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mrbriggs · 08-03-2017, 06:46 AM

I recently had the same error after upgrading calibre.

It appears that the options for calibre-server have changed. I updated my service file to the following and everything seems to work fine now:

Code:

[Unit]
Description=Calibre (ebook manager) content server service
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/var/run/calibre-server.pid
ExecStart=/usr/bin/calibre-server \
        --daemonize \
        --log=/home/<USERNAME>/calibre.log \
        --max-opds-items=30 \
        --max-opds-ungrouped-items=100 \
        --port=8080 \
        --pidfile=/var/run/calibre-server.pid \
        /<LIBRARY PATH>/
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Replace <USERNAME> with your username (I.e. joe)
Replace <LIBRARY PATH> with the path to your library (I.e. media/eBooks )
Note: I left the leading and trailing "/" in the code above so make sure you do not end up with //media/eBooks//, the line should read /media/eBooks/ for your example.

You will need to create a log file called calibre.log or you will get an error:

Code:

touch /home/<USERNAME>/calibre.log

You will need to reload your systemctrl daemons to get the updated file to work

Code:

systemctl daemon-reload

Then start your system service normally.

I hope this helps.

08-03-2017, 06:46 AM	#2
mrbriggs Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 56 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: none	I recently had the same error after upgrading calibre. It appears that the options for calibre-server have changed. I updated my service file to the following and everything seems to work fine now: Code: [Unit] Description=Calibre (ebook manager) content server service After=network.target [Service] Type=forking PIDFile=/var/run/calibre-server.pid ExecStart=/usr/bin/calibre-server \ --daemonize \ --log=/home/<USERNAME>/calibre.log \ --max-opds-items=30 \ --max-opds-ungrouped-items=100 \ --port=8080 \ --pidfile=/var/run/calibre-server.pid \ /<LIBRARY PATH>/ [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Replace <USERNAME> with your username (I.e. joe) Replace <LIBRARY PATH> with the path to your library (I.e. media/eBooks ) Note: I left the leading and trailing "/" in the code above so make sure you do not end up with //media/eBooks//, the line should read /media/eBooks/ for your example. You will need to create a log file called calibre.log or you will get an error: Code: touch /home/<USERNAME>/calibre.log You will need to reload your systemctrl daemons to get the updated file to work Code: systemctl daemon-reload Then start your system service normally. I hope this helps. Last edited by mrbriggs; 08-03-2017 at 06:51 AM.