Comments on: Minbar prayer calculation algorithms

by: Azeez P

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:32:05 +0000

Hi, assalamu alaikum…
i understand minbar is not using the altitude information for calculation of prayer time.. one source of error may be this..

by: Djihed

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:15:47 +0000

Salam Hussain,

Hmm, that is not possible at the moment unfortunately. I think I should offer this in the next version. Thanks for your comment.

Djihed

by: Hussain

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:24:03 +0000

Hi Djihed,

Wondering if there is a way to play specific Athans only? I want Minbar to alert me for Fajr, Dhuhr and Maghrib. How can I do this?

Thanks!

by: safiyyah

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:41:06 +0000

Thank you Djihed, that worked well for me!!! Am a happy bunny again.

by: Djihed

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:02:15 +0000

Safiyyah, sorry for not getting back to your email as I am pretty swamped with a long baclklog of emails.

Not recognising daylight savings is indeed a problem, but there is an easy fix by adjusting the clock under preferences. Just change the time zone by adding or subtracting 1 as needed.

Which is indeed what you referred to as “manipulate the time manually”, it is possible in the current application. Have you checked under preferences?

by: safiyyah

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:13:55 +0000

I sent an e-mail but go no response, so I thought of leaving a comment here, the Minbar program works fine for the winter prayer times, however as of March - October when the clock changes to the summer clock, it still works 1 hour behind. I think that the program either needs to allow users to manipulate the time manually (which they can check for the correct time at masjids etc, this will eliminate a lot of the problems. ) Right now mine is working an hour ahead of the prayer times because it doesn’t recognise daylight savings and there is no facility for me to manually insert the prayer time.

by: kozmonot

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:59:44 +0000

timings are wrong
i am in edirne

http://www.diyanet.gov.tr/turkish/vakithes_namazsonuc.asp

this page shows goverments pray hours

i am in edirne turkey

http://www.islamicfinder.org/cityPrayerD.php?city=edirne&country=turkey&home=2008-4-6

i checked coordinates forum that page

and
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=116867048083452509298.000001129af3561a40a4b&ll=41.63546,26.614552&spn=0.05273,0.103683&z=13

this isthe google map adress

how can i find coordinates for keeping programes hours same as goverment hours?

by: NMC

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:33:44 +0000

SalaamAllakum,

May Allah bless you for your efforts, brother.

I’m still using Minbar 0.1 because 0.2 won’t install on Ubuntu Feisty for some reason. I’m fine with that because I’m using a cronjob to switch between the adthans. Everything was working fine, Alhamdilllah, until recently with the Daylight Savings Time. Minbar is still showing the old adthan times even though we’re now an hour ahead in the USA. I’m guessing this has something to do with libitl. Any thoughts on how I can fix it?

Jazakhallahar and SalaamAllakum,
NMC

by: Tegap

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:30:21 +0000

Assalamu’alaikum WrWb.,
Brother Martin, i have the same problems as well as you have.
After an athan all the sounds will no longer heard.
Brother Djihed, how was it….?
Also i have the same problems with brother Farid (questions no.4), as i lived in Bogor, 60 km from Jakarta.

Wass,

Tegap

by: Martin

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:54:26 +0000

Asalaamu alaikum,
I have the problem that minbar seems to seize the sound channel. For example if I have realplayer working, then after an Athan, realplayer will no longer output sound.

Anyone else have that problem? Or have a fix?

WAS

by: Djihed

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:09:29 +0000

Farid:

1. I will look this up with the creators of the list, which are GNOME applets developers.

2. Yes, unfortunately, I have acknowledged this. Look up the subsequent posts in http://djihed.com/minbar

Djihed

by: Farid

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:55:10 +0000

Assalamualaikum,

I already installed Minbar 0.2 but still have bug.

1. Find for our City [Jakarta] found indonesia in Australia&Ocean List not in Asia, we must correction Indonesia is Asia
2. For Ashr Time is late,
I use Prayer Time (plugn mozilla) : Asr Time = 15:27 with Muslim Worl League Method
But I use Minbar : Asr Time = 14:18 with Muslim World Method –> this is wrong time

Jakarta :
Latitude = -6.12
Logitude = 106.65
Time = +7

I mean this problem since minbar 0.1 version, How to fixed this bug ?

by: fauzan.sa

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:14:13 +0000

To where I have to report? Is there any bug reporting facility here? Or just type here?

Ashr time problem :
localtime: 15.15
itl-time: 13.58

Latitude: -7.8
Longitude: 110.37
City: Jogjakarta, Indonesia

by: Djihed

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:24:03 +0000

The code that Xlylith wanted to put is this (he sent me an email)

/*mm    if (part1 < 1 || Lat < 0)
        part1 = mathhab - tan(DEG_TO_RAD(Lat) - dec);
 mm*/

I'll follow up.

by: Xlylith

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:11:24 +0000

Removing these lines from file prayer.c (line 695) in libitl0 source code solve the problem for me:

if (part1