What is baloo_file_extractor and why is it humping my hard drive?

[Thomas Tanghus]

On Thursday 17 April 2014 16:26 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I just updated to KDE 4.13. As soon as I logged in, a windows popped up
> saying some kind of "File Watcher" needs my root password. I typed that in.
> 
> Then, my hard disk was getting hit like no tomorrow. It's been over 20
> minutes now and the disk is still getting hammered. System Activity says
> it's the "baloon_file_extractor." I suspected some file indexing maybe,
> but that can't be. I have all indexing disabled in System Settings:
> 
>    http://s24.postimg.org/btf89a96d/indexing.png
> 
> What is happening?

This might be of interest:

http://vhanda.in/blog/2014/04/desktop-search-configuration/

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Med venlig hilsen / Best Regards

Thomas Tanghus
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