Re: Debian 9.1 amd64 Xfce panel clock broken

[David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>]

On 08/10/17 11:51, Ralph Katz wrote:
> On 08/09/2017 06:13 PM, David Christensen wrote:
> > debian-user:
> >
> > I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop with an Intel Core Duo T7400
> > CPU, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB SSD, and a fresh install of
> > debian-9.1.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso, with all updates and upgrades as
> > of now:
> >
> > 2017-08-09 16:59:07 root@tinkywinky ~ # cat /etc/debian_version
> > 9.1
> >
> > 2017-08-09 16:59:18 root@tinkywinky ~ # uname -a Linux tinkywinky
> > 4.9.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u3 (2017-08-06) x86_64
> > GNU/Linux
> >
> > 2017-08-09 16:59:22 root@tinkywinky ~ # dpkg-query --show xfce4
> > xfce4    4.12.3
> >
> >
> > I would like to use the Xfce panel "clock" item.  Unfortunately, it
> > is broken:
> >
> > - If I right-click on the Xfce panel and choose "Panel
> > Preferences...", the "Panel" dialog appears.
> >
> > - Selecting Panel -> Items tab, "Clock" appears in the list of
> > panel items.
> >
> > - If I select Panel -> Items -> Clock and click the "Edit the
> > currently selected item" button, the "Clock" dialog appears.
> >
> > - I then configure Clock as follows:
> >
> > Time Settings Timezone        PST8PDT Appearance Layout
> > Digital Tooltip format    Wednesday 09 August 2017 Clock Options
> > Format        05:04:55 PM
> >
> > Once I have made the above settings, but before choosing "Close",
> > the current time is displayed at the proper location in the Xfce
> > panel. This is what I want.
> >
> > - But when I click "Close", the current time disappears from the
> > panel -- e.g. Clock breaks.
>
> Mine works, but settings look different.  I made no changes to clock
> properties, 

When I open Panel Preferences -> Items -> Clock -> Edit the currently 
selected item, the defaults are:

  Time Settings
    Timezone            <blank>
  Appearance
    Layout              Digital
    Tooltip format      Custom Format
  Clock Options
    Format              Custom Format


> yet my field Timezone is blank.  Maybe try that?

Failure is the same.


> There is an .xfce4-session.verbose-log , though I don't know what
> you'll find.

Nothing:

2017-08-11 21:43:27 dpchrist@tinkywinky ~
$ find . -name .xfce4-session.verbose-log
./.xfce4-session.verbose-log

2017-08-11 21:43:34 dpchrist@tinkywinky ~
$ grep -i clock .xfce4-session.verbose-log



David