Re: [Tracker] No search w

[jamie <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 18:26 +0200, Haim Roitgrund wrote:
> I seem to only get search if I keep the default "List of directory
> roots to index", namely the home directory.
>
> Several times, I've tried to change it as follows:
>
> # List of directory roots to index and watch seperated by semicolons 
> WatchDirectoryRoots=/;
> # List of directory roots to not index and not watch seperated by
> semicolons
> NoWatchDirectory=/bin;/vimlinuz;/proc;/bin;/sbin;*png;/dev;/lib;/tmp;/vmlinuz.old;
>
> Each time, I get:
>
> :~$ tracker-search mexico
> tracker-search: internal tracker error: Did not receive a reply.
> Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply,
> the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout
> expired, or the network connection was broken. 
> :~$ 
>
> Once I go back to the default .cfg file, however, searches work fine
> (except that they are, of course, limited to the home directory). I
> don't know that this is related, but I've noticed Google Desktop, too,
> had trouble once search was expanded to other directories. 
>
> Is there a problem with extending indexing to other directories? Am i
> missing something?

no there is no problem that im aware of

I suspect trackerd has hanged/crashed

(the error is caused by dbus timing out)