Re: [gentoo-user] nepomuk gone, baloo enters

[Francisco Ares]

2015-08-24 10:13 GMT-03:00 Francisco Ares <frares@×××××.com>:

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> 2015-08-24 9:14 GMT-03:00 Francisco Ares <frares@×××××.com>:
>
>> Thanks, Dale, for your point of view.
>>
>> But since I'm not the only user (my wife is forced to use it, too ;-)
>> )and I am the only one that knows how to use a command line session, for
>> instance, I still want to try to make this semantic desktop thing to work.
>>
>> Thanks, again, and
>> Best Regards
>> Francisco
>>
>> 2015-08-21 22:36 GMT-03:00 Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>:
>>
>>> Fernando Rodriguez wrote:
>>> > On Friday, August 21, 2015 6:27:36 PM Dale wrote:
>>> >> Francisco Ares wrote:
>>> >>> Hi,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> In fact, I can only suppose there's something related to changing
>>> from
>>> >>> nepomuk to baloo:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Now, every time I log in, a window pops up asking for root password.
>>> >>> The window title is "PolicyKit - KDE" and pressing the button
>>> >>> "Details", it shows:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Action: Folder Watch Limit
>>> >>> polkit.subject-pid:    5254
>>> >>> polkit.caller-pid:     6699
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Looking for those PIDs:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> ~ $ ps -A | grep 5254
>>> >>>  5254 ?        00:00:07 baloo_file
>>> >>>
>>> >>> and PID 6699 doesn't show up any more, probably the process has
>>> >>> already ended.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Did I miss something? How do I set up Baloo? Looking on the net, I
>>> >>> only found how to set up a file ~/.kde4/share/config/nepomukserverrc
>>> >>> (that was nonexistent, which seemed strange), is there something else
>>> >>> regarding the database it might be willing to use?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thank you all.
>>> >>> Francisco
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >> Reading your posts, it seems you don't really want this "feature" of
>>> >> KDE.  Why not disable the thing?  I have this in make.conf:
>>> >>
>>> >> -nepomuk  -semantic-desktop
>>> >>
>>> >> So far, that has disabled the whole desktop search thingy, that I also
>>> >> found to be a pest and never needed.
>>> >>
>>> >> Just a thought, in case you wasn't aware.
>>> >>
>>> >> Dale
>>> >>
>>> >> :-)  :-)
>>> > Do you use kmail? I disabled nepomuk at one point and I wasn't able to
>>> access
>>> > my contacts on kmail. I think it's the same with baloo. And from what
>>> I've
>>> > read the plan is for more applications to use it so you may miss
>>> important
>>> > features. They recommend just disabling file indexing or adding your
>>> home
>>> > directory to the exclusion list on system settings, But after doing
>>> that I
>>> > still got that popup a few times until I okay'd it.
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>> I used to use Kmail until all this mess started.  I think the last I
>>> used Kmail was back in KDE3.  When I saw all this mess coming, I
>>> switched to Seamonkey.  Seamonkey does all my email stuff and I'm happy
>>> with it.  I do wish the sound notification thingy would work tho.  Maybe
>>> I just need to sit down one day and try to figure out why it doesn't
>>> work.  Sound works everywhere else.  Still, it does what I really need
>>> without to much bloat.
>>>
>>> I installed KDE with the kde-meta.  It basically installs everything but
>>> the kitchen sink.  To be honest tho, I could likely install it in a
>>> better way that leaves out TONS of stuff I never use.  This file indexer
>>> thingy is one of the ones I have never had a need for.  If I want to
>>> find some file, locate, find and etc works for those rare occasions.  It
>>> is rare since I'm fairly well organized with my stuff.  Well, computer
>>> files at least.  My closet and shop is a different matter tho.  lol
>>>
>>> My point was that this can be disabled IF it is not needed.  If it is
>>> needed, then fixing it is the solution.  If it is not, disable it and
>>> shove the problem into the trash can.  ;-)
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>> :-)  :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> Thanks to all that have posted.
>
> I tried a "clean start":  I've deleted all related (at least all that I
> could find) files used by baloo (just kept some backup copies in a ZIP
> file, just in case).
>
> As expected, all of them are back, and also that popup window, requiring
> root password.
>
> I guess, now, I am (we are) looking on the wrong place, perhaps this is a
> global setting, not a user one.
>
> Going to check this out.
>
> Thanks again, and
> Best Regards
> Francisco
>


Found this:

~ # cat /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.kde.baloo.filewatch.conf
<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC
 "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
<busconfig>

  <!-- Only user root can own the foo helper -->
  <policy user="root">
    <allow own="org.kde.baloo.filewatch"/>
  </policy>

</busconfig>


Looks like there might be something related to what I am facing, isn't it?

Googling the file name, I got this:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=339465
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/2ibdf7/what_is_baloo_file_watch_and_why_does_it_need/
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/kde-4-13-3-%5Balien%5D-annoying-kde-polkit-and-wallet-prompts-4175517244/

So, got back to the first and (as it seems) proper solution, but with no
effects, for now.

Perhaps I'll just wait and see future upgrades on baloo.  Meanwhile I will
try to filter more directories not to be indexed, and/or increasing the
limit on "/etc/sysctl.d/97-kde-baloo-filewatch-inotify.conf" by hand.

Thanks!
Francisco