Error when running gtk-redshift

Question

I'm getting this error when I run gtk-redshift from the CLI (it just doesn't start if I start it from the GUI):

(process:3862): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_instance_get_private: assertion `instance != NULL && instance->g_class != NULL' failed

If I run redshift, I also get the same error as above, followed by this:

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I'm running redshift version 1.7 and Xubuntu 12.10.

Answer 1

You can try to create a config file to avoid the crash..

Create a file named redshift.conf and save it into /home/user/.config folder.
Here you have an example to create the config file.

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

; The location provider and adjustment method settings
; are in their own sections.
[manual]
lat=-34.6
lon=-58.3

;screen
[vidmode]
screen=0

To know the coordinates for your city you can use itouchmap. just search for your place and write down the numbers.
eg: My city Buenos Aires is lat=-34.6 and lon=-58.3

Once you have your redshift.conf file , run the application and see if it works. You can find additional information about commands,config file, values in Redshift web page...

I hope this will solve your problem.

Regards.