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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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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

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