tracker_get_hit_counts: assertion `query->words' failed

I am getting this error and tracker is not getting any hits. I can look at tracker-stats and the program is indexing: (see below) but even if I search for something it should find like "grub" nothing comes up.

-------fetching index stats---------

default : 0
Files : 2235
Folders : 355
Documents : 114
Images : 156
Music : 916
Videos : 40
Text : 270
Development : 146
Other : 238
Emails : 0
EvolutionEmails : 0
ThunderbirdEmails : 0
KMailEmails : 0
EmailAttachments : 0
EvolutionAttachments : 0
KMailAttachments : 0
Conversations : 0
GaimConversations : 0
Applications : 648
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I take that back it is indexing. I restarted the tracker daemon with the "trackerd -R" command. I do get this error message, but it seems to be working.

I had a similar error that caused the "Bug Buddy" to pop up and ask me to send my data to Gnome:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489094

** (trackerd:5479): CRITICAL **: tracker_indexer_get_hits: assertion
`query->words' failed

But they market it as a duplicate of http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474131

** (trackerd:6248): CRITICAL **: scan_directory: assertion
`tracker_is_directory (uri)' failed

and they noted that:

"it's from tracker returning a file that does not exist anymore. It's
fixed in 2.20.1"

so the fix is ready upstream...

Conrad, I think your crash was not caused by the "tracker_indexer_get_hits: assertion`query->words' failed" message. I get the message after typing one letter in the search box, and no crash. I would have preferred if you left my description as is, and rather filed a new bug which we could have duped or unduped.

What do they mean by "in 2.20.1"? My tracker is 0.6.3-0ubuntu3, and I already have some gnome 2.20.1 packages.

I usually get 10 repetitions of the message for each letter I type.

Ok, I think I understand the versions they were talking about: I have deskbar-applet 2.20.0-0ubuntu2 only.

Did you want me to still file my bug description as a separate bug?

Well, I hope both issues are solved in deskbar-applet 2.20.1 :) But I think this is a tracker problem. I had a closer look with gdb:

When I type a letter, it get down as "search_string" to tracker_db_search_text():
        array = tracker_parse_text_into_array (search_string);
The returned array is empty*, so when "query" is built up with
        for (pstr = array; *pstr; pstr++) {
                tracker_add_query_word (query, *pstr, WordNormal);
query->words will be empty and calling tracker_indexer_get_hits(query) will complain.

*) Inside tracker_parse_text_into_array(), tracker_parse_text_to_string() with one letter just returns a space:
 tracker_parse_text_to_string("d",1,0) -> " "
It seems like strings of 1 or 2 characters are stripped away.

I can just tell what's happening, I don't know if this is intended behaviour.

minimum search word length is 3 by default

So I guess is shouldn't check for hits before I have typed 3 letters then?

Based on your filing of a separate Gnome bug, I'm going to split off my bug report into its own and revert the description.

If its not the same bug, this one isn't confirmed...

Mine is now Bug #156358 BTW...

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10?

No, there's nothing in .xsession-errors now. BTW, the Deskbar applet is not in the panel by default any longer.

I'm on ubuntu intrepid and this bug appear when I make a research with one letter ! Obviously GUI is not able to display results and trackerd crashes because GUI has a short respond time window, but trackerd is still searching all case with this letter ( and use huge processor works ).

For example I make one research with "a" case ( same results with other letters )

$trackerd -f

Tracker version 0.6.6 Copyright (c) 2005-2007 by Jamie McCracken (<email address hidden>)

This program is free software and comes without any warranty.
It is licensed under version 2 or later of the General Public License which can be viewed at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt

Initialising tracker...
starting HAL detection for ac adaptors...found /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_ac_adapter_ACAD
Throttle level is 99

** (trackerd:12325): CRITICAL **: tracker_get_hit_counts: assertion `query->words' failed

And tracker still searching !

GUI ask "Did you mean" but proposal !

I'm waiting.... I'm waiting.... I'm waiting, but not proposal.

Trackerd have to stop proposal feature if submitted case are too short for avoid this bug !

More precision on this bug

Do not assign bugs to yourself unless you have the intention to fix the bug.

oh sorry !