Hi!
Got a new laptop with UM 24.04.2 preinstalled. Nice.
32G and Intel i9
But I just found out that the Mate Calculator doesn't provide the exchange rates conversion like it was since I've known of UM.
Others had that too ? A re-install doesn't solve it.
W
select mode financial
I know and I do use the financial mode
See here: it doesn't show the exchange on the right side. Whatever the currency.
Hi, @Watford 
Congrats on your new laptop computer with Ubuntu MATE 24.04.2 LTS ("Noble Numbat") preinstalled!
I must say I hadn't used until now the "Financial" mode of "MATE Calculator". I've tried it now and the behavior you've described (currency conversion apparently not working) seems to be also happening to me in 3 different versions of Ubuntu MATE: a VM (virtual machine) running a fresh install of "Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS" ("Jammy Jellyfish"); a physical machine running an upgrade install of "Ubuntu MATE 24.04.2 LTS" ("Noble Numbat") and a VM running a fresh install of "Ubuntu MATE 24.10" ("Oracular Oriole").
Do you have a screenshot of the currency conversion of "MATE Calculator" working as intended in any version of "Ubuntu MATE"?
Hi Ric
Just checked with my previous HP with UM 24.10 and the conversion feature doesn't work anymore (I didn't check that before writing my note here above).
Last time I used on the 'old' laptop was last week... So then it seems to be a problem with the calculator link with the data source, I guess.
W
p.s. Just found this on AskUbuntu... seems similar
Hello all,
Just saw this thread and was curious to see for myself. FYI, I run Debian 12 with MATE 1.26.0 so this should (in my opinion) check if this is a distribution bug (with UM) or a bug with MATE Calculator itself.
Indeed, financial does not work for me either. It will not convert.
Thanks,
Jaymo
There are some other calculators you could try. gcalc, gnome calc, kcalc, or keurocalc (which sounds like it would meet your needs).
Keurocalc:
It would would have to add KDE packages to run kcalc and keurocalc of you don't already have any KDE packages. I use Krita, Kid3, Soundkonverter, K3b and Kpatience and have no problems with KDE sofrware.
I never had used 'financial' mode and its currency conversion utility. After giving it a try I wonder where currency exchange rate must come from?
Well, mate-calc/src/currency-manager.c at master · mate-desktop/mate-calc · GitHub answers that question. And the links hardcoded in the currency-manager.c work. 
Thanks
I never had to seek alternatives since it was 'doing the job' for quick on-the-spot exchange rate info.
But thanks, since it may be useful
W
Eugene
Links may work (as you say) but the calculator doesn't show the result as it was.
In fact I used it for years and the rates were quite accurate if you were to compare to what is on xe.com for instance.
W
You're right, I checked too.
Please file a bug here:
re: GitHub bug
Yes I did
W
