Ubuntu
geoclue package

Could not get location

Bug #1240271 reported by Fred
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Bug Description

$ redshift
Started Geoclue provider `Geoclue Master'.
Using provider `geoclue'.
Could not get location (3 retries left): Geoclue master client has no usable Position providers.
Unable to get location from provider.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: geoclue 0.12.99-2ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 16 01:06:33 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-21 (725 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: geoclue
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-09-16 (29 days ago)

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Fred (eldmannen+launchpad) wrote :
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Fred (eldmannen+launchpad) wrote :

Hmm... this problem goes away after I install 'geoclue-hostip' and 'geoclue-yahoo'.
Even though 'geoclue-ubuntu-geoip' already was installed.

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Fred (eldmannen+launchpad) wrote :

Fails on the first try, but on the second execution it for some reason works.

$ redshift -l geoclue
Started Geoclue provider `Geoclue Master'.
Could not get location (3 retries left): Geoclue master client has no usable Position providers.
Unable to get location from provider.
$ redshift -l geoclue
Started Geoclue provider `Geoclue Master'.
According to the geoclue provider we're at: <i remove the coordinates from this bug report>
Using method `randr'.

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