2015-08-24 10:13 GMT-03:00 Francisco Ares <fra...@gmail.com>: > > > 2015-08-24 9:14 GMT-03:00 Francisco Ares <fra...@gmail.com>: > >> Thanks, Dale, for your point of view. >> >> But since I'm not the only user (my wife is forced to use it, too ;-) >> )and I am the only one that knows how to use a command line session, for >> instance, I still want to try to make this semantic desktop thing to work. >> >> Thanks, again, and >> Best Regards >> Francisco >> >> 2015-08-21 22:36 GMT-03:00 Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com>: >> >>> Fernando Rodriguez wrote: >>> > On Friday, August 21, 2015 6:27:36 PM Dale wrote: >>> >> 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? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thank you all. >>> >>> Francisco >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> Reading your posts, it seems you don't really want this "feature" of >>> >> KDE. Why not disable the thing? I have this in make.conf: >>> >> >>> >> -nepomuk -semantic-desktop >>> >> >>> >> So far, that has disabled the whole desktop search thingy, that I also >>> >> found to be a pest and never needed. >>> >> >>> >> Just a thought, in case you wasn't aware. >>> >> >>> >> Dale >>> >> >>> >> :-) :-) >>> > Do you use kmail? I disabled nepomuk at one point and I wasn't able to >>> access >>> > my contacts on kmail. I think it's the same with baloo. And from what >>> I've >>> > read the plan is for more applications to use it so you may miss >>> important >>> > features. They recommend just disabling file indexing or adding your >>> home >>> > directory to the exclusion list on system settings, But after doing >>> that I >>> > still got that popup a few times until I okay'd it. >>> > >>> >>> >>> I used to use Kmail until all this mess started. I think the last I >>> used Kmail was back in KDE3. When I saw all this mess coming, I >>> switched to Seamonkey. Seamonkey does all my email stuff and I'm happy >>> with it. I do wish the sound notification thingy would work tho. Maybe >>> I just need to sit down one day and try to figure out why it doesn't >>> work. Sound works everywhere else. Still, it does what I really need >>> without to much bloat. >>> >>> I installed KDE with the kde-meta. It basically installs everything but >>> the kitchen sink. To be honest tho, I could likely install it in a >>> better way that leaves out TONS of stuff I never use. This file indexer >>> thingy is one of the ones I have never had a need for. If I want to >>> find some file, locate, find and etc works for those rare occasions. It >>> is rare since I'm fairly well organized with my stuff. Well, computer >>> files at least. My closet and shop is a different matter tho. lol >>> >>> My point was that this can be disabled IF it is not needed. If it is >>> needed, then fixing it is the solution. If it is not, disable it and >>> shove the problem into the trash can. ;-) >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> :-) :-) >>> >>> >>> >> > Thanks to all that have posted. > > I tried a "clean start": I've deleted all related (at least all that I > could find) files used by baloo (just kept some backup copies in a ZIP > file, just in case). > > As expected, all of them are back, and also that popup window, requiring > root password. > > I guess, now, I am (we are) looking on the wrong place, perhaps this is a > global setting, not a user one. > > Going to check this out. > > Thanks again, and > Best Regards > Francisco >
Found this: ~ # cat /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.kde.baloo.filewatch.conf <!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN" "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd";> <busconfig> <!-- Only user root can own the foo helper --> <policy user="root"> <allow own="org.kde.baloo.filewatch"/> </policy> </busconfig> Looks like there might be something related to what I am facing, isn't it? Googling the file name, I got this: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=339465 https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/2ibdf7/what_is_baloo_file_watch_and_why_does_it_need/ http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/kde-4-13-3-%5Balien%5D-annoying-kde-polkit-and-wallet-prompts-4175517244/ So, got back to the first and (as it seems) proper solution, but with no effects, for now. Perhaps I'll just wait and see future upgrades on baloo. Meanwhile I will try to filter more directories not to be indexed, and/or increasing the limit on "/etc/sysctl.d/97-kde-baloo-filewatch-inotify.conf" by hand. Thanks! Francisco
