Re: [Tracker] Running Meta tracker from console

[jamie <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 11:20 +0200, tracker-list wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to use Meta tracker in a non graphical environment. The host
> I'm referring to is a fileserver where all users store their files. The
> System administrator must be able to run a file statistics tool on the file
> server so he can detect un-wished downloads. For that task I have build a
> SOAP server that exposes the statisical methods. Until now I have used the
> "find" command for filesearching but it has become too slow. Therfore I
> need a file indexing daemon to help me in search:
>
> I thought about using Beagle, but it can't be run as root, therefor "Meta
> Tracker" seems like the tool to use. I have done some testing on my desktop
> PC (running Ubuntu like the fileserver) and it works like a dream in the
> graphical environment - but if I startup in console mode the trouble
> begins.
>
> 1. First I start trackerd -> $ trackerd &
> 2. Then I do a search -> $ tracker-search something
>
> Following error is presented:
>     tracker-search: No connection to tracker daemon
>     Ensure "trackerd" is running before launch this command
>
> Also if trackerd has been started from console and I go into the graphical
> environment to do a tracker-search i get the following error:
>     tracker-search: internal tracker error: Process /usr/bin/trackerd
> exited with status 0
>
> Can Meta tracker run without X?
>
> P.S. My SOAP server will be running as a daemon itself and there is no
> Graphical Environment present.

I would recommend running tracker as a non-root user along with your
SOAP server (both must be same user in order to communicate via dbus
session bus)

trackerd does not use the dbus system bus and there is no activation on
the system bus either

I dont know if you can run a root session bus or not? (it should run
along side the system bus I would have thought)

jamie