dash and places do not return all files, just recently used

[Andrew Toogood]

Binary package hint: unity

OK just making sure I have this right, the File and Folders plane in unity is were you search for your files, I had assumed it would be able to find anything in /home/andrew but i have done a test and it can only find about 10% of files, if found nothing in downloads, only two items in documents etc.
After testing for some time I have found that it actually only finds files that have been recently worked with. IE after I open a file it can't find it then shows up in results.
I expected this to work like gnome-do and have a background index of important places.

Reproduce:
find any file that you have not opened on this machine then type in the name to places Dash or Files and if will fail to find it.

is there some sort of process that runs on first install to index them all that might have failed?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.6.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.36-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 270.30 Fri Feb 25 14:34:55 PST 2011
 GCC version: gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-6ubuntu4)
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Tue Mar 22 14:15:42 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current, 270.30, 2.6.38-7-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-current, 270.30, 2.6.38-6-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600M GT] [10de:0407] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0001]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110228.1)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110228.1)
InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110228.1)
JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
MachineType: TOSHIBA Qosmio G40
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_NZ:en
 LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-7-generic root=UUID=02c920ec-3ce4-4f28-8dec-3e384e20bed9 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.36-generic 2.6.38
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.36-generic 2.6.38
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/29/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.bios.version: Version 2.20
dmi.board.name: Portable PC
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: Version A0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.version: A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrVersion2.20:bd02/29/2008:svnTOSHIBA:pnQosmioG40:pvrPQG40A-00Y014:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrVersionA0:cvnTSI:ct10:cvrA:
dmi.product.name: Qosmio G40
dmi.product.version: PQG40A-00Y014
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4-0ubuntu7
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu5
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version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6~3ubuntu11
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
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version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu6

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen (kamstrup)]

You're correct Andrew. The files place can only find files that you have actually worked with. There are some plans to expand the scope of indexed files a bit, but that's not gonna be ready for Natty I'm afraid.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.