Bug#769955: gnome-maps: geoclue related error message on startup, "Go to current location" not working

[Laurent Bigonville]

tag 769955 + moreinfo
thanks

On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:23:23 +0100 Michael Banck <mbanck at debian.org>
wrote:

Hello,

> 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?

Cheers,

Laurent Bigonville