Tracker returns error on search

can you do following:

assuming you have tracker 0.6.3

1) killall -9 trackerd
2) trackerd -v 1 --reindex

wait for reindex to finish and then try searching again

if ok then do:

killall trackerd (never do -9 here unless you are reindexing as it can corrupt the index)
trackerd -v 1

redo search -if all works then its likely you corrupted your index previously

Thanks. It worked. I only mentioned it because I had just done a fresh
install and had not done anything that I think should have messed anything
up.

On 10/9/07, Jamie McCracken <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> can you do following:
>
> assuming you have tracker 0.6.3
>
> 1) killall -9 trackerd
> 2) trackerd -v 1 --reindex
>
> wait for reindex to finish and then try searching again
>
> if ok then do:
>
> killall trackerd (never do -9 here unless you are reindexing as it can
> corrupt the index)
> trackerd -v 1
>
> redo search -if all works then its likely you corrupted your index
> previously
>
> --
> Tracker returns error on search
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150814
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

--
Dan_D

This is likely to be corruption related which is now fixed in svn

we now prevent corruption by preventing hangs and by exiting cleaning and swiftly

we now detect corruption at startup and force reindex if detected

tracker (0.6.4-1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * Merge with Debian, remaining Ubuntu changes:
    - debian/control:
      + Addhere to DebianMaintainerField spec.
      + Do not build-depend on universe dependencies:
        libunac1-dev, libqdbm-dev.
      + tracker depends on o3read instead of recommend it, so we have
        OOo indexing by default.
    - debian/rules:
      + Enable sqlite external db instead of qdbm.
    - debian/patches/02_no_kde_autostart.patch:
      + Do not autostart trackerd in Kde, as they have strigi.
    - debian/patches/03_no_initial_index_in_battery.patch:
      + Do not run the initial index if running on battery.
        Patch taken from upstream SVN, revision 1075:
        http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/tracker?view=revision&revision=1075
    - debian/patches/04_fix_crash_index_name_is_null.patch:
      + Fix a crash when index name is null during merging.
        Patch taken from upstream SVN, revision 1076:
        http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/tracker?view=revision&revision=1076
    - debian/patches/05_typo_audio_track_peak_gain_tag.patch:
      + Fix a typo in a tag metadata. LP: #145359
        Patch taken from upstream SVN, revision 1077:
        http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/tracker?view=revision&revision=1077
    - debian/patches/06_trackerd_infinite_loop.patch:
      + Fix an infinite loop in trackerd if a second instance is
        launched. Patch taken from upstream SVN, revision 1079:
        http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/tracker?view=revision&revision=1079

  * Bugs fixed in the new release:
    - LP: #130935. Added a notification area tool displaying trackerd's
      status, and allowing to search from there.
    - LP: #138331: prevent hangs which stopped tracker quitting smoothly.
    - LP: #147756: Fixed memory leaks.
    - LP: #159807: Stop indexing if disk is full.
    - LP: #164148: Unsafe tempfile usage.
    - LP: #148520: Check for overlapping watch dirs
    - LP: #132463: Always show full path of files in tracker-search-tool.
    - LP: #133402: Do not repeat 'Preferences' in the preferences title.
    - LP: #164412: Limit log size to 10MB.
    - LP: #150814: Detect and prevent database corruption.
    - LP: #160262: Fix evolution email opening for the deskbar handlers.
    - LP: #150030: Show applications in search results.

 -- Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <email address hidden> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:16:26 +0100