I've got the same problem, starting the indexer manually (with the command /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-indexer) solves it but after a few seconds the indexer crashes, here is the error I get:
*** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-indexer terminated ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x48)[0xb7d87da8] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x0)[0xb7d87d60] /usr/lib/tracker/libtracker-module.so.0[0xb8079814] /usr/lib/tracker/libtracker-module.so.0(tracker_module_metadata_utils_get_text+0x0)[0xb8078b00] /usr/lib/tracker/libtracker-module.so.0(tracker_module_metadata_utils_get_text+0x168)[0xb8078c68] /usr/lib/tracker/indexer-modules/libtracker-module-files.so[0xb7ff9a65] /usr/lib/tracker/libtracker-module.so.0(tracker_module_file_get_text+0x19)[0xb8077779] /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-indexer[0x8050609] /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-indexer[0x80516d9] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb7e80d01] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x1e8)[0xb7e82c38] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb7e862e3] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_loop_run+0x1d2)[0xb7e86802] /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-indexer(main+0x657)[0x8054957] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5)[0xb7ca0775] /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-indexer[0x804e221] ** Changed in: tracker (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- New Tracker does not work: applet is invisible. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/331066 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs