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Originally Posted by larryy
I was hopeful when savory-image.ext3 (savory-image-2009-04-10.zip) seemed to install successfully using update_Savory-0.06.bin following the instructions on Jesse Vincent's Savory page. I did the update, the Kindle 2 [firmware 2.0.3 (327610024)] restarted, and it now shows "UNSUPPORTED SAVORY-0.06" along the bottom of the screen on the Settings page. |
That's normal.. When you install Savory 0.06 it changes the version number to show that.
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But I dragged three PDF files into the "documents" folder, unmounted and unplugged from USB, restarted the Kindle, and waited. And waited, and waited, and waited. About 7 1/2 hours later, there was still no hint that the PDF documents were present or that Savory was doing anything. I connected back up to the computer and the PDF files are still sitting there, but there are no correspondingly titled converted (or converting) files.
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Which version of the Kindle are you using ?
Make sure you are using the latest .ext3 file ; the first release wasn't working properly..
Also, after unmounting the Kindle from your PC, you *must* disconnect the USB cable ; that's how the Savory daemon knows how to start scanning the documents folder for new files
I have adapted Savory to work on the Kindle 2 International, as well as rewrote the installer/uninstaller
It's available there
http://www.avenard.org/kindle2/Savory-0.07.tar.gz
, (for Kindle 2, Kinder 2i and Kindle DX) note that I have only tried on the Kindle 2i ; but as there's pretty much no difference between all Kindke you should be fine..
Edit: I've renamed the .ex3 file to match the version number of Savory , so you will need to copy the new 90MB file again on your Kindle. You can delete the previous savory-image.ext3 with version 0.07
With the new installer, you can install over an existing Kindle with Savory already there and it will update fine (things the previous installer couldn't do)
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When people say Savory takes a long time to do a conversion, umm, how long is long? And do you see any intermediate folders or files if you browse the Kindle while it's working? I'd like to know if Savory is doing *anything*. Also, if anyone has any hints about how to get Savory working, and why it's not for me, I'd really appreciate hearing them. I have to read a lot of technical papers / journal articles, and am desperate to get them on my Kindle. Thanks for any help!
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The conversion process is quite slow ; in my experience, even a small PDF takes 2-3 minutes to be converted.
However, should the Savory daemon work properly, seeing new files in the documents folder should be almost instantenous, and you get immediate visual confirmation that the conversion process has started as instantly you get a new entry in the list showing what's happening.