GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 735601
The location button does nothing
Last modified: 2014-08-28 16:56:35 UTC
gnome-maps-3.13.4-2.fc21.x86_64 I moved around the map to see some places. Then I clicked the location button in the top right to get me back to my "home location", but nothing happened. (I assume that's the function of the button.) Also, where does it get the home location from? It doesn't give the right location. It seems to give my older home address and I'm not sure where it's getting it from Thanks, Warm regards, Ankur
(In reply to comment #0) > > Also, where does it get the home location from? It doesn't give the right > location. It seems to give my older home address and I'm not sure where it's > getting it from https://wiki.gnome.org/apps/Maps/Geolocation
(In reply to comment #1) > (In reply to comment #0) > > > > Also, where does it get the home location from? It doesn't give the right > > location. It seems to give my older home address and I'm not sure where it's > > getting it from > > https://wiki.gnome.org/apps/Maps/Geolocation The weather and clocks app get my location just fine. My laptop is using wifi too, which according to the link, is the best source :) I've noticed that when I use the weather or clocks app, the location "icon" appears in the top right, but this does not happen when I use the maps application.
When I say that the location button does nothing, I'm saying that I *thought* it was supposed to center the map back at my location. I'm not sure if this is what it's supposed to - I just thought so.
(In reply to comment #2) > (In reply to comment #1) > > (In reply to comment #0) > > > > > > Also, where does it get the home location from? It doesn't give the right > > > location. It seems to give my older home address and I'm not sure where it's > > > getting it from > > > > https://wiki.gnome.org/apps/Maps/Geolocation > > The weather and clocks app get my location just fine. My laptop is using wifi > too, which according to the link, is the best source :) Those apps only asks for city-level location and geoclue is likely only using geoip for them. On the other hand Maps asks for exact location so wifi is used (assuming you don't have a modem). > I've noticed that when I use the weather or clocks app, the location "icon" > appears in the top right, but this does not happen when I use the maps > application. I think most likely Maps fails to talk to geoclue. What version of geoclue do you have? Do you see any errors on console?
Ah, yes. I see these: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Failed to connect to GeoClue2 service: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Access denied Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Failed to connect to GeoClue2 service: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Access denied Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Failed to connect to GeoClue2 service: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Access denied geoclue2-2.1.9-2.fc21.x86_64 Running weather/clocks did not give this error. Any hints on how I can debug this? Thanks for quickly looking into this, Warm regards, Ankur
(In reply to comment #5) > Ah, yes. I see these: > > Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Failed to connect to GeoClue2 service: > GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Access denied > Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Failed to connect to GeoClue2 service: > GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Access denied > Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Failed to connect to GeoClue2 service: > GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Access denied > > > geoclue2-2.1.9-2.fc21.x86_64 Ah yes, the desktop id issue. This is duplicate of bug#734883.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 734883 ***
Ah! Great! Thanks. I'll wait for a gnome-maps update in Fedora and confirm the fix.