Thread: Forma Small PDF upload problem?
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Old 10-24-2020, 12:44 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by james_ View Post
I'm using Calibre with my Forma, when I upload a very small PDF it seems to not appear in the list of books on the Forma, even when I can see it listed in the directory on the device along with all the other books. Any idea what's happening?

(Typically I might convert an e-ticket to a PDF and use them on my e-reader if I'm travelling, or maybe convert a recipe to PDF so that I don't need to have scraps of paper floating around the kitchen.)

I must be doing something stupid.. any suggestions please!!
It should just work. The things I can think of are:

Where are you putting it? Older firmware didn't scan directories whose name started with a dot. The recent firmware does, but, you can add a config file option to ignore some directories.

Some characters in the file name can prevent the book from being seen. If you are using calibre, it will normalise the name to make sure this doesn't happen. Of course, the extension has to be PDF.

Does the importing screen show when you disconnect the device? If it doesn't, it can mean the files aren't being seen. If it does, does the progress bar go across the screen? Are other books you add being imported?

You can turn logging on and that might show what happens. You need to turn on Developers mode. Open the search screen and enter "devmodeon". That should set the logging to cover the import. When you next connect, there will be a file in the .kobo directory with the name starting with "syslog" and the rest a timestamp. Put the PDF on the device, disconnect and let the import happen, or not happen. Then reconnect and look at the latest log file. There will be a lot of lines with "Pruning file" for each of the books already on the device. And hopefully one for the book you added with a hint of what went wrong.
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