lack of forecast with wmweather+

moxley777 · n00b Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 16

i start up wmweather+ with the following command in my startup file, but
it does not give me a forecast (or a map, for that
matter, but the forecast is all i care about):
wmweather+ -station KTTN &

any ideas?

dwblas · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 1:28 am Post subject:

I use -s KBUR. I know the man page says you can use -s or -station, but try -s. instead. If that doesn't work, try "-s KBUR" to make sure you have a good station address. Also, there is no trailing & in my WMState file. HTH.

moxley777 · n00b Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 16

i tried your line exactly (wmweather+ -s KBUR) and still no forecast.
i am using fluxbox desktop environment, and i have the command in my fluxbox startup file.

dwblas · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 7:00 pm Post subject:

Try wmWeather without the plus sign. I installed it several years ago and had similiar problems, but I don't remember exactly what I did. I do seem to remember that the app with the plus sign never worked. WmWeather displays temp, etc and a left click gives you all of the current conditions.

I just tried wmWeather+ and it seems to work fine. I am using WindowMaker though. That may be the difference.

moxley777 · n00b Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 16

hmmm - it won't even let me start up without the "+" in there. i am getting this message:
wmweather+: download of /home/emoxley/.wmweather+/KBUR.new-mrf.txt failed: Fatal Error: connect operation failed (Connection timed out)

dwblas · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:39 am Post subject:

wmWeather is a separate app from wmweather+, so you have to emerge it.

moxley777 · n00b Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 16

i coudln't find anything to get a forecast in the manual??!?