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Gnome-shell activities overview search doesn't return full results

Bug #1877118 reported by Andrew Jennings on 2020-05-06

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1875450: Doesn't provide search info to gnome-shell overview > search. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-shell (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

When using the search function in Gnome Shell's activity overview, only local results seem to be returned. e.g. matches for appplications, files, contacts, and characters. I would normally expect to see results from at least online repositories/software centre, too. If there are no local matches, the search doesn't seem to time out (I've not waited more than a minute or two) and doesn't return anything - see attached screenshot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.36.1-5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-29.33-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed May 6 14:24:36 2020
DisplayManager: gdm3
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-22 (13 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200402)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.1-3ubuntu3
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Andrew Jennings (patslap) wrote on 2020-05-06:

Screenshot from 2020-05-06 14-28-57.png Edit (1.1 MiB, image/png)
Dependencies.txt Edit (21.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GsettingsChanges.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (192.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ShellJournal.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2020-05-06:

Thank you for your bug report. The overview result relies on search providers from applications. Are you sepcifically speaking about not installation applications result as in your screeshot? In which case the issue is a duplicate of bug #1875450

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Andrew Jennings (patslap) wrote on 2020-05-06: Re: [Bug 1877118] Re: Gnome-shell activities overview search doesn't return full results

Yes, my report is a duplicate of #1875450

Apologies, I didn't find that when I searched previous reports.

On Wed, 6 May 2020, 16:25 Sebastien Bacher, <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for your bug report. The overview result relies on search
> providers from applications. Are you sepcifically speaking about not
> installation applications result as in your screeshot? In which case the
> issue is a duplicate of bug #1875450
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
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