Bug#762266: "(null)" gets displayed instead of date on screen unlocking dialog

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Nachanon,

On  Sa 20 Sep 2014 12:57:16 CEST, Nachanon Vetjasit wrote:

Package: mate-screensaver
Version: 1.8.0-5~bpo70+1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

I've installed MATE Desktop from Debian backports repository,
the desktop worked as expected. When I selected main MATE menu
and selected "Lock Screen", screen goes black as expected.
But as I moved mouse, the screen unlock dialog appeared
with this content:

                22:39:40
                 (null)

            Nachanon Vetjasit
           window on WINDOW-NB

   Password: [                   ] en

[Leave Message][Switch User][Cancel][Unlock]


The second line on dialog should be current system date.
But instead, it displayed as "(null)".

Screenshot of this dialog is also attached.

Regards,
Nachanon Vetjasit

I need feedback on two things:


1.
What does (run from the cmdline) give:

  $ date +%x

  $ date +%X

Here is what I see on a German localized system:

mike@<host>:~$ date +%x
25.10.2014
mike@<host>:~$ date +%X
18:07:32


2.



Greets,
Mike

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As you probably yourself have realized, this is a localization issue and possibly not even related to mate-screensaver. Does the issue persist if you install a Debian jessie system that runs mate-screensaver from jessie (in your specific locale).

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