Bug 384648

Summary:	my PC always grinds to a halt from indexing... shouldn't it be opt-in?
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-baloo	Reporter:	David Chmelik <dchmelik>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Pinak Ahuja <pinak.ahuja>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	critical	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.36.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Slackware
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description David Chmelik 2017-09-13 05:10:20 UTC

This is really a bug for KDE4 and P5.  Since some version of KDE4, when I start with KDE, the indexer always grinds my PC to a halt within minutes, because I have many files.  I had finally managed to disable it in KDE4, kept my .kde, installed P5 to test, but then it had re-enabled indexing!  I had to restart several times until seeing I had to disable it.  Can't indexing (and many other things) be opt-in?  Maybe the first time you start KDE, you could choose from several options, like what you're using the computer for (some probably won't need indexing,) and/or more detailed options like whether you want indexing?

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2017-10-27 16:48:18 UTC

FWIW, only a small minority of people experience these performance issues; it's not universal. Every machine I've put Plasma on for example has worked like a champ with baloo. So I think a better solution is to fix the performance issues for folks like you! And in the meantime, turning it off isn't hard (System Settings > Search > uncheck "Enable file search").