Calibre crashes on attempting to connect to Kindle

chsims1 · 07-12-2015, 04:45 AM

Hi,

recently Calibre has started to crash when I connect my Kindle. I am using Archlinux, and the output on running as 'calibre-debug -g' is:

Code:

calibre-debug -g
calibre 2.31  isfrozen: False is64bit: True
Linux-4.0.7-2-ARCH-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5 Linux ('64bit', '')
('Linux', '4.0.7-2-ARCH', '#1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 30 07:50:21 UTC 2015')
Python 2.7.10
Linux: ('', '', '')
Starting up...
Started up in 1.42 seconds with 489 books

Found device nodes: /dev/sdd1 None None
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

The kindle is being recognised by my OS, and indeed I can mount the Kindle manually. What I don't understand is the device node "None None" bit .... presumably this is what is causing the crash.

Regards,

Ian Sutherland

kovidgoyal · 07-13-2015, 06:33 AM

None None just means no mount points were found for card a and card b, which is normal since the kindle has no cards. I suggest you uninstall the Arch distro version and install the official calibre binary from http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux

Distro's calibre packages are often broken by the package maintainers, so I dont provide support for them.

chsims1 · 07-13-2015, 07:35 AM

Solved thank you in a rather strange manner. I noticed in the systemd journal that the core was dumped directly after a complaint about an AMD Catalyst library. I changed from an AMD to Nvidia card fairly recently, and I had managed to leave a couple of Catalyst packages on the system. Removal of these sorted my problem.

BTW, just to defend ArchLinux, the package maintainers usually do a conscientious job keeping up to date etc. I rarely find anything broken. However, I understand your reasons for prefering people to use the official binary. Thanks for replying, and keep up the good work.

kovidgoyal · 07-13-2015, 11:24 AM

Glad you sorted it out

eschwartz · 07-20-2015, 09:26 PM

As a matter of fact, I have an outstanding bug report against the calibre package.

The Arch developers are fairly conscientious... except when they think they are right.

They haven't broken simple things like mounting devices, but they have broken conversions and the content server (when using a password).

calibre uses internal, patched copies of cherrypy and chardet, and a forked and heavily modified copy of html5lib. System libs rule, apparently.

So for entirely different reasons, you should still use Kovid's binaries.

This might be helpful too: Sticky: Fully automatic calibre installer/updater for linux
(It is on the AUR as well.)

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07-12-2015, 04:45 AM	#1
chsims1 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Kindle	Calibre crashes on attempting to connect to Kindle Hi, recently Calibre has started to crash when I connect my Kindle. I am using Archlinux, and the output on running as 'calibre-debug -g' is: Code: calibre-debug -g calibre 2.31 isfrozen: False is64bit: True Linux-4.0.7-2-ARCH-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5 Linux ('64bit', '') ('Linux', '4.0.7-2-ARCH', '#1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 30 07:50:21 UTC 2015') Python 2.7.10 Linux: ('', '', '') Starting up... Started up in 1.42 seconds with 489 books Found device nodes: /dev/sdd1 None None Segmentation fault (core dumped) The kindle is being recognised by my OS, and indeed I can mount the Kindle manually. What I don't understand is the device node "None None" bit .... presumably this is what is causing the crash. Regards, Ian Sutherland

07-13-2015, 06:33 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,216 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	None None just means no mount points were found for card a and card b, which is normal since the kindle has no cards. I suggest you uninstall the Arch distro version and install the official calibre binary from http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux Distro's calibre packages are often broken by the package maintainers, so I dont provide support for them.

07-13-2015, 07:35 AM	#3
chsims1 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Kindle	Solved thank you in a rather strange manner. I noticed in the systemd journal that the core was dumped directly after a complaint about an AMD Catalyst library. I changed from an AMD to Nvidia card fairly recently, and I had managed to leave a couple of Catalyst packages on the system. Removal of these sorted my problem. BTW, just to defend ArchLinux, the package maintainers usually do a conscientious job keeping up to date etc. I rarely find anything broken. However, I understand your reasons for prefering people to use the official binary. Thanks for replying, and keep up the good work.

07-13-2015, 11:24 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,216 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Glad you sorted it out

07-20-2015, 09:26 PM	#5
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	As a matter of fact, I have an outstanding bug report against the calibre package. The Arch developers are fairly conscientious... except when they think they are right. They haven't broken simple things like mounting devices, but they have broken conversions and the content server (when using a password). calibre uses internal, patched copies of cherrypy and chardet, and a forked and heavily modified copy of html5lib. System libs rule, apparently. So for entirely different reasons, you should still use Kovid's binaries. This might be helpful too: Sticky: Fully automatic calibre installer/updater for linux (It is on the AUR as well.)

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