Spotlight not indexing file system

[haralds]

On one of my systems, Spotlight is not returning results for Applications or Documents, just messages, email, etc.
I tried to add the System volume to the Search Privacy section with the intent of deleting it. I get a "Privacy List error. This item couldn't be added or removed due to an unknown error."

Any idea on how to fix it? This does not do it.

sudo mdutil -i off -E /
sudo mdutil -i on /

 

[fisherking]

On one of my systems, Spotlight is not returning results for Applications or Documents, just messages, email, etc.
I tried to add the System volume to the Search Privacy section with the intent of deleting it. I get a "Privacy List error. This item couldn't be added or removed due to an unknown error."

Any idea on how to fix it? This does not do it.

sudo mdutil -i off -E /
sudo mdutil -i on /

same thing here; reported it in beta 5, it continues in beta 6. same error, same no-results in terminal. hoping someone here has a workaround or fix.