Gnome weather applet non-functional in hoary

[Dave Walker]

clrobnsn wrote:

>I have the same problem.
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>I went into various things - changed 'stuff' and then it started
>working. So, I changed EVERYTHING back - and it still works......yey -
>but argh.
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>then it stopped working.
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>So I put the settings back to the changed values - and it started
>working - later.
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>Anyway - this goes on and on. My latest theory is that you have to have
>your proxy setup - under gnome config. To do this, click Applications -
>System Tools - Configuration Editor. Go down to system and then
>http_proxy. Enter all the appropriate stuff and quit. Now the weird
>part...there seems to be a delay before it will start working! try and
>update about 5mins later. That (amazingly) worked for me.
>Interestingly, if you delete the settings (ie no proxy) then it takes a
>few minutes for it to stop working! Perhaps one should restart
>something.
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>All in all I do not understand why the above worked - it does not make
>sense on many levels........but its working now....with radar and
>forecast.
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>Craig
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This happened to me for the Rochester, NY area.  I got fed up and called 
the Coast Guard station.  Their weather computer that gave me the feed 
was broken.  Chances are it is not the applets fault.

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Dave