Calibre will not open...kinda

[gapeach12]

Please help!
Calibre worked great until my internet service was updated with AT&T fiber (this included a new modem...BGW320-505).

Now, when I click the Calibre icon, it gives the initial "starting up please wait", but then nothing. The icon shows in the bottom taskbar. Hovering will show a small preview window attached to the icon with either a black or white background (with nothing else in it).

The first time this happened I got 2 error messages:


0050] A socket operation encountered a dead network

calibre, version 7.2.0
ERROR: Problem starting the wireless device: The wireless device driver had problems starting. It said "creation of listen socket failed"

I tried to access my content server with port 8080 and that works fine from my main computer. So I can access my library and add new content that way, but I cannot access my library through my reader.

I think that the issue is the port was changed since the ATT upgrade/modem. I don't know why calibre will not open at all though. Because Calibre isn't opening, I am not able to change the port settings.

I have scoured through this forum and others looking for a solution and I'm at a loss.

I have uninstalled/reinstalled. I have tried safe mode. I have deleted certain files and restarted repeatedly. At this point, I feel my actions are edging on insanity.

I am posting my debug log below:

Spoiler:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>calibre-debug -g
calibre 7.2 embedded-python: True
Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.19045')
Python 3.11.5
Windows: ('10', '10.0.19045', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
Failed to initialize plugin: 'C:\\Users\\uniqu\\AppData\\Roaming\\calibre\\plug ins\\Barnes & Noble.zip'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 777, in initialize_plugins
File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 64, in load_plugin
File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 307, in load
File "importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1204, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 206, in exec_module
File "calibre_plugins.barnes_noble.__init__", line 11, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name 'quote' from 'urllib' (C:\Program Files\Calibre2\app\bin\python-lib.bypy.frozen\urllib\__init__.pyc)
Failed to initialize plugin: 'C:\\Users\\uniqu\\AppData\\Roaming\\calibre\\plug ins\\TTS Ebook Viewer.zip'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 777, in initialize_plugins
File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 64, in load_plugin
File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 307, in load
File "importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1204, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 206, in exec_module
File "calibre_plugins.tts_ebook_viewer.__init__", line 11, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name 'ViewerPlugin' from 'calibre.customize' (C:\Program Files\Calibre2\app\bin\python-lib.bypy.frozen\calibre\customize\__init__.pyc)
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM (7, 2, 1) && Count Pages (1, 13, 4) && Fantastic Fiction (1, 6, 4) && Find Duplicates (1, 10, 8) && Goodreads (1, 7, 9) && Goodreads Sync (1, 16, 3) && Modify ePub (1, 8, 2) && Obok DeDRM (7, 2, 1) && Quality Check (1, 13, 6) && Reading List (1, 15, 1)
QPA platform: windows
devicePixelRatio: 1.0
logicalDpi: 96.0 x 96.0
physicalDpi: 81.55183946488295 x 81.64285714285714
Using calibre Qt style: True
ApplicationPaletteChange event received
ApplicationPaletteChange event received
ApplicationPaletteChange event received
[0.00] Starting up...
[0.00] Showing splash screen...
[0.17] splash screen shown
[0.17] Initializing db...
[0.47] db initialized
[0.47] Constructing main UI...
DEBUG: 0.0 obok::utilities.py - loading translations
DEBUG: 0.0 obok::dialogs.py - loading translations
DEBUG: 0.0 obok::config.py - loading translations
DEBUG: 0.0 obok::action_err.py - loading translations
[1.39] main UI initialized...
[1.39] Hiding splash screen
[1.53] GUI main window shown
[1.58] QuickView starting
[1.58] QuickView started
[2.44] splash screen hidden
[2.44] Started up in 2.44 seconds with 2241 books
[4.58] Starting the smartdevice driver
SMART_DEV ( 0.00: 0.002) _attach_to_port try ip address "" on port 9090
SMART_DEV ( 1.18: 0.820) _startup_on_demand listening on port 9090
SMART_DEV ( 1.20: 0.000) _attach_to_port try ip address "" on port 54982
SMART_DEV ( 1.21: 0.000) _startup_on_demand broadcast socket listening on port 54982
[5.81] Finished starting smartdevice
SMART_DEV ( 2.24: 1.007) run All IP addresses {'{F1FB3D4F-BAFB-493E-A8A5-60D7D1308EB7}': [{'addr': '192.168.1.147', 'netmask': '255.255.255.0', 'broadcast': '192.168.1.255'}], '{2DD096AD-1A16-11E8-B3C4-806E6F6E6963}': [{'addr': '127.0.0.1', 'netmask': '255.0.0.0', 'broadcast': '127.255.255.255'}]}

[kovidgoyal]

See the first point under https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...ing-on-windows

[gapeach12]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

See the first point under https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...ing-on-windows

That was quite bizarre! I had attempted several of those strategies and nothing! But Alt+arrow key worked.

Thank you