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Old 04-28-2013, 11:34 AM   #76
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I'm assuming this lovely feature still works fine with firmware 2.5.1?
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Old 04-28-2013, 03:23 PM   #77
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I'm assuming this lovely feature still works fine with firmware 2.5.1?
To answer myself: yep, works. (As far as I can tell.)
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Well, you cannot syncronize only one directory inside Google Drive, - that is a Grive (or maybe - Google Drive as such) limitation, but you certainly can mount only one directory among those you have syncronized using Grive That was the essence of my request.
This script is responsible for mounting the sd:
https://github.com/softapalvelin/kob.../virtual_sd.sh

So, if you change this line
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mount --bind $grive_sync_settings/sd /mnt/sd
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mount --bind $grive_sync_settings/sd/subdir /mnt/sd
then only "subdir" from google drive is visible in the virtual sd card.
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Old 05-17-2013, 01:52 PM   #79
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I have not yet tried on my Aura (not sure I am going to keep it anyway), but, although I know that the lack of SD Card Slot on the mini is the problem, is there anyway that could work with the mini ?
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I have not yet tried on my Aura (not sure I am going to keep it anyway), but, although I know that the lack of SD Card Slot on the mini is the problem, is there anyway that could work with the mini ?
Fake SD card is used to tell Kobo firmware that there's new content in the file system and library must be updated. So, you must find another way to update library.

There's also another hack that forces Kobo firmware to scan for new content. You can send "usb plugged" event to the firmware and then "usb unplugged". Problem is that sending "usb plugged" event will disconnect the wlan.. I think it's not a good thing if it happens in the middle of synchronization.

usb plugged:
Code:
echo usb plug add >> /tmp/nickel-hardware-status
usb unplugged:
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echo usb plug remove >> /tmp/nickel-hardware-status
To change the way library is updated edit /usr/local/grive-sync/refresh_library.sh file. (https://github.com/softapalvelin/kob...esh_library.sh).

I don't know any other hacks that can update the library. I wish there would be cleaner way to update library. Once I compiled sqllite to ARM processor and installed it to my Kobo touch, but I had no success inserting content to the library using that.
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Old 05-26-2013, 08:37 AM   #81
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Sync Works like a charm. Thanks.

My Question: Is there a way to mount the virtual sd as drive when plugged in to pc. (Instead of the real sd card.)
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Sync Works like a charm. Thanks.

My Question: Is there a way to mount the virtual sd as drive when plugged in to pc. (Instead of the real sd card.)
Synchronized files can be found from the drive that is normally mounted when you connect the eReader to computer. The files are in .grive-sync/sd folder.

If you really want to mount virtual SD as a drive, I think it's not possible, but I'm not 100% sure. When user clicks "connect to computer" in eReader the firmware executes "/usr/local/Kobo/udev/usb" script. It uses this code to create the drives:

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if [ -e /dev/mmcblk1p1 ]; then
	LUNS=/dev/mmcblk0p3,/dev/mmcblk1p1
else
	LUNS=/dev/mmcblk0p3
fi
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/sbin/insmod /drivers/$PLATFORM/usb/gadget/g_file_storage.ko file=$LUNS stall=1 removable=1 $PARAMS
You notice that LUNS variable holds only devices, but virtual SD is not a device. It's just a bind mount from .grive-sync/sd to /mnt/sd. It looks like g_file_storage.ko file-parameter can be either a disk partition or a file image (http://linlog.blogspot.fi/2011/02/us...age-gadget.html).
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Old 05-27-2013, 05:48 AM   #83
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Thanks for the answer spMatti.

That the files are on /mnt/onboard/.grive-sync/sd I knew. Just thought it would be more comfortable if they were accessible from a mounted drive.

That Firmware executes this usb-script I noticed to. Thought: maybe one could place the mount-command here.

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Did I get that right, that: If a sd-card is inserted the sync still works, but the content isn't shown because the Kobo will show the contents of the real instead of the virtual sd-card.

If so, is there any reason one shouldn't use the real sd-card and if there is None, how do I do that. (Coz than the sd-card would definitively be mounted on usb-connect)

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And another one: I read in this Forum that g-drive isn't compatible with calibre. (adding and changing file names while uploading) Does that mean if the filename of my uploaded files contain specific patterns g-drive will rename them? (And since that is still called a Feature not a bug by Google, it won't change.) => This lead me to the question if dropbox or any other cloud/server-sync tool wouldn't be better (/possible)?
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That Firmware executes this usb-script I noticed to. Thought: maybe one could place the mount-command here.
Yes, you could add command there. Actually kobo-grive-sync scripts add code to end of that file so in the end execution will jump to /usr/local/grive-sync/udev_usb_program.sh.

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Did I get that right, that: If a sd-card is inserted the sync still works, but the content isn't shown because the Kobo will show the contents of the real instead of the virtual sd-card.

If so, is there any reason one shouldn't use the real sd-card and if there is None, how do I do that. (Coz than the sd-card would definitively be mounted on usb-connect)
Yes, if real SD card is inserted then files are synchronized to /mnt/onboard/.grive-sync/sd, but only real SD card content is visible in library.

If you could make files to synchronize to the real SD card then you would get what you wanted. /usr/local/grive-sync/config.sh contains variable "grive_sync_libfolder" that defines where files are synchronized. If the value is /mnt/sd then files are synchronized to real SD. The value was /mnt/sd earlier, but I changed it, because if scripts is executed when /mnt/sd is not mounted then some files get written to firmware partition of the internal SD. Here is the change I made.


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And another one: I read in this Forum that g-drive isn't compatible with calibre. (adding and changing file names while uploading) Does that mean if the filename of my uploaded files contain specific patterns g-drive will rename them? (And since that is still called a Feature not a bug by Google, it won't change.) => This lead me to the question if dropbox or any other cloud/server-sync tool wouldn't be better (/possible)?
Sorry, I don't know if google drive renames files. I know that dropbox is hard to get working in ARM processor. You can search open source synchronization software for linux and then compile it to kobo firmware. That's what I did to grive.
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This is fantastic, I joined the forums because of this. Works great on Kobo Glo 2.5.2 ... Can't thank you enough
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Old 06-02-2013, 03:36 PM   #86
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polite enquiry: any chance to make this work on devices with no SD card - well, on the Mini really?
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Just installed it on my Mini yesterday with out any issues, works great!

Only thing i noticed was that if you have the ebooks a few folders deep on the gdrive/mini the covers didnt show in sleep mode. show up fine in the library.

I just followed this guide https://github.com/softapalvelin/kob...c/wiki/install
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Only thing i noticed was that if you have the ebooks a few folders deep on the gdrive/mini the covers didnt show in sleep mode. show up fine in the library.
My first thought was a path length issue. The cover images files names are generated using the full path of the book plus a suffix and extension for each size. It isn't hard to get close to the 260 character FAT32 limit. But, the name used for the sleep screen cover is actually the shortest.

But, this is faking a SD card? If so, the current firmware has a bug that for books on the SD card. if the cover image file used for the sleep doesn't exist, it just uses a text cover with the title and book type on it.
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My first thought was a path length issue. The cover images files names are generated using the full path of the book plus a suffix and extension for each size. It isn't hard to get close to the 260 character FAT32 limit. But, the name used for the sleep screen cover is actually the shortest.

But, this is faking a SD card? If so, the current firmware has a bug that for books on the SD card. if the cover image file used for the sleep doesn't exist, it just uses a text cover with the title and book type on it.
This is exactly what appears. What images is used for the sleep covers? could i just ad a .png or something with the same name as the file and it will show? not to well versed in how these things work.
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This is exactly what appears. What images is used for the sleep covers? could i just ad a .png or something with the same name as the file and it will show? not to well versed in how these things work.
The cover files are JPEGs but with "parsed" as the extension. The file needs to be in "koboExtStorage/images" on what the device sees as the SD card. The file name looks like:

Code:
file____mnt_sd_Bagley,_Desmond_Spoilers_-_Desmond_Bagley_epub - N3_FULL
That is for an epub on the SD card with the path:

Code:
/Bagley, Desmond/Spoilers - Desmond Bagley.epub
The image size should be 600*800. But, if you don't want to stretch the cover, you can maintain the covers aspect ratio and size to either the width or height.
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