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Could not connect to wayland display, exiting. #897

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Could not connect to wayland display, exiting.#897

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@yuriccosta
yuriccosta
opened on Jun 24, 2024

Describe the bug
The redshift is unable to change my screen, cannot get my location and keeps on loop. It seems like the errors of some people here, but mine doesn't say that is unable to connect to geoclue and says something about wayland.

To Reproduce
Just run redshift on terminal or in gtk version.

Expected behavior
It should change my screen based on my location.

Error output/logs/screenshots
I tried on terminal and gtk and the error is the same:

Trying location provider `geoclue2'...
Using the `geoclue2' provider.
Could not connect to wayland display, exiting.
Failed to start adjustment method wayland.
Trying next method...
Using the `randr' method.
Waiting for the initial location to be available...

Software versions (please complete the following information):

  • OS: [Linux]
  • Redshift version: [1.12]
  • Distribution: [Linux Mint]
  • Redshift installed from: ["using apt-get", it already came with Mint]

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  1. lovestaco commented on Jul 1, 2024

    @lovestaco
    lovestaco
    on Jul 1, 2024

    Same for me
    Distribution: [Linux Mint] + i3wm

    lovestaco@i3nux-mint:~$ sudo redshift
[sudo] password for lovestaco:  
Trying location provider `geoclue2'...
Using provider `geoclue2'.
error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in the environment.
Could not connect to wayland display, exiting.
Failed to start adjustment method wayland.
Trying next method...
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
`RANDR Query Version' returned error -1
Initialization of randr failed.
Trying next method...
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
X request failed: XOpenDisplay
Initialization of vidmode failed.
Trying next method...
No more methods to try.


lovestaco@i3nux-mint:~$ redshift
Trying location provider `geoclue2'...
Using provider `geoclue2'.
Could not connect to wayland display, exiting.
Failed to start adjustment method wayland.
Trying next method...
Using method `randr'.
Waiting for initial location to become available...
Unable to start GeoClue client: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: 'redshift' disallowed, no agent for UID 1000.
Access to the current location was denied by GeoClue!
Make sure that location services are enabled and that Redshift is permitted
to use location services. See https://github.com/jonls/redshift#faq for more
information.
Unable to get location from provider.

  2. ItzzCode commented on Jul 4, 2024

    @ItzzCode
    ItzzCode
    on Jul 4, 2024

    Same system/software details as the original poster, same problem.

    itzzme@itzziclaptop:~$ redshift -V
redshift 1.12

itzzme@itzziclaptop:~$ redshift
Trying location provider `geoclue2'...
Using provider `geoclue2'.
Could not connect to wayland display, exiting.
Failed to start adjustment method wayland.
Trying next method...
Using method `randr'.
Waiting for initial location to become available...
^Cpoll: Interrupted system call
Unable to get location from provider.

itzzme@itzziclaptop:~$ sudo redshift
[sudo] password for itzzme:           
Trying location provider `geoclue2'...
Using provider `geoclue2'.
error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in the environment.
Could not connect to wayland display, exiting.
Failed to start adjustment method wayland.
Trying next method...
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
`RANDR Query Version' returned error -1
Initialization of randr failed.
Trying next method...
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
X request failed: XOpenDisplay
Initialization of vidmode failed.
Trying next method...
No more methods to try.

    Edit: probably the same issue as #895

  3. ledufff commented on Jul 7, 2024

    @ledufff
    ledufff
    on Jul 7, 2024

    It stopped working several weeks ago on my debian 12 / xfce system, tried everything to get geolocation working (wifi configurations/different networks, reinstalling redshift and geoclue, etc).
    Is the wayland warning expected? that and the permanent waiting for initial location warning are always in the output.

    Trying location provider geoclue2'... Using provider geoclue2'.
    Solar elevations: day above 3.0, night below -6.0
    Temperatures: 6500K at day, 4500K at night
    Brightness: 1.00:1.00
    Gamma (Daytime): 1.000, 1.000, 1.000
    Gamma (Night): 1.000, 1.000, 1.000
    Could not connect to wayland display, exiting.
    Failed to start adjustment method wayland.
    Trying next method...
    Using method `randr'.
    Waiting for initial location to become available...

  4. bbbhltz commented on Jul 8, 2024

    @bbbhltz
    bbbhltz
    on Jul 8, 2024

    geoclue2 is down I guess. This has happened before, if I recall.

    The workaround is to create a redshift.conf in your ~/.configdirectory. Mine looks like this because I am using an older version of redshift:

    ; Global settings
[redshift]
temp-day=5700
temp-night=3500
transition=1
gamma=0.8:0.7:0.8
location-provider=manual
adjustment-method=randr

; The location provider and adjustment method settings
; are in their own sections.
[manual]
lat=49.4
lon=1.1

; In this example screen 1 is adjusted by vidmode. Note
; that the numbering starts from 0, so this is actually
; the second screen.
[vidmode]
screen=0

    there should be an example in /usr/share/doc/redshift and you just need to change the lat/lon values to test it out.

    other things to poke around at: #158 (comment) #445

  5. janxkoci commented on Jul 8, 2024

    @janxkoci
    janxkoci
    on Jul 8, 2024

    Maybe not geoclue - this was linked in another issue: mozilla/ichnaea#2065

  6. ItzzCode commented on Jul 9, 2024

    @ItzzCode
    ItzzCode
    on Jul 9, 2024

    i tried setting my config to manual location, but it seems to just ignore my config (which is at ~/.config/redshift/redshift.conf)

  7. bbbhltz commented on Jul 9, 2024

    @bbbhltz
    bbbhltz
    on Jul 9, 2024

    i tried setting my config to manual location, but it seems to just ignore my config (which is at ~/.config/redshift/redshift.conf)

    and at ~/.config/redshift.conf?

  8. ItzzCode commented on Jul 9, 2024

    @ItzzCode
    ItzzCode
    on Jul 9, 2024

    not there because thats not what the README says?

  9. bbbhltz commented on Jul 9, 2024

    @bbbhltz
    bbbhltz
    on Jul 9, 2024

    that is a fallback if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set

    export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config" needs to be set depending on your distro

    (keep in mind that I only sorted this out myself yesterday)

  10. ItzzCode commented on Jul 9, 2024

    @ItzzCode
    ItzzCode
    on Jul 9, 2024

    there we go! thanks!

  11. sirnacnud commented on Jul 11, 2024

    @sirnacnud
    sirnacnud
    on Jul 11, 2024

    I just included the location-provider settings in the config and it seems to have worked, at least there is no error dialog.

    ; Global settings
[redshift]
location-provider=manual

; The location provider and adjustment method settings
; are in their own sections.
[manual]
lat=<your lat>
lon=<your lon>

  12. lovestaco commented on Jul 12, 2024

    @lovestaco
    lovestaco
    on Jul 12, 2024

    export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"

    This worked thanks!

    lovestaco@i3nux-mint:~$ vim ~/.config/redshift.conf
lovestaco@i3nux-mint:~$ cat ~/.config/redshift.conf 
; Global settings
[redshift]
location-provider=manual

; The location provider and adjustment method settings
; are in their own sections.
[manual]
lat=12.971599
lon=77.594566
lovestaco@i3nux-mint:~$ redshift
Could not connect to wayland display, exiting.
Failed to start adjustment method wayland.
Trying next method...
Using method `randr'.
Waiting for initial location to become available...
Location: 12.97 N, 77.59 E

  13. maxyudin commented on Oct 31, 2024

    @maxyudin
    maxyudin
    on Oct 31, 2024

    I solved this problem by replacing
    ~/.config/redshift/redshift.conf
    with
    ~/.config/redshift.conf

    • Linux Mint 21.3 Mate

  14. suzunn commented on Nov 11, 2024

    @suzunn
    suzunn
    on Nov 11, 2024

    Don't forget to reboot after all! Then it will be solved

  15. Am0rphous commented on Nov 15, 2024

    @Am0rphous
    Am0rphous
    on Nov 15, 2024

    Thank you @maxyudin . This fixed it for me (Kali with kernel 6.6.9-amd64).

    mv  ~/.config/redshift/redshift.conf ~/.config/redshift.conf

  16. chrisspadanuta commented on Nov 25, 2024

    @chrisspadanuta
    chrisspadanuta
    on Nov 25, 2024

    I just included the location-provider settings in the config and it seems to have worked, at least there is no error dialog.

    ; Global settings
[redshift]
location-provider=manual

; The location provider and adjustment method settings
; are in their own sections.
[manual]
lat=<your lat>
lon=<your lon>

    Thanks @sirnacnud that worked for me, got my lat and lon out of Google Maps. Running Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon.

  17. agustinegonzalez commented on Mar 25, 2025

    @agustinegonzalez
    agustinegonzalez
    on Mar 25, 2025

    geoclue2 is down I guess. This has happened before, if I recall.

    The workaround is to create a redshift.conf in your ~/.configdirectory. Mine looks like this because I am using an older version of redshift:

    ; Global settings
[redshift]
temp-day=5700
temp-night=3500
transition=1
gamma=0.8:0.7:0.8
location-provider=manual
adjustment-method=randr

; The location provider and adjustment method settings
; are in their own sections.
[manual]
lat=49.4
lon=1.1

; In this example screen 1 is adjusted by vidmode. Note
; that the numbering starts from 0, so this is actually
; the second screen.
[vidmode]
screen=0

    there should be an example in /usr/share/doc/redshift and you just need to change the lat/lon values to test it out.

    other things to poke around at: #158 (comment) #445

    very useful. What solved my mistake was to specify lat and long.

  18. jasdeepkhalsa commented on Sep 1, 2025

    @jasdeepkhalsa
    jasdeepkhalsa
    on Sep 1, 2025

    I just included the location-provider settings in the config and it seems to have worked, at least there is no error dialog.

    ; Global settings
[redshift]
location-provider=manual

; The location provider and adjustment method settings
; are in their own sections.
[manual]
lat=<your lat>
lon=<your lon>

    Thanks @sirnacnud that worked for me, got my lat and lon out of Google Maps. Running Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon.

    Solved my issue as well - thanks!

    By the way from Google Maps if you right-click anywhere on the map you can easily copy the lat and lon and it's in a pair in the format lat, long

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