Sailfish Utilities tracker reset.

answered 2014-12-23 12:42:22 +0200

drummer12
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updated 2014-12-23 12:49:56 +0200

It depends on how many files are on your device. If you have e.g. over 2000 pics and much music it can take a long time to re-index. You can watch the process for example with lighthouse, there is a process called 'tracker-store' in 1.0.7.x it took around 50% of cpu. While indexing is going on you will see this process. An answer from a jolla sailor relating to tracker-store said, that it can take up to 24h and more to reindex all. So maybe start the process and look, if tracker-store is working and then just keep calm until tracker-store is not using much cpu anymore.

answered 2014-12-23 14:19:12 +0200

nthn
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updated 2014-12-23 14:20:59 +0200

Putting this in an answer because it wouldn't be clear in a comment, from the tracker-control manpage:

-k, --kill=[all|store|miners]
          This uses SIGKILL to stop all Tracker processes found matching the
          parameter, if no extra parameter is passed, all will be assumed. This is
          not advised unless you are having problems stopping Tracker in the first
          place. This GUARANTEES death.
-r, --hard-reset
          This kills all processes in the same way that --kill does but it also
          removes all databases. Restarting tracker-store re-creates the databases.
-s, --start
          Starts all miners. This indirectly starts tracker-store too because it is
          needed for miners to operate properly.

This just seems excessive, here is what tracker-control -es does:

-e, --soft-reset
          A soft reset works exactly the same way that --hard-reset does, with the
          exception that the backup and journal are not removed. These are restored
          when tracker-store is restarted.
-s, --start
          Starts all miners. This indirectly starts tracker-store too because it is
          needed for miners to operate properly

So using the tracker reset from Utilities completely kills tracker and removes all databases (so they need to be entirely rebuilt, which takes a lot of time), whereas using tracker-control -es only restarts tracker, keeping the databases.