tracker starts indexing when removable media is inserted, even when indexing is disabled
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Tracker |
Fix Released
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High
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tracker (Debian) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
tracker (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Chris Coulson | ||
Jaunty |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Karmic |
Fix Released
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High
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Chris Coulson |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: tracker
I've already raised this at http://
Tracker will begin indexing when removable media is inserted, despite being explicitly disabled in the preferences (and it is disabled by default in Ubuntu anyway). It doesn't just index the removable device, but all of the users watch directories (by default, the users entire home directory). When doing this, the tracker-applet doesn't appear like it normally should when indexing, and the usual notifications warning the user that indexing is beginning do not appear either. The performance hit of this for many users could be quite severe whilst the indexing is happening, and the user will be left wondering why this is so.
***TEST CASE FOR SRU***
* With the current version of Tracker (0.6.93-0ubuntu1):
1) Disable indexing in System -> Preferences -> Search and Indexing
2) Insert removable media (eg, USB drive)
3) After a minute or so, note that trackerd and tracker-processes are consuming some CPU cycles.
4) For further verification, monitor the output of "dbus-monitor --session". A short while after inserting the removable drive, you will see some org.freedesktop
* With the updated version of Tracker (0.6.93-0ubuntu2):
1) Disable indexing in System -> Preferences -> Search and Indexing
2) Insert removable media (eg, USB drive)
3) Note that trackerd and tracker-processes use no significant CPU cycles.
4) Monitoring the session bus with "dbus-monitor --session" should show no org.freedesktop
Related branches
- Martin Pitt: Pending requested
- Diff: None lines
Changed in tracker (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-9.04 |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Wishlist → High |
summary: |
- tracker indexing when removable media is inserted, even when indexing is - disabled + tracker starts indexing when removable media is inserted, even when + indexing is disabled |
Changed in tracker: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in tracker (Ubuntu): | |
milestone: | ubuntu-9.04 → jaunty-updates |
description: | updated |
Changed in tracker (Ubuntu Jaunty): | |
milestone: | none → jaunty-updates |
Changed in tracker (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
milestone: | jaunty-updates → none |
Changed in tracker: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
Changed in tracker: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
I was going to report what likely is a a consequence of this bug: tracker indexes removable media even if you specifically instruct it NOT to do so in its configuration. Moreover, I tried to explicitly ignore the /media path. I had to stop using trackerd, because every time I connected my 320 gb external drive it started indexing.