I'm running edgy and installed the debs you posted. After running trackerd and having it index my home directory, I ran a few test searches. The returned results seemed to suggest that only some files had been indexed. For instance, if I perform a search for pdf, I get only three results. A quick check with locate showed that I have 36 pdf documents in my home directory.
I checked ~/.Tracker/tracker.log, and I think I've found another problem, though perhaps it's related. I opened up tracker-search-tool and did a search for the word 'awesome'. The log showed this entry: [...] 26 Oct 2006, 12:53:48:441 - searching for awesom with smin 0 and smax 9, offset 0 and limit 10 [...] Notice that the word has been truncated to a length of 6 characters. It seems that all (single-term) searches are truncated to 6 characters. If I add a term to the search, things seem fine: [...] 26 Oct 2006, 12:54:50:242 - Executing detailed search with params Files, totally awesome, 0, 10 [...] I don't know what any of this means, but all I know is that the results being returned are not complete, in that it seems some files aren't being indexed. If you need more information, just say and I'll see what I can provide. Cheers, Mark Florian On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 18:24 +0100, Jamie McCracken wrote: > I'm pleased to announce a new stable release of Tracker (version 0.5.0) > - the all-in-one indexer, search tool and metadata database. > > Tarball : > http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/tracker-0.5.0.tar.gz > > Debs (ubuntu edgy) : > http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/tracker_0.5.0_i386.deb > http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/libtrackerclient0_0.5.0_i386.deb > http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/libtrackerclient0-dev_0.5.0_i386.deb > http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/tracker-utils_0.5.0_i386.deb > > Nautilus - tracker integration for Edgy : > http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/nautilus_2.16.1-0ubuntu3tracker1_i386.deb > > > New Features : > > * Completely new backend that has been moved from Mysql to the nimble > Sqlite database and QDBM inverted word index. > > * New tracker-search-tool GUI which allows you to search for your files > in a google like fashion with results depicted with google style search > snippets. Obligatory screenshot - > http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/tracker-search-tool.png > > * Revamped Rdf Query engine > > * New lighter design with big dependencies like libextractor having been > dropped in favour of lighter and optional metadata extractors > > * includes new extractors that can use totem or mplayer > > * New options to tune tracker for your system. We now have a > --enable-low-memory setting for use with computers with less RAM and a > --turbo mode for those who want indexing to take place as fast as possible > > * New snowball stemmers have been integrated into Tracker to provide > some of the highest quality open source stemming around > > * New language specific stopword lists to prevent indexng of common > words (which are of little value) > > * Can optionally make use of Pango word breaking for full > internationalisation support > > > What is it? > > Tracker is a personal search tool and storage system that allows you to > search and enhance your personal data with the minimum of fuss. > > It allows you to find the proverbial needle in your computer's haystack > as well as providing a one stop solution to the organisation, storage > and categorisation of your data. > > What does it do? > > Tracker trawls through your data and organises it so that it can be > retrieved extremely quickly later on via simple searches. > > This organisation puts your data into categories so that application > like photo managers and music players can instantly find relevant > content automatically > > Tracker enables you to tag your data with keywords which can be used to > find related information or to group and categorise your data further > > Tracker lets you extend your data with additional metadata > _______________________________________________ tracker-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-list
