Post-install problem

[wmaurer]

Hi, I searched but couldn't find a solution to my problem; apologies if it has already been addressed.

When running the post-install, I get the following error:

Trying to setup udev rules...
 * Restarting Hardware abstraction layer hald                                                           [ OK ] 
Setting up bash completion... failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/linux.py", line 175, in setup_completion
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/gui2/lrf_renderer/main.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/gui2/library.py", line 8, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name QStyledItemDelegate
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/calibre_postinstall", line 8, in <module>
    load_entry_point('calibre==0.4.126', 'console_scripts', 'calibre_postinstall')()
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/linux.py", line 452, in post_install
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/linux.py", line 323, in setup_completion
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'manifest' referenced before assignment

I'm running Ubuntu EEE; uname -a outputs:

Linux wma-laptop 2.6.24-21-eeepc #1 SMP Thu Aug 7 22:18:05 MDT 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

Any help in fixing this problem will be greatly appreciated; this looks like an awesome project.

Cheers
-Wayne

[wmaurer]

*ping*

Does anybody have any ideas please?

Since this post, I've tried to fix the problem by installing QtGui using CPAN. However that doesn't install because I get an error saying "can not found Qt4 headers" (sic). I then installed libqt4-dev, but that hasn't fixed either problem.

Any help or pointers appreciated.
-Wayne

[kovidgoyal]

your versions of qt4 and pyqt4 are out of date. Use the calibre binary installer.

[wmaurer]

Ok, many thanks, the binary installer worked fine. It looks like a great application; appreciation has been sent by paypal.

The only problem I have at the moment is that Calibre, especially the LRF Viewer, doesn't display so well on the small screen (800x480) of my Asus EEE. Could you please consider looking into this sometime?

Cheers
Wayne

[kovidgoyal]

Set the output format to EPUB and use the builtin EPUB viewer.

[wmaurer]

Thanks.

Many of the dialogs are too large for the 800x480 screen too ...

[kovidgoyal]

Making them fit those small sizes would need a complete redesign, too much work I'm afraid.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Making them fit those small sizes would need a complete redesign, too much work I'm afraid.

How about just allowing them to be sizable and remembering their size. If the controls don't flow/size the window/dialog could just add scroll bars.

BOb

[kovidgoyal]

Adding scrollbars is an option, but it would still be a good deal of work. Open a ticket and someday in the dreamed of future when my TODO stack winds down sufficiently, I'll get to it.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Adding scrollbars is an option, but it would still be a good deal of work. Open a ticket and someday in the dreamed of future when my TODO stack winds down sufficiently, I'll get to it.

Hmm... guess I am a bit spoiled from Visual FoxPro development I used to do. This would just be two properties on each form. 1) Border Type=resizable 2) Enable scroll bars=true Then a bit of code in the base form class to save/restore sizes.

Sigh,
BOb

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Hmm... guess I am a bit spoiled from Visual FoxPro development I used to do. This would just be two properties on each form. 1) Border Type=resizable 2) Enable scroll bars=true Then a bit of code in the base form class to save/restore sizes.

Sigh,
BOb

It may actually be just as easy with Qt, I just dont know how.

[wmaurer]

I understand that reflowing would be difficult, so I'd be happy enough with scrollbars. Right now I have to hit Alt-F7 and move the dialogs around using the keyboard arrow buttons to be able to view the bottom of the dialog, and having to do so makes use of the application pretty slow.

[FrancisT]

Running Xubuntu 8.04.

What version of Qt4 is required for calibre? as whatever version it is clearly isn't in Ubuntu 7.x or 8.04.

Francis

(Edit: The binary download worked fine - but I'm still confused as to why the reported Qt error occurs)

[kovidgoyal]

>= 4.4.2

[wmaurer]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

It may actually be just as easy with Qt, I just dont know how.

Just a quick message to say thanks. I downloaded the latest version today (I'm often offline as I'm travelling), and I see the dialogs have scrollbars on my small Asus EEE screen. Much appreciated.