/home/corrado/.local/share/zeitgeist is empty. copy /home/corrado/.local/share/zeitgeist from a different installation seems solving the problem
Ubuntu installed from: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Alpha amd64 (20170222) corrado@corrado-z4:~$ uname -a Linux corrado-z4 4.10.0-9-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 20 13:47:35 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux corrado@corrado-z4:~$ zeitgeist does not start. /home/corrado/.local/share/zeitgeist is empty. Feb 24 07:17:22 corrado-z4 dbus-daemon[2481]: Activating via systemd: service name='org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine' unit='zeitgeist.service' Feb 24 07:17:22 corrado-z4 systemd[2432]: Starting Zeitgeist activity log service... Feb 24 07:17:22 corrado-z4 zeitgeist-vacuu[3236]: zeitgeist-vacuum.vala:38: Impossible to open database `/home/corrado/.local/share/zeitgeist/activity.sqlite': unable to open database file Feb 24 07:17:22 corrado-z4 systemd[2432]: zeitgeist.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=14 Feb 24 07:17:22 corrado-z4 systemd[2432]: Failed to start Zeitgeist activity log service. Feb 24 07:17:22 corrado-z4 systemd[2432]: zeitgeist.service: Unit entered failed state. Feb 24 07:17:22 corrado-z4 systemd[2432]: zeitgeist.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 24 07:17:25 corrado-z4 pulseaudio[2906]: [pulseaudio] bluez5-util.c: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Failed to activate service 'org.bluez': timed out Feb 24 07:17:30 corrado-z4 gnome-software-service.desktop[3040]: 06:17:30:0981 Gs failed to call gs_plugin_add_updates_historical on fwupd: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.fwupd: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.fwupd': timed out Feb 24 07:17:47 corrado-z4 zeitgeist-datah[3228]: log.vala:103: Unable to connect to Zeitgeist: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine: Timeout was reached copied /home/corrado/.local/share/zeitgeist from another Ubuntu installed from the old daily: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Alpha amd64 (20161106) where zeitgeist start fine and /home/corrado/.local/share/zeitgeist is not empty. now it contains: corrado@corrado-z4:~$ ls ~/.local/share/zeitgeist -l total 4316 -rw------- 1 corrado corrado 339968 feb 26 08:22 activity.sqlite -rw------- 1 corrado corrado 32768 feb 26 09:03 activity.sqlite-shm -rw------- 1 corrado corrado 4041752 feb 26 09:03 activity.sqlite-wal drwxr-xr-x 2 corrado corrado 4096 feb 26 09:03 fts.index corrado@corrado-z4:~$ zeitgeist start ok! Feb 26 08:38:59 corrado-z4 dbus[918]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.fwupd' unit='fwupd.service' Feb 26 08:39:13 corrado-z4 dbus-daemon[2305]: Activating via systemd: service name='org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine' unit='zeitgeist.service' Feb 26 08:39:13 corrado-z4 systemd[2265]: Starting Zeitgeist activity log service... Feb 26 08:39:13 corrado-z4 dbus-daemon[2305]: Activating via systemd: service name='org.gnome.zeitgeist.SimpleIndexer' unit='zeitgeist-fts.service' Feb 26 08:39:13 corrado-z4 dbus-daemon[2305]: Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine' Feb 26 08:39:13 corrado-z4 systemd[2265]: Started Zeitgeist activity log service. Feb 26 08:39:13 corrado-z4 systemd[2265]: Starting Zeitgeist full-text search indexer... Feb 26 08:39:14 corrado-z4 zeitgeist-datah[3061]: zeitgeist-datahub.vala:229: Unable to get name "org.gnome.zeitgeist.datahub" on the bus! Feb 26 08:39:14 corrado-z4 dbus-daemon[2305]: Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.zeitgeist.SimpleIndexer' Feb 26 08:39:14 corrado-z4 systemd[2265]: Started Zeitgeist full-text search indexer. Feb 26 08:39:14 corrado-z4 systemd[1]: Starting Stop ureadahead data collection... Feb 26 08:39:14 corrado-z4 systemd[1]: Stopping Read required files in advance... Feb 26 08:39:14 corrado-z4 systemd[1]: Started Stop ureadahead data collection. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1667898 Title: Failed to start Zeitgeist activity log service on Ubuntu 17.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zeitgeist/+bug/1667898/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
