Set system time doesn't open time configuration

[Shahar Or]

Binary package hint: gnome-applets

Dear interested parties,

In the dialog to set the time and date, I click "Set system time" (translation) and then the dialog closes but the system time dialog doesn't open; no new dialog in opened.

However, I can open the system time and date configuration manually from the menu.

Many blessings.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: gnome-applets 2.24.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=he_IL.UTF-8
SourcePackage: gnome-applets
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

[Damiano Dallatana (damidalla)]

I can confirm this bug using Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty on amd64, it-IT l10n.
Steps to reproduce:
1. right click on the clock panel applet
2. select "Set time and date" (Regola data e ora - Italian)
3. select "Set system time" (Imposta ora sistema - Italian) button on the window that opens up
4. Insert your password as a sudoer and authenticate with policykit

What happens:
The first window - "Set time and date" - closes correctly, but the window where setting the system date and time does not open.

Expected result: The first window - "Set time and date" - closes, and a new window of time-admin opens unlocked, making it possible to set time and date system wide.

I do not know if this bug is filed against the correct package... Surely it is not a problem of gnome-applet; trying to file it against gnome-panel. Could it be a problem with policykit?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

thanks for the report, alright the window where you set the time is that one, there's no other window raising after you click set system time and that's confusing users from some time to now it seems everybody is expecting another window, maybe the button needs to be replaced by an ok or apply something like that. anyways it's a duplicate of bug 191471, thanks for rpeorting.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

let's mark it as dup of bug 289744 better, since you're expecting the time setting windows to be raised.