[SOLVED] Does the search tool need to be configured

[xav795]

Hi,

After a fresh install which worked very well, i could start with my old \home directory, coming from the last F15.
For the moment the only one problem i have found concern the search tool, this text zone that is focused when you type the windows key.
On the F17, i cant find any document when i type text that should match one of them. Instead, only the application or the web search is working, as in the previous F15 version.
Otherwise, i have noticed that there is a new application called "documents", but it is often crashing, it is to much slow, not as well integrated as the native search box was on F15.
My question is : Do i have a problem on my installation or is it really an evolution of the new GIMP 3.4?
I was wondering if there was not a troube with my old directory i link in : my \home was holded with a user on F15 i have created a new time on F17.

Thank you by advance for any of your experience on this subject
Xavier
F17/Inspiron 6400

[Gareth Jones]

I'm currently away from home and borrowing a friend's Windows machine, so I can't check the name exactly, but the best graphical search tool in default GNOME 3 is an application called something like "Search for Files" or similar. There's also a more basic search in Nautilus, and obviously locate/find/grep on the command-line. The GNOME Shell search currently only searches names of bookmarks and recently opened files, along with applications and contacts etc., but that may change in the future as Tracker is gaining use.

[robertdaleweir]

Originally Posted by xav795

Hi,

After a fresh install which worked very well, i could start with my old \home directory, coming from the last F15.
For the moment the only one problem i have found concern the search tool, this text zone that is focused when you type the windows key.
On the F17, i cant find any document when i type text that should match one of them. Instead, only the application or the web search is working, as in the previous F15 version.
Otherwise, i have noticed that there is a new application called "documents", but it is often crashing, it is to much slow, not as well integrated as the native search box was on F15.
My question is : Do i have a problem on my installation or is it really an evolution of the new GIMP 3.4?
I was wondering if there was not a troube with my old directory i link in : my \home was holded with a user on F15 i have created a new time on F17.

Thank you by advance for any of your experience on this subject
Xavier
F17/Inspiron 6400

Hi xav795
Probably not an issue for you, but in F14 the first user created had an UID of 500, under F16 and later it is 1000. When I switched from F14 to F16 I had to change this in order to get my info to be owned by the correct UID/GID.
Cheers...

[xav795]

Originally Posted by Gareth Jones

I'm currently away from home and borrowing a friend's Windows machine, so I can't check the name exactly, but the best graphical search tool in default GNOME 3 is an application called something like "Search for Files" or similar. There's also a more basic search in Nautilus, and obviously locate/find/grep on the command-line. The GNOME Shell search currently only searches names of bookmarks and recently opened files, along with applications and contacts etc., but that may change in the future as Tracker is gaining use.

I think i have tested the default tool packaged in GNOME3, it is very fast, but not as well integrated as the GNOME Shell search. This one doesnt even work on recently opened files, so i think i have a problem with maybe the user i have created to hold my old \home.
I have to check the issue that robertdaleweir is talking about

Originally Posted by robertdaleweir

Hi xav795
Probably not an issue for you, but in F14 the first user created had an UID of 500, under F16 and later it is 1000. When I switched from F14 to F16 I had to change this in order to get my info to be owned by the correct UID/GID.
Cheers...

[xav795]

I ve noticed that my print screen key, doesnt launch anymore a screen capture as before on F15.

Instead, i must launch the utility, choosing it in the application and then i can do a capture.

When i strike the print screen key, something is rapidely happening, but it disapear quickly.

I dont know where to begin with it.

I dont find anything very usefull in the log (dmesg) and i dont see any error message in SELINUNX.

I am wondering if this is related with the new UID/GID that my user have.
As i explaned before, i kept my /home/myuser coming from F15 and i added it when i installed the F17.

If someone had this problem or knows how to do.

Xavier

[DBelton]

If you kept your /home/<user> folder that you created with F15, and are now running F17, then yes, you are having an issue with the new user numbering if you did a fresh install of F17. It may or may not be causing this problem you are having, but it would be an issue if you try to access any files you created under F15.

If you upgraded (from F15 to F16 or F17, then it kept your old user numbering intact)

su -
(root password)

cd /home

chown -R --from=500:500 1000:1000

This would change all files that have user number 500 (the old F15 user numbering) to user number 1000 (the new F16 and above user numbering) in your /home folder.

You need to make sure that the old and new user numbers are what you wish to use.

The command above changes both user number and group number

[xav795]

So i tried this update, and i rebooted after.

The problems still remain :
- the basic search tool (this which is automatically enabled when you use the super key), doesnt remember the file i ve just opened
- the print screen only make the noise that correspond to the event of capture, but i dont get the window that give me the opportunity to change the file name and so on

My old user has the same name as the new i have created. I have verify in the /etc/passwd that my new user has UID=1000, and GID=1000, but how can i know if the file processed by the chown command have really the good UID and GID?

I have noticed something strange too : if i use the locate command at the prompt with my session and i find a pdf file that belong to my /home/my user directory, i get an error when i try to launch it from the terminal.
i get a "permission denied"
When i use nautilus to see the properties of this file i have noticed the following SE Context :
unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0

[robertdaleweir]

Originally Posted by xav795

So i tried this update, and i rebooted after.

The problems still remain :
- the basic search tool (this which is automatically enabled when you use the super key), doesnt remember the file i ve just opened
- the print screen only make the noise that correspond to the event of capture, but i dont get the window that give me the opportunity to change the file name and so on

My old user has the same name as the new i have created. I have verify in the /etc/passwd that my new user has UID=1000, and GID=1000, but how can i know if the file processed by the chown command have really the good UID and GID?

I have noticed something strange too : if i use the locate command at the prompt with my session and i find a pdf file that belong to my /home/my user directory, i get an error when i try to launch it from the terminal.
i get a "permission denied"
When i use nautilus to see the properties of this file i have noticed the following SE Context :
unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0

Hi xav795
You definitely have an issue with users groups etc. . To see who is who use the < id > function. By default it will tell you the user name and UID and GID.

id (hit the Enter key)

If you have two users (which I suspect you do) then you will see that the old user is different than the one you are logged on as, or something like that.
The application <users> will also tell you who is logged in at this time. I will post back here with the solution to this problem, that I used to straighten it out. I just have to peruse my notes... Back here in a moment.

---------- Post added at 01:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:08 PM ----------

Originally Posted by robertdaleweir

Hi xav795
You definitely have an issue with users groups etc. . To see who is who use the < id > function. By default it will tell you the user name and UID and GID.
If you have two users (which I suspect you do) then you will see that the old user is different than the one you are logged on as, or something like that.
The application <users> will also tell you who is logged in at this time. I will post back here with the solution to this problem, that I used to straighten it out. I just have to peruse my notes... Back here in a moment.

OK. I am back...
Please follow the steps set out below and report back...

First you should determine how many users you actually have and what their names are. As root, ie. Open a terminal and log on, so as to become user root. At the $ prompt, as any user, type < su - > and (hit enter key). Enter password for root (hit enter key) and you should get a '#' prompt. You are now user 'root'.
At the prompt type < users > and (hit enter key) The output will tell you all the uisers on this machine. Note their names, if more than one. If there is only one skip the next step. Otherwise type the application < id "followed by one of the users names"> ie. < id myself (if user were 'myself') > (press enter key). This will show you exactly what the UID and GID is for this particular user, in this case user 'myself'.
If more than one user, run this application against each user found. This will show you what the current UID and GIDs are for every user on this machine. So as not to get too verbose here, I would ask that you do these steps and report back, so we can take the next step.

Cheers..

[xav795]

here are the results :
[root@AWE dzialoszynski]# users
dzialoszynski dzialoszynski
[root@AWE dzialoszynski]# id dzialoszynski
uid=1000(dzialoszynski) gid=1000(dzialoszynski) groupes=1000(dzialoszynski),18(dialout)

As you can see, i have two users with the same name, so when i ask with the command id, i cant get each user information

On F15 my user was dzialoszynski, and my idea was to recreate the same on F17

---------- Post added at 09:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:00 PM ----------

i suppose one solution could be to create a different user with enough right to delete all these two users?

[robertdaleweir]

Originally Posted by xav795

here are the results :
[root@AWE dzialoszynski]# users
dzialoszynski dzialoszynski
[root@AWE dzialoszynski]# id dzialoszynski
uid=1000(dzialoszynski) gid=1000(dzialoszynski) groupes=1000(dzialoszynski),18(dialout)

As you can see, i have two users with the same name, so when i ask with the command id, i cant get each user information

On F15 my user was dzialoszynski, and my idea was to recreate the same on F17

---------- Post added at 09:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:00 PM ----------

i suppose one solution could be to create a different user with enough right to delete all these two users?

Hi xav795
No you only have one user 'dzialoszynski'. The users just tells you that you have two instances of dzialoszynski logged in. What I should have done was have you, as user root, cd to /home. Once there run the command ls -la. Sorry I should have used this approach rather than running 'users', my bad. OK.
You should have a home directory located at /home/dzialoszynski . I have prepared a set of commands that should help with your problem. I quote them below.

Run as user 'root' the following command (s). Please copy this code exactly as written. Spaces and punctuation are important. Just scrape (or highlight holding down the 'shift' key) the line and paste at a 'root' # prompt.
Each line MUST be run as a separate invocation (ie. run one line at a time and (press the enter key) to invoke the command.

The first line of code changes all UIDs to 1000 from 500 for user dzialoszynski for each and every file under </home/dzialoszynski>
The second next procedure will change the GID from 500 to 1000, for group dzialoszynski.
Please run these commands carefully, as root, and reboot. Please report back here after you have carried this out.

[xav795]

hi robertdaleweir

The first intruction give me the following error :
"missing operand after 1000"

[robertdaleweir]

Originally Posted by xav795

hi robertdaleweir

The first intruction give me the following error :
"missing operand after 1000"

Hi xav795
Ok I made a slight change to the method to find the users on your system could you, as root 'cd' to /home . Then run command 'ls -la'. Do you have more than one home directory users?

[xav795]

i have one other directory called test, from a test user i created on F15, but i dont care about it, i did not have created this user (test) on F17

[root@AWE home]# ls -la
total 32
drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 4096 3 févr. 11:28 .
dr-xr-xr-x. 18 root root 4096 30 juin 20:37 ..
drwx------. 78 dzialoszynski dzialoszynski 4096 30 juin 18:37 dzialoszynski
drwx------. 2 root root 16384 26 juin 2011 lost+found
drwx------. 4 501 502 4096 13 févr. 16:32 test

[robertdaleweir]

Originally Posted by xav795

i have one other directory called test, from a test user i created on F15, but i dont care about it, i did not have created this user (test) on F17

[root@AWE home]# ls -la
total 32
drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 4096 3 févr. 11:28 .
dr-xr-xr-x. 18 root root 4096 30 juin 20:37 ..
drwx------. 78 dzialoszynski dzialoszynski 4096 30 juin 18:37 dzialoszynski
drwx------. 2 root root 16384 26 juin 2011 lost+found
drwx------. 4 501 502 4096 13 févr. 16:32 test

Hi xav795
Thanks. I may have misspelled your userid within my commands. They work fine on my machine (with my userid of course) but if I run the exact command with your userid I get the same error. Anyway. Can you go to the User and Groups App under Applications, I assume you are using Gnome. Open it and see what exactly you see. When you cd /home/test are there any files or folders whatsoever there? Run <ls -laRn | wc -l > to get some idea of how many files you have there, and what UID owns them, run it without the '| wc -l'. They will blow by fast but you should be able to scroll back and see the last ones.
I assume that any files you are interested in are under your 'dzialoszynski' userid? Running the same command(s) again on /home/dzialoszynski will give you some sense of what is where.
I am concerned that the 'dzialoszynski' I have in my commands is incorrect in some way. Otherwise the command should run as posted. Give these a try and get back.

[xav795]

for test user :
[root@AWE test]# ls -laRn | wc -l
31


for dzialoszynski user :
[root@AWE test]# cd /home/dzialoszynski/
[root@AWE dzialoszynski]# ls -laRn | wc -l
180215


In the system-config-users, i have only one line on the user tab, which has the following properties :
username =dzialoszynski
userid = 1000
primary group = dzialoszynski
full name = DZIALOSZYNSKI
shell connexion = /bin/bash
personal directory = /home/dzialoszynski

on the group tab i have two lines :
group name idgroup members
dzialoszynski 1000 dzialoszynski
vboxusers 1001

i have tried again the instruction you gave me before, my name was correctly wrotten, but i have the same result as before
find /home/dzialoszynski -user 500 -print0 | xargs -0 chown -h 1000
operand missing after 1000