I can not confirm your workaround, because these packages were not installed on my machine in the first place.
#apt-get purge geoclue geoclue-ubuntu-geoip Package 'geoclue' is not installed, so not removed Package 'geoclue-ubuntu-geoip' is not installed, so not removed So the problem still persists on my Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 Laptop. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1682458 Title: cannot disable Location Services in Privacy Settings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1682458/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs