Metadata is garbled?

thesun · 07-04-2015, 12:07 AM

I had Calibre installed fine on Ubuntu until several updates (of Calibre) ago, when it began garbling any metadata I was trying to enter. For instance, my name, "John Doe" would be "2Xror 3Frol" (making that up, but totally wrong.)

The backspace key won't work. It just seems totally messed up. Anyone else notice this or know what's wrong? I just updated again and it's still happening...grrr. Need to convert, help me.

I'm running it on VNC...could that be a factor?

thesun · 07-04-2015, 12:32 AM

Turns out it WAS VNC that was causing this...I didn't have the error when I ran it via an SSH tunnel.

But what changed and why isn't it working on VNC? I do so much over VNC this is a huge problem...and it worked perfectly before. Anyone know what I can do to fix this? Or if it's a Calibre issue, can the correct keyboard be detected...pretty please? :-)

kovidgoyal · 07-04-2015, 04:07 AM

Find a vnc server/client that is compatible with Qt 5, to which calibre upgraded a little while ago, from Qt 4.

thesun · 07-04-2015, 02:02 PM

Which VNCs use QT5? I'm using the standard vnc in an updated Ubuntu...it should be pretty bleeding edge. (Might not be, just I'm keeping the system updated.)

Any suggestions for what to use instead?

Thank you!

kovidgoyal · 07-04-2015, 02:20 PM

I use tigervnc. Never had problems with it connecting to linuc, os x and even windows hosts.

theducks · 07-04-2015, 02:39 PM

Real VNC or Tight VNC clients work for me

eschwartz · 07-05-2015, 02:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thesun

Which VNCs use QT5? I'm using the standard vnc in an updated Ubuntu...it should be pretty bleeding edge. (Might not be, just I'm keeping the system updated.)

Any suggestions for what to use instead?

Thank you!

Bleeding edge is a design philosophy (one which runs counter to the Ubuntu philosophy of providing a stable and well-tested OS), not a measure of when the last time you did a repo update. You want bleeding edge, install ArchLinux or Gentoo.

07-04-2015, 12:07 AM	#1
thesun Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2015 Device: none	Metadata is garbled? I had Calibre installed fine on Ubuntu until several updates (of Calibre) ago, when it began garbling any metadata I was trying to enter. For instance, my name, "John Doe" would be "2Xror 3Frol" (making that up, but totally wrong.) The backspace key won't work. It just seems totally messed up. Anyone else notice this or know what's wrong? I just updated again and it's still happening...grrr. Need to convert, help me. I'm running it on VNC...could that be a factor?

07-04-2015, 12:32 AM	#2
thesun Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2015 Device: none	It's VNC... Turns out it WAS VNC that was causing this...I didn't have the error when I ran it via an SSH tunnel. But what changed and why isn't it working on VNC? I do so much over VNC this is a huge problem...and it worked perfectly before. Anyone know what I can do to fix this? Or if it's a Calibre issue, can the correct keyboard be detected...pretty please? :-)

07-04-2015, 02:02 PM	#4
thesun Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2015 Device: none	Any suggestions? Which VNCs use QT5? I'm using the standard vnc in an updated Ubuntu...it should be pretty bleeding edge. (Might not be, just I'm keeping the system updated.) Any suggestions for what to use instead? Thank you!

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07-04-2015, 04:07 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,353 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Find a vnc server/client that is compatible with Qt 5, to which calibre upgraded a little while ago, from Qt 4.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,353 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I use tigervnc. Never had problems with it connecting to linuc, os x and even windows hosts.

07-04-2015, 02:39 PM	#6
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,057 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Real VNC or Tight VNC clients work for me

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