Mary, I don't use this app, but a quick squizz at the code at http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnome-applets/gweather/ would indicate it just uses HTTP like a web browser to grab weather details. My guess is that the server(s) configured for use may have broken or changed format.
I would run up ethereal to capture the request/responses it generates (basically try to trigger an update and filter for "http" in the ethereal display filters). From the responses (either bad, good or non-existent) you may be able to figure out what is going on. Once you know what requests it makes, you might be able to simulate the client by using just a normal web browser). If the app is configurable you may be able make changes there, or even resolve to fix the broken code if necessary ;-) (I'm a bit of a weather junkie as well though I tend to just have quick links to places like http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN65092/IDN65092.95765.shtml . Maybe someone should figure how to munge this data into something like gweather) Regards, Martin Martin Visser, CISSP Network and Security Consultant Consulting & Integration Technology Solutions Group - HP Services 410 Concord Road Rhodes NSW 2138 Australia Mobile: +61-411-254-513 Fax: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail: martin.visserAThp.com This email (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify HP immediately by return email and then delete the email, destroy any printed copy and do not disclose or use the information in it. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mary Gardiner Sent: Tuesday, 6 December 2005 11:44 AM To: slug@slug.org.au Subject: [SLUG] Debugging no data for the GNOME weather applet Hi all, I have a Fedora Core 3 workstation and I like to use the weather applet to get a sense of the temperature outside. For the last couple of weeks, my weather applet hasn't worked: it has constantly shown a question mark instead of a weather icon and no temperature is shown. When I put the mouse cursor over it, a hover text box says "retrieval failed". It seems to fail for a whole lot of cities: I've tested Pittsburgh (the default), Sydney, Melbourne and Boston. Anyone know how to get a better error message than "retrieval failed"? I've looked at the obvious thing (my GNOME proxy setting) and now I'd like an actual error message to help me fix the problem. -Mary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
