Bug#534173: gnome-panel: Cannot change the timezone of the clock applet

[Stefan Monnier]

Package: gnome-panel
Version: 2.24.3-1+b1
Severity: normal

The clock applet (can't find any corresponding process in `ps', so I presume
it runs as part of `gnome-applet') allows me to choose various locations
and see their corresponding time, but it does not let me choose which of
those timezones is used for the clock displayed in the panel.  The only
option provided is to change the system timezone, which only works for
users who have admin-priviledges, and also affects all other users.


        Stefan


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (10, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-panel depends on:
ii  gnome-about                2.26.1-1      The GNOME about box
ii  gnome-control-center       1:2.24.0.1-5  utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-desktop-data         2.26.1-1      Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-menus                2.24.2-2      an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-panel-data           2.24.3-1      common files for the GNOME Panel
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.26.0-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.24.1-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0             2.24.1-1      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                      2.9-12        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                  1.8.6-2+b1    The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                1.2.12-1      simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.80-4        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libecal1.2-7               2.26.1.1-2    Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserver1.2-11       2.26.1.1-2    Utility library for evolution data
ii  libedataserverui1.2-8      2.26.1.1-2    GUI utility library for evolution 
ii  libgconf2-4                2.26.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.6.4-1     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.20.1-2      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-11      2.26.1-1      Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-menu2             2.24.2-2      an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libgnome2-0                2.26.0-1      The GNOME library - runtime files
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.24.1-1      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.16.1-2      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgweather1               2.26.1-1      GWeather shared library
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.17-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0         2.24.3-1+b1   library for GNOME Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.24.0-3+b1   Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpolkit-dbus2            0.9-3         library for accessing PolicyKit vi
ii  libpolkit2                 0.9-3         library for accessing PolicyKit
ii  librsvg2-2                 2.22.3-2      SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libwnck22                  2.24.2-2      Window Navigator Construction Kit 
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.2.1-1     X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                    1:1.0.4-2     X11 authorisation library
ii  menu-xdg                   0.4           freedesktop.org menu compliant win

Versions of packages gnome-panel recommends:
ii  alacarte                   0.12.1-1      easy GNOME menu editing tool
ii  evolution-data-server      2.26.1.1-2    evolution database backend server
ii  gnome-applets              2.24.3.1-2+b1 Various applets for GNOME 2 panel 
ii  gnome-icon-theme           2.24.0-4      GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-session              2.22.3-3      The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gvfs                       1.2.2-2       userspace virtual filesystem - ser
ii  policykit-gnome            0.9.2-2       GNOME dialogs for PolicyKit

Versions of packages gnome-panel suggests:
pn  epiphany-browser  <none>                 (no description available)
ii  evolution         2.26.1.1-2             groupware suite with mail client a
ii  gdm               2.20.9-1               GNOME Display Manager
ii  gnome-session     2.22.3-3               The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-system-tool 2.22.1-4               Cross-platform configuration utili
ii  gnome-terminal [x 2.24.3-3               The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii  gnome-user-guide  2.24.2-2               GNOME user's guide
ii  nautilus          2.26.2-3               file manager and graphical shell f
ii  terminal.app [x-t 0.9.4+cvs20051125-5+b1 Terminal Emulator for GNUstep
ii  xterm [x-terminal 242-1                  X terminal emulator
ii  yelp              2.24.0-2               Help browser for GNOME 2

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