Michael Biebl wrote: > Lennart Poettering wrote: >> Package: tracker >> Version: 0.5.4-4 >> Severity: normal >> >> trackerd has been running for ages on my machine now, and apparently >> doesn't do much except calling poll() and gettimeofday(): >> > > You are probably hitting a limitation of inotify. > By default you can't monitor more than 4096 instances(directories) [1] > with inotify. Can you confirm that this is the case for you? > > Michael > > [1] tracker is compiled with inotify support but falls back to polling > if it hits the 4096 limit.
Argh, my memory didn't server me well, the default limit actually is 8192 [1]. Could you also please send me the log file ~/.Tracker/tracker.log [2]. Thanks, Michael [1] /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches [2] private mail (and gzipped) preferred. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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