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Old 04-02-2011, 05:43 AM   #1
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[Old Thread] Calibre exits after checking for updates

Hi,

I've been using Calibre for a few months & Found it to be the best software for ebook management.

However, there's one feature that's really annoying!!

When I get the popup saying that there's a new version available, Calibre exits if I click either of the buttons.

Anyone else found this & know how to get around this - apart from turning off check for updates?

Thx
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Old 04-02-2011, 09:28 AM   #2
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When I get the popup saying that there's a new version available, Calibre exits if I click either of the buttons.
I only recall calibre closing when I click OK since I am going to be downloading and installing calibre. When I said no or cancel (don't recall how the dialog is written) calibre continued operating and did not close.

I may be wrong, I'll try it again next upgrade. Maybe Kovid can confirm or deny the existence of calibre choosing to close when a person chooses not to upgrade.
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That certainly shouldn't happen. Which version(s) of Calibre did you experience this behaviour on? What OS are you running?
If you haven't already upgraded to 0.7.53, it would probably be a good thing to try to replicate this error while running in debug mode (hit Ctrl+Shift+R in Calibre) and attaching the log.
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Old 04-02-2011, 09:42 AM   #4
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Running 0.7.53 under Win 7 x32 but noticed this happening on previous versions as I only updated to 0.7.53 today.

Started in debug mode, pasted the location for when I need it & forget where it is!




calibre, version 0.7.53

Debug mode: <p>You have started calibre in debug mode. After you quit calibre, the debug log will be available in the file: c:\users\russell\appdata\local\temp\tmplawjnh.txt< p>The log will be displayed automatically.
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Old 04-02-2011, 09:51 AM   #5
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The debug log would only make sense if you'd experienced the error... as you've already updated, it's rather useless. Also, note the part where it's being displayed automatically- you don't need to remember any location, which will probably change anyway.
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Hi,

I've been using Calibre for a few months & Found it to be the best software for ebook management.

However, there's one feature that's really annoying!!

When I get the popup saying that there's a new version available, Calibre exits if I click either of the buttons.

Anyone else found this & know how to get around this - apart from turning off check for updates?

Thx
AKAIK, All the button does is call your default Browser with Calibre's download page. (and does NOT close Calibre, even then. on XP and Ubuntu)
Do you have a 'Default Browser' set in Windows? Do you have a 'Anti-Malware' program that may be killing a 'bad' process?
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AKAIK, All the button does is call your default Browser with Calibre's download page. (and does NOT close Calibre, even then. on XP and Ubuntu)
On my WinXP machine selecting upgrade opens the download page and closes calibre.
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Firefox is the default browser & there's nothing that would kill the process
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On my WinXP machine selecting upgrade opens the download page and closes calibre.
That suggests the popup window operates in the same way.

I can sort of see why, so the installer can run. But, if you weren't intending to run the installer immediately, not so good.
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On my WinXP machine selecting upgrade opens the download page and closes calibre.
Hm. I've called up the download page manually today, but I can't remember the popup closing Calibre last time.
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Hm. I've called up the download page manually today, but I can't remember the popup closing Calibre last time.
I noticed it a couple of updates back (a very recent thing). I didn't think much about it but it definitely closed calibre upon selecting to upgrade. I just thought it was a new way of handling things.
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It's definitely not intentional and I tried reproducing it on my XP machine and could not. If one of you is running from source, could you change the calibre version temporarily in src/calibre/constants.py and run calibre in debug mode to see why it is closing?
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It's definitely not intentional and I tried reproducing it on my XP machine and could not. If one of you is running from source, could you change the calibre version temporarily in src/calibre/constants.py and run calibre in debug mode to see why it is closing?
I'm not running from source, I'll be glad to run it in debug mode before the next upgrade.
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Do you run with the tray Icon?
Since downloads (I use firefox) take time, why would Calibre close before the download was complete? And since the download DOES NOT start the update installer, whe would it do that even then.
BTW the Installer does complain if Calibre is still running (on Windows XP)
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I do run with the tray icon but I do not start up to system tray.

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Since downloads (I use firefox) take time, why would Calibre close before the download was complete?
Obviously according to Kovid this is not a planned occurrence. I'm just trying to lend some credence to what rusky was experiencing. Truthfully I was not concerned that it was closing.

@ Kovid, I do have a machine at work that I will be upgrading tomorrow night. I truthfully don't know if it happens on both of my machines but if it does I'll post the results tomorrow night.
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