just updated to 0.8.7 - and probs :(

[lars mars]

hi, first of all thx for a great piece of software!!!!!

anyway, i just updated to the latest version 0.8.7 and having now (its the first time ever, since using calibre from 0.7.x) problems when adding books and trying to edit metadata on them. i constantly getting an error message

(calibre, version 0.8.7
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:disconnect() failed between 'textChanged' and all its connections

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/metadata/single.py", line 367, in fetch_metadata
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/metadata/single.py", line 322, in update_from_mi
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/metadata/basic_widgets.py", line 176, in auto_generate
TypeError: disconnect() failed between 'textChanged' and all its connections

and very similar ones, depending on the book. but basically the same sh*t with everyone

anybody else has this probs as well, after updating? and, if so - any solutions yet? looking forward to hear from you,

lars

[kovidgoyal]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/801790

[lars mars]

Thx alot for your lightning-fast response. just reinstalled, and checked with a couple books. seems to be all good now

once again, thx for a great piece of software and your dedication to development of it.
dont know if i even would own a e-reader device at this point, if i hadnt heard about it before actually getting one

if you ever need help with translations to german, let me know! happy to help out there, programming is not really my thing

cheers, lars

[kovidgoyal]

You're welcome

Feel free to contribute to the translations, they are open, instructions here: http://calibre-ebook.com/get-involved

[Nyssa]

I tried renaming a few tags and received this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\tag_view.py", line 1496, in setData
AttributeError: 'TagsModel' object has no attribute 'refresh_required'

Resetting Calibre accepted the name change, but then if I tried to rename another tag I would get the same error.

[kovidgoyal]

Fixed in next release. Despite the error the tag should still have been renamed, restart calibre to see it (the error just prevents the tag browser from updating its view).

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Fixed in next release. Despite the error the tag should still have been renamed, restart calibre to see it (the error just prevents the tag browser from updating its view).

Thank you.

[Bluedot]

One minor thing I've noticed was that the menu item "Remove all formats from selected books, except..." has moved postition, caught me out several time as I've selected "Remove all formats" item from muscle memory!

[lars mars]

anyway - same deal, new prob. it worked for a while . now i am getting

calibre, version 0.8.7
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>DatabaseException</b>:disk I/O error
RemoteTraceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/library/sqlite.py", line 268, in run
File "site-packages/calibre/library/sqlite.py", line 163, in get
OperationalError: disk I/O error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/metadata/single.py", line 367, in fetch_metadata
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/metadata/single.py", line 328, in update_from_mi
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/metadata/basic_widgets.py", line 392, in auto_generate
File "site-packages/calibre/library/database2.py", line 2071, in author_sort_from_authors
File "site-packages/calibre/library/sqlite.py", line 308, in run
DatabaseException: disk I/O error
RemoteTraceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/library/sqlite.py", line 268, in run
File "site-packages/calibre/library/sqlite.py", line 163, in get
OperationalError: disk I/O error

very strange

[lars mars]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

I tried renaming a few tags and received this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\tag_view.py", line 1496, in setData
AttributeError: 'TagsModel' object has no attribute 'refresh_required'

Resetting Calibre accepted the name change, but then if I tried to rename another tag I would get the same error.

if i might be allowed to chime in as well, having similar probs

[kovidgoyal]

@lars mars: Those are disk I/O errors, run a disk check on your hard disk.

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by Bluedot

One minor thing I've noticed was that the menu item "Remove all formats from selected books, except..." has moved postition, caught me out several time as I've selected "Remove all formats" item from muscle memory!

That didn't change in 0.8.7, it was a couple of releases back and it wasn't that it changed position, it was that the remove all formats action was added to the menu, to compensate for remove all formats, except not removing formats if that would leave a book with no formats.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Bluedot

One minor thing I've noticed was that the menu item "Remove all formats from selected books, except..." has moved postition, caught me out several time as I've selected "Remove all formats" item from muscle memory!

Did you add a Plugin to the Context Menu (toolbar customization)

[paulfiera]

I am also experiencing strange and seemingly random crashes. It can happen converting books or clicking on the Edit Metadata button.

Didn't see these crashes in 0.8.6.

Don't know if there's any data I can collect to help track the culprit.

Edit: It's happened about 10 times in the last two hours. Just now calibre crashed when removing a book by pressing Delete.

Edit2. Got this error trying to delete a book

calibre, version 0.8.7
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:descriptor '__getattribute__' requires a 'object' object but received a 'fwrapper'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\tag_view.py", line 1604, in parent
File "site-packages\calibre\startup.py", line 99, in __getattribute__
TypeError: descriptor '__getattribute__' requires a 'object' object but received a 'fwrapper'

I also managed to save a file generated by Windows "appcompat.txt" in the calibre temp directory.

Kovid. If you are interested, I could send it to you.

[kovidgoyal]

Hide the Tag Browser, that will take care of your crashes. Apparently the fix for the memory leak in the Tag Browser in 0.8.7 has made it crash instead. I'm working on refactoring it for 0.8.8