Information panel does not show meta data when hovering files. Plus, baloo_file_extractor processes are accumulating (but never end) for each file I hover. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Dolphin 2. Hover a file or folder Actual Results: No metadata is shown in the panel, /bin/baloo_file_extractor processes are accumulating for each hovered file. Expected Results: I should see the metadata I can also add that baloo_file_extractor does not run either from command line: $ /bin/baloo_file_extractor --bdata /home/seb Failed to open the database
I forgot the versions. Using an up-to-date Fedora 22 with KDE 4.14.11: Dolphin version: Name : dolphin Arch : x86_64 Epoch : 0 Version : 15.04.2 Release : 1.fc22 Size : 2.3 M Repo : @System From repo : updates Summary : KDE File Manager URL : https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kde-baseapps License : GPLv2 and GFDL Description : This package contains the default file manager of KDE. Baloo version: Installed Packages Name : kf5-baloo-file Arch : x86_64 Epoch : 0 Version : 5.14.0 Release : 1.fc22 Size : 493 k Repo : @System From repo : updates Summary : File indexing and search for Baloo URL : https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdelibs/baloo License : LGPLv2+ Description : File indexing and search for Baloo.
Thanks for the bug report. Please note that Dolphin 15.04 is incompatible with the KF5 version of Baloo. You must install a kdelibs 4.x-based version of Baloo to make it work. If you cannot find such a package, please ask in a forum or mailing list of your distro. If that does not help, then it might be worth asking at https://forum.kde.org/ if someone there knows how to fix this (I'm not familiar with Fedora myself).
Reproducing the bug is as easy as: - create a fresh new user account. Metadata is correctly shown in Dolphin panel. - disable File Search in the System Settings. Metadata is not shown anymore. - reenable File Search. Metadata is back. As far as I could read here and there, there is an "on-the-fly" mode (i.e. no metadata read/saved in a database) for the baloo_file_extractor when file indexing is disabled, but this seems broken here... (In reply to Frank Reininghaus from comment #2) > Thanks for the bug report. Please note that Dolphin 15.04 is incompatible > with the KF5 version of Baloo. You must install a kdelibs 4.x-based version > of Baloo to make it work. If you cannot find such a package, please ask in a > forum or mailing list of your distro. If that does not help, then it might > be worth asking at https://forum.kde.org/ if someone there knows how to fix > this (I'm not familiar with Fedora myself). The package manager says: # dnf provides "*/baloo_file_extractor" kf5-baloo-file-5.14.0-1.fc22.x86_64 : File indexing and search for Baloo Dépôt : @System baloo-file-4.14.3-1.fc22.x86_64 : File indexing and search for baloo Dépôt : fedora This means there are a "kf5" and a "non-kf5" package providing the file baloo_file_extractor. However, when trying to install the non-kf5 one: # dnf install baloo-file Error : installed package kf5-baloo-file-5.14.0-1.fc22.x86_64 obsoletes baloo-file < 5.0.1-2 provided by baloo-file-4.14.3-1.fc22.x86_64 Basically the baloo-file package is obsolete and has been replaced by kf5-baloo-file. Does this mean the build provided by Fedora is incorrect? Should I make bug report to them?
(In reply to Sébastien Bardeau from comment #3) > Basically the baloo-file package is obsolete and has been replaced by > kf5-baloo-file. Does this mean the build provided by Fedora is incorrect? > Should I make bug report to them? Probably yes.