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Pjama · 08-23-2021, 09:24 AM

Hi all, hoping someone can help me after multiple factory resets.
Last week all was well with my Libra after updating the software and setting up the Dark Mode toggle in the config file.

Something very strange happened almost immediately after I made a post thanking various people for instructions on this board. It was very weird, I must have tempted fate by making the post.

I wish I had a video of what happened, as it was (to me) so inexplicable. I was reading one of epub books with dark mode off and I rotated it to get the two column layout - well, when I rotated it, it changed to dark mode! Even though I had not selected this from the menu.

Then - it would not change back, even after I restarted it by pressing the start button for 20 plus seconds. Stuck in dark mode. I plugged it in to my computer and checked the config file in the nm menu, which looked perfect.

I also checked the general config file - which was empty - I don't remember doing anything to this file, but as it was empty, I figured that wasn't right, so I reset my Libra to factory settings.

I set everything up again, was going to keep it in the old software so I could use 'invert screen' but decided to update and try installing dark mode again.

To cut this very long story short, I have tried this (resetting my reader and adding nickel etc) three times, each time resulting in the 'toggle' src error.

I have tried to always use the most up to date tgz file - but the most up to date one from git hub dates back to June 2021 - way before the dark mode option was available through Nickel on the Libra. So maybe this is not really up to date enough? I have the impression this will never work for me until a new version of this is released. I looked at builds on GitHub which mentioned the dark mode hack - but there was no software download including these.

Please help me.

08-23-2021, 09:24 AM	#17
Pjama Guru Posts: 739 Karma: 2347200 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: US Device: Kindle Scribe, Kindle Matcha, Libra Colour	Hi all, hoping someone can help me after multiple factory resets. Last week all was well with my Libra after updating the software and setting up the Dark Mode toggle in the config file. Something very strange happened almost immediately after I made a post thanking various people for instructions on this board. It was very weird, I must have tempted fate by making the post. I wish I had a video of what happened, as it was (to me) so inexplicable. I was reading one of epub books with dark mode off and I rotated it to get the two column layout - well, when I rotated it, it changed to dark mode! Even though I had not selected this from the menu. Then - it would not change back, even after I restarted it by pressing the start button for 20 plus seconds. Stuck in dark mode. I plugged it in to my computer and checked the config file in the nm menu, which looked perfect. I also checked the general config file - which was empty - I don't remember doing anything to this file, but as it was empty, I figured that wasn't right, so I reset my Libra to factory settings. I set everything up again, was going to keep it in the old software so I could use 'invert screen' but decided to update and try installing dark mode again. To cut this very long story short, I have tried this (resetting my reader and adding nickel etc) three times, each time resulting in the 'toggle' src error. I have tried to always use the most up to date tgz file - but the most up to date one from git hub dates back to June 2021 - way before the dark mode option was available through Nickel on the Libra. So maybe this is not really up to date enough? I have the impression this will never work for me until a new version of this is released. I looked at builds on GitHub which mentioned the dark mode hack - but there was no software download including these. Please help me.