Problem Acessing sony reader via caliber

kungom · 01-13-2011, 05:54 PM

I have a Sony eReader prs900 and recently I have been unable to "see" the device in caliber. I am running caliber v0.7.38 running on a windows 7 system. I have disabled auto start of the sony ereaderlibrary app and deleted the media.xml file (just in case it was a problem caused by the sony app). The SOny app and windows explorer can see the device no problem. Suggestions?

kovidgoyal · 01-13-2011, 06:51 PM

preferences->miscellaneous->debug device detection with your device connected

kungom · 01-15-2011, 03:37 PM

I have tried several times restarting it in debug mode. The first few times I noticed it was showing itunes related info. I disconnected my ipod and shut down itunes and this time I saw my device. (quickly syncing the device). I tehn shut down caliber and restarted the borders app to push a few borders books to the device. I then restarted caliber (unplugging an replugging the reader first, and once again the device does not show. Latest debug log is listed below:
calibre Debug log
calibre 0.7.40
Windows-7-6.1.7600
Windows
('Windows', '7', '6.1.7600')
Python 2.7.0
Windows: ('7', '6.1.7600', '', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Starting up...
Started up in 3.02000021935

DoctorOhh · 01-15-2011, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kungom

I have tried several times restarting it in debug mode.

Kovid didn't want you to start in debug mode. Kovid wanted you to go to:

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

preferences->miscellaneous->debug device detection with your device connected

Once you have done this post the results here. Also if you're charging any Apple device on your computer, remove it.

kungom · 01-15-2011, 04:10 PM

Sorry, misremembered his request

Here are those results:
0

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 64, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 313, in _books
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\prs505\driver.py", line 170, in books
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\prs505\driver.py", line 165, in initialize_XML_cache
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\prs505\sony_cache.py", line 139, in __init__
KeyError: 0

chaley · 01-16-2011, 03:31 AM

That isn't what kovid asked for either, but it helps.

There seems to be no media.xml file on the device's main memory. Alternatively, it is malformed. Unplug the reader, let it finish scanning, and try again. If that doesn't fix it, then do a hard reset (not a revert to system default).

tdekov · 01-16-2011, 02:49 PM

I have the same problem. I have a Sony prs-650 which have worked fine until today. I use Calibre 0.7.18 and Ubuntu. Ubuntu can see both the internal drive of the device and the sd-card I have also. Calibre can't see the device anymore. I have not changed any settings. media.xml exists and a reset of the device didn't help.

Output from "debug device detection":
Version: 0.7.18
USB devices on system:
[['0x1d6b',
'0x1',
'0x206',
'Linux 2.6.35-24-generic uhci_hcd',
'UHCI Host Controller',
'0000:00:1a.1'],
['0x483', '0x2016', '0x1', 'STMicroelectronics', 'Biometric Coprocessor', ''],
['0x1d6b',
'0x1',
'0x206',
'Linux 2.6.35-24-generic uhci_hcd',
'UHCI Host Controller',
'0000:00:1d.1'],
['0xa5c', '0x2110', '0x100', 'Broadcom Corp', 'BCM2045B', ''],
['0x1d6b',
'0x1',
'0x206',
'Linux 2.6.35-24-generic uhci_hcd',
'UHCI Host Controller',
'0000:00:1d.0'],
['0x1d6b',
'0x2',
'0x206',
'Linux 2.6.35-24-generic ehci_hcd',
'EHCI Host Controller',
'0000:00:1a.7'],
['0x1d6b',
'0x1',
'0x206',
'Linux 2.6.35-24-generic uhci_hcd',
'UHCI Host Controller',
'0000:00:1d.2'],
['0x54c',
'0x31e',
'0x31a',
'Sony',
'Sony Digital Book Reader',
'08004610011E66C1'],
['0x1d6b',
'0x2',
'0x206',
'Linux 2.6.35-24-generic ehci_hcd',
'EHCI Host Controller',
'0000:00:1d.7'],
['0x1d6b',
'0x1',
'0x206',
'Linux 2.6.35-24-generic uhci_hcd',
'UHCI Host Controller',
'0000:00:1a.0']]
Looking for ALEX
Looking for ANDROID
Looking for AVANT
Looking for AZBOOKA
Looking for BLACKBERRY
Looking for BOOQ
Looking for BOOX
Looking for COOL_ER
Looking for CYBOOK
Looking for DBOOK
Looking for E52
Looking for E71X
Looking for EB511
Looking for EB600
Looking for EBK52
Looking for ECLICTO
Looking for EDGE
Looking for ELONEX
Looking for ESLICK
Looking for FOLDER_DEVICE_FOR_CONFIG
Looking for GEMEI
Looking for GER2
Looking for HANLINV3
Looking for HANLINV5
Looking for ILIAD
Looking for INVESBOOK
Looking for IPAPYRUS
Looking for IREXDR1000
Looking for IREXDR800
Looking for IRIVER_STORY
Looking for ITALICA
Looking for JETBOOK
Looking for KINDLE
Looking for KINDLE2
Looking for KINDLE_DX
Looking for KOBO
Looking for KOGAN
Looking for MENTOR
Looking for N516
Looking for N770
Looking for N810
Looking for NEWSMY
Looking for NOOK
Looking for NUUT2
Looking for PALMPRE
Looking for PDNOVEL
Looking for POCKETBOOK301
Looking for POCKETBOOK360
Looking for README
Looking for S60
Looking for SHINEBOOK
Looking for SNE
Looking for SPECTRA
Looking for SWEEX
Looking for TECLAST_K3
Looking for THEBOOK
Devices possibly connected: None

Any help is apprecitated!
Thor

itimpi · 01-16-2011, 04:43 PM

It does not appear as if Calibre is even checking for the Sony. You might want to check under Preferences->Plugins->Device Interface Plugins that the Sony device driver is enabled.

tdekov · 01-17-2011, 03:33 PM

@itimpi Thank you for guiding in the right direction. I checked the Device Interface Plugins section as you suggested. It turns out that I had misunderstood the interface and disabled the Sony device driver instead of enabling it. I didn't expect all device drivers to be enabled initially. So it all works fine now :-)
Thanks again!

01-13-2011, 05:54 PM	#1
kungom Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Sony	Problem Acessing sony reader via caliber I have a Sony eReader prs900 and recently I have been unable to "see" the device in caliber. I am running caliber v0.7.38 running on a windows 7 system. I have disabled auto start of the sony ereaderlibrary app and deleted the media.xml file (just in case it was a problem caused by the sony app). The SOny app and windows explorer can see the device no problem. Suggestions?

01-15-2011, 03:37 PM	#3
kungom Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Sony	Update I have tried several times restarting it in debug mode. The first few times I noticed it was showing itunes related info. I disconnected my ipod and shut down itunes and this time I saw my device. (quickly syncing the device). I tehn shut down caliber and restarted the borders app to push a few borders books to the device. I then restarted caliber (unplugging an replugging the reader first, and once again the device does not show. Latest debug log is listed below: calibre Debug log calibre 0.7.40 Windows-7-6.1.7600 Windows ('Windows', '7', '6.1.7600') Python 2.7.0 Windows: ('7', '6.1.7600', '', 'Multiprocessor Free') Starting up... Started up in 3.02000021935

01-15-2011, 04:10 PM	#5
kungom Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Sony	Update 2 Sorry, misremembered his request Here are those results: 0 Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 64, in run File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 313, in _books File "site-packages\calibre\devices\prs505\driver.py", line 170, in books File "site-packages\calibre\devices\prs505\driver.py", line 165, in initialize_XML_cache File "site-packages\calibre\devices\prs505\sony_cache.py", line 139, in __init__ KeyError: 0

01-16-2011, 02:49 PM	#7
tdekov Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Device: Sony prs-650	I have the same problem. I have a Sony prs-650 which have worked fine until today. I use Calibre 0.7.18 and Ubuntu. Ubuntu can see both the internal drive of the device and the sd-card I have also. Calibre can't see the device anymore. I have not changed any settings. media.xml exists and a reset of the device didn't help. Output from "debug device detection": Version: 0.7.18 USB devices on system: [['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.35-24-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1a.1'], ['0x483', '0x2016', '0x1', 'STMicroelectronics', 'Biometric Coprocessor', ''], ['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.35-24-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.1'], ['0xa5c', '0x2110', '0x100', 'Broadcom Corp', 'BCM2045B', ''], ['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.35-24-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.0'], ['0x1d6b', '0x2', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.35-24-generic ehci_hcd', 'EHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1a.7'], ['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.35-24-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.2'], ['0x54c', '0x31e', '0x31a', 'Sony', 'Sony Digital Book Reader', '08004610011E66C1'], ['0x1d6b', '0x2', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.35-24-generic ehci_hcd', 'EHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.7'], ['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.35-24-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1a.0']] Looking for ALEX Looking for ANDROID Looking for AVANT Looking for AZBOOKA Looking for BLACKBERRY Looking for BOOQ Looking for BOOX Looking for COOL_ER Looking for CYBOOK Looking for DBOOK Looking for E52 Looking for E71X Looking for EB511 Looking for EB600 Looking for EBK52 Looking for ECLICTO Looking for EDGE Looking for ELONEX Looking for ESLICK Looking for FOLDER_DEVICE_FOR_CONFIG Looking for GEMEI Looking for GER2 Looking for HANLINV3 Looking for HANLINV5 Looking for ILIAD Looking for INVESBOOK Looking for IPAPYRUS Looking for IREXDR1000 Looking for IREXDR800 Looking for IRIVER_STORY Looking for ITALICA Looking for JETBOOK Looking for KINDLE Looking for KINDLE2 Looking for KINDLE_DX Looking for KOBO Looking for KOGAN Looking for MENTOR Looking for N516 Looking for N770 Looking for N810 Looking for NEWSMY Looking for NOOK Looking for NUUT2 Looking for PALMPRE Looking for PDNOVEL Looking for POCKETBOOK301 Looking for POCKETBOOK360 Looking for README Looking for S60 Looking for SHINEBOOK Looking for SNE Looking for SPECTRA Looking for SWEEX Looking for TECLAST_K3 Looking for THEBOOK Devices possibly connected: None Any help is apprecitated! Thor Last edited by tdekov; 01-16-2011 at 03:47 PM. Reason: I forgot to plug in the device before grabbing til debug output.

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01-13-2011, 06:51 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,871 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	preferences->miscellaneous->debug device detection with your device connected

01-16-2011, 03:31 AM	#6
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,742 Karma: 6997045 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	That isn't what kovid asked for either, but it helps. There seems to be no media.xml file on the device's main memory. Alternatively, it is malformed. Unplug the reader, let it finish scanning, and try again. If that doesn't fix it, then do a hard reset (not a revert to system default).

01-16-2011, 04:43 PM	#8
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	It does not appear as if Calibre is even checking for the Sony. You might want to check under Preferences->Plugins->Device Interface Plugins that the Sony device driver is enabled.

01-17-2011, 03:33 PM	#9
tdekov Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Device: Sony prs-650	@itimpi Thank you for guiding in the right direction. I checked the Device Interface Plugins section as you suggested. It turns out that I had misunderstood the interface and disabled the Sony device driver instead of enabling it. I didn't expect all device drivers to be enabled initially. So it all works fine now :-) Thanks again!

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