weather clock doesnt work with uiversal applets

hello, me again :-)

i have also tried the weather clock, again below is the terminal output.

techno-mole@HAL:~$ '/home/techno-mole/.screenlets/WeatherClock/WeatherClockScreenlet.py'
/home/techno-mole/.screenlets/WeatherClock/WeatherClockScreenlet.py:525: GtkWarning: gdk_pixmap_new: assertion `(drawable != NULL) || (depth != -1)' failed
  int(self.width * self.scale), int(self.height * self.scale), -1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/techno-mole/.screenlets/WeatherClock/WeatherClockScreenlet.py", line 796, in <module>
    screenlets.session.create_session(WeatherClockScreenlet)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/screenlets/session.py", line 350, in create_session
    session.start()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/screenlets/session.py", line 196, in start
    sl = self.create_instance()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/screenlets/session.py", line 114, in create_instance
    sl = self.screenlet(id=id, session=self, enable_saving=False, **keyword_args)
  File "/home/dan/.screenlets/WeatherClock/WeatherClockScreenlet.py", line 140, in __init__
    self.theme_name = "default"
  File "/home/techno-mole/.screenlets/WeatherClock/WeatherClockScreenlet.py", line 473, in __setattr__
    super(WeatherClockScreenlet, self).__setattr__(name, value)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/screenlets/screenlet.py", line 207, in __setattr__
    self.load_theme(path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/screenlets/screenlet.py", line 473, in load_theme
    self.on_load_theme()
  File "/home/techno-mole/.screenlets/WeatherClock/WeatherClockScreenlet.py", line 508, in on_load_theme
    self.init_buffers()
  File "/home/techno-mole/.screenlets/WeatherClock/WeatherClockScreenlet.py", line 525, in init_buffers
    int(self.width * self.scale), int(self.height * self.scale), -1)
RuntimeError: could not create GdkPixmap object