Koreader running on Kobos (all of them, hopefully!)

[freekobo]

Originally Posted by Fabry

For me it not works.
Stand-by statement appears for less than 1 sec and then it vanishes.
After this touchscreen is still active and AuraHD is not in stand-by mode but only with frontlight off.

I had this same problem. I fixed it by opening \.kobo\\koreader\frontend\ui\uimanager.lua in notepad++ and changing the following at (changed lines 300 and 303) the end of the file from;

			input_event == "Suspend" then
				UIManager:show(InfoMessage:new{
					text = _("Standby"),
					timeout = 1,
				})
				Device:prepareSuspend()
				UIManager:scheduleIn(0.5, function() Device:Suspend() end)
			elseif (input_event == "Power" and Device.screen_saver_mode) or
			input_event == "Resume" then
				Device:Resume()
			else
				self:sendEvent(input_event)
			end
		end
	end
end

to;

			input_event == "Suspend" then
				UIManager:show(InfoMessage:new{
					text = _("Standby"),
					timeout = 4,
				})
				Device:prepareSuspend()
				UIManager:scheduleIn(2, function() Device:Suspend() end)
			elseif (input_event == "Power" and Device.screen_saver_mode) or
			input_event == "Resume" then
				Device:Resume()
			else
				self:sendEvent(input_event)
			end
		end
	end

basically the timeout & scheduleIn value are increased.
Hope this helps.

[Fabry]

It not seems to work.

Initially and strangely it has worked, but now it isn't working anymore, only statement "stand-by" that remains for more seconds but then it vanishes as before and touch still usable.

EDIT: I have had another two cases where it has worked. Sometime it works but more often times it not works

[jlynton]

Originally Posted by Fabry

For me it not works.
Stand-by statement appears for less than 1 sec and then it vanishes.
After this touchscreen is still active and AuraHD is not in stand-by mode but only with frontlight off.

I have a glo, and am reading epubs, standby working fine.

[giorgio130]

I have the feeling that standby starts misbehaving when resume is triggered before the value in "scheduleIn" is reached, so I'd try to lower it, rather than increasing it. The only problems I had happened when I was playing crazily with sleep cover and power button together, something a user should not be prone to do.

[Fabry]

I have now tried

	timeout = 2,
				})
				Device:prepareSuspend()
				UIManager:scheduleIn(0.25, function() Device:Suspend() end)

But it NOT works.

I slide the button and then I do nothing, but it not goes to stand-by (only statement for 2 secs)

[Mike76]

Originally Posted by giorgio130

I'm sorry for this kind of issues, I have to revise the instructions on the first post and the installation process overall - it should be sufficient to manually copy koreader.png in the kobo before installing koreader. I'll move the image out of KoboRoot.tgz to simplify doing that, and I'll add a README to the nightly builds to avoid this kind of issue, as soon as suspend support is done.

After a factory reset I've tried to install Koreader again following your intructions , and it's working like a charm now. Hard to beleive I was so mindless before each time...

Standby works fine on Kobo Mini. Thanks!

[paola]

Originally Posted by Mike76

After a factory reset I've tried to install Koreader again following your intructions , and it's working like a charm now. Hard to beleive I was so mindless before each time...

Standby works fine on Kobo Mini. Thanks!

which build did you install?

[Ken Maltby]

Suspend was giving me the same problems, the message would popup then go away and the pages could be turned, so not in suspend mode.

I changed the "timeout = 1" to timeout=0 and it works with just a screen refresh and then it is in suspend mode. Don't need a temporary message anyway.

Luck;
Ken

PS; I am really liking this "no message" version of suspend. You could call it "Locking the screen" as you have the whole page display that isn't effected by any touching of the screen. Also, it is really fast, you just get a screen refresh and your screen is locked. The same coming out of suspend. It's just a quick flick of the slide switch.

[Mike76]

Originally Posted by paola

which build did you install?

It's build 545.

[Markismus]

Originally Posted by Fabry

Another problem I have forgot to highlight is the accented vowels on dictionary.

For example, words like "perché" (Why/Because in italian) or "città" (city in italian) are shown as "perch\u00e9" and "citt\u00e0".

Stardict problem or koreader font rendering problem on dictionary ?

See: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/252

[paola]

Originally Posted by Mike76

It's build 545.

many thanks, time to update my Mini then :-)

[paola]

I am having problems with the landscape function on my Mini with build 545 (my firmware is 2.6.1): first of all, while reading in landscape mode, every now and then the device just reboots (it seems totally random); secondly, trying to put the book back in portrait mode from inside Koreader also triggers a reboot.
Also, I thought the dictionary function was working, but I cannot use it: I can select a word (indeed, whole lines and groups of lines), but nothing happens.

[Mike76]

Originally Posted by Mike76

After a factory reset I've tried to install Koreader again following your intructions , and it's working like a charm now. Hard to beleive I was so mindless before each time...

Hmm, I've experienced a weird problem. I have a clean install of KoboLauncher and Koreader on my Mini. Everything works fine except one thing: 'Library/Books' menu automatically starts Koreader. It's not a problem for me (I'm not using the native KEPUB or EPUB reader at all), but would be an issue for others.

[giorgio130]

Originally Posted by Mike76

Hmm, I've experienced a weird problem. I have a clean install of KoboLauncher and Koreader on my Mini. Everything works fine except one thing: 'Library/Books' menu automatically starts Koreader. It's not a problem for me (I'm not using the native KEPUB or EPUB reader at all), but would be an issue for others.

This means nickel didn't process completely the file. To fix this, rename the "koreader" folder to something else, like "koreader2"; then open koreader.png with nickel. This prevents koreader to start and enables nickel to process the file thoroughly. When this is done, it should be sufficient to rename the folder back to "koreader".

[jlynton]

Giorgio, here is a list of things that I consider would make koreader perfect:

A battery icon.
Being able to set a timeout to suspend.
More control of margins.

It is already great, and very stable, many thanks for all the effort that you have put into it.