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Old 02-14-2012, 11:44 PM   #1
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Upgrade/Delete Books Issue

Since I upgraded to calibre 0.8.39 this evening, I've had all kinds of strange problems with my kobo interfacing with calibre. Here's a calibre error detail: database disk image is malformed

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 82, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 339, in _books
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 299, in books
DatabaseError: database disk image is malformed

Anyone have a clue what to do, ebook worms?

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Old 02-15-2012, 09:36 AM   #2
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Since I upgraded to calibre 0.8.39 this evening, I've had all kinds of strange problems with my kobo interfacing with calibre. Here's a calibre error detail: database disk image is malformed

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 82, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 339, in _books
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 299, in books
DatabaseError: database disk image is malformed

Anyone have a clue what to do, ebook worms?
find metadata.calibre on your Kobo. (it has been damaged).
(Calibre Should not be running)
delete it
Start Calibre, Wait for the task wheel to stop (can take some minutes as it is searching your Kobo and rebuilding).


Always use the (safely) Eject feature and wait for the On Device column to disappear before pulling the cord.

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Old 02-15-2012, 11:02 AM   #3
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That refer refers to the kobo database not metadata.calibre. You'll need to hard reset your kobo to fix it.
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Old 02-15-2012, 02:58 PM   #4
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Cheers.

Thanks for the prompt response time. I'll take both of your pieces of advice.
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Old 02-15-2012, 07:46 PM   #5
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Restored not the answer??

Hey Dudes;
I restored the Kobo to the factory presets. Then I reloaded my Kobo's files that I had backed up. Calibre now gives me a new failure to communicate warning message: database disk image is malformed

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 82, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 339, in _books
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 299, in books
DatabaseError: database disk image is malformed


I figure I re-downloaded the bad file ".py" when I dl'd my back-up files. What next?
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Old 02-18-2012, 04:33 PM   #6
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fixed

I did a factory restore, BUT did not re-download meta-info files from my kobo back up files. My Kobo is back in black type, and ready to read!
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