Ubuntu
gnome-settings-daemon package

location services says it is in use even though it is disabled and nothing is using it

  1. Zesty (17.04)
  2. Bug #1682167
Bug #1682167 reported by Greg Williams
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This bug affects 12 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME Settings Daemon
Incomplete
Critical
Ubuntu GNOME
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned
Ubuntu GNOME artful "3.24/3.26"
gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
Zesty
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Using Ubuntu-Gnome 17.04.

location services says it is in use even though it is disabled and nothing is using it. Gnome-maps and gnome-weather are not running.

Looks like it might be related to this Gnome bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778691

As it is right now, the location services indicator/icon perpetually shows in the top panel even though nothing is using location services.

Greg Williams (greg2lapa)
tags: added: zesty
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Greg Williams (greg2lapa) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

Please confirm whether you still experience this issue with gnome-shell 3.24.1-0ubuntu1

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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kg (box-dev) wrote :

I can confirm this still happens with gnome-shell 3.24.1-0ubuntu1.

It appears that you can stop this from happening by blocking gnome-color-panel in /etc/geoclue/geoclue.conf:

[gnome-color-panel]
allowed=false
system=true
users=

Just to add some confusion, it appears that GDM sometimes starts using geoclue which then makes then location icon appear in the user's desktop once logged in. But that is presumably something that should be logged seperately.

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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

Did you restart your computer after updating gnome-shell?

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kg (box-dev) wrote :

Yes; I also reverted geoclue.conf back to the packaged version before checking.

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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: added: gnome-1710
Changed in ubuntu-gnome:
importance: Undecided → Medium
milestone: none → artful
status: New → Confirmed
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)
tags: added: gnome-17.10
removed: gnome-1710
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Zesty):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon:
importance: Unknown → Critical
status: Unknown → Incomplete
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The issue should be fixed in artful, can you try if that works for you?

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
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Otus (jan-varho) wrote :

Seems to be fixed.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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