On Tuesday January 14 2003 07:56 am, Rich wrote:
> I've used the Gnome Search tool since Mandrake 8.0 but have run
> into a problem since installing version 9.0. It ran OK for awhile,
> but now an error message pops up whenever I run a search that the
> slocate.db database is more than 8 days old. I thought that this
> database is supposed to update every time the system boots and I've
> been running 9.0 since a month after it came out. What's going on?
Misguided (IMO) user complaints of 'HDD trashing' convinced the
developers to extend the update period. It was done nightly in =<8.2,
either by cron if your machine runs over night or by anacron when you
boot (if that's installed, I don't believe it is by default).
Easiest thing to do is su to root in a term and type 'updatedb', or
you could edit cron*, and change the behavior there. IIRC,
*slocate.cron is in /etc/cron.weekly. Just move it to /cron.daily
If you don't run over night, you'll need to install the anacron rpm to
update on boot.
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