Calibre launch failure

marcaronson408 · 07-23-2010, 03:01 PM

I was using Calibre for several days without any problems when it suddenly stopped working. Some specifics:

I launch Calibre. The initial splash screen shows up for a fraction of a second -- just long enough to be visible -- and then it disappears. The normal Calibre interface never shows up.
I opened taskmanager and I see that the image "calibre.exe" is running. I kill it and try to restart -- same result.
I rebooted to ensure a clean system -- same problem.
I uninstalled the version I was running (0.7.9) and installed the latest version (0.7.10) -- same problem.

Not sure what is happening. I am running windows XP SP3 on a laptop. My ebook reader is a Kindle, but it is not connected to the laptop when these problems happen.

Any help that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated -- thanks!

Marc

kovidgoyal · 07-23-2010, 03:02 PM

Run it from a command prompt as

calibre-debug -g

and post the output

marcaronson408 · 07-23-2010, 03:11 PM

Thank you for the quick response -- here is what I get:

Quote:

C:\Program Files\Calibre2>calibre-debug.exe -g
Starting up...
Failed to parse C:\Documents and Settings\aroma05\Application Data\calibre\gui.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\config.py", line 403, in parse
File "encodings\utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode bytes in position 0-1: invalid data
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 251, in initialize
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 231, in initialize_db
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 200, in initialize_db_stage2
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 155, in start_gui
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\ui.py", line 121, in initialize
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\layout.py", line 400, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\layout.py", line 578, in setup_actions
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 643, in create_device_menu
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 480, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\config.py", line 476, in __setitem__
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\config.py", line 487, in set
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\config.py", line 428, in set
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\config.py", line 316, in parse_string
File "encodings\utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode bytes in position 0-1: invalid data

marcaronson408 · 07-23-2010, 03:15 PM

I renamed "gui.py" to "gui.py.save", restarted calibre and it looks like things are working. Thanks for suggesting the debug mode.

Update to my post: I see that a new "gui.py" was automatically generated. It contains readable content when viewed in emacs. The saved version contains "junk" when viewed in emacs. I'm guessing that somehow my gui.py file was corrupted.

Marc

kovidgoyal · 07-23-2010, 08:43 PM

Glad you got it working. gui.py contains GUI related configuration information, so you may have lost a few settings.

07-23-2010, 03:01 PM	#1
marcaronson408 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle 2	Calibre launch failure I was using Calibre for several days without any problems when it suddenly stopped working. Some specifics: I launch Calibre. The initial splash screen shows up for a fraction of a second -- just long enough to be visible -- and then it disappears. The normal Calibre interface never shows up. I opened taskmanager and I see that the image "calibre.exe" is running. I kill it and try to restart -- same result. I rebooted to ensure a clean system -- same problem. I uninstalled the version I was running (0.7.9) and installed the latest version (0.7.10) -- same problem. Not sure what is happening. I am running windows XP SP3 on a laptop. My ebook reader is a Kindle, but it is not connected to the laptop when these problems happen. Any help that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated -- thanks! Marc

07-23-2010, 03:15 PM	#4
marcaronson408 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle 2	I renamed "gui.py" to "gui.py.save", restarted calibre and it looks like things are working. Thanks for suggesting the debug mode. Update to my post: I see that a new "gui.py" was automatically generated. It contains readable content when viewed in emacs. The saved version contains "junk" when viewed in emacs. I'm guessing that somehow my gui.py file was corrupted. Marc Last edited by marcaronson408; 07-23-2010 at 03:47 PM.

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07-23-2010, 03:02 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,859 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Run it from a command prompt as calibre-debug -g and post the output

07-23-2010, 08:43 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,859 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Glad you got it working. gui.py contains GUI related configuration information, so you may have lost a few settings.

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