Excessive logs by baloo_file_extractor

Desktop Environments Plasma
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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"
2

Is it a newly setup system?

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

3

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

4

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

5

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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