Ubuntu notify-osd on Gnome 2.30

I installed notify-osd on my Arch64. Everything is right but i dont have new notifications for the volume and the brightness.
When i press the fn keys the old notifications still appears.
I know you don't have to install other packages in gnome 2.30. I've read this http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Notify_OSD. It says that only installing notify-osd from AUR is enough.
How can i have new notifications for volume and brightness control???

I found this script that allows you integrate the volume into notify-osd
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=69589
Save the script as "vol", cp to /usr/bin (or wherever in the PATH). Next, configure volume shortcuts under System -> Pref -> Keyb Shortcuts, being the commands "vol up" "vol down" and "vol mute". This done, it worked instantaneously in my system. I'm sure you can make more stuff, didn't read the script closely.
[Solved] If somebody comes up with the brightness issue, I would be forever grateful
Next, the brightness. This is the script found in http://foro.archlinux.cl/viewtopic.php?id=61, where you can also find a different script for volume (didn't try that one is the one mentioned works perfectly).
#!/bin/sh
brightness=`cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/actual_brightness`
brillo=`expr $brightness "*" 100 "/" 9`
notify-send " " -i notification-display-brightness-low -h int:value:$brillo -h string:x-canonical-private-synchronous:brightness &
Replace "9" with the number that the following returns when brightness is at its highest.
cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/actual_brightness
Now you need to configure the shortcuts, i.e. Create one called Brightdown, with the script as a command, and then you bind the shortcut to what you do to set the brightness down. Repeat for Brightup, same script/command, different shortcut.
Hooray!! I wanted to do this for long, just realized it is now possible.
Last edited by elric (2010-05-11 11:39:45)

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