Ubuntu
tracker package

tracker and cronjobs (updatedb, update-notifer,...) fight for the hard disk

Bug #152051 reported by Martin Emrich
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tracker (Baltix)
Invalid
Undecided
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tracker (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: tracker

As I use anacron (as AFAIK most Ubuntu users), the cron jobs due are started on boot. So directly after login, tracker and disk-io-heavy cronjobs like updatedb run concurrently (literally) making ugly disk head noise, and there's not much of the I/O capacity left for foreground jobs.

A nice feature for tracker would be to have a list of "stopper processes", and it should suspend any indexing activity while these processes run. (Or even better, replace (s)locate with tracker as soon as tracker is stable enough).

Ciao

Martin

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Przemek K. (azrael) wrote :

See bug #140493 for slocate issues, which are connected with this bug.

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xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Which version of Ubuntu are you using? Isn't this implemented in Jaunty? Thank you.

Changed in tracker (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Martin Emrich (emme) wrote :

Since I reported this bug, I upgraded all my PCs to jaunty or karmic. At least the jaunty i386 desktop CD did not install tracker or any search daemon, so the bug is "being worked around" by default.

I assume the team that decides what is on the CD, what is installed by default and how it is configured made this decision on purpose, so for me this seems to be fixed (I did not use tracker anyways).

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xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Thanks for the update. I shall leave this as Incomplete in the hope that someone else may be able to confirm this, as yes tracker was removed from the default installation I believe.

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Thanks, I'll close this for now. Tracker is not on the default install, and even when it is installed, it will pause indexing automatically when there are other things doing work on the system

Changed in tracker (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in tracker (Baltix):
status: New → Invalid
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