Calibre no longer showing covers after upgrade to 64-bit

[claudeb]

Hello everyone, long time lurker, first time poster.

Sorry to start with a problem like this. I've recently upgraded to a 64-bit Linux -- SalixOS 14, by the way -- and all of a sudden I no longer see the book covers in the cover browser OR the book details window. All it shows me is that big "generic book" icon. If I go to the metadata editor and tell it to pull the cover from an ePub file, it complies for the moment, but doesn't save it. I checked, and the existing covers are still on disk under the Calibre Library folder.

I'm using Calibre 1.20 for 64-bit Linux from the official website (the binary install -- I've used the official binaries since the beginning). Tried going back to the 32-bit version, but it doesn't run anymore. It wouldn't be a problem if the covers were at least preserved during book conversions, but I have an impression that doesn't work anymore either -- I need to double check though.

That's about all I can think of for now. Thank you for reading.

[kovidgoyal]

@claudeb: You should run calibre indebug mode and post the log (right click the preferences button)

[claudeb]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

@claudeb: You should run calibre indebug mode and post the log (right click the preferences button)

Sure thing, here it is:

calibre Debug log
calibre 1.20  isfrozen: True is64bit: True
Linux-3.2.45-x86_64-AMD_Sempron-tm-_Processor_3200+-with-slackware-14.0 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '3.2.45', '#2 SMP Fri May 31 20:14:55 CDT 2013')
Python 2.7.5
Linux: ('Slackware ', '14.0', '')
Failed to read metadata from font file: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/TSCu_Times.ttf tuple index out of range
Failed to read metadata from font file: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/TSCu_Comic.ttf tuple index out of range
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site-packages/calibre/utils/config.py", line 289, in refresh
  File "site-packages/calibre/utils/config.py", line 278, in raw_to_object
  File "plistlib.py", line 103, in readPlistFromString
  File "plistlib.py", line 78, in readPlist
  File "plistlib.py", line 401, in parse
  File "xml/parsers/expat.py", line 4, in <module>
ImportError: /opt/calibre/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/pyexpat.so: undefined symbol: XML_SetHashSalt
Starting up...
Started up in 11.81 seconds with 74 books

I browsed through some of the books and tried to pull a cover anew under debug mode, dunno if it made a difference.

Oh yeah, that pyexpat error reminds me: I'm also no longer able to convert from ODT files, it complains about not being able to find any SAX parser. Converting from ePub works just fine.

[kovidgoyal]

@claudeb: Looks like the libraries on your system are conflicting. You can get more info by running

LD_DEBUG=libs calibre-debug -g

But unless you pretty familiar with linux, fixing this kind of thing is a lot of work.

[claudeb]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

@claudeb: Looks like the libraries on your system are conflicting. You can get more info by running

LD_DEBUG=libs calibre-debug -g

But unless you pretty familiar with linux, fixing this kind of thing is a lot of work.

I tried that, and it dumped a TON of information on the console, too much to paste here. A few bits do appear to be relevant though:

      3050:	/opt/calibre/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/pyexpat.so: error: symbol lookup error: undefined symbol: XML_SetHashSalt (fatal)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site-packages/calibre/utils/config.py", line 289, in refresh
  File "site-packages/calibre/utils/config.py", line 278, in raw_to_object
  File "plistlib.py", line 103, in readPlistFromString
  File "plistlib.py", line 78, in readPlist
  File "plistlib.py", line 401, in parse
  File "xml/parsers/expat.py", line 4, in <module>
ImportError: /opt/calibre/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/pyexpat.so: undefined symbol: XML_SetHashSalt

And after the "Started up in 4.78 seconds with 74 books" message:

      3050:	/opt/calibre/lib/ImageMagick-6.7.6/modules-Q16/coders/png.so: error: symbol lookup error: undefined symbol: png_LTX_RegisterPNGImage (fatal)
      3050:	/opt/calibre/lib/ImageMagick-6.7.6/modules-Q16/coders/png.so: error: symbol lookup error: undefined symbol: png_LTX_UnregisterPNGImage (fatal)
      3050:	
      3050:	calling init: /opt/calibre/lib/ImageMagick-6.7.6/modules-Q16/coders/jpeg.so
      3050:	
      3050:	/opt/calibre/lib/ImageMagick-6.7.6/modules-Q16/coders/jpeg.so: error: symbol lookup error: undefined symbol: jpeg_LTX_RegisterJPEGImage (fatal)
      3050:	/opt/calibre/lib/ImageMagick-6.7.6/modules-Q16/coders/jpeg.so: error: symbol lookup error: undefined symbol: jpeg_LTX_UnregisterJPEGImage (fatal)

There were more errors like that, but I'll settle for figuring these out for now.

As for how familiar I am with Linux, let's just give it a try. Thanks again!

[kovidgoyal]

A quick check: You are running calibre using

/opt/calibre/calibre

and not

/opt/calibre/bin/calibre

The former sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH to load the libraries bundled with calibre, which avoids these sorts of problems.

[Strategist]

@claudeb
Hope you get things figured out and working

@kovidGoyal
Thanks for your help and a great product

[claudeb]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

A quick check: You are running calibre using

/opt/calibre/calibre

and not

/opt/calibre/bin/calibre

The former sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH to load the libraries bundled with calibre, which avoids these sorts of problems.

Yes, of course. I'm always starting the application with /opt/calibre/calibre.

[PeterNL]

In Calibre 1.21 (64 bit) the book covers are not shown. In the 32 bit version (using the same database) the covers are still there.
Using Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit on a desktop computer.
Any clue?

[cybmole]

Originally Posted by PeterNL

In Calibre 1.21 (64 bit) the book covers are not shown. In the 32 bit version (using the same database) the covers are still there.
Using Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit on a desktop computer.
Any clue?

not shown where ?
I see them just fine on my PC calibre 1.21 64 bit win 7 64 bit - both in cover browser and in the right hand pane if I toggle back to list view

[theducks]

Originally Posted by PeterNL

In Calibre 1.21 (64 bit) the book covers are not shown. In the 32 bit version (using the same database) the covers are still there.
Using Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit on a desktop computer.
Any clue?

You may have a GUI display Button (lower right corner) Released
But I could have sworn that 32 and 64 used the same saved button status

[PeterNL]

Still no covers in 64 bit version of Calibre 1.22. Not in browser not in right pane, nowhere

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by PeterNL

Still no covers in 64 bit version of Calibre 1.22. Not in browser not in right pane, nowhere

@PeterNL - try calibre portable version on the same library and post what happens here.

If its OK then its probably something in the 64bit code or configuration data, if its not OK then its probably something in the library data.

BR

[theducks]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@PeterNL - try calibre portable version on the same library and post what happens here.

If its OK then its probably something in the 64bit code or configuration data, if its not OK then its probably something in the library data.

BR

did someone rm -r cover.jpg

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by theducks

did someone rm -r cover.jpg

@theducks - in PeterNL's case, probably not, given he wrote

Originally Posted by PeterNL

In the 32 bit version (using the same database) the covers are still there

Actually thinking about that - given it's OK with Calibre 32 bit (same library, same config data), indicates to me that its one of these weird 64bit installation 'glitches'. A successful test with portable would add further weight to that proposition.

Interesting that it's also manifested itself on Linux

BR