Originally Posted by chaley
To be sure I understand what is happening:
1) You can start CC. Mike: yes
You see books. Mike: No. If I manually sync using the content server, I can see they've moved over in Calibre, but CC does not pick them up. When this began, pre-existing books were there until deleted. And now I can only sync via the content server, as the wireless connection fails. I've tried resetting the location manually, to default, etc. Nothing works. If I go to the \Calibre_Companion\News folder, all the (content server sync'd) books are there, and I can open and read them. But they are invisible to CC.
You can sort, group, etc. Mike: Nope... nothing is visible to sort, group, etc.
2) You have a running instance of calibre running both the content server and the wireless device driver. Mike: yes.
3) CC connecting as a wireless device fails. How does it fail? Mike: It gives me the default msg asking if I've started Calibre. I've tried repeatedly to set the IP address and port manually and to the 'default.'
4) CC connecting to the content server works. Mike: it moves the books (I keep saying books... it is all news and magazine content. I use Kindle for actual books, and that still works fine.) But, once moved, CC cannot see them. format is epub, and as far as I can recall, that is something I never changed or tweaked.
5) CC can download books from the content server. The check mark appears next to the downloaded when you do this. However after disconnecting the books are not shown in CC even though the files are visible in CC's folder. Mike: yes
Assuming that all the above are true, then the only explanation I can come up with consistent with the symptoms is that CC's database has been made read-only. How this would happen is beyond me; it is certainly not something that CC would do. Also, how this would prevent CC from connecting is a mystery. It would cause problems with downloading metadata, but not the initial connection.
The best way I can see to get any handle at all on what is going is to see the debug logs. Please get a calibre debug log as described in the FAQ answer https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...37#post2396437 and email it to me at cc-probs at charles dot haleys dot org (making the obvious substitutions). At the same time send me a CC debug log by going to CC's settings, scrolling to the bottom, selecting "Email a debug log to MultiPie", and entering the above email address as the destination.
Mike: will do.
EDIT: CC has never been able to see books transferred to a device over a cable. Are you saying that you can connect CC as a wireless device, send books, and then not be able to see them in CC after disconnecting? |