Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-applets
I've been using the gnome panel for quite some time, and have recently noticed that occasionally, the time applet seems to "skip" a few seconds. On closer inspection, it's not a sync issue because it freezes in the mean time, so it's not just resyncing every so often and finding itself a second behind, it is freezing for a second or two and then picking up the new time. I'm glad it isn't freezing and losing seconds because of the freeze, but it's quite annoying if I'm trying to loosely time things such as my pulse and I'm a whole second or even two out. Heck, it's really just a superficial bug, but could do with being sorted out. I'd submit a patch myself, but A) I have more important things to do (like measure my own pulse and play inordinate amounts of GTA), B) I'm really not that confident as a developer, C) I can't find the source for the applet anywhere and D) I don't know how to create patches, although I presume one uses the "diff" tool to do so... A bit more information about my system: Release: UNR 9.10 Karmic (updated pre-release to the beta and run regular upgrades) System: ZaReason Netbook with Intel Atom 1.6GHz CPU, 2048MB of RAM and a 16GB SSD I believe it also affects my desktop system, but have yet to confirm this; spec below Release: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (updated pre-release to the beta and run regular upgrades) System: Dell Dimension 9150 with Intel Pentium IV 3.0GHz CPU, 1.25GB of RAM and a 250GB HDD Thanks in advance to anyone who provides a patch for this, or some pointers for me to start writing my own patches (give a man a fish and all that). [EDIT] Version affected: gnome-applets: Installed: 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: gnome-applets (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-applets I've been using the gnome panel for quite some time, and have recently noticed that occasionally, the time applet seems to "skip" a few seconds. On closer inspection, it's not a sync issue because it freezes in the mean time, so it's not just resyncing every so often and finding itself a second behind, it is freezing for a second or two and then picking up the new time. I'm glad it isn't freezing and losing seconds because of the freeze, but it's quite annoying if I'm trying to loosely time things such as my pulse and I'm a whole second or even two out. Heck, it's really just a superficial bug, but could do with being sorted out. I'd submit a patch myself, but A) I have more important things to do (like measure my own pulse and play inordinate amounts of GTA), B) I'm really not that confident as a developer, C) I can't find the source for the applet anywhere and D) I don't know how to create patches, although I presume one uses the "diff" tool to do so... A bit more information about my system: Release: UNR 9.10 Karmic (updated pre-release to the beta and run regular upgrades) System: ZaReason Netbook with Intel Atom 1.6GHz CPU, 2048MB of RAM and a 16GB SSD I believe it also affects my desktop system, but have yet to confirm this; spec below Release: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (updated pre-release to the beta and run regular upgrades) System: Dell Dimension 9150 with Intel Pentium IV 3.0GHz CPU, 1.25GB of RAM and a 250GB HDD Thanks in advance to anyone who provides a patch for this, or some pointers for me to start writing my own patches (give a man a fish and all that). + + [EDIT] Version affected: + gnome-applets: + Installed: 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 + Candidate: 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 + Version table: + *** 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 0 + 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- clock applet freezes for up to 2 seconds at a time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/474102 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-applets in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs