Can't add books!

indigene · 06-02-2015, 03:52 AM

This just happened suddenly, I am not able to add books. Calibre just hangs everytime I try to add a book. Have to terminate the process and restart Caibre.

Have tried with all formats, obviously it has nothing to do with format.

I'm on 2.29 on a Kubuntu 15.04.

kovidgoyal · 06-02-2015, 03:59 AM

Run it in debug mode

calibre-debug -g

BetterRed · 06-02-2015, 04:09 AM

First thing I'd do is backup the library as it is now, to another device or the cloud.

Did you check the drive - is it full, do the h/w manufacturer diagnostics report any problems?

Try this - copy the library in its entirety to another drive, and use that instance of the library - what happens when you do an Add? If you still have problems I suspect the database is corrupt - try dong a Library Maintenance->Restore database..

If you can add then its probably the other drive. Maybe the the Ext directory tables are corrupt, I assume Kubuntu has fdsk try running it to see if there any errors.

BR

indigene · 06-02-2015, 04:34 AM

Took time to open in debug mode. But when I tried to add a book it hung again. The debug code till the point it hung is here. BTW, I am able to change meta-data, merge, delete etc. but just not able to add.

Quote:

calibre 2.29 isfrozen: True is64bit: True
Linux-4.0.0-040000-generic-x86_64-with-debian-jessie-sid Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '4.0.0-040000-generic', '#201504121935 SMP Sun Apr 12 23:36:33 UTC 2015')
Python 2.7.9
Linux: ('debian', 'jessie/sid', '')
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Find Duplicates && Annotations && Copy Cover To Device && Read MP3 AudioBook metadata && Sony PRS-T1 notes plugin && Extract ISBN
Starting up...
kf5.kiconthemes: "Theme tree: (Breeze)"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/ui.py", line 151, in __init__
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/ui.py", line 165, in init_iaction
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/__init__.py", line 582, in load_actual_plugin
File "importlib/__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/zipplugin.py", line 179, in load_module
File "calibre_plugins.prst1_notes.ui", line 12, in <module>
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/zipplugin.py", line 179, in load_module
File "calibre_plugins.prst1_notes.main", line 12, in <module>
ImportError: No module named PyQt4.Qt
libpng warning: iCCP: Not recognizing known sRGB profile that has been edited
libpng warning: iCCP: Not recognizing known sRGB profile that has been edited
libpng warning: iCCP: Not recognizing known sRGB profile that has been edited
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/ui.py", line 399, in initialize
File "calibre_plugins.annotations.action", line 729, in initialization_complete
File "calibre_plugins.annotations.action", line 1078, in rebuild_menus
File "calibre_plugins.annotations.action", line 158, in create_menu_item
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/actions/__init__.py", line 202, in create_action
UnicodeEncodeError: 'latin-1' codec can't encode character u'\u2026' in position 5: ordinal not in range(256)
ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error on :1.8:/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
INFO:cherrypy.error:[02/Jun/2015:13:54:22] ENGINE Bus STARTED
Started up in 211.27 seconds with 36423 books
kf5.kservice.sycoca: Trying to open ksycoca from "/home/XXXXX/.cache/ksycoca5"
KSambaShare: Could not find smb.conf!
kf5.kio.core: KLocalSocket(0x16578500) Jumbo packet of 122086 bytes

kovidgoyal · 06-02-2015, 05:18 AM

That looks like the KDE file dialog is hanging, try setting the

CALIBRE_NO_NATIVE_FILEDIALOGS=1

environment variable

indigene · 06-02-2015, 08:33 AM

I ran calibre as CALIBRE_NO_NATIVE_FILEDIALOGS=1 but still it hung on adding a book. Log below shows process till it was killed.

BTW, I also moved /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/plugins/bearer to /tmp

Quote:

$ CALIBRE_NO_NATIVE_FILEDIALOGS=1 calibrekf5.kiconthemes: "Theme tree: (Breeze)"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/ui.py", line 151, in __init__
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/ui.py", line 165, in init_iaction
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/__init__.py", line 582, in load_actual_plugin
File "importlib/__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/zipplugin.py", line 179, in load_module
File "calibre_plugins.prst1_notes.ui", line 12, in <module>
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/zipplugin.py", line 179, in load_module
File "calibre_plugins.prst1_notes.main", line 12, in <module>
ImportError: No module named PyQt4.Qt
libpng warning: iCCP: Not recognizing known sRGB profile that has been edited
libpng warning: iCCP: Not recognizing known sRGB profile that has been edited
libpng warning: iCCP: Not recognizing known sRGB profile that has been edited
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/ui.py", line 399, in initialize
File "calibre_plugins.annotations.action", line 729, in initialization_complete
File "calibre_plugins.annotations.action", line 1078, in rebuild_menus
File "calibre_plugins.annotations.action", line 158, in create_menu_item
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/actions/__init__.py", line 202, in create_action
UnicodeEncodeError: 'latin-1' codec can't encode character u'\u2026' in position 5: ordinal not in range(256)
kf5.kio.core: KLocalSocket(0x146030d0) Jumbo packet of 122086 bytes
Killed

kovidgoyal · 06-02-2015, 09:05 AM

At what point exactly in the process is it hanging? When you press OK in the file dialog?

indigene · 06-02-2015, 09:38 AM

Yes, when I press OK in the file dialog.

kovidgoyal · 06-02-2015, 09:44 AM

And when you use CALIBRE_NO_NATIVE_FILEDIALOGS

does the file dialog look different?

indigene · 06-02-2015, 10:35 AM

I have only launched Calibre from the terminal as

Quote:

$ CALIBRE_NO_NATIVE_FILEDIALOGS=1 calibre

And after launch Calibre hangs after i select OK in the file dialog while selecting an ebook to add.

kovidgoyal · 06-02-2015, 11:02 AM

Yes, but does the file dialog you see look different with and without that setting?

indigene · 06-02-2015, 11:41 AM

Yes, they are different. Essentially the left panel and the file filter are different.

The file dialog from the launching-from-GUI looked more like the elaborate layout a la Dolphin, while the launching-with-CALIBRE_NO_NATIVE_FILEDIALOGS is far simpler.

kovidgoyal · 06-02-2015, 11:57 AM

Hmm, in that case I am out of ideas, the only thing suspicous in the debug log is output from KDE's KIO subsytem, which should not be getting involved at all, when using the NON_NATIVE file dialog.

You can always workaround it by adding book susing the command line

calibredb add "path_to_book_file"

indigene · 06-02-2015, 11:14 PM

Silly of me perhaps! As I mentioned I was using this to launch

Quote:

$ CALIBRE_NO_NATIVE_FILEDIALOGS=1 calibre

I changed it to

Quote:

$ calibre CALIBRE_NO_NATIVE_FILEDIALOGS=1

and now file dialog is same as that when I launch calibre from the GUI.

So do I see some hope here, Kovid?

kovidgoyal · 06-02-2015, 11:28 PM

No, the first way is correct. The file dialog is supposed to be different.

06-02-2015, 03:52 AM	#1
indigene Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Various	Can't add books! This just happened suddenly, I am not able to add books. Calibre just hangs everytime I try to add a book. Have to terminate the process and restart Caibre. Have tried with all formats, obviously it has nothing to do with format. I'm on 2.29 on a Kubuntu 15.04.

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06-02-2015, 03:59 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Run it in debug mode calibre-debug -g

06-02-2015, 04:09 AM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,725 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	First thing I'd do is backup the library as it is now, to another device or the cloud. Did you check the drive - is it full, do the h/w manufacturer diagnostics report any problems? Try this - copy the library in its entirety to another drive, and use that instance of the library - what happens when you do an Add? If you still have problems I suspect the database is corrupt - try dong a Library Maintenance->Restore database.. If you can add then its probably the other drive. Maybe the the Ext directory tables are corrupt, I assume Kubuntu has fdsk try running it to see if there any errors. BR

06-02-2015, 05:18 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	That looks like the KDE file dialog is hanging, try setting the CALIBRE_NO_NATIVE_FILEDIALOGS=1 environment variable

06-02-2015, 09:05 AM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	At what point exactly in the process is it hanging? When you press OK in the file dialog?

06-02-2015, 09:38 AM	#8
indigene Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Various	Yes, when I press OK in the file dialog.

06-02-2015, 09:44 AM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	And when you use CALIBRE_NO_NATIVE_FILEDIALOGS does the file dialog look different?

06-02-2015, 11:02 AM	#11
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Yes, but does the file dialog you see look different with and without that setting?

06-02-2015, 11:41 AM	#12
indigene Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Various	Yes, they are different. Essentially the left panel and the file filter are different. The file dialog from the launching-from-GUI looked more like the elaborate layout a la Dolphin, while the launching-with-CALIBRE_NO_NATIVE_FILEDIALOGS is far simpler.

06-02-2015, 11:57 AM	#13
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Hmm, in that case I am out of ideas, the only thing suspicous in the debug log is output from KDE's KIO subsytem, which should not be getting involved at all, when using the NON_NATIVE file dialog. You can always workaround it by adding book susing the command line calibredb add "path_to_book_file"

06-02-2015, 11:28 PM	#15
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No, the first way is correct. The file dialog is supposed to be different.

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