gweather

[Carroll Grigsby]

On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:21:37 -0600
"Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage at peaknet.net> wrote:

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> On Sun, 2010-12-26 at 20:34 +0100, François Patte wrote:
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> > Bonjour,
> > 
> > The gweather applet is not always working and I cannot figure out
> > why and where I have to enquire when instead of  sun/clouds/... and
> > temperature, there is only: --
> > 
> > Of course, in that case, there are no information at all.
> > 
> > What to do?
> 
> François,
> 
> I've had the same problem with the gweather applet under RHEL5 for a
> long time. I can reset the connection by right-clicking on the "--"
> icon and selecting Preferences -> Location. Pick any other location,
> then go back to the original. The weather application should resume
> normal operation.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> --Doc Savage
>   Fairview Heights, IL
> 

Doc, Francois:
I wonder if the xfce panel weather applet (xfce4-weather-plugin) would
work for you. I know that some xfce plugins will work on gnome -- and
vice versa.
-- cmg