Thank you @Fred and @valent! This has been bugging me for ages. Though I lived with it by hardcoding my location, it was still really annoying when traveling.
I prepared a debdiff for saucy adding a dependency on geoclue-hostip. But I also took a look for geoclue-ubuntu-geoip bugs and sure enough, I found LP bug 1239082 which seems to confirm that it is broken in general. So I'll upload this first debdiff, as adding a dependency on geoclue- hostip does solve the problem alone, and perhaps the ubuntu-geoip provider will be fixed later. ** Patch added: "redshift.saucy.debdiff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/redshift/+bug/868904/+attachment/3879553/+files/redshift.saucy.debdiff -- 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 Ubuntu GeoIP Provider: New Status in “redshift” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “ubuntu-geoip” package in Ubuntu: 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
