Weather applet does not update periodically.

[chris_debian]

Subject: gweather: Weather applet does not update.
Package: gnome-applets
Version: 2.24.1-0ubuntu1
Severity: important
File: gweather

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The weather applet very rarely automatically updates, although the
update frequency is set to '30 minutes'. If I un-install and then
reinstall the applet, it updates once and then fails. This renders the
applet useless on my system.

Please contact me if I can be of any help.

Many thanks,

Chris.

<email address hidden>

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers intrepid-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'intrepid-updates'), (500, 'intrepid-security'), (500, 'intrepid')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-applets depends on:
ii debconf [debconf- 1.5.23ubuntu2 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.14.20ubuntu6 Debian package management system
ii gconf2 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii gnome-applets-dat 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 Various applets for GNOME 2 panel
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gnome-panel 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2.1 launcher and docking facility for
ii gstreamer0.10-als 0.10.21-3 GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii gstreamer0.10-plu 0.10.10.4-1ubuntu1 GStreamer plugins from the "good"
ii gstreamer0.10-pul 0.10.10.4-1ubuntu1 GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
ii libapm1 3.2.2-10ubuntu1 Library for interacting with APM d
ii libatk1.0-0 1.24.0-0ubuntu1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.4-0ubuntu1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.76-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libgconf2-4 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglib2.0-0 2.18.2-0ubuntu2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-desktop- 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu1 Utility library for loading .deskt
ii libgnome2-0 2.24.1-0ubuntu4 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomekbd3 2.24.0-0ubuntu2 GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii libgnomekbdui3 2.24.0-0ubuntu2 User interface library for libgnom
ii libgnomeui-0 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgstreamer-plug 0.10.21-3 GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii libgstreamer0.10- 0.10.21-4 Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.14.4-0ubuntu1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libgtop2-7 2.24.0-0ubuntu2 gtop system monitoring library
ii libgucharmap7 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu1 Unicode browser widget library (sh
ii libgweather1 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 GWeather shared library
ii libhal1 0.5.11-4ubuntu4 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii libnotify1 [libno 0.4.4-3build1 sends desktop notifications to a n
ii liboobs-1-4 2.22.0-1 GObject based interface to system-
ii libpanel-applet2- 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2.1 library for GNOME Panel applets
ii libpango1.0-0 1.22.2-0ubuntu1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpolkit-dbus2 0.9-1ubuntu3 library for accessing PolicyKit vi
ii libpolkit2 0.9-1ubuntu3 library for accessing PolicyKit
ii libwnck22 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 Window Navigator Construction Kit
ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2ubuntu1 X11 client-side library
ii libxklavier12 3.7-1 X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii libxml2 2.6.32.dfsg-4ubuntu1.1 GNOME XML library
ii python 2.5.2-1ubuntu1 An interactive high-level object-o

Versions of packages gnome-applets recommends:
ii deskbar-applet 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 universal search and navigation ba
ii gnome-media 2.24.0.1-0ubuntu1 GNOME media utilities
ii gnome-netstatus-applet 2.12.2-0ubuntu1 Network status applet for GNOME 2
ii gnome-system-monitor 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 Process viewer and system resource
ii python-gnome2 2.22.3-0ubuntu1 Python bindings for the GNOME desk

-- debconf information:
  gnome-applets/cpufreq_SUID_bit: false

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Also, please answer these questions:
* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

This will greatly aid us in tracking down your problem and resolving this bug.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

could be http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326110

[chris_debian (cjhandrew)]

It's difficult to reproduce the bug, as it just fails to do anything. Is it possible to examine some logs, in-order to help?

Thanks,

Chris.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

there is no log, do you have steps to trigger the bug?

[Simon (simon-boudreault)]

Bug appears on my machine as well (eeepc 1000he, unbuntu intrepid, weather version 2.24.1). It does however update when manually requested.

at boot up, I noticed the applet loads before my internet connection is up and running (in my case, wifi) and keeps saying "updating" when mouse-over'd.

I feels like the applet does not monitor the "connection state" as being "connected" and then force updating.

Thanks,
Simon

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could you try if that's still an issue in jaunty?

[chris_debian (cjhandrew)]

I haven't upgraded to Jaunty yet and am using Xfce now.

Sorry I can't help, here.

Chris.

2009/4/20 Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>:
> could you try if that's still an issue in jaunty?
>
> --
> Weather applet does not update periodically.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307283
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

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[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

closing the bug then, feel free to re open if you get the issue with jaunty.

[chris_debian (cjhandrew)]

Many thanks.

Chris.

2009/4/21 Pedro Villavicencio <email address hidden>:
> closing the bug then, feel free to re open if you get the issue with
> jaunty.
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-applets (Ubuntu)
>       Status: Incomplete => Invalid
>
> --
> Weather applet does not update periodically.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307283
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

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[BlueHawk (jbarnett-pobox)]

I found this problem also occurs for Jaunty UNR. I'm running on an ASUS 1008HA. Just added a couple of locations to the clock applet. However, the weather values have not changed since I added them to the clock applet configuration.