Help Search Malfunctioning

English Applications
1

I built the indexes, but when I search I get this:

Search Results for ‘help’:

Top-Level Documentation

Application Manuals

openSUSE Documentation (en)
Htdig error:
Unable to read word database file ‘/home/philip/.kde4/share/apps/khelpcenter/index//opensuse-manuals_en.words.db’
Did you run htdig?

UNIX manual pages
cifs.upcall - Userspace upcall helper for Common Internet File Syste…
ExtUtils::Constant::Utils - helper functions for ExtUtils::Constant
find-jar - Small helper script to find a jar or a directory of ja…
kmousetool - Accessibility tool to help click the mouse
lscpu - CPU architecture information helper
mkhomedir_helper - Helper binary that creates home directories
ntfs-config-root - ntfs-config su helper
PerlIO::via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
PerlIO::via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
pkcs11-helper-1 - Simplified PKCS#11 library.

So, the UNIX manual pages work, the Application Manuals show nothing, and the openSUSE Documentation shows the same error. This is the same no matter what I search for.

2

I failed to state that this is in the KDE help center search. Anybody know why this would happen or how I can get some working search indexes?

Thanks.

3

Bump. Bump.

4

Did you install the KDE help packages?

I agree it does not make sense to ship without the help files but it it what it is. Lack of space on the install media?? Too many possible languages? They could at least but a warning on the help that you must install kde help.

5

As far as I can tell, the help documentation is installed, because I can browse through the “application manuals” the “OpenSUSE Documentation (en)” and the “UNIX manual pages” under the “contents” tab. I can browse through all the pages, but the search doesn’t work. It gives the output pasted/quoted above.

Also, I don’t even see any help packages in the software manager. So, I’m not sure what you’re referring to.

6

Bump. Anybody? I’d like to be able to use my help search. btw, what do penguins have to do with lizards?

7

Strange, works here.

You need to create searchindexes, then you check/uncheck the manuals you want the search to go through, enter searchphrase, results show up on the right.

8

I did all that and checked all three, the results on the right are as I pasted in my first post. I get search results with the unix pages, but the other two don’t work. I’ve already tried rebuilding search indexes. Is there a way to reinstall the help packages. (I can’t find them in yast.)

9

I already posted about this recently

KDE 4.4.4 HelpCenter Application Manuals isn’t initialized

Tony

10

Well, in my case, it looks like neither the Application Manuals nor the opensuse documentation pages is working.

11

Both aren’t working on my machine, either.

Tony

12

Hello, I’ve got the same Problem on my OpenSuse11.3 X64 French installation, after searching and breaking a lot on my system, i found a part of the solution in the Bug 520570.
I installed the package ‘kdelibs4-doc’ with yast.
Now i have UNIX and Applications Manuals indexed but only in English not in my natives Languages… someting is still missing maybi it’s because the file ‘docbookparser’ in ‘~/.kde/share/apps/khelpcenter/index/kde_application_manuals.tmp’ has no other languages…

13

On 2010-10-14 00:06, MisterEwok wrote:
> I built the indexes, but when I search I get this:

[Bug 297572]

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)