PRS500 not detected after upgrading Mandriva and Calibre

trustno12003 · 11-09-2009, 03:55 PM

Hello
Yesterday I upgraded my Mandriva 2009.1 to 2010.0. In the old system I had an older version of calibre, 0.5.XX (I can't remember ther version number) and it worked perfect with my PRS500. But, after upgrading Mandriva Calibre stop working, so I've installed the last version of Calibre (0.6.21). The application works OK but it can't detect the ebook reader.

After pluging the PRS500, I've got the following message in DMESG

Code:

usb 1-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=054c, idProduct=029b
usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 1-3: Product: Sony Portable Reader System
usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Sony
usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices

So apparently Mandriva has detected it, so I run calibre-debug -d and

Code:

USB devices on system: [(7531, 1, 518), (1133, 50459, 17920), (7531, 2, 518), (7531, 1, 518), (1105, 8262, 293), (1189, 8368, 70)]
Looking for BEBOOK
Looking for BEBOOK_MINI
Looking for BLACKBERRY
Looking for CYBOOKG3
Looking for EB600
Looking for ILIAD
Looking for IREXDR1000
Looking for JETBOOK
Looking for KINDLE
Looking for KINDLE2
Looking for KINDLE_DX
Looking for PRS500
Looking for ANDROID
Looking for CYBOOK_OPUS
Looking for COOL_ER
Looking for SHINEBOOK
Looking for ESLICK
Looking for NUUT2
Looking for IRIVER_STORY

So calibre can't detect it.

Looking into Mandriva Panel, I've found that It shows the Sony PRS500 as an scanner.

What can I do to have Calibre up and running with my reader?

Best Regards

kovidgoyal · 11-10-2009, 11:12 AM

According to the output from calibre-debug the 500 is not being reported as a device on your system.

trustno12003 · 11-11-2009, 04:04 AM

Yes, but according to DMESG and the Mandriva Hardware tool, there is a SONY Portable Reader connected to a USB port. So my doubt is why calibre cannot detect the device. May it be a security issue?

Regards

kovidgoyal · 11-11-2009, 10:23 AM

calibre uses libusb to query the system for connected devices.

trustno12003 · 11-12-2009, 02:25 AM

Hi

I've launched calibre-debug -d with the root user and now it detects the device, so it seems an permissions related issue. It seems mandriva has changed the way security works with devices. Now I need to find the way to give permissions to non root users.

Code:

Looking for KINDLE2
Looking for KINDLE_DX
Looking for PRS500
Looking for PRS505
Looking for PRS700
Looking for ANDROID
Looking for CYBOOK_OPUS
Looking for COOL_ER
Looking for SHINEBOOK
Looking for ESLICK
Looking for NUUT2
Looking for IRIVER_STORY
Device possibly connected: <calibre.devices.prs500.driver.PRS500 object at 0x99b0a0c>
Trying to open device... OK
Total space:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/init.py", line 48, in <module>
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/debug.py", line 178, in main
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/debug.py", line 123, in debug_device_driver
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py", line 169, in run_session
AttributeError: 'PRS500' object has no attribute 'in_session'

kovidgoyal · 11-12-2009, 10:52 AM

just look at the owner/group of the device node and add your user account to the group

trustno12003 · 11-13-2009, 08:45 AM

I've added my user to the USB group and now calibre works again. Thank you for your support.

Best regards

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11-09-2009, 03:55 PM	#1
trustno12003 Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: PRS-500	PRS500 not detected after upgrading Mandriva and Calibre Hello Yesterday I upgraded my Mandriva 2009.1 to 2010.0. In the old system I had an older version of calibre, 0.5.XX (I can't remember ther version number) and it worked perfect with my PRS500. But, after upgrading Mandriva Calibre stop working, so I've installed the last version of Calibre (0.6.21). The application works OK but it can't detect the ebook reader. After pluging the PRS500, I've got the following message in DMESG Code: usb 1-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4 usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=054c, idProduct=029b usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 usb 1-3: Product: Sony Portable Reader System usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Sony usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices So apparently Mandriva has detected it, so I run calibre-debug -d and Code: USB devices on system: [(7531, 1, 518), (1133, 50459, 17920), (7531, 2, 518), (7531, 1, 518), (1105, 8262, 293), (1189, 8368, 70)] Looking for BEBOOK Looking for BEBOOK_MINI Looking for BLACKBERRY Looking for CYBOOKG3 Looking for EB600 Looking for ILIAD Looking for IREXDR1000 Looking for JETBOOK Looking for KINDLE Looking for KINDLE2 Looking for KINDLE_DX Looking for PRS500 Looking for ANDROID Looking for CYBOOK_OPUS Looking for COOL_ER Looking for SHINEBOOK Looking for ESLICK Looking for NUUT2 Looking for IRIVER_STORY So calibre can't detect it. Looking into Mandriva Panel, I've found that It shows the Sony PRS500 as an scanner. What can I do to have Calibre up and running with my reader? Best Regards

11-10-2009, 11:12 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,835 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	According to the output from calibre-debug the 500 is not being reported as a device on your system.

11-11-2009, 04:04 AM	#3
trustno12003 Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: PRS-500	Yes, but according to DMESG and the Mandriva Hardware tool, there is a SONY Portable Reader connected to a USB port. So my doubt is why calibre cannot detect the device. May it be a security issue? Regards

11-11-2009, 10:23 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,835 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre uses libusb to query the system for connected devices.

11-12-2009, 10:52 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,835 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	just look at the owner/group of the device node and add your user account to the group

11-13-2009, 08:45 AM	#7
trustno12003 Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: PRS-500	I've added my user to the USB group and now calibre works again. Thank you for your support. Best regards

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