Synapse

No files ever displayed

Asked by Cavia Porcellus

Of late Synapse (verison 0.2.2.1 on Ubuntu 10.10) does not show files that have been logged via Zeitgeist. It shows my applications just fine, but if I search for a previously opened/edited file of any sort, I must use the locate function. Even then, if I then switch to another categorty (e.g. from "All" to "Images") I must then do the search again. If I open the file via Synapse, edit it, etc., then the next time I open Synapse I need to use locate again. The files all do appear in the Activity Journal. Finally, not sure if this matters, no thumbnails are ever displayed for any images or movies.

I did uninstall and reinstall Synapse and all the Zeitgeist packages - which actually made everything work as it should, but only once - the second time I called up Synapse, it was broken again.

Not sure if this is an issue with Synapse, Zeitgeist, or something I messed up. No clue!
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

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Michal Hruby (mhr3) said : 		#1

Please start synapse from the terminal and pastebin the output.

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Cavia Porcellus (caviaporcellus) said : 		#2

Here you go. I started synapse and searched for a single name (sara - which is contained in many files, mostly images). Oddly 2 text documents showed up, along with applications which contain some of the letters of the name.

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aibara@Pauline:~$ synapse
** (synapse:2377): DEBUG: synapse-main.vala:189: Binding activation to <Control>space
(synapse:2377): GtkHotkey-DEBUG: Listener Type: GtkHotkeyX11Listener
** (synapse:2377): DEBUG: ui-cairo-gtk-base.vala:188: Screen is composited.
** (synapse:2377): DEBUG: gnome-session-plugin.vala:172: org.gnome.SessionManager is available
** (synapse:2377): DEBUG: gnome-screensaver-plugin.vala:97: org.gnome.ScreenSaver is available
SynapseHybridSearchPlugin:: Scanning /home/aibara/289Dos
SynapseHybridSearchPlugin:: Scanning /home/aibara/Desktop
SynapseHybridSearchPlugin:: Scanning /home/aibara/Docs/TA
SynapseHybridSearchPlugin:: Scanning /home/aibara/Docs/Notes
SynapseHybridSearchPlugin keeps in cache now 165 file names

** (synapse:2377): WARNING **: zeitgeist-plugin.vala:574: Zeitgeist search failed: Remote Exception invoking org.gnome.zeitgeist.Index.Search() on /org/gnome/zeitgeist/index/activity at name org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.xapian.DatabaseCorruptError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/service.py", line 702, in _message_cb
    retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/share/zeitgeist/_zeitgeist/engine/extensions/fts.py", line 123, in Search
    offset, count, result_type)
  File "/usr/share/zeitgeist/_zeitgeist/engine/extensions/fts.py", line 253, in search
    self.QUERY_PARSER_FLAGS)
DatabaseCorruptError: Db block overwritten - are there multiple writers?
 org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.xapian.DatabaseCorruptError Traceback%20%28most%20recent%20call%20last%29%3A%0A%20%20File%20%22%2Fusr%2Flib%2Fpymodules%2Fpython2.6%2Fdbus%2Fservice.py%22%2C%20line%20702%2C%20in%20_message_cb%0A%20%20%20%20retval%20%3D%20candidate_method%28self%2C%20%2Aargs%2C%20%2A%2Akeywords%29%0A%20%20File%20%22%2Fusr%2Fshare%2Fzeitgeist%2F_zeitgeist%2Fengine%2Fextensions%2Ffts.py%22%2C%20line%20123%2C%20in%20Search%0A%20%20%20%20offset%2C%20count%2C%20result_type%29%0A%20%20File%20%22%2Fusr%2Fshare%2Fzeitgeist%2F_zeitgeist%2Fengine%2Fextensions%2Ffts.py%22%2C%20line%20253%2C%20in%20search%0A%20%20%20%20self.QUERY_PARSER_FLAGS%29%0ADatabaseCorruptError%3A%20Db%20block%20overwritten%20-%20are%20there%20multiple%20writers%3F%0A
** (synapse:2377): DEBUG: zeitgeist-plugin.vala:580: ZG search took 27 ms

** (synapse:2377): WARNING **: zeitgeist-plugin.vala:574: Zeitgeist search failed: Remote Exception invoking org.gnome.zeitgeist.Index.Search() on /org/gnome/zeitgeist/index/activity at name org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.xapian.DatabaseCorruptError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/service.py", line 702, in _message_cb
    retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/share/zeitgeist/_zeitgeist/engine/extensions/fts.py", line 123, in Search
    offset, count, result_type)
  File "/usr/share/zeitgeist/_zeitgeist/engine/extensions/fts.py", line 253, in search
    self.QUERY_PARSER_FLAGS)
DatabaseCorruptError: Db block overwritten - are there multiple writers?
 org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.xapian.DatabaseCorruptError Traceback%20%28most%20recent%20call%20last%29%3A%0A%20%20File%20%22%2Fusr%2Flib%2Fpymodules%2Fpython2.6%2Fdbus%2Fservice.py%22%2C%20line%20702%2C%20in%20_message_cb%0A%20%20%20%20retval%20%3D%20candidate_method%28self%2C%20%2Aargs%2C%20%2A%2Akeywords%29%0A%20%20File%20%22%2Fusr%2Fshare%2Fzeitgeist%2F_zeitgeist%2Fengine%2Fextensions%2Ffts.py%22%2C%20line%20123%2C%20in%20Search%0A%20%20%20%20offset%2C%20count%2C%20result_type%29%0A%20%20File%20%22%2Fusr%2Fshare%2Fzeitgeist%2F_zeitgeist%2Fengine%2Fextensions%2Ffts.py%22%2C%20line%20253%2C%20in%20search%0A%20%20%20%20self.QUERY_PARSER_FLAGS%29%0ADatabaseCorruptError%3A%20Db%20block%20overwritten%20-%20are%20there%20multiple%20writers%3F%0A
** (synapse:2377): DEBUG: zeitgeist-plugin.vala:580: ZG search took 30 ms
SynapseHybridSearchPlugin found 27 extra uris (ZG returned 0)

** (synapse:2377): WARNING **: zeitgeist-plugin.vala:574: Zeitgeist search failed: Remote Exception invoking org.gnome.zeitgeist.Index.Search() on /org/gnome/zeitgeist/index/activity at name org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.xapian.DatabaseCorruptError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/service.py", line 702, in _message_cb
    retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/share/zeitgeist/_zeitgeist/engine/extensions/fts.py", line 123, in Search
    offset, count, result_type)
  File "/usr/share/zeitgeist/_zeitgeist/engine/extensions/fts.py", line 253, in search
    self.QUERY_PARSER_FLAGS)
DatabaseCorruptError: Db block overwritten - are there multiple writers?
 org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.xapian.DatabaseCorruptError Traceback%20%28most%20recent%20call%20last%29%3A%0A%20%20File%20%22%2Fusr%2Flib%2Fpymodules%2Fpython2.6%2Fdbus%2Fservice.py%22%2C%20line%20702%2C%20in%20_message_cb%0A%20%20%20%20retval%20%3D%20candidate_method%28self%2C%20%2Aargs%2C%20%2A%2Akeywords%29%0A%20%20File%20%22%2Fusr%2Fshare%2Fzeitgeist%2F_zeitgeist%2Fengine%2Fextensions%2Ffts.py%22%2C%20line%20123%2C%20in%20Search%0A%20%20%20%20offset%2C%20count%2C%20result_type%29%0A%20%20File%20%22%2Fusr%2Fshare%2Fzeitgeist%2F_zeitgeist%2Fengine%2Fextensions%2Ffts.py%22%2C%20line%20253%2C%20in%20search%0A%20%20%20%20self.QUERY_PARSER_FLAGS%29%0ADatabaseCorruptError%3A%20Db%20block%20overwritten%20-%20are%20there%20multiple%20writers%3F%0A
** (synapse:2377): DEBUG: zeitgeist-plugin.vala:580: ZG search took 28 ms
SynapseHybridSearchPlugin found 3 extra uris (ZG returned 0)

** (synapse:2377): WARNING **: zeitgeist-plugin.vala:574: Zeitgeist search failed: Remote Exception invoking org.gnome.zeitgeist.Index.Search() on /org/gnome/zeitgeist/index/activity at name org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.xapian.DatabaseCorruptError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/service.py", line 702, in _message_cb
    retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/share/zeitgeist/_zeitgeist/engine/extensions/fts.py", line 123, in Search
    offset, count, result_type)
  File "/usr/share/zeitgeist/_zeitgeist/engine/extensions/fts.py", line 253, in search
    self.QUERY_PARSER_FLAGS)
DatabaseCorruptError: Db block overwritten - are there multiple writers?
 org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.xapian.DatabaseCorruptError Traceback%20%28most%20recent%20call%20last%29%3A%0A%20%20File%20%22%2Fusr%2Flib%2Fpymodules%2Fpython2.6%2Fdbus%2Fservice.py%22%2C%20line%20702%2C%20in%20_message_cb%0A%20%20%20%20retval%20%3D%20candidate_method%28self%2C%20%2Aargs%2C%20%2A%2Akeywords%29%0A%20%20File%20%22%2Fusr%2Fshare%2Fzeitgeist%2F_zeitgeist%2Fengine%2Fextensions%2Ffts.py%22%2C%20line%20123%2C%20in%20Search%0A%20%20%20%20offset%2C%20count%2C%20result_type%29%0A%20%20File%20%22%2Fusr%2Fshare%2Fzeitgeist%2F_zeitgeist%2Fengine%2Fextensions%2Ffts.py%22%2C%20line%20253%2C%20in%20search%0A%20%20%20%20self.QUERY_PARSER_FLAGS%29%0ADatabaseCorruptError%3A%20Db%20block%20overwritten%20-%20are%20there%20multiple%20writers%3F%0A
** (synapse:2377): DEBUG: zeitgeist-plugin.vala:580: ZG search took 37 ms
SynapseHybridSearchPlugin found 2 extra uris (ZG returned 0)

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Best Michal Hruby (mhr3) said : 		#3

Please see the linked bug.

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Cavia Porcellus (caviaporcellus) said : 		#4

That worked - thanks a lot!

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Cavia Porcellus (caviaporcellus) said : 		#5

Thanks Michal Hruby, that solved my question.