Strigi issue

[Graham]

On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:32:29 -0800
Roger Chrisman <roger at rogerchrisman.com> wrote:

> >     
> >> Strigi failed.
> >>       
> >
> > Yep, it doesn't seem to work most of the time. Tracker works nicely
> > in ubuntu, would it work in kubuntu?
> >     
> 1. Did you remember to click *start daemon* in Strigi and wait for it
> to fully index all your files before you click *search*? (Click
> *status* in Strigi to check.)
> 
> 2. By default Strigi indexes all files in your home directory 
> (/home/yourusername/) *and subfolders therein* recursively. Those 
> subfolders are not displayed under Strigi's *preferences* but
> subfolders are indeed searched.
> 
> 3. I start Strigi in Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 by clicking K (start 
> menu) > Strigi - Desktop Search (just below the red-and-white (0)
> life ring).
> 
> I found above to work. I hope it works for you.
> 
> The key is I think #1 above.
> 
> Roger :-)

Roger, Strigi has consistently failed here.  Nothing happens.

1. The big blue web page comes up in Konqueror, I click on 'Start
daemon' and then leave it for a while and get on with something else.

2. I return to Strigi about 10 minutes later, and there's no change to
the web page.

3. I click on the Status tab.  It briefly shows red, back to blue, and
nothing else happens.

4. So I try to put a test Search in the white bar.  It won't let me.

This is consistently my experience, so I'm back to Beagle with the
Kerry interface.  Its intuitive easy to use and doesn't confuse an old
man with poor eyesight - as the Strigi interface does :-) 
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Graham Todd