Configuring Minbar, help please

[tbaac]

Assalamu’alaikum  

 

I recently installed UbuntuMe by installing Ubuntu Hardy, adding the UbuntuMe repositories and then installing the ubuntume package.  

 

Unfortunately I am having trouble with configuring Minbar. I am in Copenhagen, and according to the Danish Islamic Society (http://www.wakf.com/), prayer times today (17.06.2008) are as follows:  

Fajr 02:26  

Dhuhr 13:12  

Asr 17:44  

Maghrib 22:00  

Ishaa 23:46  

I am unsure which method is used to calculate these. However no matter which method I choose, Ishaa is always coming out at about 2 in the morning (with Fajr one hour earlier). Please can you tell me what I am doing wrong or point me to a guide? Thank you.  

 

Also my times are coming out wrong in the Firefox "Pray Times" plugin. Again, any pointers on how to configure it?  

 

Thank you, this is a lovely distribution.  

Jamal.

[adi]

Assalamualaikum  

 

I just realize that in my system (Ubuntume converting from ubuntu 8.04) does not have Mimbar (as seen in http://www.ubuntume.com/screenshots).  

There is a prayer time 1.1.13 as a firefox add-on extensions. Here, in PrayerTimes I can do customization for prayer time calculations. Also, it provides a link for the detail calculation  

http://tanzil.info/praytime/doc/calculation/  

 

I am just wondering, how can I get the "Mimbar "..it looks better.

[adi]

I am sorry... I have found the "Minbar"  

Located here: Applications - Accessories ( why not under Applications - Islamic software ), can I move it here..?  

 

I open it ... and it shows the same problem (as brother Jamal reported)..incorrect prayer times (although the location and calculation method are the same with that of firefox prayer time).

[yghannam]

Salam,  

 

This sounds like a problem I had once. What I realized was that you must set the time zone yourself. If you're in Copenhagen then your time zone would be +1, I think. If your time zone is correctly set up in the first place then just adjust it until the prayer times are consistent with Danish Islamic Society.

[adi]

Thank You very much .... it is so simply.  

I was thinking when we select the city it adjust the time zone automatically. Now it is very close to the prayer times in firefox add-on extensions.

[jmehdi]

adi wrote:

I am sorry... I have found the "Minbar"   Located here: Applications - Accessories ( why not under Applications - Islamic software ), can I move it here..?

 

The .deb file is not updated to use the new Islamic Sofware menu.  

Download this file: http://ubuntume.com/download/minbar.desktop  

and overwrite the current file:  

Code:

sudo cp minbar.desktop /usr/share/applications/minbar.desktop

 

 

wa salam

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[adi]

Thank you, Jazakallahu khoir  

 

It works, now it is well organized under Islamic Software.

[tbaac]

Hamdulillah, I still can't get Minbar configured even changing the time zone.  

 

Can you do me a favour please? Tell me what options you have yours set to, which city you are using and what results you get today/tomorrow or whenever.  

I just want to see it giving a correct result and then hopefully I can customize it to what I need.  

 

Thanks again  

Jamal

[adi]

In Minbar.. I just go to Preferences - Find city and select the closest city where I live now. Once it is selected then I set the time zone (Manually). "yghannam" reminded us to do that.  

I think you have to check the latitude and longitude..you can adjust them manually.  

In Advance tab, I use Muslim World League (MWL), the same selection with the Prayer Times Firefox Add-on extension.  

 

The difference is that in Firefox ...for Magrib and Isya.. around 1-2 min ahead. I think, because of the calculation method. In Firefox I use the default 17 degrees for Isya. In Minbar, I could not find a way to adjust the calculation method, we have to select one of the standard methods available (no customization allowed)