Trying to open KoboTouch ... failed

[maehsi]

Hi everyone,

I have recently switched my OS to GhostBSD but now I'm failing to connect Calibre to my device. I have read and applied everything listed in this sticky https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=118560
until the last point, which I am attempting now.

My device is a Kobo Aura HD with latest firmware (I guess that alone may be the problem, as Calibre is not the very latest version).
Any details on my computer should be in the debug info below.

calibre 7.19  embedded-python: False
FreeBSD-14.1-STABLE-amd64-64bit-ELF FreeBSD ('64bit', 'ELF')
('FreeBSD', '14.1-STABLE', 'FreeBSD 14.1-STABLE n230738-5b377a3a8de GENERIC')
Python 3.11.10
Interface language: de
EXE path: /usr/local/bin/python3.11
USB devices on system:
[['0x7392',
  '0xc611',
  '0x200',
  'Realtek',
  'Edimax Bluetooth Adapter',
  '00E04C239987'],
 ['0x782', '0x1b', '0x0', '-', 'GameBall', None],
 ['0x45e', '0x761', '0x100', 'Microsoft', 'Microsoft LifeCam VX-2000', None],
 ['0xbda', '0x184', '0x8413', 'Generic', 'USB2.0-CRW', '20100818841300000'],
 ['0x1235', '0x8016', '0x1ec', 'Focusrite', 'Scarlett 2i2 USB', None],
 ['0x2237', '0x4193', '0x110', 'Kobo', 'eReader-4.38.23038', 'N204B3A412997']]

No disabled plugins
Looking for devices of type: MTP_DEVICE
No MTP devices connected to system
 
Looking for devices of type: SMART_DEVICE_APP
All IP addresses {'em0': [{'addr': '192.168.178.23', 'netmask': '255.255.255.0', 'broadcast': '192.168.178.255'}], 'lo0': [{'addr': '127.0.0.1', 'netmask': '255.0.0.0'}]}
No device is connected
 
Looking for devices...
USBDevice(busnum=1, devnum=2, vendor_id=0x2237, product_id=0x4193, bcd=0x0110, manufacturer=Kobo, product=eReader-4.38.23038, serial=N204B3A412997)
		Detected possible device KOBOTOUCH
 
Devices possibly connected: KoboTouch,  
Trying to open KoboTouch ... failed
Opening of the following devices failed
Driver:KoboTouch, Options - format_map: ['kepub', 'epub', 'pdf', 'txt', 'cbz', 'cbr'], use_subdirs: True, read_metadata: True, use_author_sort: False, save_template: {author_sort}/{title} - {authors}, extra_customization: [], manage_collections: True, use_collections_columns: True, collections_columns: , use_collections_template: False, collections_template: , create_collections: False, delete_empty_collections: False, ignore_collections_names: , upload_covers: False, dithered_covers: False, keep_cover_aspect: False, upload_grayscale: False, letterbox_fs_covers: False, letterbox_fs_covers_color: #000000, png_covers: False, show_archived_books: False, show_previews: False, show_recommendations: False, update_series: True, force_series_id: False, update_core_metadata: False, update_purchased_kepubs: False, update_device_metadata: True, update_subtitle: False, subtitle_template: None, update_bookstats: False, bookstats_wordcount_template: None, bookstats_pagecount_template: None, bookstats_timetoread_upper_template: None, bookstats_timetoread_lower_template: None, modify_css: False, override_kobo_replace_existing: True, support_newer_firmware: False, debugging_title: , driver_version: 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/__init__.py", line 166, in debug
    dev.open(det, None)
  File "/usr/local/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py", line 720, in open
    self.open_freebsd()
  File "/usr/local/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py", line 674, in open_freebsd
    vols = hal.get_volumes(d)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/usbms/hal.py", line 48, in get_volumes
    paths = self.call(manager, 'FindDeviceStringMatch', 'ss', 'usb.serial', d.serial)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/usbms/hal.py", line 25, in call
    return self.send(new_method_call(addr, method, sig, args))
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/usbms/hal.py", line 20, in send
    raise DBusErrorResponse(reply)
jeepney.wrappers.DBusErrorResponse: [org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown] ('The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files',)

Thank you and best regards
maehsi

[maehsi]

If anyone ever ends up searching and reading this, I reported the same problem as a Calibre bug and there is currently no solution. Calibre support for BSDs is not official and until now nobody had the time to take care of this specific issue.

More info here https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/2086726