[Gnewsense-dev] gnewsense 4 ucclia gnome nautilus search issue and alternative solution

[Dika Setya Prayogi]

I see in my gnewsense 4 ucclia gnome amd64 default install the
nautilus (file) search function always give a blank result

doing some investigation I found that the issue may be related to
tracker (search utility) that nautilus use and looks like this is a
upstream gnome bug since many other distro on the internet have the
same issue include debian7 user

This alternative works for me by remove tracker and droping to fallback search

1.sudo apt-get remove tracker
2.y
3.logout and login again
4.test searching any file

Quote:

nautilus search works in two way:
1) if tracker is available it relies on it and returns the results
available in the index.
2) fallback to classic find when tracker is not available.
i believe you guys have 1) and index search is empty. run
/usr/bin/tracker-preferences to set what folders to index or just
remove tracker

Some reference:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=131610

[Sam Geeraerts]

Op Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:58:31 +0700

Post by Dika Setya Prayogi
This alternative works for me by remove tracker and droping to
fallback search
1.sudo apt-get remove tracker
2.y
3.logout and login again
4.test searching any file

Thanks for sharing. Is the upstream bug solved? Do you suggest we
remove tracker by default in a fresh installation?

[Dika Setya Prayogi]

I dont know the status of upstream bug, tested it using debian repo
and the bug still there, maybe some developer had migrate developing
in debian jessie instead.

yes,for user convinience I suggest remove tracker by default until it fixed.

im also wish html5everywhere plugin installed by default in iceweasel
to wacth online videos especially youtube :-D , the plugin can be
found here: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/IceCat/HTML5_Video_Everywhere!

Post by Sam Geeraerts
Op Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:58:31 +0700

Post by Dika Setya Prayogi
This alternative works for me by remove tracker and droping to fallback search
1.sudo apt-get remove tracker
2.y
3.logout and login again
4.test searching any file

Thanks for sharing. Is the upstream bug solved? Do you suggest we
remove tracker by default in a fresh installation?
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[Sam Geeraerts]

Op Tue, 18 Oct 2016 13:20:10 +0700

Post by Dika Setya Prayogi
I dont know the status of upstream bug, tested it using debian repo
and the bug still there, maybe some developer had migrate developing
in debian jessie instead.
yes,for user convinience I suggest remove tracker by default until it fixed.

Please file a bug report. It will have lower priority than freedom
bugs, but we can consider it for gNewSense 5. You could also file a bug
report with Debian, if they can solve it then it save us (duplicated)
time. Or you could find the Gnome bug report and try to get it solved
at the root.

Post by Dika Setya Prayogi
im also wish html5everywhere plugin installed by default in iceweasel
to wacth online videos especially youtube :-D , the plugin can be
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/IceCat/HTML5_Video_Everywhere!

This doesn't seem to be packaged yet by Debian. Please file an RFP [1]
with Debian or step up as a volunteer to package it for gNewSense.

[1] https://wiki.debian.org/RFP