xfce weather applet

[Art Edwards]

On 11/28/2011 11:15 PM, Steve Grace wrote:
> On 11/28/2011 07:30 AM, sktsee wrote:
>
>>> Do you happen to know if there's any way to get a working weather
>>> applet
>>> in Xubuntu 11.10?
>
>> 1. Remove the weather applet from the panel if it is running
>>
>> 2. Install a hex editor.
>>
>> 3. make a copy for backup of /usr/lib/xfce4-weather-plugin/xfce4/panel-
>> plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin because you'll be editing the binary
>> directly with the hex editor.
>>
>> 4. As root, open the file and search for the following text:
>> 3c4cd39ee5dec84f.1121946239
>>
>> 5. Replace that set with 4128909340a9b2fc.1003666583
>
> I was somewhat interested in fixing this even though it's not a big
> deal for me. Unfortunately, my binary doesn't contain the hex string
> listed (it doesn't have even have the first two bytes "3c4c" together
> anywhere). I'm using Xubuntu 11.10 and am sure I have the most current
> version (I even purged the xfce4-weather-plugin package and
> reinstalled it to make sure). The version I (re-)installed is 0.7.4-1.
>
> Anyway, I don't care that much about fixing the issue; I just think
> it's curious that the fix works for some people.
>
I also tried the fix, although I'm using maverick. I also could not find
3c4c. Oh well. The U. S. weather service has its own xml streams. I
assume other weather services do as well. It could be some work, but if
these were used, the applet would not have any legal problems.

Art Edwards