Instructions for patching firmware 3.3.x, 3.4.x, 3.5.x

[chrisridd]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

Thanks, Linux accepts the -t switch too so I'll use that for both systems.

A patch32lsb executable is still needed to run it on a Mac though.

Indeed! It builds with two minor compiler warnings:

/tmp/patch_kobo_330/tools/patch32lsb.c:166:16: warning: implicit conversion loses integer precision: 'long' to 'int' [-Wshorten-64-to-32]
      return q - line;
      ~~~~~~ ~~^~~~~~
/tmp/patch_kobo_330/tools/patch32lsb.c:200:19: warning: implicit conversion loses integer precision: 'long' to 'int' [-Wshorten-64-to-32]
  return q - line - 1;
  ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~^~~
2 warnings generated.

Attached is a copy built which should run on OS X 10.8 and 10.9. I've only checked on 10.9.

I appear to have called it patch33lsb when I built it, but it can be renamed. I guess you'll want to figure out how to make the script switch between this binary and the Linux binary based on something like the case...esac code I posted yesterday, but that will depend a bit on how you decide to package things up.

[doubleshuffle]

Thanks so much GeoffR and everybody else working on these patches! Your efforts are greatly appreciated!!

EDIT: Before anybody starts checking on the error I'm reporting below, I think I might have found a mistake I made. Gonna check that first...

but...

EDIT 2: That wasn't it. I had forgotten to comment out the Glo/Aura line on the Synopsis font size fix after ncommenting it for the AuraHD, but I still get the same error after fixing that, so here's the problem:

Unfortunately, something isn't working properly when I try running the patcher for my Aura HD on Windows 7. I don't get a tgz file but a folder full of lots of small files.

Here's the report:

Spoiler:

unpack ... C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Kobo Firmware and Patches\Patch 330\A
uraHD\patch_kobo_330

7-Zip (A) 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18

Processing archive: kobo-update-3.3.0.zip

Extracting  KoboRoot.tgz

Everything is Ok

Size:       89671023
Compressed: 93422443

7-Zip (A) 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18

Processing archive: KoboRoot.tgz

Extracting  KoboRoot.tar

Everything is Ok

Size:       145776640
Compressed: 89671023

7-Zip (A) 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18

Processing archive: KoboRoot.tar


No files to process

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Compressed: 145776640

7-Zip (A) 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18

Processing archive: KoboRoot.tar

Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\revinfo
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\zim
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\ntpd.sh
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\libnickel.so.1.0
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\save_config.sh
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\generic
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\generic\libkevdevtouch.so
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\generic\libkeys.so
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\librmsdk.so
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\pickel
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\liblz4.so.1.0.0
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\libchess.so
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\libnickel.so.1
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\libcb.so
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\libsolitaire.so
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\libiwnn.so.1.0.0
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\crypto
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\platforms
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\platforms\libkobo.so
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\libnickel.so.1.0.0
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\libQtSolutions_IOCompressor-2.3.so.1
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\configure_wpa_enterprise.sh
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\stockfish
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Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\libQtSolutions_IOCompressor-2.3.so.1.0.0
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\puz
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\libcrossword.so
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\demoloopfnac.sh
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\configure_wpa_open_network.sh
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\udev
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\udev\sd
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\udev\ac
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\udev\plug
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\udev\usb
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\libiwnn.so.1
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Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\demoloop.sh
Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\liblzma.so.5.0.4
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Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\adobehost-launcher.sh
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Extracting  .\usr\local\Kobo\current_network.sh

Everything is Ok

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Size:       38247480
Compressed: 145776640

7-Zip (A) 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18

Processing archive: KoboRoot.tar


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Compressed: 145776640

7-Zip (A) 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18

Processing archive: KoboRoot.tar


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Files: 0
Size:       0
Compressed: 145776640

7-Zip (A) 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18

Processing archive: KoboRoot.tar

Extracting  .\usr\bin\patch

Everything is Ok

Size:       17
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C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Kobo Firmware and Patches\Patch 330\AuraHD\patch
_kobo_330\3.3.0_source
C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Kobo Firmware and Patches\Patch 330\AuraHD\patch
_kobo_330\3.3.0_target konnte nicht gefunden werden
Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//                    Patching start
//////////////////////////////////////////////
C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Kobo Firmware and Patches\Patch 330\AuraHD\patch
_kobo_330\tools\pa32lsb.exe: 'C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Kobo Firmware and
Patches\Patch 330\AuraHD\patch_kobo_330\3.3.0_source\Kobo': failed to open input
 file.
ERROR processing Owner\Documents\Kobo
Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

The stuff in German near the end means "3.3.0_target couldn't be found.
The system cannot find the file requested.

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Unfortunately, something isn't working properly when I try running the patcher for my Aura HD on Windows 7. I don't get a tgz file but a folder full of lots of small files.

Here's the report:

unpack ... C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Kobo Firmware and Patches\Patch 330\A
uraHD\patch_kobo_330

I don't know how to fix it sorry, but the problem seems to be that the batch program cannot handle spaces in the pathname.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

The stuff in German near the end means "3.3.0_target couldn't be found.
The system cannot find the file requested.
[/SPOILER]

As GeoffR said, the problem seems to be related to the spaces in the path. I will try to fix this. Since I am reworking the whole batch file, this might need some time. In between please try a an other path and see how this works.

[doubleshuffle]

Oh, I see. No need for you to fix anything then. I think I'll manage to remove those spaces.

Thanks again for all your great work!!!

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by chrisridd

/tmp/patch_kobo_330/tools/patch32lsb.c:166:16: warning: implicit conversion loses integer precision: 'long' to 'int' [-Wshorten-64-to-32]
      return q - line;
      ~~~~~~ ~~^~~~~~
/tmp/patch_kobo_330/tools/patch32lsb.c:200:19: warning: implicit conversion loses integer precision: 'long' to 'int' [-Wshorten-64-to-32]
  return q - line - 1;
  ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~^~~
2 warnings generated.

Thanks! Those two warnings are harmless, but I'll update the source to make the conversions explicit.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Oh, I see. No need for you to fix anything then. I think I'll manage to remove those spaces.

Thanks again for all your great work!!!

I have fixed this error, but it I will post a generally improved one maybe today.

[doubleshuffle]

All right, everything worked perfectly fine now. No error messages, a nice KoboRoot.tgz in the 3.3.0_target folder - just one question before I use it: It's only 126 Bytes - is that a feasible size, or has something gone wrong after all?

EDIT: Wow, quick work, tshering!!

[tshering]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

All right, everything worked perfectly fine now. No error messages, a nice KoboRoot.tgz in the 3.3.0_target folder - just one question before I use it: It's only 126 Bytes - is that a feasible size, or has something gone wrong after all?

EDIT: Wow, quick work, tshering!!

Did you do it with the new batch file? I tested it with something similar to your original path (C:\test\Owner\Documents\Kobo Firmware and Patches\Patch 330\AuraHD\patch_kobo_330modified\) and get a file with 8.903.317 Bytes. I think your archive doesn't contain any files (only empty folders). Do you have the two .patch files in place. They could have been deleted when cleaning up the mess produced by unpacking the whole archive in an earlier attempt.

[doubleshuffle]

No, I did it with the old batch file. I'll try the new one asap.

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by tshering

Did you do it with the new batch file? I tested it with something similar to your original path (C:\test\Owner\Documents\Kobo Firmware and Patches\Patch 330\AuraHD\patch_kobo_330modified\) and get a file with 8.903.317 Bytes. I think your file doesn't contain any files (only empty folders).

I tried it on Windows XP and got a 126 byte KoboRoot.tgz too.

I think this line is failing when there are spaces in the path:

 "%the7zipexe%" e -y *.zip KoboRoot.tgz

[doubleshuffle]

Did it with the new one and no spaces in the path, and that has given me a KoboRoot.tgz with 8.903.290 Bytes now. So I'll put that on my reader now and see what happens...

[tshering]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

I tried it on Windows XP and got a 126 byte KoboRoot.tgz too.

I think this line is failing when there are spaces in the path:

 "%the7zipexe%" e -y *.zip KoboRoot.tgz

Unfortunately, I don't have access to XP during daytime. At that moment ("%the7zipexe%" e -y *.zip KoboRoot.tgz) the current directory should already be ...\3.3.0_source. So i wonder why the spaces could make troubles at that point.

[doubleshuffle]

Everything working perfect on my reader. I don't know what I would do without your wonderful patches!

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by tshering

Unfortunately, I don't have access to XP during daytime. At that moment ("%the7zipexe%" e -y *.zip KoboRoot.tgz) the current directory should already be ...\3.3.0_source. So i wonder why the spaces could make troubles at that point.

Sorry, I must have been using the old batch file too :-( I started again from scratch and it worked correctly.