Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-panel
If the system clock is set to too early a date, there are many gnome-
panel applets that will not start. Some of them are the clock applet,
the notification area, and the user switcher.
I'm not sure what the threshold date is, but my ibook g4 has a bad logic
board and resets the date to Jan. 1st 1904 on every boot. If I start
the computer without an internet connection, I get a lot of error
messages when gnome loads. If internet is available, then the time gets
updated before the panel loads and there are no problems.
If you want to reproduce this error, just set the system time to a
ridiculously old date and start ubuntu without internet available.
** Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Many gnome applets do not start when the date is set too early
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422215
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