Description:

baloo is not indexing any files' contents. baloo is only indexing files' names.

This up-to-date Mageia 6 cauldron system was upgraded from Mageia 5 and, in Mageia 5, baloo was indexing the files' contents, so this is a regression.

I deleted all baloo database and configuration files in Mageia 6 cauldron, to revert baloo to the default configuration and be certain it was not a configuration issue or a compatibility issue with the previous version.

In Mageia 5, the baloo database uses 245MiB while in Mageia 6 cauldron the baloo database uses 34MiB.

Using balooshow and baloosearch I can confirm that baloo sees the files and indexes the files' names/paths but it does not index the files' contents.

I'm not certain how I can go about diagnosing this issue further.



Versions:

# rpm -qa | grep baloo | sort
baloo-5.29.0-1.mga6
lib64kf5baloocore5-5.29.0-1.mga6
lib64kf5balooengine5-5.29.0-1.mga6
lib64kf5baloowidgets5-16.11.90-1.mga6



Reproducible:

Always.



Steps to reproduce:
1 - Have a installed or upgraded up-to-date Mageia 6 cauldron;
2 - Enable and start baloo indexing: "balooctl enable ; balooctl start";
3 - Wait for the indexing to complete (may take a while);
4 - Find in the home directory or some non-dot-hidden subdirectory a file (THE_FILE) with indexable text (e.g. plain text, pdf);
5 - Look in THE_FILE for some words (THE_WORDS) not in THE_FILE's name;
6 - Run "balooshow -x THE_FILE" to confirm the file was indexed;
6 - Run "baloosearch THE_WORDS" and see if baloosearch returns THE_FILE as part of the results.
7 - Repeat from step 4 to confirm the results.