you probably don't have beagle installed? if you don't have beagle, gnome-search-tool is to blame, so changing the package.
** Changed in: Ubuntu Sourcepackagename: None => gnome-utils -- Search doesn't display files with # symbol https://launchpad.net/bugs/82796 -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
