turn off updatedb

jaro · 2014-08-16 08:45:27

Hi
How can I turn off launching updatedb (mlocate package). I would like the solution is to be immune for mlocate updates.
I tried the following but after rebooting the service is still active.

systemctl disable updatedb.timer

thanks for help

cju · 2014-08-16 09:19:03

Just mask it.

R00KIE · 2014-08-16 16:55:39

If you are not going to update the db very often then might as well uninstall it, or better yet, configure it properly to index only what you really need.

5ulo · 2014-10-08 01:16:10

what about if I use locate once or twice in a week? My GS3 is launching extremly long because of updatedb.service & man-db.service. I'd like to update these databases manually before I use locate or man-db.
Thanks for any advice

jasonwryan · 2014-10-08 01:25:45

I just have them run 15 and 30 mins after boot, that way the indexes are regularly updated, but there is no impact on my boot time.

berbae · 2014-10-08 09:13:39

5ulo wrote:

My GS3 is launching extremly long because of updatedb.service & man-db.service

Do you mean you can't log in until the services finish running?
Because they run at the lowest priority possible:

Nice=19
IOSchedulingClass=best-effort
IOSchedulingPriority=7

So this should not slow the startup and not prevent doing other things during the execution of these services.
It's also possible to change the OnCalendar value of the timer: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=180263

5ulo · 2014-10-08 13:46:40

sorry berbae, my bad.. I was a bit confused by updatedb and man-db services because I tough that these services are the reason why my gnome-shell starts sooooo long after I click Login in GDM. I was wrong they are running before GDM starts. So I need to investigate what is slowing GS from start AFTER GDM.
Thanks anyway!

Mr.Elendig · 2014-10-08 13:57:18

Test with a new user.

berbae · 2014-10-08 15:28:57

5ulo wrote:

I was a bit confused by updatedb and man-db services

It's not perfectly clear to me too how these timers/services operate exactly.

I need to investigate what is slowing GS from start AFTER GDM

Can you please post the output of 'journalctl -b' after a gnome session long startup time and the updatedb and man-db services running during boot.
(they run once a day, so you need to wait tomorrow before doing this or post the output from a previous boot where these conditions were met).

Last edited by berbae (2014-10-08 15:35:27)

drcouzelis · 2014-10-08 17:29:32

Wow, I didn't even know "updatedb" had a service file for systemd!

5ulo wrote:

what about if I use locate once or twice in a week?

I have an alias:

alias locate="sudo updatedb; locate"

On my modest six year old desktop computer with about 500GB worth of files on three Ext4 partitions, it takes anywhere between 0 and 10 seconds to complete.

5ulo · 2014-10-08 23:33:17

berbae wrote:

Can you please post the output of 'journalctl -b' after a gnome session long startup time and the updatedb and man-db services running during boot.

It's in another topic which isn't about updatedb https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 1#p1464091

@drcouzelis LOL, I used to use the same alias as you

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