Gnome search tool (Search for Files...) fails if searching File System
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-utils |
Won't Fix
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Medium
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gnome-utils (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
The Gnome search tool fails to find a newly created file in the home directory, if you search in "File System".
Steps to duplicate:
1. Create a text file 'sqw.txt' in your home directory. (The name is not essential, but simplifies finding the problem.)
2. Places > Computer > Filesystem. Navigate to the file to prove that it is there.
2. Places > Search for Files...
Search in File System. (Ubuntu default ext file system)
Results
1. Displays the message "No files found".
Other information
1. The file is found if you search in the home directory instead of "File System".
2. The file is found after restarting the computer.
3. There is a report ( https:/
Changed in gnome-utils: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in gnome-utils: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Changed in gnome-utils: | |
status: | New → Won't Fix |
no longer affects: | hundredpapercuts |
I hope gnome-utils is the right package for gnome-search-tool. I spent an hour or two on this with launchpad and Google. This bug was originally (mis?)filed under yelp.