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LoRdAc][d · 06-06-2014, 09:22 PM

Hello Everyone,

I've been wrestling with this for a couple of days. I have my Calibre all nicely setup and working on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Doing an apt-show-versions calibre shows it is Calibre 0.8.38. Is this too old? I installed it using this process on June 3, 2014:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/calibre
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install calibre

My library is on my Synology NAS, and my auto-add folder is also on my Synology NAS. This setup all works great, except...

The auto add ONLY works when I restart Calibre or restart Ubuntu (hence Calibre also restarting). Is there a command I can use to for Calibre to scan the auto-add directories? Or has anyone else run into something like this?

Thanks for your help!

* Edit 1: After some reading, it looks like the apt-get repository version of calibre isn't the latest. So I am trying to install it based on the instructions from the official calibre website.

* Edit 2: Updating to the latest version (1.39) did not fix the problem. The auto add folder is only scanned when I open Calibre, for example closing and re-opening Calibre.

Any ideas how I can force a rescan of the auto-add folder?

06-06-2014, 09:22 PM	#1
LoRdAc][d Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: NST	Ubuntu Calibre only auto adds on program startup Hello Everyone, I've been wrestling with this for a couple of days. I have my Calibre all nicely setup and working on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Doing an apt-show-versions calibre shows it is Calibre 0.8.38. Is this too old? I installed it using this process on June 3, 2014: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/calibre sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install calibre My library is on my Synology NAS, and my auto-add folder is also on my Synology NAS. This setup all works great, except... The auto add ONLY works when I restart Calibre or restart Ubuntu (hence Calibre also restarting). Is there a command I can use to for Calibre to scan the auto-add directories? Or has anyone else run into something like this? Thanks for your help! * Edit 1: After some reading, it looks like the apt-get repository version of calibre isn't the latest. So I am trying to install it based on the instructions from the official calibre website. * Edit 2: Updating to the latest version (1.39) did not fix the problem. The auto add folder is only scanned when I open Calibre, for example closing and re-opening Calibre. Any ideas how I can force a rescan of the auto-add folder? Last edited by LoRdAc][d; 06-06-2014 at 09:43 PM.