Bug 356601

Summary:	Baloo does not index new files
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-baloo	Reporter:	hotmusicfan
Component:	general	Assignee:	Pinak Ahuja <pinak.ahuja>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	aspotashev, nate, pinak.ahuja
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	the directory results-1 results-2 baloofilerc baloofilerc - the new one

Description hotmusicfan 2015-12-13 14:10:59 UTC

Hello!

I have a problem with the Plasma search - when I search something from the Kickoff launcher , the displayed results are only the ones which files was initially created or placed into the directories. Anything that was recently placed or created is not displayed as a result.
For example I have a document in /home/(user)/Documents/TrainSchedule1.odt which was placed there since the installation of the OS; Five days ago I received a new version of the document named TrainSchedule2.odt and I have placed it in the same directory. In Kickoff when I type TrainSchedule it gives me result only for the old one.
It seems to me that Baloo does not reindex directories and does not do automatic reindex at all.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Vishesh Handa 2015-12-14 23:19:51 UTC

Hmm. Strange.

Could you please paste your inotify limit? 

$ cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

Comment 2 Vishesh Handa 2015-12-15 11:50:50 UTC

Changing status to NEEDSINFO

Comment 3 hotmusicfan 2015-12-15 19:32:59 UTC

cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches
returns
524288.

Comment 4 hotmusicfan 2015-12-15 19:47:15 UTC

Practical example:
I have ripped a music CD into /Desktop/New/Morgan Page - Believe/ (the 1st screenshot);
After that I am searching for this folder from Kickoff - results are music from the same artist located in my /home/Music/ folders but not the one placed on the desktop. (the other screenshots).

Comment 5 hotmusicfan 2015-12-15 19:47:50 UTC

Created attachment 96103 [details]
the directory

Comment 6 hotmusicfan 2015-12-15 19:48:16 UTC

Created attachment 96104 [details]
results-1

Comment 7 hotmusicfan 2015-12-15 19:48:51 UTC

Created attachment 96105 [details]
results-2

Comment 8 Pinak Ahuja 2015-12-17 15:42:33 UTC

By any chance are the new files missing from the result actually in /Desktop/ (and not /home/User/Desktop)?

If that is the case add /Desktop in the included directories in /home/.config/baloofilerc

Comment 9 hotmusicfan 2015-12-17 21:52:31 UTC

OK, why should I do that? Isn't /Desktop a subdirectory of /home? And doesn't Baloo monitor just everything?

Comment 10 Pinak Ahuja 2015-12-19 11:02:30 UTC

Normally desktop is a subdirector of /home/username but since you explicitly wrote /Desktop (notice the slash in front) i thought you might have a special setup.

Comment 11 Pinak Ahuja 2015-12-19 11:08:41 UTC

Could you run balooctl status <filename> on one  of the files that doesn't show up in the results and paste the output?

Comment 12 hotmusicfan 2015-12-19 16:23:38 UTC

@Pinak Ahuja I haven't any special setup - all is by default and my /Desktop is a subdirectory of /home - this is visible in the first screenshot with the file manager. I performed this command searcching 03 - Believe.flac in the 'problematic' folder. This is the output:
File: /home/hotmusicfan/Desktop/New/Morgan
Basic Indexing: Disbabled

Comment 13 Pinak Ahuja 2015-12-20 10:29:52 UTC

That seems to imply the folder is somehow excluded. Could you post the contents of your ~/.config/baloofilerc

Comment 14 hotmusicfan 2015-12-20 10:58:45 UTC

Created attachment 96209 [details]
baloofilerc

Comment 15 Pinak Ahuja 2015-12-20 11:08:36 UTC

exclude folders[$e]=$HOME/
This is your issue.
You somehow managed to add the home directory to excluded folders.
I recommend deleting the file and let baloo recreate it.
Also just to be safe recreate your index:
$balooctl disable
$balooctl enable

Comment 16 hotmusicfan 2015-12-20 15:03:22 UTC

Thanks! Now the display results are correct!
But something remains: it is filled in this bug:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356602
After deleting the baloofilerc file baloo created a new one (the last attached); but when you open 'System Settings' appears this:
https://bugsfiles.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=96033

Comment 17 hotmusicfan 2015-12-20 15:04:28 UTC

Created attachment 96217 [details]
baloofilerc - the new one

Comment 18 hotmusicfan 2015-12-20 17:30:24 UTC

Update: it still does not show some folders in other locations... :/
What is the average time needed by Baloo to reindex all files?

Comment 19 Nate Graham 2017-10-27 19:15:23 UTC

Since the remaining issues are tracked by other bugs, let's close this one.