2015-08-21 11:56 GMT-03:00 J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org>:

> On 21 August 2015 16:39:12 CEST, Francisco Ares <fra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >2015-08-21 11:30 GMT-03:00 Francisco Ares <fra...@gmail.com>:
> >
> >> 2015-08-21 11:02 GMT-03:00 J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org>:
> >>
> >>> On Friday, August 21, 2015 10:56:58 AM Francisco Ares wrote:
> >>> > 2015-08-21 10:49 GMT-03:00 Francisco Ares <fra...@gmail.com>:
> >>> > > 2015-08-21 10:31 GMT-03:00 J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org>:
> >>> > >> On Friday, August 21, 2015 10:06:15 AM Francisco Ares wrote:
> >>> > >> > Hi,
> >>> > >> >
> >>> > >> > In fact, I can only suppose there's something related to
> >changing
> >>> from
> >>> > >> > nepomuk to baloo:
> >>> > >> >
> >>> > >> > Now, every time I log in, a window pops up asking for root
> >>> password.
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> The
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> > window title is "PolicyKit - KDE" and pressing the button
> >>> "Details", it
> >>> > >> > shows:
> >>> > >> >
> >>> > >> > Action: Folder Watch Limit
> >>> > >> > polkit.subject-pid:    5254
> >>> > >> > polkit.caller-pid:     6699
> >>> > >> >
> >>> > >> > Looking for those PIDs:
> >>> > >> >
> >>> > >> > ~ $ ps -A | grep 5254
> >>> > >> >
> >>> > >> >  5254 ?        00:00:07 baloo_file
> >>> > >> >
> >>> > >> > and PID 6699 doesn't show up any more, probably the process
> >has
> >>> already
> >>> > >> > ended.
> >>> > >> >
> >>> > >> > Did I miss something? How do I set up Baloo? Looking on the
> >net, I
> >>> only
> >>> > >> > found how to set up a file
> >~/.kde4/share/config/nepomukserverrc
> >>> (that
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> was
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> > nonexistent, which seemed strange), is there something else
> >>> regarding
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> the
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> > database it might be willing to use?
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> Nepomuk, and now Baloo, want to open file-watchers on your
> >system to
> >>> get
> >>> > >> change-notifications directly from the kernel (filesystem
> >driver),
> >>> > >> instead of
> >>> > >> polling the filesystem.
> >>> > >> This is actually better, performance wise.
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> To avoid these message, I created the following file a long
> >time ago:
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> % cat /etc/sysctl.d/97-kde-nepomuk-filewatch-inotify.conf
> >>> > >> fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 65536
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> Guess I will need to change the name of that file now :)
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> Kind regards,
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> Joost
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Thank you, Joost.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Best Regards,
> >>> > > Francisco
> >>> >
> >>> > Checking on the file pointed by Joost, I've found it on my
> >filesystem),
> >>> but
> >>> > there is another file, an almost exact copy, for baloo:
> >>> >
> >>> > ~ # l /etc/sysctl.d/
> >>> > total 28K
> >>> > drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4,0K Ago 21 10:50 ./
> >>> > drwxr-xr-x 160 root root  12K Ago 21 10:22 ../
> >>> > -rw-r--r--   1 root root   36 Ago 21 09:16
> >>> > 97-kde-baloo-filewatch-inotify.conf
> >>> >
> >>> > -rw-r--r--   1 root root   36 Mai  7  2014
> >>> > 97-kde-nepomuk-filewatch-inotify.conf
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > ~ # cat /etc/sysctl.d/97-kde-*
> >>> > fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 65536
> >>> > fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 32768
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > The first value (65536) is from
> >97-kde-baloo-filewatch-inotify.conf .
> >>> The
> >>> > second (32768) is from 97-kde-nepomuk-filewatch-inotify.conf.
> >>> >
> >>> > So, the mystery goes on...
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks,
> >>> > Francisco
> >>>
> >>> what does:
> >>> % cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches
> >>> give you?
> >>>
> >>> My guess: 32768 (as that's the last one it will find)
> >>> On my system I get 65536.
> >>>
> >>> I think if you were to remove the nepomuk file, it should work.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Joost
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Unexpected:
> >>
> >> ~ $ cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches
> >> 131072
> >>
> >> both as a regular user an as root.
> >>
> >> Going to search for this number on config files.
> >>
> >> Thanks for the clue.
> >>
> >> Francisco
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >Also unexpected:
> >
> >~ # cd /etc
> >etc # fgrep -R 131072 * 2> /dev/null
> >apache2/modules.d/10_mod_mem_cache.conf:MCacheSize 131072
> >sane.d/sharp.conf:option buffersize 131072
> >sysctl.d/97-kde-baloo-filewatch-inotify.conf:fs.inotify.max_user_watches
> >=
> >131072
> >
> >
> >I have logged out and back in, to check for the effects on that window
> >asking for root password.  It did show up again, and now the
> >file 97-kde-baloo-filewatch-inotify.conf has been changed.
> >
> >Going to try again, after removing
> >97-kde-nepomuk-filewatch-inotify.conf.
> >Back soon...
>
> Just a guess.
> I think when you provide the root password 2 things happen:
> That value gets increased on the fly (inside /proc/sys/....)
> And the baloo-file gets updated as well.
>
> --
> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>
>
Most probably, I also suppose so.  Given root password, the system may do
anything, and that's what scares me ;-)

Best Regards,
Francisco

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