Yahoo Weather Widget no longer works

[vinnywright]

Thanks Vinny for mentioning that qml module, it did not install by itself.

most widgets you get from kde.look or the such will not install dependences by them selves unless it comes in the form of a .deb with the depends listed in the control file .

usually the developer will list the depends needed "like these qml-module's" on the web page thay are hosted on.

IF you select the "details" of the widget in the "download new widgets" tool they will probably be listed.





VINNY

[Teunis]

Thanks Vinny for mentioning that qml module, it did not install by itself.

[vinnywright]

yes ,,,,for some reason the "qml-module-qtqml-models2" will not get used by the widget until after a reboot if installed after the fact.


VINNY

[NoWorries]

I am pleased to now report that I now have it working on KDE Plasma 5.5.4. It worked after I returned to my Laptop and booted it up. I thought that I had done that when I tested it before and it did not work. All I can think is that some of the updates that came in fixed it.

[vinnywright]

strange ,,,,I am plasma ver. 5.5.4




and the systemtray icon


VINNY

[NoWorries]

I have checked the Yahoo Weather widget version and it is 5.1.1 on 06-04-2016 and it is tested with KDE Plasma Version 5.5. I still get the Error message with Plasma Version 5.5.4 but with Plasma Version 5.5.5 is works, sort off. In this case there is not a visible icon, it is dark but I can get the weather details when the mouse is hovered above the icon and also when I click on it.

Looks like I will have to try your post #11 even though the Widget version is the latest.

[vinnywright]

Sorry to say that after installing the Yahoo Weather widget and setting the WOEID it still gave the Error 1: Please check your network message. I tried this on Xenial with KDE Plasma 5.5.4 and another Xenial with KDE Plasma 5.5.5. Both gave the same error. I have installed the packages qml-module-qtquick-xmllistmodel and qml-module-qtqml-models2.

what ver. of the widget ?

the "download new widgets" may be grabbing a older ver. ,,,,,,,try git cloning and building it (post #11) ,,,yahoo changed their API access recently and all had to be rebuilt/modified .



VINNY

[NoWorries]

the yahoo widget has been fixed the working ver. is 5.1.1 "com.librehat.yahooweather-5.1.1.plasmoid"

VINNY

Sorry to say that after installing the Yahoo Weather widget and setting the WOEID it still gave the Error 1: Please check your network message. I tried this on Xenial with KDE Plasma 5.5.4 and another Xenial with KDE Plasma 5.5.5. Both gave the same error. I have installed the packages qml-module-qtquick-xmllistmodel and qml-module-qtqml-models2.

[vinnywright]

the yahoo widget has been fixed the working ver. is 5.1.1 "com.librehat.yahooweather-5.1.1.plasmoid"

VINNY

[NoWorries]

This is the one I've previously referred to as the 'Norwegian' because of the weather service used.

I noticed it tied up 100% of a CPU thread in attempts to update when off-line.

I have checked my system and it doesn't use 100% CPU. I put my system off-line and it still did not use anywhere near 100% CPU. It had a similar CPU blip to what I get when connected.

I have now realized that multiple weather regions can be added by selecting "Next Location" on the detailed weather information. I did this a couple of times and the CPU load is shown below.



I find that the update of the weather details can be made as low as 20min but I think that the source data is updated at a slower rate as I have noticed on some occasions a discrepancy in the temperatures, like 6C, with local temperatures.

[Cecil]

strange ,,,it quit once again .....

VINNY

I had that problem last night, but it was fixed simply by right-clicking the widget and clicking Refresh. No problems this morning, it connected right away when I logged in. Maybe Yahoo had a server hiccup?

[LinkBot]

Weather Widget

http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php...content=169572

HOW TO INSTALL
- EDIT: Preferred way: your distribution's package manager or build it yourself (https://github.com/kotelnik/plasma-a...t#requirements)

ANOTHER WAY TO INSTALL
- Add Widgets... -> Get new widgets -> Download new plasma widgets
- find this applet and install through the first item with .plasmoid extension
- NOTE: this version does not support offline data cache
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1.6.1
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- Open Weather Map support
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About Open Weather Map: http://openweathermap.org/about

[Teunis]

This is the one I've previously referred to as the 'Norwegian' because of the weather service used.

I noticed it tied up 100% of a CPU thread in attempts to update when off-line.

[NoWorries]

strange ,,,it quit once again .....

VINNY

Well - nice try, sorry you could not get it to work.

I have decided to remove the Yahoo Weather Widget and I have installed a new one by clearmartin. I chose to Download New Plasma Widgets and in the search window I entered "weather" and selected the one by clearmartin.

I installed two copies on my default panel and after selecting my location and that of my Son's location in the UK, I get the following widgets



When I put the cursor on the widget, I get the following:



When I click on the widget I then get the forecast and the 48 hour temperature profile, like this:



You can have multiple sites on the one widget, but you have to select the Weather Widget Settings to change the preferred site. Sites are chosen from the Weather Widget Settings and clicking on the + yr.no. You need to use your browser and enter the site http://yr.no/place. This allows the entry of your location and the web site is then copied into the URL.

You can also make the widget much smaller so that it does not take up so much space. I am very happy with this and find it better than the Yahoo Weather Widget.

[vinnywright]

strange ,,,it quit once again .....

VINNY