Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:53:44 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/139038: x11/gnome-applets: clock applet no longer shows weather information on FreeBSD 8.0 Message-ID: <1254012824.1274.34.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20090927004243.A52DD1CC13@ptavv.es.net> References: <20090927004243.A52DD1CC13@ptavv.es.net>
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--=-hm/4+HGkuV623+0RD10w Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 17:42 -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:12:00 GMT > > From: marcus@FreeBSD.org > >=20 > > Synopsis: x11/gnome-applets: clock applet no longer shows weather infor= mation on FreeBSD 8.0 > >=20 > > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > > State-Changed-By: marcus > > State-Changed-When: Sat Sep 26 14:10:26 UTC 2009 > > State-Changed-Why:=20 > > The problem has to do with the timezone file being used. The timezone = file > > in /etc/localtime is not what GNOME is expecting it to be. Therefore, = the > > clock applet doesn't think your home location is still home. If you cl= ick > > the Set button next to the location in the clock applet, you should get > > your weather display back. > >=20 > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D139038 > >=20 >=20 > Not sure what "Set" button you refer to. I see none in the "Locations" > tab. There is a "Time Settings", but it did nothing to press the "Set > System Time" in the time settings window. If you click on the clock applet, a pull-down appears showing the calendar and map. Below the map are the configured locations. Next to the home location is a house icon. Next to all other locations where the house icon would be will appear a Set button when you put the mouse in that area. Joe >=20 > I did note that the zone files in 8.0 are very different from those in > V7. The file now in /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles is 2819 > bytes while it was only 1701 in V7. I see nothing in UPDATING about > this, but something changed and, once I replaced /etc/localtime with the > now file, the local weather reappeared. >=20 > Thanks! --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-hm/4+HGkuV623+0RD10w Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkq+t5YACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4cezgCeJlJEFi1ioiRc/j8FNvtCobNT gK0Ani1QGdQM0ggJ/1lIq237Y9q6Mqz+ =+YeG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-hm/4+HGkuV623+0RD10w--
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