Beagle stopped working after update

[rikona]

Hello Ioannis,

Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 9:19:20 AM, Ioannis wrote:

IV> On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 23:53 -0800, rikona wrote:
>> Hello Ioannis,
>> 
>> Monday, February 14, 2011, 8:46:23 PM, Ioannis wrote:
>> 
>> IV> On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 06:40 +0200, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>> 
>> >> Personally I am going to have a look at GNOME Meta Tracker (tracker-gui
>> >> package).
>> 
>> IV> I installed it, rebooted, and it looks very efficient and impressive.
>> 
>> I installed [10.04.2] with synaptic, but it does NOT work. Runs but
>> gives NO search results. What might I be doing different from what you
>> did to get it to work?

IV> Does a magnification glass appear at the top right?

I have what looks like a flashlight - no magnification glass.

IV> Let it index files.

It has, supposedly, been indexing for 24 hrs or so.

IV> After it finishes, if you go to Accessories->Tracker
Search Tool, ==>> you have to type something you want to search and press
IV> Enter.

IV> Did you do these?

Yes - many times, with different words, all of which should produce
results.

IV> Apart from this, however, I have the feeling that your system got
IV> broken with the upgrade process.

That is possible. I am also getting 'no network' which requires a
reboot to get it back - this is new and happened after the update.

IV> I suggest you back up your documents and other files, and perform a
IV> clean install.

I have LOTS of S/W installed and lots of configuration. I would hate
to do a clean install. I went to the LTS to avoid having to change the
OS. I'd like my comp to 'just run' as long as possible.

Besides, the 'just clean install' is like the Windows approach to
solving problems - wipe everything and start over. I went to linux to
try to get away from that.

IV> If you do not need to stick to 10.04 until 2013, I strongly suggest you
IV> install 10.10 which is the best version ever released according to my
IV> opinion, and which will have updates until April 2012.

IV> Ubuntu 10.10 is really very stable and very great.

That, for me, wold be a last resort.

IV> Whichever version you clean install, I suggest you try GNOME Meta
IV> Tracker first, before Beagle.

I can't seem to get that to work.

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 rikona