On Thursday 18 December 2008, Matthew Saltzman wrote: >On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 12:02 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Thursday 18 December 2008, Matthew Saltzman wrote: >> >Suddenly (a couple of days ago), the GNOME weather applet and the >> >weather icon in the clock applet have stopped connecting to whatever the >> >server is. The weather applet just shows '--' and the clock shows empty >> >space where the weather info belongs. The weather applet detail window >> >just shows blanks. The problem is not dependent on the choice of >> >location. Restarting doesn't help. >> > >> >I'm not sure I can trace the beginning of the problem to a particular >> >update--not an obvious one, in any case. There was a glibc update on >> >Monday (along with some others that don't look like they are likely to >> >be relevant) that might have been about when it started. >> > >> >Anybody else seeing this in F10? Any idea how to troubleshoot? >> > >> >Thanks. >> >> I don't think keeping that server running at the local NWS places has the >> highest priority, Matthew. My service (as the weather plugin for gkrellm >> see's it, I'm not using gnome) from KCKB is intermittent, down for 2-3 >> days at a time, working ATM. Presently 37F, 93% humidity. Overcast, wind >> N 3, chill 35F dew point 30F I guess, the shorthand gkrellm uses (or the >> NWS) leaves a bit to be desired. >> >> You might try that plugin for gkrellm as you can assign it to about any >> NWS facility with the web based station ID function. If your local one is >> down, try another to test your install. If another one works, then its >> probably just the local one not even knowing its crashed. > >Interesting. I don't know much about the organization of the NWS >servers, but I do know the problem first appeared in Portland OR and >persists here in Clemson SC. So if the servers are dynamic and >geographically local, then there is more to the problem than just a >local server failure. > >Is the server set for the applets someplace in GNOME configs? I don't know cuz I don't use gnome, Matthew. The config pages of gkrellm show a link to an NWS web page, <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/siteloc.shtml> where you can enter your location and it spits out the nearest 'station', in my case KCBK I believe. I'd assume gnome would have a similar lookup facility, but my hand isn't within reach of the good book to swear to that. >Thanks for the insight. > >-- > Matthew Saltzman > >Clemson University Math Sciences >mjs AT clemson DOT edu >http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. -- Wordsworth -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
