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#1 2023-03-22 10:24:28
- Thinkpad E495
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KDE Baloo hogs my resources. How can I disable it properly?
I have issues with Baloo, KDE's file indexing software: sometimes it writes large quantities of data and hogs my drive and CPU.
I can't have a similar service running in background by default on my system.
I would like to disable it by default for every user of my system, since other people have an account on my computer. But I couldn't find any way to do this.
Currently I force-uninstalled the Baloo package (`sudo pacman -Rdd baloo`) and everything else still works.
However I know that this is not a permanent solution: Baloo will be installed again at the next update.
Can anyone help me find a solution to disable Baloo for good?
- Is there any way to disable it via some global configuration (e.g. by writing something in `/etc/`) ?
- Is there any way to make Baloo an optional dependency of `kde-plasma`, so that I don't need to force things, and can update my system without re-installing Baloo?
- Are there any other solutions?
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#2 2023-03-22 10:28:21
- NoSavvy
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Re: KDE Baloo hogs my resources. How can I disable it properly?
Balooctl disable
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#3 2023-03-22 10:35:30
- Thinkpad E495
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Re: KDE Baloo hogs my resources. How can I disable it properly?
Balooctl disable
That is only for one user though. This computer (and few others, but I haven't run into this issue yet on the other computers) belongs to a local organization and every member has an account.
I wish to disable Baloo for every user. Both the ones that have already logged in, and those that haven't yet.
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#4 2023-03-22 12:54:08
- seth
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Re: KDE Baloo hogs my resources. How can I disable it properly?
Mask the service and NoExtract /etc/xdg/autostart/baloo_file.desktop - or just don't install it.
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#5 2023-03-22 14:25:12
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Re: KDE Baloo hogs my resources. How can I disable it properly?
Mask the service and NoExtract /etc/xdg/autostart/baloo_file.desktop - or just don't install it.
I'll try to mask the service, thanks for the tip!
I wish I couldn't install it, but it's a dependency of `plasma-desktop` and KDE is arguably the only graphical environment many members would be able to use.
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#6 2023-03-22 14:37:04
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Re: KDE Baloo hogs my resources. How can I disable it properly?
You could try whether you get away w/ "pacman -Rdd baloo" and IgnorePkg, there're some libraries but I suspect at best the baloo kcm (systemsettings) would use them outside?
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