Hi, On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 11:36:08AM +0100, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > > when I start gnome-maps from the console I get: > > > > $ gnome-maps > > Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Failed to connect to GeoClue2 service: > > GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Geolocation > > disabled for UID 1000 > > > > Consequently, if I click on the "Go to current location" button in the > > top left corner, nothing happens. > > > > I did not setup geoclue in any way, but after looking around in the > > Gnome system settings, there seems to be no setup possible anyway? > > In the privacy tab you should have an option to disable geolocation > completely. > > Could you please check what is its status there?
Well yeah, it was off, and yeah, maps works (after a restart only, I might add). So it boils down to just horrible UI: 1. The button "Go to current location" is not greyed out or otherweise inactive if geolocation has been disabled. 2. No UI feedback at all AFAICT that geolocation is disabled and/or a hint where to enable it. 3. On a related note, I might add: if the user explicitly clicks on "Go to current location" that might override their general privacy policies. A user might not want the system to generally know where they are, but clicking that button implies consent IMHO. Those are all upstream issues though, I guess. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org