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From yesterday, openweather extention on the top panel does not show the weather. Its shows "Please wait Loading".

I tried to find the solution. There was a post of creating account on openweather website and use API id. I found that it is a subscription base plan. There was a free plan which allows 60 calls free for weather data.

I thought that the extention is open source. And may be I deleted any package that is required to work the extention so I reinstall the OS. But there is no difference of doing that. enter image description here

What could possibly go wrong any guidance?

graham
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Trushar Gavit
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    Only Ubuntu and official flavors of Ubuntu (https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours) are on-topic here, refer to https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic where you'll find other SE sites where you question will be welcome if you don't want to use a Pop forum. (*One advantage of Ubuntu is it's many support options, you opted for Pop OS so take advantage of it's support options, or SE Unix & Linux*) – guiverc May 31 '20 at 07:16
  • I am using Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS and the same issue persists with this OS too. I have sent a bug report to the writer from within the extension page. I would respectfully request that this is not closed as it doesn't just relate to pop-os but to the supported versions of Ubuntu too. If/when I get a reply, I will post a solution. – graham May 31 '20 at 07:21
  • @User How long you are having the issue? – Trushar Gavit May 31 '20 at 07:58
  • Like you, it started just yesterday - 30th May – graham May 31 '20 at 08:53
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    I'm having the same issue since yesterday (may 30th). – gccallie May 31 '20 at 09:36
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    @gccallie I'd recommend you to raise a bug report to the developer too as I have done. More reports to them might help get the issue resolved. – graham May 31 '20 at 09:46

4 Answers4

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Found a solution on GitLab from @StephGbzh that just worked for me using 20.04. It is most likely an expired CA certificate:

  1. check that you target the right expired certificate

    openssl x509 -issuer -enddate -noout -in /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/AddTrust_External_Root.crt

    which will produce the following:

    issuer=C = SE, O = AddTrust AB, OU = AddTrust External TTP Network, CN = AddTrust External CA Root
notAfter=May 30 10:48:38 2020 GMT

  2. backup 

    cp /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/AddTrust_External_Root.crt ~

  3. delete

    sudo rm /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/AddTrust_External_Root.crt

  4. update the system 

    sudo update-ca-certificates
  5. restart gnome shell: AltF2, r, Enter
muru
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Andrew
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    Perfect - That worked for me on 18.04 LTS. Thanks! Could the op mark this one as the solution please to allow others to find it easily. – graham May 31 '20 at 14:32
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    I think it might help to separate out the two instructions at number 2 to take it in two distinct steps which will help newish users: perhaps 2a. to backup the file then 2b to delete it. – graham May 31 '20 at 14:41
  • When I ran update-ca-certificates, the deleted "AddTru..." certificate is not downloaded. Will its absence cause any problems ? – AJN May 31 '20 at 16:41
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    Thanks man. It worked. – Trushar Gavit May 31 '20 at 18:04
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    That certificate is not even downloaded in my directory and after the update it hasn't been downloaded either – André Clérigo Aug 13 '20 at 00:57
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    Just upgraded to 20,04. This does not work for me. Weather worked fine on 18.04. – Carl H Aug 13 '20 at 16:38
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Another way to fix it without deleting .crt files, or disabling secure http.

In terminal:

Change directory.

cd /etc

Make a backup of this file.

ls -al ca-certificates.conf*
sudo cp ca-certificates.conf ca-certificates.conf.BAK
ls -al ca-certificates.conf*

Edit this file.

sudo pico ca-certificates.conf
change "AddTrust_External_Root.crt" to "!AddTrust_External_Root.crt"

Update certificates.

sudo update-ca-certificates
restart gnome shell with ALT+F2, r, ENTER

Reference: https://gitlab.com/jenslody/gnome-shell-extension-openweather/-/issues/272

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Check this https://gitlab.com/jenslody/gnome-shell-extension-openweather/-/issues/272

But for me workaround doesn't work on 20.04 :(

My own workaround in ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/openweather-extension@jenslody.de/extension.js on 1116 after 

_httpSession = new Soup.Session();

add 

_httpSession.ssl_strict = false;

works fine for me.

muru
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  • I followed the link from Jens in 18.04 LTS but even after F2 r it still doesn't work for me. – graham May 31 '20 at 11:51
  • This solution involves some coding experience which some users might find daunting but the answer provided by Andrew is much easier to follow why is why it gets my upvote. – graham May 31 '20 at 14:43
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After so many days of struggling and couldn't find any working solution in the internet, I have done it in my way and it worked. I hope this will work for you too..

Here's what I have done.

sudo nautilus

navigate to /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions on system side

Use ALT and up arrow keys if needed

Permanently delete following folder with shift delete

openweather-extension@jenslody.de

Refresh by doing ALT F2, r Enter

Goto https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/750/openweather/ and install it again

Refresh by doing ALT F2, r Enter

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