M92 problem with file names

axiomize · 10-23-2014, 08:08 AM

I have a rather surprising problem with my M92 (firmware 1.8 20131204)

I have a djvu file named something like "Author; Year; Title.djvu" (without the quotes, and the specific filename is not really important, I think.)

I had no problem opening it at first. But since some day, I have no idea what happened, I cannot open it anymore: selecting it makes just the "please wait" wheel spinning.

The strange thing is, if I rename even only one letter (eg. "author; Year; Title.djvu", I can open it again.

What should I do? (my library follows a rather strict naming scheme, so I don't really want to change the title.)

Thanks,

Martin

eb00ker · 10-23-2014, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by axiomize

I have a rather surprising problem with my M92 (firmware 1.8 20131204)

I have a djvu file named something like "Author; Year; Title.djvu" (without the quotes, and the specific filename is not really important, I think.)

I had no problem opening it at first. But since some day, I have no idea what happened, I cannot open it anymore: selecting it makes just the "please wait" wheel spinning.

The strange thing is, if I rename even only one letter (eg. "author; Year; Title.djvu", I can open it again.

What should I do? (my library follows a rather strict naming scheme, so I don't really want to change the title.)

Thanks,

Martin

hi Martin, maybe it has some problems with the 'special characters' ??

axiomize · 10-23-2014, 04:59 PM

No, that doesn't seem to be the case. As I wrote, renaming it to something like "author; Year; Title.djvu" works. I think that at some point the software hit a bug (or battery was low or something like this), and the reader software cannot deal with some damaged information about the original title. Therefore, I deleted the .onyx directory in the corresponding directory, but this didn't help. Is there any other place where some information on opened files is stored. Should I try "factory reset"?

Randy11 · 10-27-2014, 08:21 AM

Hi,
"Factory reset" : I don't think so. I suppose that there are somewhere an other folder where the data are stored.
What's happen if you use a name without space like this "Author_Year_Title.djvu" ?

axiomize · 10-27-2014, 02:00 PM

As far as I can see, any other file name will do. (As I wrote, it's even enough to change the first letter from "A" to "a"...)

rkomar · 10-27-2014, 05:36 PM

Personally, I wouldn't use any semicolons in the name. If the ebook persistent data is being stored in a database, it's possible that the semicolon could screw up the command in some cases where the input isn't sanitized. Kind of like the famous XKCD comic where someone named their son "Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--" and deleted the school's database. http://xkcd.com/327/. Maybe it's not the problem you're seeing now, but better safe than sorry.

10-23-2014, 08:08 AM	#1
axiomize Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: onyx m92	M92 problem with file names I have a rather surprising problem with my M92 (firmware 1.8 20131204) I have a djvu file named something like "Author; Year; Title.djvu" (without the quotes, and the specific filename is not really important, I think.) I had no problem opening it at first. But since some day, I have no idea what happened, I cannot open it anymore: selecting it makes just the "please wait" wheel spinning. The strange thing is, if I rename even only one letter (eg. "author; Year; Title.djvu", I can open it again. What should I do? (my library follows a rather strict naming scheme, so I don't really want to change the title.) Thanks, Martin

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10-23-2014, 04:59 PM	#3
axiomize Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: onyx m92	No, that doesn't seem to be the case. As I wrote, renaming it to something like "author; Year; Title.djvu" works. I think that at some point the software hit a bug (or battery was low or something like this), and the reader software cannot deal with some damaged information about the original title. Therefore, I deleted the .onyx directory in the corresponding directory, but this didn't help. Is there any other place where some information on opened files is stored. Should I try "factory reset"?

10-27-2014, 08:21 AM	#4
Randy11 Wizard Posts: 1,138 Karma: 1577094 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Samsung EB60, Onyx M92, Onyx Max2	Hi, "Factory reset" : I don't think so. I suppose that there are somewhere an other folder where the data are stored. What's happen if you use a name without space like this "Author_Year_Title.djvu" ?

10-27-2014, 02:00 PM	#5
axiomize Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: onyx m92	As far as I can see, any other file name will do. (As I wrote, it's even enough to change the first letter from "A" to "a"...)

10-27-2014, 05:36 PM	#6
rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,040 Karma: 18821071 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	Personally, I wouldn't use any semicolons in the name. If the ebook persistent data is being stored in a database, it's possible that the semicolon could screw up the command in some cases where the input isn't sanitized. Kind of like the famous XKCD comic where someone named their son "Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--" and deleted the school's database. http://xkcd.com/327/. Maybe it's not the problem you're seeing now, but better safe than sorry.

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