Nepomuk/Strigi issue(?): files re-indexed after reboot

[Steven P. Ulrick]

> > > > > Hello Everyone
> > > > > 	I apologize if this has already been covered.  If it has, I 
> > haven't 
> > > > > seen it.
> > > > > 	My issue is that I rebooted my Fedora 12 system recently.  
> > Nepomuk 
> > > > > started up just like it is supposed to.  Unfortunately, the 
Nepomuk 
> > > > status 
> > > > > window said that something like 6,000 to 7,000 files had been 
> > indexed.  
> > > > > I checked my music collection, and sure enough, the mp3's that I
> > > > > checked were not showing metadata in the expected location in 
> > Dolphin. 
> > > > > So, it looks like for some reason, Nepomuk started re-indexing my 
> > > > > files.
> > > > > 	That was the bad part.  This is a kind of odd part: before I had 
> > over 
> > > > > 25,000 files indexed, and the size of my Nepomuk Store was 3.2 
GiB.
> > > > > So, I rebooted, Nepomuk started re-indexing my files, BUT the 
Store
> > > > > size was still 3.2 GiB.  So I "assume" that my database had not 
> been
> > > > > destroyed, but Nepomuk just started re-indexing my files for some
> > > > > reason...  Also, like I said earlier, the metadata that had been
> > > > > displayed in Dolphin before I rebooted was gone after I booted 
back 
> > up. 
> > > > > But, my Store size was still the same...
> > > > > 
> > > > > Anyway, has anyone else had this issue?  I will attempt to look 
for 
> > bug 
> > > > > reports to attach my comments to.  If I don't find any, please 
let 
> me 
> > > > > know the exact component to file this particular issue under.
> > > > 
> > > > Hello Again,
> > > > 	I rebooted last night, and this morning I logged back in again.  
> The 
> > > > Nepomuk Store was still 3.2 GiB, but only approximately 417 files 
had 
> > > been 
> > > > indexed!
> > > > 	I will glad do what I can to figure out what is causing this 
> issue.  
> > > > If I don't here from anyone in a few days or so,  I will just find 
> out 
> > > > where this 3.2 GiB store is located, delete it, and disable Nepmuk.  
> > That 
> > > > would be unfortunate, since for the brief time that it was actually 
> > > working 
> > > > for me, it looked really interesting and useful.
> > > 
> > > Hello Everyone,
> > > I have had recent, VERY temporary success with Nepomuk/Strigi.  I 
have 
> > seen 
> > > up to several hours of the re-scanning of my files.  I have even seen 
> > > actual metadata on those files in Dolphin.  But, all that has stopped 
> > now, 
> > > and Nepomuk/Strigi are no longer functional on my system.  I have no 
> idea 
> > > what made everything work temporarily, but I do know that 
> Nepomuk/Strigi 
> > is 
> > > broken again on my system.
> > > 
> > > Like I said in my previous message, I am interested in making this 
> work.  
> > > So if anyone could please be of assistance to me on this, I would 
> greatly 
> > > appreciate it.
> > 
> > Hello Again,
> > I just had to reboot, and when I logged back in, Nepomuk just started 
on 
> > it's own, and scanned successfully for a few minutes.  I even checked 
one 
> > of the files that it claimed to have scanned, and I could view the 
metada 
> > in the right column of Dolphin.  So, let's see if things are continuing 
> > with that level of success...
> > 
> > A few minutes later it stopped :(  The metadata that I had seen a few 
> > minutes ago was still there.  So, that's good at least.  I'll leave my 
> > system inactive for a little while and see if Nepomuk starts scanning 
> > again. But, I have seen Nepomuk scan while the system is under load, so 
> > that SHOULDN'T make a difference...  We'll see.
> 
> I just noticed that when it had scanned successfully for a few minutes 
> after my recent reboot & login, and then after it had appeared to scan 
some 
> more a few times after that recent login, that it is scanning the same 
few 
> folders that it had scanned already.  So, I just excluded those folders 
> just to see what happens...

OK.  Now this is getting silly.  A few Minutes after my initial success 
this morning with Nepomuk, I added a new directory of music to what Nepomuk 
is scanning.  It successfully began scanning that directory.  
Unfortunately, Nepomuk must have started over Completely from the 
beginning, because the files that Had been successfully scanned a mere few 
minutes ago, now the metadata is gone/not viewable in dolphin.

So, for the benefit of anyone else that may having similar Nepomuk 
instability, or may have it in the future, I eagerly await your input on 
this, so that the fix for this particular Nepomuk madness will be publicly 
known :)

Steven P. Ulrick