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Originally Posted by jshzh
Thank you very much, Giorgio. I suppose the following two actions are not necessary after installing the monitor (i.e. the first KoboRoot.tgz)?
1. Copy launcher png icon to the kobo flash root directory (e.g. reboot.png)
2. Create the script for this icon in the .kobo/fmon
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The critical thing to keep in mind is that the .png files need to be in the folder that opens when you select the "KoboReader" drive, that appears on your PC when you connect with the USB cable - and - that after moving the .png files from your PC to your Kobo device, you safely disconnect the USB cable and let the device "process" the files. When you disconnect the USB cable you should see a message on your device telling you that it is Processing the files, just as you should when you add ebooks to be read by the Kobo software. If you don't see that message (or just to be on the safe side) you should power off the device and then power it back on. If the files still need processing, you should see the message during the start up of your device.
Once the image files have been processed, you can select them off your home page, just like any newly added ebook, at this point they should appear as simple full page images. It is after you reconnect the USB cable and then install the KoboRoot.tgz file, which will install the programing that will turn the image files into launching tiles.
On future updates you will only need to copyover/merge the update folder over the old program folder on your device. (If you have any custom files, that get overwritten by the update, you would copy them over after the update.) I have a custom version of the "koreader_kobo.sh" that I copy over after every Koreader update. With it's rapid development, I keep a copy of that file on my desktop.
The launcher scripts that go in .kobo/fmon are normally placed there as part of the installation or update of the programs. "launcher.sh" is installed in /fmon as part of the Pbchess install. "koreader.sh" is installed in /fmon as part of the Koreader install.
Luck;
Ken