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DaniCee
Asked: 2020-06-01 05:02:54 +0800 CST

Ubuntu 20.04: location services not working

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I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 and now, while Location Services are enabled in the Settings, I do not see the location icon in my top bar, and services requiring my location cannot retrieve it.

See it is enabled in Settings:

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But my top bar does not have the location icon that used to show there:

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And services like Google Maps do not seem to be able to retrieve my location. See below in Firefox, even though I allowed it...

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Any clue? I use Google maps on my laptop quite frequently, so it is quite important to me...

top-bar location 20.04 google-maps

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Tha Arch Linux wiki helped me out with this issue. Can you try this?

    https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Firefox#Geolocation_does_not_work

    TL;DR:

    1. Go to about:config
    2. Search for geo.provider.network.url
    3. Replace with https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%
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