On Friday 06 January 2017 08:08:14 David McPearson wrote: > > On 2017-01-05 22:15, Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Thu, 05 Jan 2017 21:02:00 +0100 > > solitone <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello solitone, > > > >> What package is needed in order to use the search functionality in > >> Dolphin? At the moment I get an "invalid protocol" error. > > > > Nothing: > > > > Run System Settings, then go to Workspace -> Search -> File Search and > > turn *off* Enable File Search. That is, untick/uncheck it. Now apply, > > and then the Find file function will work in Dolphin. > > Hi Guys, > > Same error here on Debian Jessie/KDE 4.14.2/Dolphin 4.14.1. When I run > System Settings I do not see an option "Search option" > > According to the System Setting Manual there should be a "Desktop > Search" module under System Settings > Workspace Appearance and Behavior > - but it is not there. I assume this is what is meant by "File Search" > above. Am I correct? > > Any hints/instructions about how to get Dolphin's Find to work (given > the above)? > > Please note I turned file indexing off when I first installed Jessie.
I can at least confirm that desktop search works for me in Jessie, my dataset is about 60 GB in about half a million files. There is "Desktop Search" and "Desktop Search Advanced" in "System Settings". In "Desktop Search Advanced" I specified which paths to exclude and which to include in the desktop search. I have enabled "Desktop search" and "File indexer" There is one glitch I noticed: dolphin searches from the current working directory. If the current working directory is a symbolic link, the search does not find anything. It seems baloo stores the physical paths and is not able to map symbolic paths to physical paths. I hope that helps... Rainer -- Rainer Dorsch http://bokomoko.de/
