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kacir · 05-28-2012, 08:00 AM

I have got similar problem. I use Mint Linux. This version - Linux Mint 13, Maya, with Cinnamon, 32bit version - is based on Ubuntu 12.04
www.linuxmint.com

Sometimes, the whole computer just freezes when I edit metadata in the main list of books. I drag and drop a few files to the Calibre and I want to change some book title or author name. So I double-click the field and the computer seizes up.
The only thing I can do is Ctrl-Alt-F1 combo and get to the text console. I have tried to kill Calibre process by 'killall calibre' but it doesn't help. - The Calibre is killed, the computer, or X.org gui, stays locked up with frozen Calibre screen on it.
This happens relatively rarely and the bug isn't reproducible. So when I restart the computer I can start Calibre and edit the metadata where it happened and everything works. Later, after some 20 minutes or perhaps 10 hours the computer is locked up again.

At this moment I can't even say for sure this is caused by Calibre, or by combination of Gnome 3 (Grrrrrrrrrrrr!!! PHEW!!!), Firefox (with LOTS of tabs opened), Calibre, QT libraries, and whatever else (Cinnamon?). All I can say that so far, every time this happened I was editing metadata in Calibre. Recently I was using Calibre quite a lot - putting some disorganized files into order.

What can I do to make a better bug report?
How do I ask Calibre from text console whether it is still alive?
At this moment I can't even say whether it is a screen lock-up, or X-org glitch, or my dear Gnome 3 (Phew!!!) or something else. Last time this happened, I was downloading something in the background and the download finished - I looked at the downloaded file as it grew, and eventually downloaded completely, in text console (through Ctrl-Alt-F1).
The restart of window manager by Alt+F2 r doesn't work.

05-28-2012, 08:00 AM	#3
kacir Wizard Posts: 3,463 Karma: 10684861 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20	I have got similar problem. I use Mint Linux. This version - Linux Mint 13, Maya, with Cinnamon, 32bit version - is based on Ubuntu 12.04 www.linuxmint.com Sometimes, the whole computer just freezes when I edit metadata in the main list of books. I drag and drop a few files to the Calibre and I want to change some book title or author name. So I double-click the field and the computer seizes up. The only thing I can do is Ctrl-Alt-F1 combo and get to the text console. I have tried to kill Calibre process by 'killall calibre' but it doesn't help. - The Calibre is killed, the computer, or X.org gui, stays locked up with frozen Calibre screen on it. This happens relatively rarely and the bug isn't reproducible. So when I restart the computer I can start Calibre and edit the metadata where it happened and everything works. Later, after some 20 minutes or perhaps 10 hours the computer is locked up again. At this moment I can't even say for sure this is caused by Calibre, or by combination of Gnome 3 (Grrrrrrrrrrrr!!! PHEW!!!), Firefox (with LOTS of tabs opened), Calibre, QT libraries, and whatever else (Cinnamon?). All I can say that so far, every time this happened I was editing metadata in Calibre. Recently I was using Calibre quite a lot - putting some disorganized files into order. What can I do to make a better bug report? How do I ask Calibre from text console whether it is still alive? At this moment I can't even say whether it is a screen lock-up, or X-org glitch, or my dear Gnome 3 (Phew!!!) or something else. Last time this happened, I was downloading something in the background and the download finished - I looked at the downloaded file as it grew, and eventually downloaded completely, in text console (through Ctrl-Alt-F1). The restart of window manager by Alt+F2 r doesn't work.