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Old 10-25-2010, 11:47 AM   #16
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Good question since I've had my original kobo since release day and have had absolutely zero issues with it. Actually, I'd expect that as SQLite is ACID compliant and very rugged - it's specifically designed for applications like this. Perhaps your issues aren't DB related?
Well, I haven't owned a Kobo before, just been reading Kobo and other books on my iPhone. I assumed it was DB related because Kobo books (i.e. files in DB) would not open, and when they did, they would display the TOC of a recently-opened epub file, one which I loaded through ADE. There were other problems - some files opened to chapters half-way through the book etc. Since it was my understanding that ADE files did not even get loaded into the DB, it seemed like a reasonable assumption that my DB was corrupted.

Resetting to factory default did work, but was tedious to set up everything again.
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Old 11-08-2010, 06:19 PM   #17
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I can not anymore open books with my Kobo (v1.4).
So, I'm trying to put a fresh db on my reader like said in post #1.
The problem I have is I can't delete images folder and KobReader.sqlite file!
I'm using Linux (Debian). The files look like locked (Read Only).
Any idea?
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Old 11-08-2010, 07:29 PM   #18
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I can not anymore open books with my Kobo (v1.4).
So, I'm trying to put a fresh db on my reader like said in post #1.
The problem I have is I can't delete images folder and KobReader.sqlite file!
I'm using Linux (Debian). The files look like locked (Read Only).
Any idea?
Thanks
Eject the device and reconnect it. I have seen it mount as read only sometimes. You may also want to look at whether any errors show up on the file system.

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Old 11-08-2010, 07:37 PM   #19
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Well, I tried many times and it always in read only mode....
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Old 11-08-2010, 07:45 PM   #20
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If you are using debian, I assume that you know how to check how the file system is mounted and how to remount as read write as well as how to do a file system heck on a fat32 drive.

Did you also try powering off the device after you disconnect it? I have noticed that that seems to be necessary as well but neglected to mention it...
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Old 11-08-2010, 08:14 PM   #21
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Something strange: each time I plug-in the usb cable to my reader, the progress bar displays with "Processing" at the bottom. Just like if I had added a new book. Same thing happens if I unplug the cable. If I open up Calibre a pop-up window shows:
disk I/O error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/device.py", line 69, in run
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/device.py", line 311, in _books
File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/devices/kobo/driver.py", line 164, in books
OperationalError: disk I/O error

Damn, what's going on??
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Old 11-08-2010, 08:55 PM   #22
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I suspect that you have a file system issue. Try checking the drive for errors.
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Old 11-08-2010, 09:12 PM   #23
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How can I do that?
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Old 11-08-2010, 09:23 PM   #24
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Probably best to do it on Windows but:

sudo fsck.vfat -v /dev/sde

where sde is the device name of the kobo.

You can check the device name using dmesg or mount...

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Old 11-08-2010, 09:53 PM   #25
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Ok, I did "sudo fsck.vfat -v /dev/sdb" but didnt help.
I have a question. Can I format my kobo (with gparted) in FAT32 and then possibly I can copy
the files I need to it?
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Ok, I did "sudo fsck.vfat -v /dev/sdb" but didnt help.
I have a question. Can I format my kobo (with gparted) in FAT32 and then possibly I can copy
the files I need to it?
Did it show any errors? That won't fix them, I believe a -a is necessary. Read man fsck.vfat

You can probably reformat but I have not done it. I have not heard of anyone doing it so I don't really know

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Old 11-09-2010, 07:36 PM   #27
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Hello. Me again (sorry).
Ok, So I decided to reformat my Kobo and I added the file "KoboReader.sqlite" into .kobo directory I created. Then, I open up Calibre and I added a book to see if it works. I unpluged
the usb cable, and my Kobo shows "No books found". Do I have to do something else?
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Old 11-09-2010, 07:42 PM   #28
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What do you mean when you said you reformatted your kobo? Did you wipe the drive and then create only a .kobo directory for the the sqlite file?
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Hello. Me again (sorry).
Ok, So I decided to reformat my Kobo and I added the file "KoboReader.sqlite" into .kobo directory I created. Then, I open up Calibre and I added a book to see if it works. I unpluged
the usb cable, and my Kobo shows "No books found". Do I have to do something else?
Follow the instructions from the first post of this thread. Does the kobo see the books when you turn it on?

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Old 11-09-2010, 08:05 PM   #30
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I did follow the instructions from post #1, but my kobo found no book.
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