On Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:30:10 GMT Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Saturday, 28 December 2019 05:57:16 GMT Dale wrote: > >> Peter Humphrey wrote: > >>> On Tuesday, 24 December 2019 20:42:07 GMT Dale wrote: > >>>> I think I'm just going to have to whittle down the number for a while. > >>>> Maybe later on a fix will come along. Maybe. > >>> > >>> What happens if you switch off file indexing in the control panel, or > >>> just > >>> its subsidiary option Also Index file content? Workspace > Search > > >>> Enable File Search. > >> > >> I looked around in the System Settings window and can't find that > >> setting. Am I looking in the right place? I sort of think this is a > >> separate thing tho. It may be using the same tool but won't be > >> controlled by system settings. Anything is possible tho. I'll > >> certainly test the option if I can find it. ;-) > > > > I may have misled you by calling it the Control Panel. It's actually > > System > > Settings > Workspace > Search > Enable File Search. > > > > I wouldn't expect your wallpaper operations to be affected by this, but > > then what do I know about it? ;) > > I must have it disabled by a USE flag or something because there is no > mention of search in the list. I recall disabling some stuff when I was > switching to KDE4. On the rare occasion I need to find something, there > is locate, find and friends. Plus, Dolphin and other file managers have > their own search tools anyway.
On this box the search is enabled by default. (Among the first things I do on creating a new user is to switch it off.) That being so, I asume it's also switched on on your system. -- Regards, Peter.
