> > If you would like to try to duplicate yourself, you can run tinycorelinux > > corepure64 > > from an iso burnt to cd and, with a wired connection, download all of the > > required > > extensions (packages) to run gnome-maps - let me know if you're interested. > > Interesting, why wired connection? > Because wireless networking needs to be downloaded first before it can be used :)
The iso is at: http://www.tinycorelinux.net/6.x/x86_64/release/CorePure64-6.3.iso ..and once booted from cd/dvd $ tce-load -wil gnome-session gnome-maps-gir xf86-video-{ati, intel} [hopefully you have ati or intel graphics] $ sudo /usr/local/etc/init.d/dbus start $ sudo /usr/local/etc/init.d/networkmanager start $ startx > > > > I see my location is more than 100km from my actual location in maps... > > > > > > That's likely cause your area's wifi networks are not in Mozilla location > > > services database. > > > > > > You can easily fix that if you have an android phone: > > > > > > https://location.services.mozilla.com/apps > > > > > I'd be surprised if orange.fr was not in the database, but in France you > > never know... > > All the WiFi data is harvested by individual contributors through that app I > pointed to. > If nobody in your neighbourhood has been running that app or driving through > it with that app running, > there is little chances of your neighbourhood wifi networks being in the > database. > Ah - OK, no android phones here :( > > Note that I need to run gnome-weather as root to get location services to > > work with it and creating an entry in geoclue.conf does not help. > > > > I guess I need to modify either of: > > > > /usr/local/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Weather.Application.service > > /usr/local/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Weather.BackgroundService.service > > > > ..to run as root, but is this the correct way to fix this? > > Not at all. What I think is happening is that when you connect as root, > geoclue doens't have an agent for that user (gnome-shell is running as normal > user) > so it doesn't ask agent. As for why it's not working, I'm once again stumped > cause it really should be working. OK, let me know if you'd like me to try something. _______________________________________________ GeoClue mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/geoclue
