I've recently started using f.lux and settled on this program for when I'm using Linux. I ran into this and investigated the issue a bit. It appears that the problem is hostip.info simply isn't reliable. Geoclue via hostip was working fine until my ability to reach the server ended. I assume the problem lies with hostip server and when it cannot even establish a connection geoclueinstantly fails rather than ping it on some schedule.
For those wanting to use this program reliably without having to depend on either geoclue OR gnome-clock as a location provider, I'd recommend manual configuration. You can do this using the legacy manual lat/lon command. Find your current location using another service such as http://www.itouchmap.com/latlong.html. Some people above seemed confused by the format for redshift's manual command, it follows standard +/- notation where +latitude is north and - latitude is south and + longitude is east while -longitude is west. Command example: redshift -t 6500:3400 -l 43.63:-79.33 & The above command starts redshift with coordinates for Toronto area of Canada, I have also provided new defaults for daytime/night color values (same values as f.lux) with -t. The & makes the process execute in the background. Likely redshift should find a more reliable internet mechanism than hostip.info for the future though it isn't really the programs fault. As a final note, if you are like me and don't want to have to execute that on each reboot. I'd advise putting that in a tiny script and having it execute on startup via whatever startup manager/process your flavor of Ubuntu uses. -- 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 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 : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
