The app behavior you're describing seems like some things aren't playing well together or something is missing.
I'm familiar with SNAP, but I haven't used it. Perhaps it's installing an older version of Mateo or some file or sym link is missing. On the bottom of my last reply there's a link to an article about installing Mateo on diff distros. Under Ubuntu it talks about running s sym link command to ensure that QT5 is the system default. Again, don't know much about this stuff, but something like that might affect how the applet is rendered/displayed. It also might be worth trying Cumulus and/or Coffee, booth are similar to Mateo to see if you can get either of those to work. If they don't, it might point to some underlying system level problem. Just throwing spaghetti at the wall here. On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 5:32 PM John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 15:43:33 -0700 > "Mike C." <[email protected]> dijo: > > >> 3) I can't figure out where it keeps its preferences; if I could I > >> might be able to fix the location problem. > > >"To start using Meteo, launch the application, and it’ll appear in the > >system tray on the desktop. Right-click on the red X icon and select > >“Preferences.” > > > >Inside preferences, the app will tell you that you need an API key from > >OpenWeatherMap. Head here <https://home.openweathermap.org/api_keys>, > >create your key on the website and paste it into the “OpenWeatherMap” > >text box. > >Once your key is set, go through the rest of the settings and set the > >city you live in. Be sure also to tweak all of the program settings to > >your liking. For instance, if you prefer Fahrenheit to Celsius, change > >it." > > When I launch the application it opens in the panel's notification > area, where the only option is Show Meteo, no red X icon. And Show > Meteo just opens it in its window on the desktop. In its window I can > open Preferences, but there is no place to enter an api key. There are > on-off buttons for Dark theme, Symbolic icons, Use system tray > indicator, Start minimized, and Launch on start. Below the on-off > buttons I can choose Units, Update interval, and an on-off button for > Find my location automatically. The latter is set to Off, but it still > stubbornly finds only my connection in Miami. > > Back in the main window there is an option to change my location, but > it doesn't ever find Portland. I've tried all kinds of entries, but it > apparently looks in a database of locations that doesn't include > Portland. In fact, I tried all kinds of cities and it found few of > them. I also tried states, where Oregon gave me a place in the > Philippines, and Washington turned up only Washington, D.C. Even Madrid > turned up nothing, surprisingly since Carlos Suarez apparently is in > Badajoz. > > I also tried setting up an account at openweathermap.org, but after > giving them everything short of a lease on my firstborn, they never > sent me the authorization code to complete my signup. But that's > probably OK, since I don't have any place to put the api key anyway. > > Meteo might be what I'm looking for, if I could just get it working. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
