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diodon

broken - no clipboard entries anymore

Quick Fixes

pkill diodon
pkill zeitgeist-daemon
G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all diodon > diodon_debug.txt

sqlite DB broken

  • For whatever reason, even a sqlite database might break.
  • If zeitgeist does not work, than diodon does not work.
# Testrun from diodon shows:
$ strace diodon
...
zeitgeist-clipboard-storage.vala:383: Add item unavailable not successful, error: GDBus.Error:org.gnome.zeitgeist.EngineError.DatabaseCorrupt: Database corruption flag is set.
...
  • Check the zeitgeist db:
$ sqlite3 ~/.local/share/zeitgeist/activity.sqlite 'VACUUM;'
  • If this reports something like Unable to execute SQL: - this is the problem.
  • Check zeitgeist:
$ zeitgeist-daemon -r
[09:25:01.337402 WARNING] sql.vala:150: It looks like your database is corrupt. It will be renamed and a new one will be created.
[09:25:01.391462 WARNING] zeitgeist-daemon.vala:546: Can't create database: 10, disk I/O error
  • If the past user activity is not important anymore, remove the broken db
$ pkill zeitgeist-daemon
$ rm -r .local/share/zeitgeist/
$ nohup zeitgeist-daemon -r &

# Restart diodon
$ pkill diodon
$ nohup diodon &