Finally got myself a reader but Calibre not recognizing it...

ould · 10-08-2008, 11:10 PM

Hi.

I finally picked up a reader. I got a PRS-500 used, locally. It has the latest firmware installed and is empty of all books, etc. I am running Linux version 0.4.89. The device knows it's plugged in as it says as much on the screen of the reader but Linux does not seem to be recognizing it. It there something more I need to do other than install linux? Do I have to install a driver? When I run the prs500 program I get this:

Code:

kevin ~/builds/calibre/pkg/usr  $  prs500 info
Unable to find a connected ebook reader.

Any ideas? I am itching to try out my new reader and don't want to have to resort to using the Windows. :-(

Thanks,

Kevin

kovidgoyal · 10-08-2008, 11:53 PM

DId you run calibre_postinstall?

pilotbob · 10-09-2008, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ould

The device knows it's plugged in as it says as much on the screen of the reader but Linux does not seem to be recognizing it.

Ok... what do you mean when you say that? Do you mean you can't see it in the Linux file browsers (i forgot the name of it)? If so, that's expected. Does it show up in calibre at the top of the screen next to the library icon?

See attached image.

BOb

ould · 10-09-2008, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Ok... what do you mean when you say that? Do you mean you can't see it in the Linux file browsers (i forgot the name of it)? If so, that's expected. Does it show up in calibre at the top of the screen next to the library icon?

See attached image.

BOb

No, on the screen of the reader itself it says USB plugged in, that's all I meant. Sorry for the confusion.

Kovid,

I will try reinstalling calibre after work tonight, it's possible that the post_install didn't run correctly.

Thanks,

Kevin

ould · 10-09-2008, 09:19 AM

I ran calibre_postinstall remotely using SSH from work. This was the output:

Code:

Trying to setup udev rules...
Setting up bash completion... done
Installing MAN pages...
        Installing MAN page for lrf-meta
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for rtf-meta
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for opf-meta
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for txt2lrf
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for html2lrf
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for html2oeb
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for html2epub
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for lit2lrf
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for epub2lrf
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for rtf2lrf
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for web2disk
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for feeds2disk
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for feeds2lrf
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for feeds2epub
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for web2lrf
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for pdf2lrf
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for mobi2lrf
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for fb22lrf
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for any2lrf
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for any2epub
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for lrf2lrs
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for lrs2lrf
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for pdfreflow
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for isbndb
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for librarything
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for mobi2oeb
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for lrf2html
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for lit2oeb
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for comic2lrf
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for comic2epub
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
        Installing MAN page for calibredb
Constant subroutine main::LC_ALL redefined at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38
Prototype mismatch: sub main::LC_ALL () vs none at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/Exporter.pm line 66.
 at /usr/bin/help2man line 38

Are all those messages normal? Just wanted to be sure. I can't check to see if it fixed my problem until I get home later tonight but thought those error messages looked odd.

Thanks again,

Kevin

kovidgoyal · 10-09-2008, 03:22 PM

THey're not normal, but they're not the reason for your problem either. Check to make sure that the file 95-calibre.rules exists in your system udev directory. Also check to make sure that the file 10-calibre.fdi exists in your system HAL directory. Also try a reboot.

ould · 10-09-2008, 06:04 PM

Thanks Kovid, Both the files mentioned do exist in their proper places. I made some slight modifications to the Udev(my distro has/had a bug relates to Udev rules) rule to see if it helps, I am still at work though and unable to test, will update once I am home.

Thanks again,

Kevin

kovidgoyal · 10-09-2008, 08:42 PM

Use lshal to check if the device is known to HAL. calibre uses HAL to get device information.

ould · 10-09-2008, 09:31 PM

Ok it is recognizing the device now but when I try to send books to the device I am getting the following error:

Code:

Job: Upload 1 books to device:Hit Man
PathError: Could not create file /Data/media/books/Hit_Man_-_Lawrence_Block_14.lrf. Response code: 0xffffffd7L
Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/calibre/gui2/device.py", line 20, in run
self.result = self.func(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/calibre/gui2/device.py", line 141, in _upload_books
return self.device.upload_books(files, names, on_card, end_session=False)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py", line 158, in run_session
res = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py", line 868, in upload_books
self.put_file(infile, paths[-1], replace_file=True, end_session=False)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py", line 158, in run_session
res = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py", line 687, in put_file
else: self.touch(path, end_session=False)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py", line 158, in run_session
res = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py", line 653, in touch
". Response code: " + str(hex(res.code)))
PathError: Could not create file /Data/media/books/Hit_Man_-_Lawrence_Block_14.lrf. Response code: 0xffffffd7L

Any thoughts?

Thanks again,

Kevin

kovidgoyal · 10-09-2008, 10:30 PM

Make sure the directories Data/media/books exists on the device.
Use

Code:

prs500 ls
prs500 mkdir

to check.

ould · 10-10-2008, 08:41 AM

Thanks agian Kovid, you rock! The books folder was missing for some reason and the mkdir command worked fine.

Kevin

10-08-2008, 11:10 PM	#1
ould Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 1000399 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario Device: Sony PRS-500	Finally got myself a reader but Calibre not recognizing it... Hi. I finally picked up a reader. I got a PRS-500 used, locally. It has the latest firmware installed and is empty of all books, etc. I am running Linux version 0.4.89. The device knows it's plugged in as it says as much on the screen of the reader but Linux does not seem to be recognizing it. It there something more I need to do other than install linux? Do I have to install a driver? When I run the prs500 program I get this: Code: kevin ~/builds/calibre/pkg/usr $ prs500 info Unable to find a connected ebook reader. Any ideas? I am itching to try out my new reader and don't want to have to resort to using the Windows. :-( Thanks, Kevin

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10-08-2008, 11:53 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,616 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	DId you run calibre_postinstall?

10-09-2008, 03:22 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,616 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	THey're not normal, but they're not the reason for your problem either. Check to make sure that the file 95-calibre.rules exists in your system udev directory. Also check to make sure that the file 10-calibre.fdi exists in your system HAL directory. Also try a reboot.

10-09-2008, 06:04 PM	#7
ould Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 1000399 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario Device: Sony PRS-500	Thanks Kovid, Both the files mentioned do exist in their proper places. I made some slight modifications to the Udev(my distro has/had a bug relates to Udev rules) rule to see if it helps, I am still at work though and unable to test, will update once I am home. Thanks again, Kevin

10-09-2008, 08:42 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,616 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Use lshal to check if the device is known to HAL. calibre uses HAL to get device information.

10-09-2008, 10:30 PM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,616 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Make sure the directories Data/media/books exists on the device. Use Code: prs500 ls prs500 mkdir to check.

10-10-2008, 08:41 AM	#11
ould Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 1000399 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario Device: Sony PRS-500	Thanks agian Kovid, you rock! The books folder was missing for some reason and the mkdir command worked fine. Kevin

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