Krunner and kfind not working properly on manjaro kde

the kfind search on desktop doesnt show all files with the name I have searched for. It shows 2 to 3 set of fixed files even on different search.
the extended search on app launcher menu acts similar (app search is fine, problem with file search)
I have tried to reinstall kfind and krunner but without any effect.
plasmashell --replace doesnt solve the problem
I have tried reindexing using kde’s graphical indexing monitor.
balooctl purge followed by balooctl enable also have no effect (although balooctl monitor shows a 176 mb of index file).
however catfish search works fine. so it should be a more of a kde problem…
any clue?
the desktop search facility is really convenient as there is no need to hit the enter button to view search results.
i would have used catfish but it doesnt have the realtime search during typing.
device: thinkpad e14 i3 10th gen

Hi @arnab

Welcome to the community :slightly_smiling_face:

The issue is related to KDE desktop environment.
Please report it on KDE forum.
bugs.kde.com

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thanks

If you have two indexing services running, then one will fail.

Baloo can also fail if you added a specific location to ignore list, or no indexed list. Search is capable to index even dotfiles, aka hidden files if you thick that check mark.

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Also, not sure if this changed, but baloo si not indexing NTFS.

On my end there is no issue, so i can’t say there is a general KDE Plasma bug, but rather something wrong on your install.

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yeah… indexing is enabled as it shows in the pic.
i tried to uninstall catfish and its dependenies to nullify the chances of conflicting indexing services… no effect.
for experiment i removed my pdf files from the harddrive (cut paste to pendrive).
then reindexed and restarted.
it seems krunner is depending on a old index as it shows same results after reindexing… shows up the non existent files.
there is no ntfs partition on my drive…
at this point i also feel that it may be a faulty installation.
anyway i would try to reinstall manjaro and check it the problem persists…
is there a way to check all the indexing services that are running ?
thank you so much for your help.

Is a KDE Plasma background service

Can be disabled or enabled at startup. Never had any issues with it.
If you already removed the ~/.local/share/baloo/ and then manually started the indexing and it finished, it should be all fine. Otherwise there might be something it escapes us.

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i just ensured… it is indeed running.
balooctl is also running fine… it has a valid index , infact dolphin search is working fine.
it seems krunner is not utilising its indexing dependencies. it is stuck at the old index.
krunner --replace doesnt help either.

going for a fresh install.
coming right back …
may be i should go for the good old xfce

Booted in my testing install as i was in Gnome when i first replied, and made a few tests. It seems to be a regression or fault in the Places and Locations modules of KRunner.
I was also able to reproduce partially in the KDE Plasma GIT version. That means a reinstall might not help.

Give me some time to look around, if nobody else will have an idea or know about it.

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ok, i will be waiting …
using catfish untill then .
not that it is a big problem.
thank you very much

Well, not much information about it, but here is what i did:

  • removed all the locations i added to the Search settings, and rebooted the system
  • added back the custom locations and let the indexing finish, then rebooted the system

Is not as efficient as from Dolphin, but works.

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did what you said.
it still uses the same index. gonna use catfish now on .
thanks a lot.