The -l lat:lon is what I use and sufficient for me, but the workaround is insufficient, though, from a design perspective. For example, both my parents and my girlfriend just think the program is completely broken if they try to use it while not connected to the internet.
Both Unity and Gnome allow setting your current location. Redshift should probably do the following automatically by default unless given a manual over-ride (such as using the -l lat:lon option): 1. Try to find current location using geoclue and internet connection 2. If #1 doesn't work, fall back to using Unity / Gnome location in the clock applet 3. If #2 doesn't work, fall back to using last-known good startup location 4. If #3 doesn't work, prompt use to enter a location manually at least once using the -l switch (so it can create a config file and fall back to #3 next time) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-geoip in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868904 Title: Redshift fails to start with session due to geoclue failure Status in Redshift color temperature adjustment: Confirmed Status in “redshift” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “ubuntu-geoip” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “redshift” source package in Oneiric: Confirmed Status in “ubuntu-geoip” source package in Oneiric: Confirmed Bug description: Since switching to oneiric redshift won't start. It is listed as a startup application and these lines are present in .xsession-error from it: Unable to get location from provider. Started Geoclue provider `Geoclue Master'. Using provider `geoclue'. There is also no process in a ps listing. If I start it from the command prompt then it starts just fine often with substantially similar messages. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: redshift 1.7-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 5 22:39:15 2011 SourcePackage: redshift UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/redshift/+bug/868904/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
