It worked in previous versions to "index" the files on usb or mounted smb-shares.
Why reduce the functions?
THX for reading and giving it a thought. Please keep up your great work and let me know if I can be of further assistance in this matter.
/w kind regards, herrmeier:
Here is apt-cache show mlocate:
Package: mlocate
Priority: standard
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 228
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Tollef Fog Heen <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.26-1ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), adduser
Conflicts: findutils (<= 4.2.31-1), slocate (<= 3.1-1.1)
Filename: pool/main/m/mlocate/mlocate_0.26-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 45394
MD5sum: 8268bcc99c13d5d357d6fb28424c2583
SHA1: f03197fa1a37e708d5090793b2ba4eaf711b1ea0
SHA256: 0999a5631f018cd6ac333e5b069439abeb77c1112727fc32d5f4eb16f8251bda
...
Here is my system:
inxi -Fxxxz --no-host
System: Kernel: 4.4.0-130-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 5.4.0 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.8.9
tk: Qt 5.6.1 dm: lightdm 1.18.3 Distro: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
Machine: Type: Desktop System: LENOVO product: 3484JBG v: ThinkCentre Edge72 serial: <filter> Chassis:
type: 3 serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: N/A v: 0B98401 PRO serial: <filter> BIOS: LENOVO v: F1KT70AUS date: 06/12/2015
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-3470S bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9
L2 cache: 6144 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 23146
Speed: 1780 MHz min/max: 1600/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1780 2: 1745 3: 1769 4: 1708
Graphics: Card-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
chip ID: 8086:0152
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.18.4 driver: intel unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Desktop v: 4.2 Mesa 18.0.5 compat-v: 3.0
direct render: Yes
Audio: Card-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1c20
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.4.0-130-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI
port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: p5p1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: virbr0-nic state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 4.09 TiB used: 543.02 GiB (13.0%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT500BX100SSD1 size: 465.76 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter> rev: MU02 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD40EFRX-68N32N0 size: 3.64 TiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 0A82 scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / size: 29.59 GiB used: 15.79 GiB (53.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /boot size: 960.6 MiB used: 152.9 MiB (15.9%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-3: /home size: 240.86 GiB used: 101.05 GiB (42.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
ID-4: /var size: 34.31 GiB used: 8.00 GiB (23.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
ID-5: swap-1 size: 16.60 GiB used: 4.10 GiB (24.7%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda4
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 299 Uptime: 3d 1h 42m Memory: 7.62 GiB used: 5.99 GiB (78.6%) Init: systemd v: 229
runlevel: 5 default: 2 Compilers: gcc: 5.4.0 alt: 4.8/5 Shell: bash v: 4.3.48 running in: screen
inxi: 3.0.15
You'll want to take a look at /etc/updatedb.conf and modify PRUNEFS so that the filesystem types you are interested in end up getting indexed.