Kubuntu 18.04 Files does not appear in search When I invoke file search via alt+space, only files (documents, pictures) that have been opened during the current session will be shown. If not the specific documents that have been opened match the search, only a single PDF file is shown (the same PDF every time). Same goes for the search box in Application Menu, which yields nothing, not even the documents opend during this session, except the above mentioned PDF which haven't been opened. I assume these are essentially the same issue, but if not, let me know and I'll file them separately. $ balooctl status Baloo File Indexer is not running Indexed 1470 / 1470 files Current size of index is 1,69 GiB
Deleting the index directory `/home/USER/.local/baloo` (i.e. delete directory `baloo`) seems to set things straight again (at least for now). Upon deleting the `baloo` dir and rebooting, I get the following output: $ balooctl status Baloo File Indexer is running Indexer state: Idle Indexed 12040 / 12040 files Current size of index is 6,92 MiB
Baloo used to reliably find newly created (or downloaded) files but it stopped doing that a while ago for some reason. Re-assigning.
Problem is that in this case it wasn't just newly created files it didn't find; it didn't find anything except those files that had been opened during the active desktop session.
Do you have the "Desktop Search" enabled in KRunner settings?
KRunner settings, as in Plasma Search? If so, yes, Desktop Search is (and was) enabled. As mentioned, after deleting the index database, the search function (for files) is at the moment finding the files I'm looking for.
According to the last comment it is working now.