control: forward -1 https://github.com/jonls/redshift/issues/324
Please see comments below. On Thu, 2017-04-20 at 16:53 -0400, Antoine Beaupre wrote: > Package: redshift-gtk > Version: 1.9.1-4 > Severity: normal > > I have recommended this tool to a friend that has this problem of > using the computer too late at night (bad boy, go to sleep! ;). > > When we did the first setup, my friend naturally clicked on the > Redshift icon in the application menus, and the app at first seemed to > start fine, but then just disappeared. > > I then realized I had tweaked my own app to hardcode my location and > promptly went around applying the same config (in > .config/redshift.conf) to my poor confused user. While this is > documented in the configuration file, there is little chance my user > would have (in order of skill level required): > > 1. found the documentation > > 2. read through it > > 3. figured out how to create a configuration file > > 4. figured out the exact coordinates where he is > > 5. convert them from DD°MM'SS" to DD.DD° > > Granted, levels 3-5 may vary. :) And yes, most skilled users can > figure that out, but a lot of Debian users cannot do that, and I would > argue they should not *have* to do this. > > The GUI should provide them with a configuration menu, or at least a > popup explaining that the app is not configured, not silently fail. > > I don't remember exactly why redshift failed to start. I remember it > was on a Jessie system, running in a regular Gnome session, which had > the added disadvantage of hiding the notification area so even when we > configured the app correctly, we still wouldn't see it. > > We also tried running it in Cinnamon - there it was a little better > because the notification area is more visible. > > Anyways - it would nice to improve the behavior in case of failure for > our less technical users. > Agreed. With newer redshift (the one in Stretch), things are a little better. redshift + geoclue2 + systemd user service, will give you a config less working redshift. In such a setup, you don't even need redshift-gtk. -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs Debian - The Universal Operating System
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