segfaults when reading e-book..

Chris Jones · 10-26-2013, 09:46 PM

Not sure where to report this.

I am trying to read the following e-book in calibre's viewer:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...9&d=1232315662

The book is Neptune Crossing and the author is Jeff Carver.

The cover & the preliminary blurbs are displayed correctly but when I get to the beginning of chapter one, the viewer abruptly closes.

If I launch the standalone ebook-viewer program from a terminal's shell prompt, the same thing happens with the following messages:

---------------------------------------------------------------------
No bp log location saved, using default.
[000:000] Cpu: 6.23.10, x4, 2534Mhz, 8040MB
[000:000] Computer model: Not available
Segmentation fault
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Scanning my hardware, huh...? What gives..?

I turned to FBreader and its rather scary UI, and to my surprise I was able to access the entire book.

I briefly looked at the contents of the zip/epub via vim and did not notice anything out of the way..

Any idea what's going on..?

This is on debian gnu/linux (stable) with a fairly recent copy of calibre (v1.3) downloaded from the official calibre site--not from the debian repositories.

Thanks,

CJ

kovidgoyal · 10-26-2013, 10:25 PM

I am able to read that book just fine in calibre's viewer on my linux x64 system (gentoo)

Chris Jones · 10-26-2013, 11:54 PM

Thanks. I'll try on a more recent system such as debian unstable or the latest ubuntu liveCD as soon as I get a chance.

GeoffR · 10-27-2013, 06:07 PM

I had no problem with that book using Debian (stable/Wheezy) amd64 and Calibre 1.8.

Chris Jones · 10-27-2013, 11:45 PM

Thanks. Sounds like this 8-year old install of mine that dates back to Sarge (debian 3.1) is beginning to show its age.. Maybe it's time I did a fresh install...

10-26-2013, 09:46 PM	#1
Chris Jones Addict Posts: 242 Karma: 37089 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: none	segfaults when reading e-book.. Not sure where to report this. I am trying to read the following e-book in calibre's viewer: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...9&d=1232315662 The book is Neptune Crossing and the author is Jeff Carver. The cover & the preliminary blurbs are displayed correctly but when I get to the beginning of chapter one, the viewer abruptly closes. If I launch the standalone ebook-viewer program from a terminal's shell prompt, the same thing happens with the following messages: --------------------------------------------------------------------- No bp log location saved, using default. [000:000] Cpu: 6.23.10, x4, 2534Mhz, 8040MB [000:000] Computer model: Not available Segmentation fault --------------------------------------------------------------------- Scanning my hardware, huh...? What gives..? I turned to FBreader and its rather scary UI, and to my surprise I was able to access the entire book. I briefly looked at the contents of the zip/epub via vim and did not notice anything out of the way.. Any idea what's going on..? This is on debian gnu/linux (stable) with a fairly recent copy of calibre (v1.3) downloaded from the official calibre site--not from the debian repositories. Thanks, CJ

10-27-2013, 06:07 PM	#4
GeoffR Wizard Posts: 3,821 Karma: 19162882 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Te Riu-a-Māui Device: Kobo Glo	I had no problem with that book using Debian (stable/Wheezy) amd64 and Calibre 1.8. Last edited by GeoffR; 10-27-2013 at 06:08 PM. Reason: Calibre version

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10-26-2013, 10:25 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,164 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I am able to read that book just fine in calibre's viewer on my linux x64 system (gentoo)

10-26-2013, 11:54 PM	#3
Chris Jones Addict Posts: 242 Karma: 37089 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: none	Thanks. I'll try on a more recent system such as debian unstable or the latest ubuntu liveCD as soon as I get a chance.

10-27-2013, 11:45 PM	#5
Chris Jones Addict Posts: 242 Karma: 37089 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: none	Thanks. Sounds like this 8-year old install of mine that dates back to Sarge (debian 3.1) is beginning to show its age.. Maybe it's time I did a fresh install...