Disaster

HawaiianLungs · 09-11-2009, 10:08 PM

I was using calibre 6.11 fine without problems. I innocently downloaded 6.12, what a disaster.
Nothing works.
The author and title have the text of the file. Huge.
The library says I have 2 books, but none are listed.

kovidgoyal · 09-11-2009, 10:12 PM

You're going to have to provide more details if you want help. Like what operating system you're on. What exactly led up to the metadata having the file's contents, etc.

HawaiianLungs · 09-11-2009, 10:16 PM

Fast. Thanks

I am using Windows XP pro with all patches.

version 6.112 was fine.

I just installed 6.12 and everything fell apart.
In the past, an update worked fine.
I have not changed anything.

HawaiianLungs · 09-11-2009, 10:20 PM

I will check back in about 8 hours.

Maybe I should just use version 6.11.
Do you or someone have a copy of it.

kovidgoyal · 09-11-2009, 10:20 PM

Need more details than that. What doesn't work exactly and what steps need to be taken to reproduce the bug?

HawaiianLungs · 09-11-2009, 10:23 PM

I just tried to add a book. It took a long time to add. My Library said I had 1 book, but none were listed.

I tried to add again, and it said duplicates were found and if I wanted to add anyway.
I said yes and two books were listed with the metadata all mixed up.

So many problems. Metadata mixed up and files not listed.

HawaiianLungs · 09-11-2009, 10:24 PM

Sorry. I do not know what you need.
The above steps always occur.

kovidgoyal · 09-11-2009, 10:37 PM

What formats were these books in?

HawaiianLungs · 09-11-2009, 10:38 PM

The format was .txt

HawaiianLungs · 09-11-2009, 10:49 PM

I went to advanced preferences. I tried to look at the database.

I got this error.

ERROR: Error: Failed to check database integrity

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\dialogs\config\__init__.pyo", line 751, in run
File "calibre\library\database2.pyo", line 1698, in check_integrity
File "calibre\library\database2.pyo", line 389, in fget
File "calibre\library\sqlite.pyo", line 161, in run
DatabaseException: Connection closed
Remote

HawaiianLungs · 09-11-2009, 11:00 PM

I just looked at calibre 6.12.

it said the Library had 1 book, but none were listed.

emellaich · 09-12-2009, 04:01 AM

Do you know where on your disk Calibre keeps your books? If you don't, go to preferences and at the top of general preferences should be your path to your books.

Now, go to that folder using windows explorer -- you can use the windows key and "E" to open windows explorer (not Internet Explorer, windows explorer).

Are all of your books still in that directory? You should find one folder per author and underneath each author should be all of the books by that author. Are all of your books still there even though they aren't showing in Calibre?

HawaiianLungs · 09-12-2009, 06:04 AM

I am not sure. I have converted one book at a time and placed the converted files into a separate folder.

I do not have a folder with all titles'

I am happy to start all over, but I re-downloaded version 6.12 and actually uninstalled 6.11 but same problem.

All updates worked fine before. Something must have changed.

I need version 6.11 so I can do some work.

ilovejedd · 09-12-2009, 11:19 AM

It seems to me you can just use the command-line conversion utility instead of having to go through the Calibre GUI.

09-11-2009, 10:08 PM	#1
HawaiianLungs Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hawaii Device: Dell x51v, SONY eReader 505, Lenovo T61	Disaster I was using calibre 6.11 fine without problems. I innocently downloaded 6.12, what a disaster. Nothing works. The author and title have the text of the file. Huge. The library says I have 2 books, but none are listed.

09-11-2009, 10:16 PM	#3
HawaiianLungs Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hawaii Device: Dell x51v, SONY eReader 505, Lenovo T61	Reply Fast. Thanks I am using Windows XP pro with all patches. version 6.112 was fine. I just installed 6.12 and everything fell apart. In the past, an update worked fine. I have not changed anything.

09-11-2009, 10:49 PM	#10
HawaiianLungs Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hawaii Device: Dell x51v, SONY eReader 505, Lenovo T61	Reply I went to advanced preferences. I tried to look at the database. I got this error. ERROR: Error: Failed to check database integrity Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\gui2\dialogs\config\__init__.pyo", line 751, in run File "calibre\library\database2.pyo", line 1698, in check_integrity File "calibre\library\database2.pyo", line 389, in fget File "calibre\library\sqlite.pyo", line 161, in run DatabaseException: Connection closed Remote

09-12-2009, 06:04 AM	#13
HawaiianLungs Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hawaii Device: Dell x51v, SONY eReader 505, Lenovo T61	Reply I am not sure. I have converted one book at a time and placed the converted files into a separate folder. I do not have a folder with all titles' I am happy to start all over, but I re-downloaded version 6.12 and actually uninstalled 6.11 but same problem. All updates worked fine before. Something must have changed. I need version 6.11 so I can do some work.

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09-11-2009, 10:12 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You're going to have to provide more details if you want help. Like what operating system you're on. What exactly led up to the metadata having the file's contents, etc.

09-11-2009, 10:20 PM	#4
HawaiianLungs Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hawaii Device: Dell x51v, SONY eReader 505, Lenovo T61	I will check back in about 8 hours. Maybe I should just use version 6.11. Do you or someone have a copy of it.

09-11-2009, 10:23 PM	#6
HawaiianLungs Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hawaii Device: Dell x51v, SONY eReader 505, Lenovo T61	I just tried to add a book. It took a long time to add. My Library said I had 1 book, but none were listed. I tried to add again, and it said duplicates were found and if I wanted to add anyway. I said yes and two books were listed with the metadata all mixed up. So many problems. Metadata mixed up and files not listed.

09-11-2009, 10:24 PM	#7
HawaiianLungs Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hawaii Device: Dell x51v, SONY eReader 505, Lenovo T61	Sorry. I do not know what you need. The above steps always occur.

09-11-2009, 10:37 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	What formats were these books in?

09-11-2009, 10:38 PM	#9
HawaiianLungs Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hawaii Device: Dell x51v, SONY eReader 505, Lenovo T61	The format was .txt

09-11-2009, 11:00 PM	#11
HawaiianLungs Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hawaii Device: Dell x51v, SONY eReader 505, Lenovo T61	I just looked at calibre 6.12. it said the Library had 1 book, but none were listed.

09-12-2009, 04:01 AM	#12
emellaich Wizard Posts: 1,101 Karma: 4388403 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Palm>Ebookman>IPaq>Axim>Cybook>Kndl2>IPAD>Kndl3SO>Voyager>Oasis	Do you know where on your disk Calibre keeps your books? If you don't, go to preferences and at the top of general preferences should be your path to your books. Now, go to that folder using windows explorer -- you can use the windows key and "E" to open windows explorer (not Internet Explorer, windows explorer). Are all of your books still in that directory? You should find one folder per author and underneath each author should be all of the books by that author. Are all of your books still there even though they aren't showing in Calibre?

09-12-2009, 11:19 AM	#14
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	It seems to me you can just use the command-line conversion utility instead of having to go through the Calibre GUI.

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