https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455456
Bug ID: 455456
Summary: baloo_file doesn't index drives if you let KDE mount
them "On Login"
Product: frameworks-baloo
Version: 5.93.0
Platform: Fedora RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Baloo File Daemon
Assignee: baloo-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: skierp...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
I edited ~/.config/baloofilerc telling it to index folders on my NTFS drive
which I had mounted in /etc/fstab, and Baloo indexed them for years 🥳. Until,
as part of reinstalling Fedora, instead of /etc/fstab I let KDE mount my NTFS
drive using System Settings > Removable Storage > Removable Devices, by
checking Automount > Attached Devices > Windows "On Login".
After I this change, `balooctl monitor` showed that baloo_file wasn't noticing
new and changed files on NTFS. However, a manual `balooctl check` would find
new and changed files and index them. I'm pretty sure the reason they're not
indexed is Plasma startup starts the /usr/libexec/baloo_file process before
calling /sbin/mount.ntfs to mount the drive, and the already running baloo_file
doesn't seem to "notice" that the path to the folder is now available to
monitor.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. In System Settings > Removable Storage > Removable Devices , configure an
attached drive to Automount "On Login"
2. Add the absolute (no symbolic links) path to a directory on this drive to
~/.config/baloofilerc, e.g.
folders[$e]=$HOME/,/run/media/spage/Windows/Users/spage/Documents/
3. Reboot computer.
4. Enter the terminal command `balooctl monitor &`
5. Modify a file in this directory, e.g. `echo balooIndexMe >
/run/media/spage/Windows/Users/spage/Documents/index_test.txt
6. Search for this file, e.g. `baloosearch balooIndexMe`
7. Restart baloo with `balooctl disable`, `baloctl enable`
8. Repeat step 5.
OBSERVED RESULT
balooctl monitor doesn't report "Indexing: /path/to/new/file.txt"; searching
for its content fails. But if you restart baloo, then baloo_file starts
watching the folder on the drive.
EXPECTED RESULT
I know file notification is hard, and there's an argument that Baloo shouldn't
index "removable" drives; but this is unexpected behavior that's too sensitive
to startup order. baloo_file should watch for when folders it's been told to
index appear, even when it's already running.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma:
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.93.0
Qt Version: 5.13.3 on Wayland
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Advanced users might be able to modify the kde-baloo.service to wait for KDE's
disk automounting.
A workaround is to restart baloo_file with balooctl disable then balooctl
enable.
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