Excessive logs by baloo_file_extractor

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Just 7 hours and there’re lots of logs about the same message. How to reduce it?

$ journalctl -b | grep baloo_file_extractor | wc
3556 39110 593053

baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_krita.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_appimageextractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_pngextractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_postscriptdscextractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_officeextractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_odfextractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_plaintextextractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_ffmpegextractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_office2007extractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_mobiextractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_poextractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_taglibextractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_fb2extractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_popplerextractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_xmlextractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_exiv2extractor.so"
baloo_file_extractor[22587]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_epubextractor.so"
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Is it a newly setup system?

If so, there is an initial period where it indexes all your files.

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My EOS was installed 9 months ago. I did just upgrade the system today that’s probably why. Thanks.

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It’s still going so probably the problem is on baloo_file_extractor.

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A long time ago (few years), the solution was to just stop/disable the indexer. Unless you actually need it, that may be the best.
I haven’t had the problem myself…but many people do/did.

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Example

@pm4433, I’ve the same with kf6-baloo-6.12.0-1.fc41.x86-64:

  1. #!/usr/bin/env sh
journalctl | grep -E baloo_file_extractor

  2. Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_epubextractor.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_exiv2extractor.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_fb2extractor.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_ffmpegextractor.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_krita.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_mobiextractor.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_odfextractor.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_office2007extractor.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_officeextractor.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_plaintextextractor.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_pngextractor.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_poextractor.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_popplerextractor.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_postscriptdscextractor.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_taglibextractor.so"
Apr 05 18:28:30 skqy07 baloo_file_extractor[4279]: kf.filemetadata: Found plugin with metadata: "/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata_xmlextractor.so"

It’s fairly stock, but also more than a month old.

Want to file an issue upstream (at Bugzilla)? Nate is on a bit of drive RN to eliminate superfluous logs, and this shouldn’t be the default.

Environment

    1. #!/usr/bin/env sh
cat /etc/os-release | grep -E CPE_NAME

    2. CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:41"

    1. #!/usr/bin/env sh
kinfo

    2. KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.13.8-200.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
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To check if baloo indexing is enabled:

balooctl6 config show contentIndexing

It could be disabled temporarily with balooctl6 config set contentIndexing no

There is also a mimetype option, if I call balooctl6 config show excludeMimetypes I retrieve a list in which shared libraries '.so aren’t excluded. You could try to add application/x-sharedlib to that list. You’ll have to reboot for the changes to be applied, as far as I know.

I’m not able reproduce the error on my system currently. Indexing is currently disabled. (fzf ftw :wink:)

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Seems it’s already fixed for the next release: Caused by and fixed in.

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