Am 22.06.2017 um 05:13 schrieb Michael Biebl: > Am 22.06.2017 um 05:02 schrieb Jeremy Bicha: >> Package: tracker >> Version: 1.12.0-1 >> >> Ubuntu does not install tracker by default. When I install an app that >> needs tracker like gnome-photos, tracker is installed. It does not >> start indexing until after I log out and log back in. That presents a >> poor experience to users who have no idea why the newly-installed >> GNOME apps appears to be useless. >> >> It would be great if tracker would start indexing as soon as it is installed. > > tracker-store is indeed started via /etc/xdg/autostart, like many other > service. > IIRC a long time ago we actually had D-Bus activation for tracker-store, > but people were unhappy because this made it harder to disable tracker > if a start was not desired.
Ok, I guess I did not remember correctly, tracker-store is still D-Bus activatable, but a start of tracker-store via D-Bus activation does not automatically trigger the start of the miners. It does have the necessary mechanisms to do that though, see "tracker daemon --start". Tbh, I don't know the reasoning behind having /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-* autostart instead of letting tracker-store control the start/stop of the services. A nice side effect of not using xdg autostart files but using D-Bus activation for the miners would be, that the miners could be started as systemd user services. See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770786 which seems related to your issue, especially https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770786#c2 Maybe follow up there? Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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