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Offline kslinux

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Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« on: March 19, 2013, 04:20:30 PM »
I have searched and cannot find this topic addressed in the Forums.  I apologize if I missed the topic.

How do you add the local weather (current conditions, three day forecast, etc.) to the desktop?  I've seen this in some of the monthly screenshots.  I'm new to LXDE.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Re: Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2013, 06:39:21 PM »
Quote from: kslinux on March 19, 2013, 04:20:30 PM

How do you add the local weather (current conditions, three day forecast, etc.) to the desktop?  I've seen this in some of the monthly screenshots.  I'm new to LXDE.


Those are probably KDE widgets.   ForecastFox in Firefox isn't bad.
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Re: Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2013, 07:03:24 PM »
« Last Edit: March 19, 2013, 07:08:25 PM by JohnW_57 »
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Re: Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2013, 07:11:50 PM »
I use LXDE and if you see the monthly screeshots I have a program that put weather (and other things) in screen, I use Rainlendar  altought apparently last versions doesn't work so well.

It runs without installing so it is pretty safe but there is a rule about using programs from outside the repo that you probably know by now. If you want, download the program (free version), if it doesn't work I can share my working version.
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Re: Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2013, 11:36:10 PM »
Thanks for the link to Rainlendar.  I downloaded "rainlendar2-lite".  How do I run this program without installing it?  Help educate me.

Thanks.

Alan

Edited 03/20/2013 at 12:38 am.
« Last Edit: March 19, 2013, 11:39:55 PM by kslinux »
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Re: Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2013, 02:08:57 PM »
You can use screenlets, works like a charme, and it is available in our repos...



Good luck
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Re: Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2013, 04:51:34 PM »
do you need compiz installed to get it to work ?  synaptic say's (Screenlets work best with the Widget plugin for Compiz Fusion) ?
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Re: Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2013, 04:57:31 PM »
no, i've only using as composite manager compton. But it works without any composite manager...
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Re: Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2013, 02:14:34 AM »
Quote from: daniel on March 22, 2013, 04:57:31 PM
no, i've only using as composite manager compton. But it works without any composite manager...

guess I'll have to find something to read up on it.. can't seem to get anything on to the desktop
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Re: Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2013, 02:40:35 AM »
You have this files installed...
screenlets-0.1.5-2pclos2011
screenlets-addons-0.1.5-1pclos2011
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And the output from this
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glxinfo | grep 'direct rendering'
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Re: Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2013, 02:49:29 AM »
Quote from: daniel on March 23, 2013, 02:40:35 AM
You have this files installed...
screenlets-0.1.5-2pclos2011
screenlets-addons-0.1.5-1pclos2011
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And the output from this
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glxinfo | grep 'direct rendering'
is Yes?

yes to all 3 .. I must be doing it wrong.. I highlight the weather thing and click on launch/add and nothing happens ..tried to drag and drop, but that does nothing ..
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Re: Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2013, 02:51:44 AM »
Maybe you need a reboot, i'm not sure...
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Re: Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2013, 03:04:52 AM »
Quote from: daniel on March 23, 2013, 02:51:44 AM
Maybe you need a reboot, i'm not sure...

k.. will try that.
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Re: Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2013, 03:13:07 AM »
didn't do anything, but clicking on (create desktop shortcut) put the weather thing to the desktop... but how do I set it to my local weather ?? tried clicking on it and right click shows nothing ..


found a tut for screenlets and it clearly is not working as it did there..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu8TW7kFBnA
« Last Edit: March 23, 2013, 03:26:46 AM by scoundrel »
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Re: Adding Local Weather to LXDE
« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2013, 07:04:47 AM »
Start screenlets in a terminal, and post messages

Edit:
Let me see your installed python packages
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rpm -qa | grep python
« Last Edit: March 23, 2013, 08:09:18 AM by daniel »
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