** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-panel - To reproduce: - 1. create a non UTC location within the world-clock-applet - 2. set the location as your home (world-clock-applet tries to change the computers timezone here) - 3. configured the applet to show the weather and temperature in the taskbar to the left of the date - 4. do 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' and choose 'none of the above' and 'UTC' - 5. restart X and desktop session + Bug Description: When one manually configures tzdata to a different + timezone value than one the current home is set to, the wheather and + temperature preview will fail to be shown in the taskbar towards the + left of the date. - What you should see is that the weather fails to load. - hypothesis: the world-clock-applet is confused by the computers timezone being set to a different timezone than the persons home is set to. (which should be a no-brainer though as in order to have reliable timestamping UTC is the way to go) - Yet I still want to know what temperature it is outside :D (without leaving my chair ;-) + Bug Reproduction: + 0. Make sure that you have the clock applet running and that a home location is configured and set. Furthermore have the clock show the weather and temperature in the taskbar to the left of the date. + 1. compare with BeforePic, see the sunny weather? ^_^ :) + 2. open a terminal and do "sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata" + 3. set the timezone to a different one than the one your home location is set to. + 4. restart the X Session + 5. after log-in compare with the 'After' pic. Notice the missing weather? + 6. repeat step 2 and 3 in order to restore your original timezone + 7. be amazed that the weather miraculously reappears :D (maybe another restart required, but with me it pops up instantly) - As soon as you reconfigure tzdata again to match your home locations - timezone the weather will display correctly again + What happened: + Although the world clock applet is configured correctly and I did not interact with the world-clock applet, it will fail to display the weather in the taskbar when tzdata is altered. + + What should have happened: + The Clock-Applet should habe just continued to show the current weather of my set home location. + + Why this is Bad: For people who typically set their computers timezone + to the local time of their current location this is no problem. For + people though who for various reasons set their tzdata to other values + this leads to the clock to fail to display the weather in the taskbar + (UTC for example as it is the global standard time, and especially + useful for people corresponding with many different timezones) ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed May 21 02:14:10 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: gnome-panel 1:2.22.1.3-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_DK.UTF-8 SourcePackage: gnome-panel Uname: Linux 2.6.24-17-generic x86_64
** Attachment added: "BeforeTZDataReconfigure.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14762275/BeforeTZDataReconfigure.png -- weather not shown in world-clock-applet when computer timezone differs from home location timezone https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/232375 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
