it was greyed out making the app unusable. I can see few other users reporting it in KAlarm reviews in discover application.
After few days I reinstalled it. Now I can create an alarm. KAlarm has so many options to create an alarm. I felt lost in the UI. I don’t know if I can create an alarm or timer which can start itself at logging and repeat itself after certain time (like 1hour).
I wrote a simple script that waits specified time before sending notification and the repeated the process, then added it as systemd service in the user-space. This was one solution but not GUI friendly.
Another was timer widget. Add it to the panel > right click > select timer you want. Done! I know timer widget cannot start itself right after booting into system. That tradeoff seems fine when you look at simplicity.
I might need to give a proper chance to KAlarm. Thanks for your recommendation.
KAlarm works extremely reliably for me. There was some issue (I forget now) upgrading somewhere around the first Plasma 6.0 but it’s been fine since then.
Try a new $USER - and also try reporting information about your system, maybe you’re on something ancient.
Hi,
Here are the details requested.
Details of my system
Operating System: Kubuntu 24.10
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0
Qt Version: 6.6.2
Kernel Version: 6.11.0-14-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 7.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Xe Graphics
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Inspiron 3501
Note: KAlarm is working now when I login with my main user name.
cheers!
KAlarm’s set up dialog has a “recurrence” tab (there is even a sub-repetition option). I have it set up to run daily scripts, and remind me about daily tasks. I can also set it to nag me about something every 10 minutes starting at a specific point in time so tat I don’t forget.
This is Kubuntu - and that’s Plasma 6.1.5. I’m pretty sure that was a few months ago (hard to remember).
Try quitting kalarm, then run kalarm from terminal and see what text appears.
check Journalctl - you can also rotate it to clear your journal messages if it’s too much, then do a reboot and check again when the error recurred.
Maybe something like:
journalctl -p3 -xb --no-hostname
Haha, reading your last reply it does look like it just fired up and started working again!!
So this is solved already?
There are sometimes very minor quirks that can be solved with a simple restart (restart app/desktop/reboot).
Looking at the number of options and amount of customization KAlarm has, it definitely look powerful, I might need to sit and learn how to use it properly.
Like I was saying, for a new user the buttons are greyed-out (inactive).
Rebooting seems to fix the issue. The buttons are active now even in the new user.
Could you please confirm this by creating new user and try running KAlarm.
So that it will be somewhat clear if it happened only on my system.
Thanks.