Just got firmware 3.3.0 - Page 7

Lucas Malor · 04-26-2014, 08:39 AM

@ableeker: whatever you want EDIT: under [FeatureSettings], see davidfor's post. Be careful, the correct option is dhcpcd=true .
Furthermore, it must be exactly as written here without any additional space, and it must be only one. If you write it twice, it will not work.

ableeker · 04-26-2014, 09:02 AM

Lucas Malor, thanks! So, under any heading? Heh, I just assumed it would be the deamon for dhcp, hence my version dhcpd... I'll be sure to add it your way of course...

By the way, under 3.0+ the only way I can get our Kobo's to reconnect is to set up the router to assign fixed IP addresses. I've tried a number only password, but that didn't work. I'm going to manually install 3.3, maybe this bug heas been fixed. I've sent Kobo some WireShark formatted sniffs my router has produced (undocumented feature) of successful and unsuccessful attempts to reconnect (fixed and non-fixed IP addresses), it would be great if these were of help to Kobo if they've been trying to fix the bug.

davidfor · 04-26-2014, 09:03 AM

It goes in the "FeatureSettings" section.

yayo · 04-26-2014, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by indyglow

I updated my Aura HD but having two issues with the sideloaded kepubs.

1. The line spacing slider is all the way to the left and I still have somewhat more space between lines. I prefer to have text between lines to appear somewhat tighter.

2. The last alphabet in a line is only partially visible.

Does anyone else noticed these issues on their device after updating to 3.3.0? Could it be because of Kobo Extended Plug-in?

Same issue here, it doesn't happen just with sideloaded kepubs but with books bought from KOBO also. I too have Kobo Extended plug-in installed, no idea if the issue is related though. Sometimes I can get rid of the partially visible letters by checking/unchecking the "Hide header & footer " box and by moving the margin slider but the problem comes back after closing the book or switching off the Aura 6'.

Quote:

Originally Posted by arspr

I do really hope something has gone wrong with my update, but I really fear we have yet ANOTHER bug here.

Have you used the Web Browser? Have you dragged/moved a webpage?

Till 3.3.0., while dragging, the web browser performed a "fast" rendering so the device was quite responsive and at the same time you could more or less see the new web page contents. When and only you finished and released the drag action a full refresh was made.

But now, continuous full refreshes are done while you are dragging making the navigation a PITA.

Yup, browser is almost unusable. Not using it much anyways but it comes handy when looking up definitions not available in the dictionaries.

davidfor · 04-26-2014, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yayo

Same issue here, it doesn't happen just with sideloaded kepubs but with books bought from KOBO also. I too have Kobo Extended plug-in installed, no idea if the issue is related though. Sometimes I can get rid of the partially visible letters by checking/unchecking the "Hide header & footer " box and by moving the margin slider but the problem comes back after closing the book or switching off the Aura 6'.

What font are you using? I've been swapping between epub and kepub versions of some books and haven't seen this.

Lucas Malor · 04-26-2014, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

It goes in the "FeatureSettings" section.

DHCP is controlled also by nickel? The only place I found the option is in rcS, but I've only done a diff.

ableeker · 04-26-2014, 11:34 AM

My first results with 3.3 seem to indicate that the WiFi bug has been fixed!

Full screen reading worked indeed, but when I switched to it, the last 2 or 3 characters didn't fit anymore on the line, and were cut off. Switching back, the lines were still too long. I increased the margins one tick, and the lines fit the screen again in header/footer mode. Switching once again to full screen mode however, the lines still didn't fit, even with the increased margins. I increased them again 1 tick, and they still didn't fit! Switched to header/footer mode yet again, and the lines fit (with increased margins). Looked a bit like the characters could not be made to fit in full screen mode, but I'll need to experiment some more. Luckily the lines could be made to fit in normal mode...

davidfor · 04-26-2014, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucas Malor

DHCP is controlled also by nickel? The only place I found the option is in rcS, but I've only done a diff.

I found it by running strings against libnickel. It is in a group of options that make up the "FeatureSettings". libnickel has a lot of function names that look liker the refer to it. It probably uses the daemon if the option is there and the daemon is started.

Angemon · 04-26-2014, 12:33 PM

OK, something i noticed: there's no longer the option to search in Pocket articles. It never worked for me on previous firmwares, the screen would flip upside down for some seconds before rebooting, but this firmware fixed it by getting rid of it.

yayo · 04-26-2014, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

What font are you using? I've been swapping between epub and kepub versions of some books and haven't seen this.

Just attempted to modify Kobo eReader.conf file again to check what happens when using non sideloaded fonts but for some reason all folders have changed to "read only" so I'm not able to modify anything for the moment. Weird...

EDIT
Things have returned to normal after a device freeze. A restart was enough to fix things and the "hide header and footer" option has magically (re)appeared. The partially invisible letters don't seem to be font related.

Sharkey · 04-26-2014, 01:50 PM

I've been experiencing the font cutoff issue as well. I sideloaded 3.3 onto my Aura HD that had multitouch320 installed. I then reinstalled multitouch320, sideloaded Charis SIL, added the full screen reading configs and tried a few sideloaded kepub books. With the FeatureSetting.FullScreenReading set to true, the document default font and Charis both result in cut off letters (didn't try any other fonts nor books other than sideloaded kepubs).

Removing the FeatureSetting.FullScreenReading flag completely from the config file fixed the issue.

hleo12 · 04-26-2014, 02:54 PM

A quick dumb question...

I've been reading that full screen thingy here. And I've also seen that code you have to insert in the config thing. Is that only for the Aura HD? Like, I have a Glo, would I have to do it, too? I'm still waiting for the official update to roll out...

PeterT · 04-26-2014, 03:00 PM

Correct.. that option works fine on the Glo (and Touch); albeit there is an issue with the Reading Settings menu looking weird when the option is added to the Conf file.

arspr · 04-26-2014, 03:42 PM

About the font cut trouble:

I don't have 3.3 anymore so I cannot say it's different from previous releases. But I've always seen it if there was no margins (I mean no margins in the kepubized ePub and also no forced margins through the font tool bar), justified text, and specially in characters which are somehow "big to the right side". The clearest example for me has always been an italic f.

TechniSol · 04-26-2014, 08:41 PM

Davidfor,

Near as I can tell, on my Glo the collections sort being missing is still an issue -despite my having added the relevant line to the config file for the previous firmware... Haven't upgraded the Touch N905B yet to see if it is still an issue there. I'm guessing they have left it out of config and are replacing the config file with each update?

04-26-2014, 08:39 AM	#91
Lucas Malor Pain in the arse Posts: 758 Karma: 77856 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Kobo Aura One, Kindle 4	@ableeker: whatever you want EDIT: under [FeatureSettings], see davidfor's post. Be careful, the correct option is dhcpcd=true . Furthermore, it must be exactly as written here without any additional space, and it must be only one. If you write it twice, it will not work. Last edited by Lucas Malor; 04-26-2014 at 01:57 PM.

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04-26-2014, 09:02 AM	#92
ableeker Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 12050 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Lucas Malor, thanks! So, under any heading? Heh, I just assumed it would be the deamon for dhcp, hence my version dhcpd... I'll be sure to add it your way of course... By the way, under 3.0+ the only way I can get our Kobo's to reconnect is to set up the router to assign fixed IP addresses. I've tried a number only password, but that didn't work. I'm going to manually install 3.3, maybe this bug heas been fixed. I've sent Kobo some WireShark formatted sniffs my router has produced (undocumented feature) of successful and unsuccessful attempts to reconnect (fixed and non-fixed IP addresses), it would be great if these were of help to Kobo if they've been trying to fix the bug.

04-26-2014, 09:03 AM	#93
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	It goes in the "FeatureSettings" section.

04-26-2014, 11:34 AM	#97
ableeker Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 12050 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kobo Aura H2O	My first results with 3.3 seem to indicate that the WiFi bug has been fixed! Full screen reading worked indeed, but when I switched to it, the last 2 or 3 characters didn't fit anymore on the line, and were cut off. Switching back, the lines were still too long. I increased the margins one tick, and the lines fit the screen again in header/footer mode. Switching once again to full screen mode however, the lines still didn't fit, even with the increased margins. I increased them again 1 tick, and they still didn't fit! Switched to header/footer mode yet again, and the lines fit (with increased margins). Looked a bit like the characters could not be made to fit in full screen mode, but I'll need to experiment some more. Luckily the lines could be made to fit in normal mode...

04-26-2014, 12:33 PM	#99
Angemon Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 11612 Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Portugal Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Aura, Kindle DX	OK, something i noticed: there's no longer the option to search in Pocket articles. It never worked for me on previous firmwares, the screen would flip upside down for some seconds before rebooting, but this firmware fixed it by getting rid of it.

04-26-2014, 01:50 PM	#101
Sharkey Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kobo Touch	I've been experiencing the font cutoff issue as well. I sideloaded 3.3 onto my Aura HD that had multitouch320 installed. I then reinstalled multitouch320, sideloaded Charis SIL, added the full screen reading configs and tried a few sideloaded kepub books. With the FeatureSetting.FullScreenReading set to true, the document default font and Charis both result in cut off letters (didn't try any other fonts nor books other than sideloaded kepubs). Removing the FeatureSetting.FullScreenReading flag completely from the config file fixed the issue.

04-26-2014, 02:54 PM	#102
hleo12 Guru Posts: 655 Karma: 5078890 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: Kobo Glo (deceased), Kindle 4th, Kindle Basic 10th Generation	A quick dumb question... I've been reading that full screen thingy here. And I've also seen that code you have to insert in the config thing. Is that only for the Aura HD? Like, I have a Glo, would I have to do it, too? I'm still waiting for the official update to roll out...

04-26-2014, 03:00 PM	#103
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,698 Karma: 79983758 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Correct.. that option works fine on the Glo (and Touch); albeit there is an issue with the Reading Settings menu looking weird when the option is added to the Conf file.

04-26-2014, 03:42 PM	#104
arspr Dead account. Bye Posts: 587 Karma: 668244 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: none	About the font cut trouble: I don't have 3.3 anymore so I cannot say it's different from previous releases. But I've always seen it if there was no margins (I mean no margins in the kepubized ePub and also no forced margins through the font tool bar), justified text, and specially in characters which are somehow "big to the right side". The clearest example for me has always been an italic f.

04-26-2014, 08:41 PM	#105
TechniSol GranPohbah-Fezzes r cool! Posts: 1,056 Karma: 3151024 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Nook STRs, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo	Davidfor, Near as I can tell, on my Glo the collections sort being missing is still an issue -despite my having added the relevant line to the config file for the previous firmware... Haven't upgraded the Touch N905B yet to see if it is still an issue there. I'm guessing they have left it out of config and are replacing the config file with each update?