Two differnent issues: losing the index is real; crashing is a separate problem that occurs less frequently. Alan
On Nov 8, 10:22 am, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's not losing the index, if QS quits unexpectedly that's a crash. > Check the FAQ under Quicksilver > Crashes:http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver/web/faq > > Howard > > On Nov 7, 2008, at 7:43 PM, AlanU wrote: > > > > > I have the same problem,but not just applications. Periodically, > > usually when I haven't used QS yet that "session," nothing is indexed. > > That is, QS doesn't show files, apps, or anything after I type a few > > letters. The only solution I've found is to quit and relaunch QS. > > Rescanning the catalog doesn't help. I'm using ß54 3815. I've also > > noticed that QS is less stable than it used to be. For example, I just > > used the QS menu "About" to check the version information and it quit. > > > I'd sure love to know how to solve these problems. > > Alan > > > On Nov 6, 11:01 pm, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Nov 6, 2008, at 8:33 PM, chris burgess wrote: > > >>> Periodically, Quicksilver stops showing results for my Applications > >>> folder. > > >>> I've seen a couple of other instances where this issue has been > >>> raised, but haven't yet seen an answer. > > >>> eg > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver/browse_thread/th > >>> ... > > >>> Am running Quicksilver b54 / v3815 on Leopard 10.5.5 > > >>> Any clues on how to prevent this, or how I can help gather debug > >>> info when this issue appears? > > >> To rule out user error, the first things to check are: > > >> What stops working? is it a single app? several apps? all apps? > >> anything (or everything) else? > > >> QS matches against it's catalog which is defined by what's checked in > >> the Catalog Preferences. Make sure the sources of the things you're > >> missing are checked. E.g. if it's an Application is it in / > >> Applications or ~/Applications or somewhere else? Is that location > >> checked and is it scanned (there should be a number next to the > >> catalog source in the Catalog Preferences. You can also select a > >> catalog source, click the i button at the bottom to have the drawer > >> open and check the middle tab, Contents, to see if the item you > >> expect > >> to be there actually is (and that it's checked). > > >> I recommend unchecking Find All Applications, particularly if you > >> have > >> external drives connected. It does a scan of the entire drive (all > >> drives) to find applications. This is slow and certainly not > >> something > >> you want happening against a backup drive. > > >> If the item is in the catalog and not found in the first pane of the > >> command window then something is pretty broken. Check in Console.app > >> under Console Messages for any messages with Quicksilver in them (you > >> can use the search box). There might be a clue there. > > >> Howard
