Problem converting ODT to LRF

[jfalter0]

Greetings.

I am trying to convert an ODT file to LRF using calibre 0.4.124. I have tried this on both Windows XP and Fedora 10 Linux. I have one file that I can convert with no problem. A second file, however, gives me the following error output:

isinstance() arg 2 must be a class, type, or tuple of classes and types

Detailed traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py", line 144, in dispatch
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 1068, in book_converted
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 1335, in job_exception
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/parallel.py", line 618, in gui_text

TypeError: isinstance() arg 2 must be a class, type, or tuple of classes and types

I am assuming I have something in my source file that the underlying software doesn't like, but there doesn't seem to be enough information for me to figure what the problem is. Any clue about the possible cause?

Thanks in advance.

[kovidgoyal]

There's a regression in the error reporting code of 0.4.124

To get a proper error message, try converting it from the command line with

any2lrf filename.odt

[jfalter0]

Here's the output:

[~/Documents/My Library/Jeff Falter/Sermon on Matthew 2.1-12] $ any2lrf "Sermon on Matthew 2.1-12 - Jeff Falter.odt"
Extracting ODT file...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/init.py", line 45, in <module>
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/any/convert_from.py", line 196, in main
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/any/convert_from.py", line 165, in process_file
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/any/convert_from.py", line 106, in odt2lrf
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/odt/to_oeb.py", line 35, in __call__
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 1239, in odf2xhtml
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 1247, in xhtml
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 1232, in parseodf
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 107, in parse
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xml/sax/xmlreader.py", line 123, in parse
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 207, in feed
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 338, in start_element_ns
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 473, in startElementNS
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 463, in handle_starttag
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 735, in s_style_handle_properties
KeyError: None
/usr/bin/any2lrf: line 7: 9862 Segmentation fault $loader "$@"

That doesn't seem to help me any. Can you suggest what this might mean? Thanks.

[kovidgoyal]

It means that odfpy, the library calibre uses to convert ODF documents to XHTML cannot handle this particular document. I suggest opening a ticket and attaching the file to it.

[jfalter0]

Thanks for your help. I have opened Ticket #1543 and attached the problem file.

I appreciate how responsive you are to users of your software. Thanks a bunch.