From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686) Description of problem: The stock ticker applet that is part of the Linux 7.1 delux workstation (boxed) release no longer works. It is returning "No data available or properties not set" in the ticker output. This used to work fine and this was also report 6 months ago and I have not received a solution. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Choose applets 2. Choose networks 3. Choose GNOME stock ticker. 4. When applet starts, right click and choose properties 5. Enter a valid stock ticker name 6. Apply 7. Observe "No data available...." message in ticker Actual Results: I observed "No data available...." message in ticker Expected Results: I expected to see the value of the stock scroll by like it used to do about 6 months ago. Additional info: This seems to be a simple problem to fix but it certainly seems to be a problem. Last time I reported this it was "beyond the scope of Red Hat Support" and the problem was sent to gnome organization. No real solution has ever been sent to me. This time, I hope what I need to do to get this fixed can be clearly spelled out. Thanks
The box set only comes with installation support. Bug fixes are normally only rolled in to new releases, such as 7.3, and are done in order of internal priority. Security bugs are an exception to the rule and are released for older releases. Testing briefly with Red Hat 7.3, the applet appears to work in that release. If it did not, then your options would be to wait for the next release, or to purchase a support contract which covers bugfix errata for past releases. Those support contracts are normally in a business rather than individual price range, however.
I'm really do not want to go and purchase a new release of Linux. If it is my only choice, then I will. Isn't it posible to simply get the lastest patched version of the Stock Ticker applet without reloading the entire OS. Other Unix vendors have patch kits available to fix buds in the existing releases of their OS. Jeff Shuster
Our equivalent product to other UNIX flavors is Red Hat Linux Advanced Server, which does come with more support. The retail box product is an inexpensive product that comes with installation support only (or Apache configuration support for some versions). If you need custom packages or errata, you will have to purchase a higher level of support and contact our support or client engineering divisions. Bugzilla is a task tracker for engineers, not a support channel. Note that you can also download the new release free of charge, you need not purchase it.