Problems with adding of new ebooks

parsival · 10-09-2017, 12:43 PM

Used programs:
Calibre 3.5.8 (64bit, Linux)
OS Debian 9, KDE5
(all dependencies as described on the webside were satisfied)

I have problems with adding new ebooks.
As soon as I have chosen an ebook the programm stops an dies.
Nothing happens any more. No error code is shown on the display
and in the system log files no errors are listed. I can`t exit or minimize the program.
When I am importing an older database the same thing happens.

What`s going wrong?
I switched back to a version of the Debian 9 repository (calibre 2.75.1). This version
is working.

Best regards
parsival

gbm · 10-09-2017, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by parsival

Used programs:
Calibre 3.5.8 (64bit, Linux)
OS Debian 9, KDE5
(all dependencies as described on the webside were satisfied)

I have problems with adding new ebooks.
As soon as I have chosen an ebook the programm stops an dies.
Nothing happens any more. No error code is shown on the display
and in the system log files no errors are listed. I can`t exit or minimize the program.
When I am importing an older database the same thing happens.

What`s going wrong?
I switched back to a version of the Debian 9 repository (calibre 2.75.1). This version
is working.

Best regards
parsival

Quote:

The latest release of calibre is 3.9.0. What's new.
Please do not use your distribution provided calibre package, as those are often buggy/outdated. Instead use the Binary install described below.

Do not use the repository version, uninstall all repository versions of calibe then go to https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux.

bernie

parsival · 10-13-2017, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbm

Do not use the repository version, uninstall all repository versions of calibe then go to https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux.

bernie

I installed calibre 3.9 as you recommended but the results are the same as described
earlier in the thread.
On a loaned Debian 8 (32bit) PC I installed calibre 3.9; there it works.
What is missing on my PC?

Regards parsival

gbm · 10-13-2017, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by parsival

I installed calibre 3.9 as you recommended but the results are the same as described
earlier in the thread.
On a loaned Debian 8 (32bit) PC I installed calibre 3.9; there it works.
What is missing on my PC?

Regards parsival

On the pc that does not work. open calibre, create a new empty library, then try adding books to it, this works see step 2.
Check the properties of your calibre library and make sure calibre has permission to read and write to it, if this does not work see step 3.
Open a terminal and run calibre in debug mode try to add a book then post the result here.

Should look like this if it works correctly.

Spoiler:

bernie

parsival · 10-17-2017, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbm

On the pc that does not work. open calibre, create a new empty library, then try adding books to it, this works see step 2.
Check the properties of your calibre library and make sure calibre has permission to read and write to it, if this does not work see step 3.
Open a terminal and run calibre in debug mode try to add a book then post the result here.

Should look like this if it works correctly.

Spoiler:

bernie

To item 1: I got the same results as described earlier
To item 2: The permissions of the database-directory are ok.
I stored my ebooks on a ntfs partition which is mounted with autofs.
The permissions were uid=0,umask=000; I changed this to uid=0,
gid=46,umask=007. The results are known
To item 3: I started calibre in debug mode and surprise, surprise the adding of ebooks
worked. B U T the next time I started calibre normaly I had my wellknown
problems.
Debug output:

calibre 3.9 embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Linux-4.9.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-9.2 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '4.9.0-4-amd64', '#1 SMP Debian 4.9.51-1 (2017-09-28)')
Python 2.7.12
Linux: ('debian', '9.2', '')
Interface language: de
Not controlling automatic hidpi scaling
devicePixelRatio: 1.0
logicalDpi: 96.3318518519 x 96.0945812808
physicalDpi: 85.5578947368 x 85.5578947368
Using calibre Qt style: True
Starting up...
Started up in 1.75 seconds with 84 books
['kdialog', '--title', 'B\xc3\xbccher ausw\xc3\xa4hlen', '--attach', '100663310', '--multiple', '--separate-output', '--getopenfilename', '/home/parsival/Schreibtisch/laufwerk3/ArchivIII/ebooks/dan_brown', 'B\xc3\xbccher (*.lrf *.rar *.zip *.rtf *.lit *.txt *.txtz *.text *.htm *.xhtm *.html *.htmlz *.xhtml *.pdf *.pdb *.updb *.pdr *.prc *.mobi *.azw *.doc *.epub *.fb2 *.djv *.djvu *.lrx *.cbr *.cbz *.cbc *.oebzip *.rb *.imp *.odt *.chm *.tpz *.azw1 *.pml *.pmlz *.mbp *.tan *.snb *.xps *.oxps *.azw4 *.book *.zbf *.pobi *.docx *.docm *.md *.textile *.markdown *.ibook *.ibooks *.iba *.azw3 *.ps *.kepub *.kfx)\nEPUB-B\xc3\xbccher (*.epub *.kepub)\nKindle-B\xc3\xbccher (*.mobi *.prc *.azw *.azw3 *.kfx *.tpz *.azw1 *.azw4)\nPDF-B\xc3\xbccher (*.pdf *.azw4)\nHTML-B\xc3\xbccher (*.htm *.html *.xhtm *.xhtml)\nLIT-B\xc3\xbccher (*.lit)\nText-B\xc3\xbccher (*.txt *.text *.rtf *.md *.markdown *.textile *.txtz)\nComics (*.cbz *.cbr *.cbc)\nArchive (*.zip *.rar)\nTextverarbeitungsdateien (*.odt *.doc *.docx)\nAlle Dateien (*)']
Added PR 2929 – Welt der Pilze to db in: 2.3
Added 1 books in 2.8 seconds

parsival

kovidgoyal · 10-17-2017, 11:48 PM

Run

calibre in a terminal and try adding books. See if you get any output.

parsival · 10-21-2017, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Run

calibre in a terminal and try adding books. See if you get any output.

I launched calibre with following command:
~$ calibre /home/parsival/Schreibtisch/laufwerk3/ArchivIII/ebooks/dan_brown/Illuminati.epub

The output was:
QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 938, resource id: 62925430, major code: 40 (TranslateCoords), minor code: 0

I tested adding of ebooks with these partitions: ext3, ext4, vfat and ntfs.
The mounting was done manually and via "autofs".
The problems occurred only with vfat and ntfs.

Best regards parsival

kovidgoyal · 10-21-2017, 03:44 AM

Dont put your calibre library on vfat or ntfs partitions.

parsival · 10-24-2017, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Dont put your calibre library on vfat or ntfs partitions.

My home directory is on a ext4 partition. The calibre database or library is located there.
The ntfs partition is a mass storage for my pictures, ebooks and music-files.

Now I played with the command lines to find out whether they give me the possibility
to add my ebooks from the ntfs partition to the calibre database.

I searched in the KDE-menue entery the exec command and found the following:
calibre --detach %F. This command line isn't working. I don't need a --detach option
in a menue, because I have no terminal to detach. This time calibre is working without
any problems. I changed the menue entry in following file:

~/.local/share/applications/calibre-gui.desktop

I deleted --detach in this file.

Now my question: Why this time it's working (without the detach option) and why it
isn't working with --detach?

Perhaps the future calibre versions are working as well as this I changed the
calibre-gui.desktop.

parsival

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10-09-2017, 12:43 PM	#1
parsival Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2017 Device: Sony PRS T2	Problems with adding of new ebooks Used programs: Calibre 3.5.8 (64bit, Linux) OS Debian 9, KDE5 (all dependencies as described on the webside were satisfied) I have problems with adding new ebooks. As soon as I have chosen an ebook the programm stops an dies. Nothing happens any more. No error code is shown on the display and in the system log files no errors are listed. I can`t exit or minimize the program. When I am importing an older database the same thing happens. What`s going wrong? I switched back to a version of the Debian 9 repository (calibre 2.75.1). This version is working. Best regards parsival

10-17-2017, 11:48 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Run calibre in a terminal and try adding books. See if you get any output.

10-21-2017, 03:44 AM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Dont put your calibre library on vfat or ntfs partitions.

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