Thread: KSM 08, kobo database, and Calibre
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Old 01-29-2017, 05:45 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by drawson1 View Post
I have an "original" Aura with the latest firmware (3.19.5761). I've installed KSM 08 and I'm using Calibre 2.78 on OpenSUSE to manage my library.

In the past, I've always exited whatever reader I was running back to KSM, used the USB tools to enable the USB port, and then plugged in the cable and started Calibre. I add my books to Calibre, send them to the device (normally the SD card), then eject the device (commonly from inside Calibre) and un-plug.

Now I'm noticing that the "On Device" listing in Calibre is wrong for the newly added books _AFTER I RESTART CALIBRE_. The first books that had this problem were added in September, which is approximately when I did the firmware update.

Question: When running with KSM, how does the Kobo database get updated? The Calibre team is looking at this, but I'm wondering if the kobo database isn't getting updated for some reason un-related to Calibre.

Thanks!

Dan
I cannot really answer your questions, since I do not use Calibre to load books on my devices. As to your last question: Usually the database gets updated when you disconnect the device AND nickel is running. That would mean that one should connect from within nickel to the pc, if one wants to load books that nickel should deal with. If you are using the Kobo Utilities Plugin, it might be different, since it writes to the database. But I do not know whether it does the whole job on its own, or if it still needs nickel to be running.
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