Calibre not seeing SD card in Astak EZReader Pocket Pro

animedude01 · 03-21-2010, 12:25 AM

Hi all,

I'm not sure if this is a Calibre problem or a reader problem, but I'm leaning towards it being a Calibre issue.

I have a nice, new Astak EZReader Pocket Pro that I want to use with Calibre, It has the most recent firmware upgrade and a 16GB Sandisk SD card. When I plug it into my laptop or desktop (both running up to date Ubuntu 9.10), the OS sees both the readers internal memory and the SD card, but Calibre only sees the internal memory. One time it saw that card as well, but every other time it only sees the internal memory. So far I've been saving my books to internal memory and then manually moving them to the SD card using either Dolphin (on KDE) or Thunar (on Xfce).

Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what could be wrong or provide a suggestion for troubleshooting?

Oh, it's also the most recent Calibre 0.6.45 version on both machines.

Thanks,

kovidgoyal · 03-21-2010, 12:38 AM

preferences->advanced->debug device detection

animedude01 · 03-21-2010, 12:52 AM

Thanks Kovid, I knew there was something somewhere, I just couldn't fin the silly thing

I'll try that and see how it goes.

Thanks.

animedude01 · 03-21-2010, 01:10 AM

Okay, this is what I get. Calibre doesn't seem to see the SD card. Anyone have any ideas?

Version: 0.6.45
USB devices on system:
[['0x1d6b',
'0x1',
'0x206',
'Linux 2.6.31-20-generic uhci_hcd',
'UHCI Host Controller',
'0000:00:1d.2'],
['0x45e',
'0x7d',
'0x200',
'Microsoft',
'Microsoft Notebook/Mobile Optical Mouse 2.0',
''],
['0x1d6b',
'0x2',
'0x206',
'Linux 2.6.31-20-generic ehci_hcd',
'EHCI Host Controller',
'0000:00:1d.7'],
['0x1d6b',
'0x1',
'0x206',
'Linux 2.6.31-20-generic uhci_hcd',
'UHCI Host Controller',
'0000:00:1d.1'],
['0x492',
'0x8813',
'0x319',
'Linux 2.6.21.5-cfs-v19 with s3c-udc',
'File-backed Storage Gadget',
'3238204E6F'],
['0x1d6b',
'0x1',
'0x206',
'Linux 2.6.31-20-generic uhci_hcd',
'UHCI Host Controller',
'0000:00:1d.0']]
Looking for HANLINV3
Looking for HANLINV5
(1170, 34835, 793, 'Linux 2.6.21.5-cfs-v19 with s3c-udc', 'File-backed Storage Gadget', '3238204E6F')
Looking for BLACKBERRY
Looking for CYBOOK
Looking for ILIAD
Looking for IREXDR1000
Looking for IREXDR800
Looking for JETBOOK
Looking for SHINEBOOK
Looking for POCKETBOOK360
Looking for KINDLE
Looking for KINDLE2
Looking for KINDLE_DX
Looking for NOOK
Looking for PRS505
Looking for PRS700
Looking for PRS500
Looking for ANDROID
Looking for N770
Looking for N810
Looking for COOL_ER
Looking for ESLICK
Looking for NUUT2
Looking for IRIVER_STORY
Looking for GER2
Looking for ITALICA
Looking for ECLICTO
Looking for DBOOK
Looking for INVESBOOK
Looking for BOOX
Looking for BOOQ
Looking for EB600
Looking for README
Looking for N516
Looking for EB511
Looking for ELONEX
Looking for TECLAST_K3
Devices possibly connected: Hanlin V5 driver,
Trying to open Hanlin V5 driver ... OK
Main memory: '/media/Hanlin V5 Internal Memory/'
Total space: (385662976L, 15923150848L, 0)

I have this issue on 2 different systems, a laptop and a desktop, running Ubuntu. I can't test it with Windows because my Windows machine is infected and I have yet to clean it.

Again, Ubuntu sees both the internal memory and the SD card as separate devices as here:

/dev/sda3 on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sdc on /media/Hanlin V5 Internal Memory type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,quiet,shortname=mixed ,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,fmask=0177,dmask=0077 ,utf8,iocharset=iso8859-1)
/dev/sdb on /media/Hanlin V5 Storage Card type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,quiet,shortname=mixed ,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,fmask=0177,dmask=0077 ,utf8,iocharset=iso8859-1)

kovidgoyal · 03-21-2010, 01:33 AM

According to this line

Total space: (385662976L, 15923150848L, 0)

it is detecting your SD card, but it's not able to find books on the card.

what does

ebook-device books

give you?

And try formatting the card/a smaller card, the usual.

theducks · 03-21-2010, 11:46 AM

Calibre 6.45 on Ubuntu Karmic sees my SD card on The Pocket Pro.
March 2010 firmware update has been pulled: Buggy

Your file system on your SD card has been damaged.

(4G card with 700 titles...then only 200

)
A Karmic scan did not find and fix all of the errors

A Windows scan found more

I reformatted the SD card with Windows.
Rolled back the Astak firmware to Dec 2009,
reloaded my books.

All is well

animedude01 · 03-21-2010, 11:58 AM

I suppose the card could be having issues or it could be the firmware but I was using the card for something else before so it's been connected to both Windows and Linux boxes various times with no issues. Also, the Pocket Pro sees all my books and doesn't have any issues and the same with Ubuntu. Calibre is the only one not seeing all the books. Although it could still be an odd issue with the file system I find it less likely. I'll try Kovid's request for the output of ebook-device books and go from there. I'll also see if I can find a smaller card and reformat this card to see if it fixes the issues. One step at a time.

animedude01 · 03-21-2010, 12:22 PM

See, somethings odd because I just plugged the reader in to try Kovid's request and Calibre saw both the internal memory and the SD card. It's such a pain when it's inconsistent like this. I'll try again when it isn't recognized.

animedude01 · 03-24-2010, 03:19 PM

I think I may have resolved the issue. I was also adding and removing books manually using the Dolphin file manager and I think that was the issue. If I let Calibre do it's think first, I don't seem to be having the problem.

Fix: let Calibre have control of the reader first, then if I want to do anything manually, I can do so afterwards.

Thanks for all the help.

theducks · 03-24-2010, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by animedude01

I think I may have resolved the issue. I was also adding and removing books manually using the Dolphin file manager and I think that was the issue. If I let Calibre do it's think first, I don't seem to be having the problem.

Fix: let Calibre have control of the reader first, then if I want to do anything manually, I can do so afterwards.

Thanks for all the help.

You do know that you can delete books on th PEz from Calibre?
Just open the Reader storage . Select a book and right click: Remove or use the top Remove (arrow)

animedude01 · 03-24-2010, 03:55 PM

Oh, I know that

I was using doing it manually as I didn't have Calibre set up yet on that particular laptop and I was also transferring files between home and work

Now I have Calibre set up properly and synced between home and work and I'm not using the reader to transfer files any more.

animedude01 · 03-27-2010, 02:33 PM

Okay... another update...

It seems it wasn't my manual futzing causing the problem as much as I wasn't giving my system enough time to see the SD storage.

I am now having almost 100% success by:

1) Connecting my reader to the system and waiting for the system to see both storage locations

2) Starting Calibre and waiting for Calibre to see both storage locations.

3) Play!

Sometimes it can take up to 20 seconds for everything to settle. My laptop is older so it's not a speed demon. I was starting Calibre too early so things hadn't settled and the SD card wasn't being seen.

All well now!

kovidgoyal · 03-27-2010, 09:32 PM

IIRC calibre waits about 8 seconds on linux for device to settle.

animedude01 · 03-27-2010, 09:34 PM

In this case my laptop was occasionally taking longer than that. It seems that was the problem. Now that I'm waiting until everything settles, I don't have problems.

03-21-2010, 12:25 AM	#1
animedude01 Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 1200 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: DR1000S, ILIAD2, Nokia n900, Kindle for PC, Astak EZReader Pro	Calibre not seeing SD card in Astak EZReader Pocket Pro Hi all, I'm not sure if this is a Calibre problem or a reader problem, but I'm leaning towards it being a Calibre issue. I have a nice, new Astak EZReader Pocket Pro that I want to use with Calibre, It has the most recent firmware upgrade and a 16GB Sandisk SD card. When I plug it into my laptop or desktop (both running up to date Ubuntu 9.10), the OS sees both the readers internal memory and the SD card, but Calibre only sees the internal memory. One time it saw that card as well, but every other time it only sees the internal memory. So far I've been saving my books to internal memory and then manually moving them to the SD card using either Dolphin (on KDE) or Thunar (on Xfce). Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what could be wrong or provide a suggestion for troubleshooting? Oh, it's also the most recent Calibre 0.6.45 version on both machines. Thanks,

03-24-2010, 03:55 PM	#11
animedude01 Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 1200 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: DR1000S, ILIAD2, Nokia n900, Kindle for PC, Astak EZReader Pro	Oh, I know that I was using doing it manually as I didn't have Calibre set up yet on that particular laptop and I was also transferring files between home and work Now I have Calibre set up properly and synced between home and work and I'm not using the reader to transfer files any more. Last edited by animedude01; 03-24-2010 at 03:56 PM. Reason: hit post button too soon.

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03-21-2010, 12:38 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	preferences->advanced->debug device detection

03-21-2010, 12:52 AM	#3
animedude01 Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 1200 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: DR1000S, ILIAD2, Nokia n900, Kindle for PC, Astak EZReader Pro	Thanks Kovid, I knew there was something somewhere, I just couldn't fin the silly thing I'll try that and see how it goes. Thanks.

03-21-2010, 01:10 AM	#4
animedude01 Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 1200 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: DR1000S, ILIAD2, Nokia n900, Kindle for PC, Astak EZReader Pro	Okay, this is what I get. Calibre doesn't seem to see the SD card. Anyone have any ideas? Version: 0.6.45 USB devices on system: [['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.31-20-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.2'], ['0x45e', '0x7d', '0x200', 'Microsoft', 'Microsoft Notebook/Mobile Optical Mouse 2.0', ''], ['0x1d6b', '0x2', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.31-20-generic ehci_hcd', 'EHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.7'], ['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.31-20-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.1'], ['0x492', '0x8813', '0x319', 'Linux 2.6.21.5-cfs-v19 with s3c-udc', 'File-backed Storage Gadget', '3238204E6F'], ['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.31-20-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.0']] Looking for HANLINV3 Looking for HANLINV5 (1170, 34835, 793, 'Linux 2.6.21.5-cfs-v19 with s3c-udc', 'File-backed Storage Gadget', '3238204E6F') Looking for BLACKBERRY Looking for CYBOOK Looking for ILIAD Looking for IREXDR1000 Looking for IREXDR800 Looking for JETBOOK Looking for SHINEBOOK Looking for POCKETBOOK360 Looking for KINDLE Looking for KINDLE2 Looking for KINDLE_DX Looking for NOOK Looking for PRS505 Looking for PRS700 Looking for PRS500 Looking for ANDROID Looking for N770 Looking for N810 Looking for COOL_ER Looking for ESLICK Looking for NUUT2 Looking for IRIVER_STORY Looking for GER2 Looking for ITALICA Looking for ECLICTO Looking for DBOOK Looking for INVESBOOK Looking for BOOX Looking for BOOQ Looking for EB600 Looking for README Looking for N516 Looking for EB511 Looking for ELONEX Looking for TECLAST_K3 Devices possibly connected: Hanlin V5 driver, Trying to open Hanlin V5 driver ... OK Main memory: '/media/Hanlin V5 Internal Memory/' Total space: (385662976L, 15923150848L, 0) I have this issue on 2 different systems, a laptop and a desktop, running Ubuntu. I can't test it with Windows because my Windows machine is infected and I have yet to clean it. Again, Ubuntu sees both the internal memory and the SD card as separate devices as here: /dev/sda3 on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime) /dev/sdc on /media/Hanlin V5 Internal Memory type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,quiet,shortname=mixed ,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,fmask=0177,dmask=0077 ,utf8,iocharset=iso8859-1) /dev/sdb on /media/Hanlin V5 Storage Card type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,quiet,shortname=mixed ,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,fmask=0177,dmask=0077 ,utf8,iocharset=iso8859-1)

03-21-2010, 01:33 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	According to this line Total space: (385662976L, 15923150848L, 0) it is detecting your SD card, but it's not able to find books on the card. what does ebook-device books give you? And try formatting the card/a smaller card, the usual.

03-21-2010, 11:46 AM	#6
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,800 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Calibre 6.45 on Ubuntu Karmic sees my SD card on The Pocket Pro. March 2010 firmware update has been pulled: Buggy Your file system on your SD card has been damaged. (4G card with 700 titles...then only 200 ) A Karmic scan did not find and fix all of the errors A Windows scan found more I reformatted the SD card with Windows. Rolled back the Astak firmware to Dec 2009, reloaded my books. All is well

03-21-2010, 11:58 AM	#7
animedude01 Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 1200 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: DR1000S, ILIAD2, Nokia n900, Kindle for PC, Astak EZReader Pro	I suppose the card could be having issues or it could be the firmware but I was using the card for something else before so it's been connected to both Windows and Linux boxes various times with no issues. Also, the Pocket Pro sees all my books and doesn't have any issues and the same with Ubuntu. Calibre is the only one not seeing all the books. Although it could still be an odd issue with the file system I find it less likely. I'll try Kovid's request for the output of ebook-device books and go from there. I'll also see if I can find a smaller card and reformat this card to see if it fixes the issues. One step at a time.

03-21-2010, 12:22 PM	#8
animedude01 Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 1200 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: DR1000S, ILIAD2, Nokia n900, Kindle for PC, Astak EZReader Pro	See, somethings odd because I just plugged the reader in to try Kovid's request and Calibre saw both the internal memory and the SD card. It's such a pain when it's inconsistent like this. I'll try again when it isn't recognized.

03-24-2010, 03:19 PM	#9
animedude01 Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 1200 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: DR1000S, ILIAD2, Nokia n900, Kindle for PC, Astak EZReader Pro	I think I may have resolved the issue. I was also adding and removing books manually using the Dolphin file manager and I think that was the issue. If I let Calibre do it's think first, I don't seem to be having the problem. Fix: let Calibre have control of the reader first, then if I want to do anything manually, I can do so afterwards. Thanks for all the help.

03-27-2010, 02:33 PM	#12
animedude01 Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 1200 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: DR1000S, ILIAD2, Nokia n900, Kindle for PC, Astak EZReader Pro	Okay... another update... It seems it wasn't my manual futzing causing the problem as much as I wasn't giving my system enough time to see the SD storage. I am now having almost 100% success by: 1) Connecting my reader to the system and waiting for the system to see both storage locations 2) Starting Calibre and waiting for Calibre to see both storage locations. 3) Play! Sometimes it can take up to 20 seconds for everything to settle. My laptop is older so it's not a speed demon. I was starting Calibre too early so things hadn't settled and the SD card wasn't being seen. All well now!

03-27-2010, 09:32 PM	#13
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	IIRC calibre waits about 8 seconds on linux for device to settle.

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03-27-2010, 09:34 PM	#14
animedude01 Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 1200 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: DR1000S, ILIAD2, Nokia n900, Kindle for PC, Astak EZReader Pro	In this case my laptop was occasionally taking longer than that. It seems that was the problem. Now that I'm waiting until everything settles, I don't have problems.