Re: [Tracker] pausing/throttling/etc trackerd from command line?

[wayne <wayne jawnee org>]

On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 14:59 +0000, Martyn Russell wrote:
> wayne wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 09:04 +0000, Martyn Russell wrote:
> >> wayne wrote:
> >> > On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 12:46 +0000, Martyn Russell wrote:
> >> >> Philip Van Hoof wrote:
> >> >> > We're making it possible to pause the indexer using DBus, so using
> >> >> > dbus-send it'll be possible to do this (for example).
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > Martyn is (or has) implementing this. Added Martyn in CC.
> >> >> > 
> >> >>
> >> >> Philip is right, you can use DBus (or d-feet the application to use the 
> >> >> interfaces we expose). We also watch for changes to tracker.cfg so if 
> >> >> you change the throttle there, it should be picked up and changed in 
> >> >> real time without any restarts needed.
> >> >>
> >> > 
> >> > thanks for the info.  is there a place one can find the "spec" for the 
> >> > messages the Tracker listens for.  at least besides the source code?  
> >> > thanks for a very useful piece of software.
> >>
> >> The DBus interfaces are the best place to start for this I would say. If 
> >> you use d-feet:
> >>
> >>    https://fedorahosted.org/d-feet/
> >>
> >> You can see all the interfaces Tracker makes public and use the API that 
> >> way. In particular you are probably interested in the service:
> >>
> >>    org.freedesktop.Tracker
> >>
> >> and the interface:
> >>
> >>    /org/freedesktop/Tracker/
> >>
> >> using the method:
> >>
> >>    SetBoolOption
> >>
> >> If you use the string:
> >>
> >>    Pause
> >>
> >> You can control if the whole stack is paused or not.
> >> The tracker-applet also does this using the context menu in the 
> >> notification area.
> > thanks again.  i have installed d-feet.  unfortunately, the "Object 
> > Paths" for org.freedesktop.Tracker are empty.  other interfaces in 
> > d-feet have Object Paths (e.g. Gnome Do, HAL), though some like Tracker 
> > are empty.  i do not know enough about DBus to know why :)  thanks.
>
> My guess you have a version < 0.6.90 which doesn't support introspection 
> and is no longer supported. If you can upgrade, you will see a huge 
> difference :)
    yes, my bad.  stuck on Ubuntu Studio Hardy waiting for rt kernel for Intrepid/Jaunty.  version of tracker is 0.6.6!

    thanks again for great software and help :)

w

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