I've done a clean install of Lubuntu 24.04 LTS on my laptop alongside a Windows 7 installation (I'm aware of the security implications hence the transition to a Linux distro) where I use f.lux to avoid eye strain. I chose Lubuntu as it is meant to be a lightweight Ubuntu flavour.
Now, I discovered Lubuntu uses LXQt and Redshift. As Redshift has a limited GUI, I read #1 and #2 to understand how to configure Redshift to work to my needs. (N.B. There are typos/missing info in the details shared in both links which I've figured out.) I created redshift.conf and placed it in my $HOME/.config directory after discovering how to enable hidden files and folders (Ctrl + H).
First, I set:
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location-provider=geoclue2
#2 said 'geoclue' but this doesn't work hence I set it to 'geoclue2' after finding info on the topic.
Then I run redshift-qt via the terminal. It outputs the following and then hangs when trying to obtain the location information:
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"Solar elevations: day above 3.0, night below -6.0"
"Temperatures: 6500K at day, 3000K at night"
"Brightness: 1.00:1.00"
"Gamma (Daytime): 0.900, 0.900, 0.900"
"Gamma (Night): 0.900, 0.900, 0.900"
It is not obvious that it hangs until I click on the Redshift icon in the panel. It states the following:
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"Waiting for initial location to become available..."
"poll: Interrupted system call"
"Unable to get location from provider."
The same occurs when I run Redshift from the start menu.
If I set the location-provider=manual and input my latitude and longitude, I have no issues.
Is there a way to obtain the location information automatically please or is it no longer possible so I have to manually set longitude and latitude? The answers that I've found from other posts with users experiencing the same issues tend to revolve around manual settings or older posts where they just uninstalled and reinstalled redshift and it somehow worked.
I'm not quite sure where to ask this last question in the forums, so I'll leave it here: Will Lubuntu 24.10 go in the same direction as Ubuntu and provide something like Night Light?
Thanks in advance.
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