Why does notify-send fail with a "GLib-GObject-CRITICAL" error on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Why am I unable to send a notification to a remote RHEL desktop using notify-send?
  • notify-send fails with a GLib-GObject-CRITICAL error.

    $ notify-send -t 3000 "aaa"
    
    (notify-send:103211): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • libnotify-0.5.0-1.el6.x86_64

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