[Bug 1718911] [NEW] Pop-up notification position: ubuntu-desktop notification settings conflicting with plasma-desktop notification settings

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It seems that ubuntu-desktop notification settings are in  conflict with
the plasma-desktop notification settings, especially when you try to set
the pop-up position on screen.

The problem occurs when both ubuntu-desktop and plasma-desktop are
installed.

It turns out that Plasma displays the ubuntu-style pop-up notifications,
for example, when you type:

wall "test notification"

from console. The pop-up position is top-right as in Ubuntu desktop and
not bottom-right as in Plasma. Also, its look (color, etc. is like in
Ubuntu desktop). I was unable to change the position of the pop-up
notification on screen.

In particular, this problem occured when I tried to set the
notifications for new emails in Thunderbird. When I used the GNotifier
add-on and set the notification engine for "standard" in its settings,
the pop-up looked like in Plasma but its position was the upper-right
corner as in Ubuntu desktop.

It was impossible to change the position of the pop-up by dragging it.
Also, setting the position in Notifications Settings did not change
anything (systray > Show Hidden Icons > Notifications (right-click) >
Notifications Settings).

I also tried to use the ubuntu-desktop settings: Setting the pop-up
position by notifyosdconfig did not help.

The problem disappeared when I uninstalled the following packages:

notifyosdconfig notify-osd ubuntu-desktop mate-notification-daemon-
common

(also purged their configuration files). After restarting the Plasma
desktop, the notification pop-ups finally show up at the correct
position.

Kubuntu 17.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.9.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.31.0
Qt Version: 5.7.1
Kernel Version: 4.10.0-35-generic
OS Type: 64 bit

** Affects: plasma-desktop (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: notification plasma pop-up position
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Pop-up notification position: ubuntu-desktop notification settings conflicting with plasma-desktop notification settings
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1718911
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