Weather applet can't be added to panel.

I can confirm this. Not sure how to debug it, though... Happens with an up-to-date dapper.

Thanks for your bug. Could you run /usr/lib/gnome-applets/gweather-applet-2 from a command line before adding it to the panel so it uses that version and you can read the messages or run it gdb?

Okay, I ran /usr/lib/gnome-applets/gweather-applet-2 from a terminal (both normal and sudo), tried to add it to the panel and got "The Application "gweather-applet-2" has quit unexpectedly." It then went into the same "error/reload" cycle I described originally.

Sorry, I don't know what "run it gdb" means - if there are directions somewhere, I'll be glad to try it.

Thank you for working on that. So first install the gnome-applets-dbg package. Then from the command line do that:
- gdb /usr/lib/gnome-applets/gweather-applet-2
(gdb) run
[add the panel]
... you should get the crash message on the command line
(gdb) thread apply all bt

And copy that to a command. What locale do you use?

(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/lib/gnome-applets/gweather-applet-2
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1224533792 (LWP 7462)]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread -1224533792 (LWP 7462)]
0xb78d1124 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgweather.so.0
(gdb) thread apply all bt

Thread 1 (Thread -1224533792 (LWP 7462)):
#0 0xb78d1124 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgweather.so.0
#1 0xb78d7779 in gweather_gconf_get_location (ctx=0x80a0308)
    at gweather-gconf.c:252
#2 0xb78d6df7 in gweather_prefs_load (prefs=0x80dd8b4, ctx=0x80a0308)
    at gweather-prefs.c:243
#3 0x0804d2b2 in gweather_applet_factory (applet=0x80bf000,
    iid=0x80b7ca8 "OAFIID:GNOME_GWeatherApplet", data=0x0) at main.c:44
#4 0xb7efc291 in panel_applet_marshal_BOOLEAN__STRING ()
   from /usr/lib/libpanel-applet-2.so.0
#5 0xb7968798 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#6 0xb73c043a in bonobo_closure_invoke_va_list ()
   from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0
#7 0xb73c0728 in bonobo_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0
#8 0xb7ef8568 in panel_applet_get_type () from /usr/lib/libpanel-applet-2.so.0
#9 0xb7975663 in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID ()
   from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#10 0xb7968798 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#11 0xb7978715 in g_signal_stop_emission () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#12 0xb797a238 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#13 0xb797a589 in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#14 0xb7e3a918 in bonobo_control_add_listener ()
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
   from /usr/lib/libbonoboui-2.so.0
#15 0xb73c1cbf in _ORBIT_skel_small_Bonobo_Control_setFrame ()
   from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0
#16 0xb7358474 in ORBit_POA_setup_root () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#17 0xb735cfe6 in ORBit_OAObject_invoke () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#18 0xb7349fab in ORBit_small_invoke_adaptor () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#19 0xb735878e in ORBit_POAObject_post_invoke () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#20 0xb7358def in ORBit_POAObject_post_invoke () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#21 0xb735b845 in ORBit_c_stub_invoke () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#22 0xb735cda2 in ORBit_handle_request () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#23 0xb7346eb0 in giop_connection_handle_input () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#24 0xb7363614 in link_connection_set_max_buffer ()
   from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#25 0xb736554b in link_servers_move_io_T () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#26 0xb78ff547 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#27 0xb7902606 in g_main_context_check () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#28 0xb7902928 in g_main_loop_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#29 0xb73ae4d0 in bonobo_main () from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0
#30 0xb73aca01 in bonobo_generic_factory_main_timeout ()
   from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0
#31 0xb73aca85 in bonobo_generic_factory_main () from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0
#32 0xb7ef9ec8 in panel_applet_factory_main_closure ()
   from /usr/lib/libpanel-applet-2.so.0
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#33 0xb7ef9f9a in panel_applet_factory_main ()
   from /usr...

lexhider@ubuntu:~$ locale
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

According to the backtrace that's known upstream as http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327406

If you need more than Lex's dbg output:

### Start gdb output ###

(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/lib/gnome-applets/gweather-applet-2
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1224369952 (LWP 6034)]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread -1224369952 (LWP 6034)]
0xb78f9124 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgweather.so.0
(gdb) thread apply all bt

Thread 1 (Thread -1224369952 (LWP 6034)):
#0 0xb78f9124 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgweather.so.0
#1 0xb78ff779 in gweather_gconf_get_location (ctx=0x80e4108)
    at gweather-gconf.c:252
#2 0xb78fedf7 in gweather_prefs_load (prefs=0x80eca84, ctx=0x80e4108)
    at gweather-prefs.c:243
#3 0x0804d2b2 in gweather_applet_factory (applet=0x80cd800,
    iid=0x80e3730 "OAFIID:GNOME_GWeatherApplet", data=0x0) at main.c:44
#4 0xb7f24291 in panel_applet_marshal_BOOLEAN__STRING ()
   from /usr/lib/libpanel-applet-2.so.0
#5 0xb7990798 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#6 0xb73e843a in bonobo_closure_invoke_va_list ()
   from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0
#7 0xb73e8728 in bonobo_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0
#8 0xb7f20568 in panel_applet_get_type () from /usr/lib/libpanel-applet-2.so.0
#9 0xb799d663 in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID ()
   from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#10 0xb7990798 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#11 0xb79a0715 in g_signal_stop_emission () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#12 0xb79a2238 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#13 0xb79a2589 in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#14 0xb7e62918 in bonobo_control_add_listener ()
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
   from /usr/lib/libbonoboui-2.so.0
#15 0xb73e9cbf in _ORBIT_skel_small_Bonobo_Control_setFrame ()
   from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0
#16 0xb7380474 in ORBit_POA_setup_root () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#17 0xb7384fe6 in ORBit_OAObject_invoke () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#18 0xb7371fab in ORBit_small_invoke_adaptor () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#19 0xb738078e in ORBit_POAObject_post_invoke () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#20 0xb7380def in ORBit_POAObject_post_invoke () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#21 0xb7383845 in ORBit_c_stub_invoke () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#22 0xb7384da2 in ORBit_handle_request () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#23 0xb736eeb0 in giop_connection_handle_input () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#24 0xb738b614 in link_connection_set_max_buffer ()
   from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#25 0xb738d54b in link_servers_move_io_T () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
#26 0xb7927547 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#27 0xb792a606 in g_main_context_check () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#28 0xb792a928 in g_main_loop_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#29 0xb73d64d0 in bonobo_main () from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0
#30 0xb73d4a01 in bonobo_generic_factory_main_timeout ()
   from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0
#31 0xb73d4a85 in bonobo_generic_factory_main () from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0
#32 0xb7f21ec8 in panel_applet_factory_main_closure ()
   from /usr/lib/libpanel-applet-2.so.0
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to ...

Started for me 1/24/06 after most recent upgrades.
Here is the output from gdb:

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread -1208637760 (LWP 18319)]
0xb7fcc124 in g_free@plt () from /usr/lib/libgweather.so.0
(gdb) thread apply all bt

Thread 1 (Thread -1208637760 (LWP 18319)):
#0 0xb7fcc124 in g_free@plt () from /usr/lib/libgweather.so.0
#1 0xb7fd2779 in gweather_gconf_get_location () from /usr/lib/libgweather.so.0
#2 0xb7fd1df7 in gweather_prefs_load () from /usr/lib/libgweather.so.0
#3 0x0804d2b2 in ?? ()
#4 0x080ebd24 in ?? ()
#5 0x080a1fd8 in ?? ()
#6 0x00000000 in ?? ()

 locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US:en_GB:en
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

The gnome-applets and gnome-applets-data updates this morning (02/13/06, c. 08:45 EST) seem to have fixed the problem. I'm now looking at a chilly 28 degrees F with light snow in Canton, Georgia on my taskbar.

Thanks for your comment, closing as fixed