Ubuntu dash 13.10 not searching files?

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This seemed to help but the dash is still not searching files. It however does search folders.

Document Directory searches fine.

Download directory doesn't search correctly even though I just just added items (I did open the items because I read unity doesn't index items unless they are opened).

Things I have tried:

rm ~/.cache/software-center -R
unity --reset &

Download Directory contains:

/home/username/Downloads/Untitled Folder
/home/username/Downloads/empty
/home/username/Downloads/world
/home/username/Downloads/test.pdf

Searching the dash with the keyworld "Downloads" yields: 1 folder "Downloads"

Document Directory Contains:

/home/username/Documents/HELLOWORLD
/home/username/Documents/EmptyDoc
/home/username/Documents/HelloWorld.java
/home/username/Documents/tryingtosearch

Searching the dash with the keyworld "Documents" yields: 1 folder "Documents":

/home/username/Documents/HELLOWORLD
/home/username/Documents/EmptyDoc
/home/username/Documents/HelloWorld.java

but "tryingtosearch" is not there. Is this a file indexing issue?

If it matters I did run this code previously:

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Lenses disabled-scopes "['more_suggestions-amazon.scope', 'more_suggestions-u1ms.scope', 'more_suggestions-populartracks.scope', 'music-musicstore.scope', 'more_suggestions-ebay.scope', 'more_suggestions-ubuntushop.scope', 'more_suggestions-skimlinks.scope']"

and this code:

sudo apt-get remove unity-webapps*

^This messed up my desktop and I had to fix it. I don't recall what command I used to fix it but I think it was this: sudo dconf reset -f /org/compiz/

This seemed to fix it:

sudo updatedb

Should I really have to run that each time though? Obviously one could create a bash script but that is disappointing if one has to run that each time.

I have tried the solutions on this page:

Dash search gives no result

Not a duplicate; I have tried the solutions on that page. Also, they are running Ubuntu 11.10, and I am running Ubuntu 13.10 with the new Smart-Scopes feature. — horvste, Oct 27 '13 at 13:07
updatedb is automatically run once a day. You only have to run it manually when you need to update it immediately. — Sander Steffann, Oct 27 '13 at 14:06

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 13 '14 at 12:49

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sudo apt-get -o DPkg::options::=--force-confmiss --reinstall install unity-scopes-master-default

sudo apt-get -o DPkg::options::=--force-confmiss --reinstall install unity-scopes-runner

sudo apt-get -o DPkg::options::=--force-confmiss --reinstall install unity-scope-home

edited Mar 13 '14 at 12:49

Avinash Raj

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answered Nov 01 '13 at 13:35

Василий Алексеенко

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 13 '14 at 12:48

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Running sudo updatedb fixed this by re-indexing unity's search engine. The search now searches anything after running sudo updatedb.

edited Mar 13 '14 at 12:48

Amanda

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answered Nov 01 '13 at 01:11

horvste

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Ubuntu dash 13.10 not searching files?

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