As of 1/6/2017, this has somewhat improved Tracker recurses but: - without a reset only finds 90% of content - with a reset, does not find everything anyway
1. Tracker still only finds 90% unless it is reset. So, reset like: tracker reset --hard <<<y && tracker daemon --start && tracker daemon --list-processes && tracker daemon --follow 1b.Optionally, in a second window you can see file-by-file progress like: tracker daemon --watch 2. Sometimes Extractor does not start: when File System reaches Idle, Extractor should start within 2 s. If it does not, go back to 1. If it fails again, you are unlucky. - Extractor may take long time like hours to complete, but provides progress every 10 minutes. 3. Whatever you have now is the best you are going to get. There are some amount less than 10% of content that tracker is not going to find. to see how many folders tracker found: tracker status --stat | grep Folder nfo:Folder = 1646 dpkg --status tracker | egrep "(V|Pa)"Package: tracker Version: 1.10.0-1ubuntu1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to tracker in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1644651 Title: tracker file system miner misses most files on Ubuntu 16.10 Status in tracker package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This still works for Ubuntu 16.04 tracker 1.6.2-0ubuntu1.1 On Ubuntu 16.10 tracker mining of the file system stops mid-way, most folders are not re-cursed into. - for a test system with 1 or 2 folders, it looks to be working REPRO Log in and start a terminal window 1. Configure gsettings get org.freedesktop.Tracker.Miner.Files index-recursive-directories ['&DOCUMENTS'] - ensure that 300 or more folders are to be indexed - to make changes launch the app Search and Indexing, tab Locations 2. Run tracker reset --hard <<<y && tracker daemon --start && tracker daemon --list-processes && tracker daemon --follow # possible problem: does not launch a 'tracker' process wait for: File System Idle 3. Examine Indexed Results tracker status --stat | grep Folder nfo:Folder = 3 find Documents -type d | wc --lines 559 BUG: those values should be same 4. List the directories that tracker failed to index find Documents -type d -exec bash -c "if [ \$(tracker info \"{}\" | wc --lines) -le 4 ]; then echo \"{}\"; fi" \; BUG: Lots of directories Downgrading to 1.6.2-0ubuntu1 still does not work on Ubuntu 16.10, although that version works oj 16.04 - ie. tracker won't run at all under 16.10 GETAROUND using kvm, create a virtual machine with 16.04, map your home folder there and run Desktop Search in your vm The command for mounting a mapped folder in the guest: sudo mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L /home/user /home/ubuntu/user ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: tracker 1.10.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-27.29-generic 4.8.1 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Nov 24 13:28:36 2016 SourcePackage: tracker UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-11-16 (8 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tracker/+bug/1644651/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp