Bug 100510 – can't add Gnome AppletClock to panel with 'Add to Panel'

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description 931987 2005-07-27 12:43:35 UTC]

there is a message if i try to add the appletclock:

The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:GNOME_ClockApplet".
Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration?

sorry, that's all I can tell.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create a panel
2. -> 'Add to Panel'
3. -> Clock (Get the current time and date)

Actual Results:  
vgl. Details

the error message:
The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:GNOME_ClockApplet".
Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration?

Expected Results:  
a clock in the panel should appear.

[Comment 1 John N. Laliberte (RETIRED) 2005-07-29 16:57:39 UTC]

post your emerge info.

Also, what happens when you do emerge -av gnome-applets?  Does it show any
blockers?  Have you restarted X since you last upgraded your packs?

[Comment 2 931987 2005-08-01 05:36:50 UTC]

(In reply to comment #0)
> there is a message if i try to add the appletclock:
> 
> The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:GNOME_ClockApplet".
> Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration?
> 
> sorry, that's all I can tell.
> 
> Reproducible: Always
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1.Create a panel
> 2. -> 'Add to Panel'
> 3. -> Clock (Get the current time and date)
> 
> Actual Results:  
> vgl. Details
> 
> the error message:
> The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:GNOME_ClockApplet".
> Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration?
> 
> Expected Results:  
> a clock in the panel should appear.

yes, i restarted X and the message:
These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild   R   ] gnome-base/gnome-applets-2.10.1  -acpi +apm -debug -doc
+gstreamer +ipv6 0 kB

Total size of downloads: 0 kB

Do you want me to merge these packages? [Yes/No]

[Comment 3 John N. Laliberte (RETIRED) 2005-08-01 05:56:46 UTC]

could you post emerge -av gnome-panel, do you have eds in your use flags for that?  

If you had posted your emerge info as requested, I would know the answer to this
already.

If you don't have evolution installed, and have the eds use flag set, try
emerging gnome-panel w/o the eds use flag.

Thanks!

[Comment 4 931987 2005-08-01 09:21:36 UTC]

I emerged gnome-panel w/o eds and now it works. thank you.

[Comment 5 John N. Laliberte (RETIRED) 2005-08-02 08:39:43 UTC]

needed to emerge gnome-panel w/o eds use flag set.