Panels flicker and crash when clock preference changed to unix time

[Mark]

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

I'm not entirely certain that the bug is in gnome-panel, but that is where it likely lies. Steps to hopefully reproduce the error in Ubuntu 7.04 Herd 5:

1) Right click time in panel and select "Preferences"
2) Set time display mode to Unix Time.

Immediately after doing this, my only panel at the top of the screen flickered and died. I killed x and relogged in to experience the same initial flickering and eventual removal of the panel. Rebooted to again experience the same problem.

[William Grant (wgrant)]

Confirming. The only way to recover is to edit the gconf key to something other than `unix'.

[William Grant (wgrant)]

Running gnome-panel in a terminal yields the error in the attachment.

[Mark (markdbl07)]

Thanks William,

Could you hint at where the gconf key is? I've looked all over and can't find it. What would be a more appropriate value, as I can't recall what default was called? I had every intention of switching right back when I looked to see seconds since Jan 1, 1970 :)

[Mark (markdbl07)]

Nevermind that last query. I found the key and changed it.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.