KOReader: a document reader for PDF, DJVU, EPUB, FB2, HTML, ... (GPLv3) - Page 37

mmjoshi · 08-27-2014, 03:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trekk

If you add epub in Calibre's Kindle driver settings (supported formats) as NiLuJe suggested, Calibre will sent epub files to your kindle without converting them to mobi and also populate the metadata of those files. Works perfectly on my Kindles.

I did add epub and djvu as supported formats by using the Configure this device menu. Even then when I want to transfer these files to my Kindle touch, it wants to convert them

No conversion, no transfer

The connect to folder menu is greyed out.

Interestingly, Calibre shows some of the epub or djvu files to be in the main memory, though they were put on the Kindle manually. Wonder how this happened and why only for some files

WS64 · 08-27-2014, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmjoshi

The connect to folder menu is greyed out.

Might be that Calibre just can connect to one device (or folder) at a time.
So it should be available again when you disconnect your Kindle.
This is actually how I do it, I connect to a folder on my computer, then I use the Windows utility robocopy to sync this folder to my two Kobos.

mmjoshi · 08-28-2014, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WS64

Might be that Calibre just can connect to one device (or folder) at a time.
So it should be available again when you disconnect your Kindle.
This is actually how I do it, I connect to a folder on my computer, then I use the Windows utility robocopy to sync this folder to my two Kobos.

Finally got this working

Amongst many things I tried, I guess what worked for me was deleting all the epub and djvu books from the device and the Calibre library and added them back. Of course I added these formats to Kindle supported formats as suggested by NiLuJe. Another thing I tried was to delete metadata.koreader as suggested by WS64. Also, added the path /mnt/us/ to the SEARCH_LIBRARY_PATH in defaults.lua and defaults.persistent.lua.

Now everything works perfectly well almost

The only problem I am facing now is the following:

1. I search for books using the FM search books command. It finds the books correctly and can even open them.
2. However, if I try to use the search command again, the FM exits and comes back to KUAL. Just a minor nuisance

Anyway, thanks to the excellent support I received from the forum members

NiLuJe · 08-28-2014, 12:06 PM

@mmjoshi: 2. looks like a crash. What's in koreader/crash.log?

mmjoshi · 08-29-2014, 01:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@mmjoshi: 2. looks like a crash. What's in koreader/crash.log?

@NiLuJe these are the contents of crash.log. Hopefully, this gets fixed soon

./luajit: frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersearch.lua:331: bad argument #1 to 'gmatch' (string expected, got nil)
stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'gmatch'
frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersearch.lua:331: in function 'find'
frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersearch.lua:227: in function 'close'
frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersearch.lua:198: in function 'callback'
frontend/ui/widget/button.lua:154: in function 'action'
frontend/ui/uimanager.lua:270: in function 'checkTasks'
frontend/ui/uimanager.lua:296: in function 'run'
./reader.lua:207: in main chunk
[C]: in function 'dofile'
./koreader-base:22: in main chunk
[C]: at 0x0000bd75

Doitsu · 08-29-2014, 01:07 PM

While testing the PDF viewer I stumbled upon the following undocumented options whose function is not obvious from the context:

1. Settings > Writing Direction > LTR, RTL, TBRTL

What does TBRTL do?

(Note that the Document Language option is flush with the left screen border. Ideally, all options should be moved a couple of pixels to the right. Or simply shorten Document Language to Language.)

2. Page Crop > manual, auto, semi-auto

What's the difference between the auto and semi-auto options?

(Note that the auto and semi-auto buttons partially overlap each other.)

WS64 · 08-29-2014, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmjoshi

@NiLuJe these are the contents of crash.log. Hopefully, this gets fixed soon

./luajit: frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersearch.lua:331: bad argument #1 to 'gmatch' (string expected, got nil)
stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'gmatch'
frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersearch.lua:331: in function 'find'
frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersearch.lua:227: in function 'close'
frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersearch.lua:198: in function 'callback'
frontend/ui/widget/button.lua:154: in function 'action'
frontend/ui/uimanager.lua:270: in function 'checkTasks'
frontend/ui/uimanager.lua:296: in function 'run'
./reader.lua:207: in main chunk
[C]: in function 'dofile'
./koreader-base:22: in main chunk
[C]: at 0x0000bd75

I can't confirm this, neither on the emulator nor on my Kobos.
I can search as often as I want, no problems at all...

Ebri · 08-29-2014, 06:30 PM

Yesterday pressing "browse tags" caused also a crash for me on PW2 (I returned back to the list of books view, with no refresh, when I touched the unchanged screen, one of my books was revealed and opened.) Shoudl I search for logs, or this feature is yet experimental?

mmjoshi · 08-30-2014, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WS64

I can't confirm this, neither on the emulator nor on my Kobos.
I can search as often as I want, no problems at all...

On my Kindle Touch, this happens very consistently

. Do you need any more information to identify the problem?

Any other users of Kindle Touch having this issue?

WS64 · 08-30-2014, 03:30 AM

@mmjoshi, do you use tags in Calibre?
If your metadata.koreader file (in the temp dir) is not too big, can you zip it send it to me in PM? Then I can try searching with your book-data.

WS64 · 08-30-2014, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ebri

Yesterday pressing "browse tags" caused also a crash for me on PW2 (I returned back to the list of books view, with no refresh, when I touched the unchanged screen, one of my books was revealed and opened.) Shoudl I search for logs, or this feature is yet experimental?

A crash will exit Koreader completely, not go back to the File Manager. So I don't think there really was an error.

WS64 · 08-31-2014, 07:09 AM

I got mmjoshi's file. But I still am not able to reproduce this issue. So I guess it is Kindle-related. I am afraid I can't help at all here.

mmjoshi · 08-31-2014, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WS64

I got mmjoshi's file. But I still am not able to reproduce this issue. So I guess it is Kindle-related. I am afraid I can't help at all here.

Oh shoot, that's bad. Hopefully some of the Kindle experts can help.

knc1 · 08-31-2014, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmjoshi

Oh shoot, that's bad. Hopefully some of the Kindle experts can help.

There is more than one model called a: "Kindle Touch" here.

Start by giving us the first four characters of your serial number and the version of the firmware you are running.

mmjoshi · 08-31-2014, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knc1

There is more than one model called a: "Kindle Touch" here.

Start by giving us the first four characters of your serial number and the version of the firmware you are running.

The first 4 characters of the serial number are B011 and the firmware version is 5.3.7.2.

08-29-2014, 01:07 PM	#546
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,289 Karma: 19618507 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	Undocumented PDF viewer options in nightly Kindle builds While testing the PDF viewer I stumbled upon the following undocumented options whose function is not obvious from the context: 1. Settings > Writing Direction > LTR, RTL, TBRTL What does TBRTL do? (Note that the Document Language option is flush with the left screen border. Ideally, all options should be moved a couple of pixels to the right. Or simply shorten Document Language to Language.) 2. Page Crop > manual, auto, semi-auto What's the difference between the auto and semi-auto options? (Note that the auto and semi-auto buttons partially overlap each other.) Attached Thumbnails

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08-28-2014, 12:06 PM	#544
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 12,153 Karma: 21225489 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW & PW2; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa & Sage	@mmjoshi: 2. looks like a crash. What's in koreader/crash.log?

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Ebri Groupie Posts: 150 Karma: 48 Join Date: Apr 2014 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Kobo Aura HD	Yesterday pressing "browse tags" caused also a crash for me on PW2 (I returned back to the list of books view, with no refresh, when I touched the unchanged screen, one of my books was revealed and opened.) Shoudl I search for logs, or this feature is yet experimental?

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WS64 ♫ Posts: 652 Karma: 506380 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Aura / PB Lux 2 / Bookeen Frontlight / Kobo Mini / Nook Color	@mmjoshi, do you use tags in Calibre? If your metadata.koreader file (in the temp dir) is not too big, can you zip it send it to me in PM? Then I can try searching with your book-data.

08-31-2014, 07:09 AM	#552
WS64 ♫ Posts: 652 Karma: 506380 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Aura / PB Lux 2 / Bookeen Frontlight / Kobo Mini / Nook Color	I got mmjoshi's file. But I still am not able to reproduce this issue. So I guess it is Kindle-related. I am afraid I can't help at all here.