Re: [newbie] Kmail hangs - finding files
On Thursday 04 Dec 2003 9:20 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: DJ And BTW: Before Anne asks. Yes I have updated the TWiki lol eg And BTW, this DJ quoting does come out peculiarly if the line length is slightly different - DJ I just wanted to get over the point that if the user leaves the system as DJ default then their jobs will never get done if they switch off at night. DJ DJ derek Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kmail hangs - finding files
On Thursday 04 Dec 2003 2:24 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: Thanks Ronald, but I am looking for a GUI solution. Yes, I can always su, updatedb, then slocate - and it does work good! However, I am shocked to see only one gui based file search program installed in MDK 9.1, not to mention it doesn't even work... Any more ideas? Yes I have two klocate and kio_locate You will need to compile klocate yourself, but kio_locate is available in contrib. kio_locate allows you to search by typing locate:/string in the url line of konqueror. It uses slocate as its backend which means that it will only find files that have been indexed in the slocate database. The job to do the indexing runs at 4am each morning, so if you switch your computer off at night you will need to install anacron to run the job for you in the morning. I have a write up here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=7 After you install slocate and kio_locate packages run updatedb as root to initialise the database for the first time. derek If I can add to my own post. I appear to have already made an RPM of klocate I did it for 9.1, but it works on 9.2 as well. It is available in the download area of my site. Also the syntax for using kio_locate is :- locate:/string/ Plus I wanted to emphasise how useful it is for desktop users to install anacron. Without anacron to run jobs which a server would do in the middle of the night your logs and your tmp folder will become huge, and lots of necessary housekeeping will not get done. The downside is that anacron will cause the hard drive to go berserk 15 minutes after you boot your computer. Do not panic it isn't broken. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kmail hangs - finding files
On Thursday 04 December 2003 09:38 am, Derek Jennings wrote: DJ Plus I wanted to emphasise how useful it is for desktop users to install DJ anacron. Without anacron to run jobs which a server would do in the middle of DJ the night your logs and your tmp folder will become huge, and lots of DJ necessary housekeeping will not get done. The downside is that anacron will DJ cause the hard drive to go berserk 15 minutes after you boot your computer. DJ Do not panic it isn't broken. DJ DJ derek DJ Derek, you can adjust the time that anacron updates the db though, right? Isn't that the part that really thrashes your HD on most (user/desktop) setups? For some reason I'm thinking it can be made to run later rather than sooner... Personally, it never bothered me though... :-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kmail hangs - finding files
On Thursday 04 Dec 2003 2:59 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 04 December 2003 09:38 am, Derek Jennings wrote: DJ Plus I wanted to emphasise how useful it is for desktop users to install DJ anacron. Without anacron to run jobs which a server would do in the middle of DJ the night your logs and your tmp folder will become huge, and lots of DJ necessary housekeeping will not get done. The downside is that anacron will DJ cause the hard drive to go berserk 15 minutes after you boot your computer. DJ Do not panic it isn't broken. DJ DJ derek DJ Derek, you can adjust the time that anacron updates the db though, right? Isn't that the part that really thrashes your HD on most (user/desktop) setups? For some reason I'm thinking it can be made to run later rather than sooner... Personally, it never bothered me though... :-) man anacrontab tells you how to adjust it. Or you could simply adjust the time of your cron.daily and cron.weekly jobs to a time when the computer is likely to be switched on. It is logrotate and updatedb that really thrashes the HD. I just wanted to get over the point that if the user leaves the system as default then their jobs will never get done if they switch off at night. derek And BTW: Before Anne asks. Yes I have updated the TWiki -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
