Bluefilter Redshift behaving erratic after upgrade to 24.04.1

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A search for redshift on this forum will get you some nice results

Like this:

Help with Redshift

I have a problem with Redshift - thing is it refuses to close when I click on "Quit" in the desktop icons menu and when I reboot/Shut down screen turns crazy for a second before going off I tried this options: the command "redshift -O 3500" works and it's not a problem but problem is that it refused to revert the change until I restart my system and then it all works like I never used redshift (Thank God) I also sent feedback because it said it crashed unexpectedly (multiple times it crashed…

or this:

Redshift Won't Work

Hi- I'm running version 22.04 and have sleep issues because of the blue light radiation if I use my computer before bedtime. I tried using Redshift in Terminal but the screen remains unchanged. jim@jim-Latitude-E5530-non-vPro:~$ 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... Lo…

or this

Redshift GTK no longer connecting to location provider

and probably some more

Sorry that I can't be more specific due to lack of info on your case.

Anyway, regardless of the nature of your bug, redshift is dependent on geoclue2 which is permanently out of service so pick a solution or replacement as mentioned in one of the above threads .

Help with Redshift

Just to make an update - I just made decision to switch to gammastep because it is a redshift fork so the same terminal commands worked and I got it running for more info see: There is the most up-to-date in app center as well so it's like one click away from install and you can also replace reshift right after as well while you're at the app center