1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/location_provider_qt.cpp b/src/core/location_provider_qt.cpp
index d17fc3d21..e3be01b36 100644
--- a/src/core/location_provider_qt.cpp
+++ b/src/core/location_provider_qt.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public:
     QtPositioningHelper(LocationProviderQt *provider);
     ~QtPositioningHelper();
 
-    bool start(bool highAccuracy);
+    void start(bool highAccuracy);
     void stop();
     void refresh();
 
@@ -88,15 +88,20 @@ QtPositioningHelper::~QtPositioningHelper()
     m_locationProvider->m_positioningHelper = 0;
 }
 
-bool QtPositioningHelper::start(bool highAccuracy)
+void QtPositioningHelper::start(bool highAccuracy)
 {
     DCHECK_CURRENTLY_ON(BrowserThread::UI);
     Q_UNUSED(highAccuracy);
     // FIXME: go through availableSources until one supports QGeoPositionInfoSource::SatellitePositioningMethods
     // for the highAccuracy case.
     m_positionInfoSource = QGeoPositionInfoSource::createDefaultSource(this);
-    if (!m_positionInfoSource)
-        return false;
+    if (!m_positionInfoSource) {
+        qWarning("Failed to initialize location provider: The system either has no default "
+                 "position source, no valid plugins could be found or the user does not have "
+                 "the right permissions.");
+        error(QGeoPositionInfoSource::UnknownSourceError);
+        return;
+    }
 
     connect(m_positionInfoSource, &QGeoPositionInfoSource::positionUpdated, this, &QtPositioningHelper::updatePosition);
     // disambiguate the error getter and the signal in QGeoPositionInfoSource.
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ bool QtPositioningHelper::start(bool highAccuracy)
     connect(m_positionInfoSource, &QGeoPositionInfoSource::updateTimeout, this, &QtPositioningHelper::timeout);
 
     m_positionInfoSource->startUpdates();
-    return true;
+    return;
 }
 
 void QtPositioningHelper::stop()
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ bool LocationProviderQt::StartProvider(bool highAccuracy)
         m_positioningHelper = new QtPositioningHelper(this);
         m_positioningHelper->moveToThread(guiThread);
     }
-    BrowserThread::PostTask(BrowserThread::UI, FROM_HERE, base::Bind(base::IgnoreResult(&QtPositioningHelper::start)
+    BrowserThread::PostTask(BrowserThread::UI, FROM_HERE, base::Bind(&QtPositioningHelper::start
                                                                  , base::Unretained(m_positioningHelper), highAccuracy));
     return true;
 }