I'm also having the same problem with redshift and gtk-redshift. Here's the debugging info I've compiled so far:
$ redshift Started Geoclue provider `Geoclue Master'. Using provider `geoclue'. ** (process:11896): WARNING **: Could not get location, 3 retries left. ** (process:11896): WARNING **: Could not get location, 2 retries left. ** (process:11896): WARNING **: Could not get location, 1 retries left. ** (process:11896): WARNING **: Provider does not have a valid location available. Unable to get location from provider. $ redshift -l list Available location providers: geoclue gnome-clock manual $ redshift -l gnome-clock Cannot list GNOME panel applets. Initialization of gnome-clock failed. $ lsb_release -d Description: Ubuntu 12.10 $ dpkg --get-selections|grep geoclue geoclue install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip install libgeoclue0 install -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868904 Title: Redshift fails to start with session due to geoclue failure To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/redshift/+bug/868904/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs