[generationfourt]

I cant get it to work. I currently only have a 20 gb hard drive, fresh install of tiger, and about 20 mp3's.

ill type in "itunes," or something obvious, and press enter and nothing will happen. no drop down menu or anything. if I open and close spotlight, it'll then open up with "no results found" and "spotlight preferences" below. all the folders are selected and everything....

is there something I'm missing? I even busted out the instruction manual

[Mithras]

Probably still indexing. Is there a dot in the magnifying glass?

[generationfourt]

there is nothing. this is the first time I've tried it so I guess it should index. but nothing happens. its like its ignoring me

[Chuckit]

Trying running the command described in this post. That should work.

[generationfourt]

ok I ran it and it says "error, no index found for volume"

hmmm. i cant get it to index

[xealous]

Originally Posted by generationfourt

ok I ran it and it says "error, no index found for volume"

hmmm. i cant get it to index

let me guess, you've installed the netgear 1.4.7 driver for wifi right?

[generationfourt]

Originally Posted by xealous

let me guess, you've installed the netgear 1.4.7 driver for wifi right?

yes!!! haha

please fill me in on this driver

[xealous]

Originally Posted by generationfourt

yes!!! haha

please fill me in on this driver

hehe, i'm having the exact same problem, i've been digging through the install scripts and came across a reference to the following in the postinstall scripts:
sudo rm -f /System/Library/Extensions.mkext

i dont think that's "The Cause" but i do think it contributes to something. also, could you reboot and give me your dmesg output?

[generationfourt]

Originally Posted by xealous

hehe, i'm having the exact same problem, i've been digging through the install scripts and came across a reference to the following in the postinstall scripts:
sudo rm -f /System/Library/Extensions.mkext

i dont think that's "The Cause" but i do think it contributes to something. also, could you reboot and give me your dmesg output?

oh im not exactly sure what you're talking about.

did you want this stuff?
Last login: Fri Apr 29 19:44:39 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
alan-galuras-power-mac-g4-agp-graphics:~ generationfourth$ dmesg
ODefaultMatchCategory exists
Hub in Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Hub in Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Hub in Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Hub in Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple USB Keyboard: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple Optical USB Mouse: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple Optical USB Mouse: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple Optical USB Mouse: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple Optical USB Mouse: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple Optical USB Mouse: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple Optical USB Mouse: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple Optical USB Mouse: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple Optical USB Mouse: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple Optical USB Mouse: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple Optical USB Mouse: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
Apple Optical USB Mouse: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
OHCI Root Hub Simulation: family specific matching fails
IOUSBCompositeDevice: family specific matching fails
OHCI Root Hub Simulation: family specific matching fails
Hub in Apple USB Keyboard: family specific matching fails
Apple USB Keyboard: family specific matching fails
Apple Optical USB Mouse: family specific matching fails
Matching service count = 0
OHCI Root Hub Simulation: family specific matching fails
IOUSBCompositeDevice: family specific matching fails
OHCI Root Hub Simulation: family specific matching fails
Hub in Apple USB Keyboard: family specific matching fails
Apple USB Keyboard: family specific matching fails
Apple Optical USB Mouse: family specific matching fails
Matching service count = 0
IOUSBCompositeDevice: family specific matching fails
IOUSBCompositeDevice: family specific matching fails
IOUSBCompositeDevice: family specific matching fails
IOUSBCompositeDevice: family specific matching fails
IOUSBCompositeDevice: family specific matching fails
IOUSBCompositeDevice: family specific matching fails
IOUSBCompositeDevice: family specific matching fails
IOUSBCompositeDevice: family specific matching fails
IOUSBCompositeDevice: family specific matching fails
IOUSBCompositeDevice: family specific matching fails
IOUSBCompositeDevice: family specific matching fails
ROM ndrv for ATY,Rage128Ps is too old (0xb4461ab9)
obtaining ID
from Registry
ATIRage128: using AGP
IOUSBCompositeDevice: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
IOUSBCompositeDevice: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
IOUSBCompositeDevice: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
IOUSBCompositeDevice: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
IOUSBCompositeDevice: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
IOUSBCompositeDevice: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
IOUSBCompositeDevice: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
IOUSBCompositeDevice: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
IOUSBCompositeDevice: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
IOUSBCompositeDevice: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
IOUSBCompositeDevice: match category IODefaultMatchCategory exists
UniNEnet: Ethernet address 00:30:65:47:8d:0c
com_intersil_prism2USB: Ethernet address 00:05:5d:9c:cc:99
ATY,Rage128Ps: vram [96000000:01000000]

?

[xealous]

Originally Posted by generationfourt

oh im not exactly sure what you're talking about.

did you want this stuff?
Last login: Fri Apr 29 19:44:39 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
alan-galuras-power-mac-g4-agp-graphics:~ generationfourth$ dmesg
ODefaultMatchCategory exists
<snip>

?

ok i think the wifi driver install process is the culprit, i'll email them and see if i get a reply.

[generationfourt]

Originally Posted by xealous

ok i think the wifi driver install process is the culprit, i'll email them and see if i get a reply.

yeah keep me updated. later on I think I might make a diff thread calling out users of 1.4.7

im sure we are not the only ones with this problem.

when did you install the driver? right after you installed tiger? I wonder what would happen if you indexed before the install of the driver

[murk]

How quickly does Spotlight search for everyone? With my admittedly old G4, results trickle in about as fast as they did when I used the search box at the top of Finder windows in Panther. I know Spotlight is searching through more, but I thought it would be faster.

[MartiNZ]

Very quick on my new 1.5GHz PowerBook. I never used to use search/find in Finder, but Spotlight is great for so many things. I was editing the Finder .plist file to get List view preferences as I wanted them - rather than navigating the folder tree, I just searched for Finder in Spotlight, and it's the top hit.

I've also been using it as a launcher, and to get rid of iPhoto 'Originals' folders, after I discovered these were being kept! That was fun - I got Finder to open all 88 windows at once ... that took it a few minutes and a bit of beachballing .

I would like it more if the Spotlight results window was more customisable - like if you could open the view options window for it. Also, being able to get contextual menus to, for instance, 'open with' for files in the Spotlight menu, would be really nice. Time to submit feedback I think.

Oh well, at least I've just found out that you can cmd-R to reveal in Finder from the Spotlight window. The big problem I find is that it is not its own application so no menu commands can be used....

[defa]

Originally Posted by xealous

ok i think the wifi driver install process is the culprit, i'll email them and see if i get a reply.

i can confirm problem for 2 more installations - spotlight stopped working after installing the D-Link 1.4.7 Driver for DWL-122 (which is IMHO the same as Netgear)

one was a powerbook, the other an iBook...

so far - would be nice to find a workarround - i am researching myself

bye
defa

[defa]

call me god

solution ist:

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/StartupItems

(USE ON OWN RISK!)

the d-link / netgear install routine just messes the permissions. a message in the syslog file made me checking that

have a nice day
defa

[Kreamy]

Reasonably quick, but quicksilver (no pun intended) seems to do it faster.

[generationfourt]

Originally Posted by defa

call me god

solution ist:

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/StartupItems

(USE ON OWN RISK!)

the d-link / netgear install routine just messes the permissions. a message in the syslog file made me checking that

have a nice day
defa

sweet man, hell yeah! fixed it perfectly and brought the network status into the toolbar. this is the first time ive used spot light

[Phileski]

defa, thank you so much for solving this problem becuase i was about to give up on it