[mew-int 2399] Problems running search

[Gernot Heiser]

I'm running Ubuntu gutsy / mew 5.2. I'm trying to use the new search
features. Yet when I type (in summary mode) "kM" I get the message

   Another Hyper Estraier indexer is running

... and any attempt to use "k/" with the pattern "from=blah" results
in the message

   mew-pick-pattern-est-kyvl: '(= from blah)' is not supported

Any idea what's wrong?

Infos on my environment:

My .mew.el contains

   (setq mew-search-method 'est)

and I have hyperestraier installed:

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  hyperestraier  1.4.9-1.1      a full-text search system for communities
ii  libestraier8   1.4.9-1.1      a full-text search system Libraries [runtime
rc  linux-restrict 2.6.20.5-15.20 Non-free Linux 2.6.20 modules on x86/x86_64
ii  linux-restrict 2.6.20.5-16.29 Non-free Linux 2.6.20 modules on x86/x86_64
ii  linux-restrict 2.6.22.4-14.10 Non-free Linux 2.6.22 modules on x86/x86_64
un  linux-restrict <none>         (no description available)
ii  linux-restrict 2.6.22.4-14.10 Non-free Linux 2.6.22 modules helper script
ii  linux-restrict 2.6.22.14.21   Restricted Linux modules for generic kernels
ii  restricted-man 0.33.1         manage non-free hardware drivers - GNOME fro
ii  restricted-man 0.33.1         manage non-free hardware drivers

as is qdbm:

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  libqdbm14      1.8.74-1.1     QDBM Database Libraries [runtime]
ii  qdbm-doc       1.8.74-1.1     QDBM Database Documentation
ii  qdbm-util      1.8.74-1.1     QDBM Database Utilities

Also, there doesn't seem to be a relevant process running:

$ ps auxw|grep est                   
gernot   31338  0.0  0.0   2988   776 pts/38   R+   22:18   0:00 grep est
$