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

[WS64]

Originally Posted by SuperJet

Could you give me a pointer for how to install and use koreader via the "Start Menu"?

Check this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=233259

[Don_Karnage]

Originally Posted by WS64

@Don_Karnage, I had that problem also on my Mini until I tried another internal card. Seems not every card is suitable to be used internal.
There is a workaround wirth Start Menu and the "keep awake" statement, maybe check this.
But a better solution would be another internal SD card.

well i had tried with one of the original glo internal sd card (sandisk4gb class 4), with one kingston4gb class 10 and with one apacer 8gb class10...
and it keep freezing.
sound weard to me that an original one could not be comptatible...
but today i have access to a pc so i can write some more sd card to be sure ..
anymore idea ?

and i really love advboot witch make the access to koreader or coolreader very fast , i would really prefer not to launch my kobo normally to access to start menu

thank you anyway for your help

[tshering]

Originally Posted by Don_Karnage

and i really love advboot witch make the access to koreader or coolreader very fast , i would really prefer not to launch my kobo normally to access to start menu

You do not need Kobo Start Menu for this. You can start preventfreeze.sh from .kobo\advboot\pre_run\90_koreader.sh.

Example:
If you copy preventfreeze.sh to .kobo\advboot\, you could insert the line

sh /mnt/onboard/.kobo/advboot/preventfreeze.sh &

for instance after

echo "Launching koreader"

of .kobo\advboot\pre_run\90_koreader.sh

The content of preventfreeze.sh is

while :
do
  sleep 1
done

Do not forget to use a Unix-style editor.

[jlynton]

Originally Posted by hawhill

OK, thank you. As for input event handling - I guess there are some major changes behind the curtains. So advboot does in fact react depending on user input, right? Let's see what it does what we don't do yet.

Thank you for the feedback!

There is a new thread that Sergey started to discuss drivers for the H2O at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=247814

Also there is a good deal of information in this post by Frenzie: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=530

The new H2O is a lovely bit of hardware, with alternative readers it would be wonderful!

[Frenzie]

I can't quite seem to figure out how to use KOReader. I tried a couple of nightlies and the last stable version from back in April, but the outcome is the same.

When I start it, I see a File Manager. Great, a place to manage and open books from. But if I click on a file, all it gives me is an option to Copy, Cut, Paste or Delete. And none of those options seem to respond to any touches. Am I missing something or would this be some kind of bug related to my H2O?

[WS64]

@Frenzie, Koreader does not run on H2O (yet).
Simple taps are not recognized by H2O.
But new (I think) is the info that a long tap works (that's what it takes to get the copy/cut/paste/delete menu)

[Frenzie]

I didn't long-press it though. Just a tap.

Let's see, I suppose I'd need to look at koreader/frontend/ui/input.lua to fix it up? (If I find some more time, that is. I probably played around with the device quite enough for today.)

Edit: ah wait, there's also input.c. Yeah, this'll be for another time.

Edit 2 (many hours later, after I found some more spare time): Okay, I got it all working splendidly with only a few small LUA changes. I'll stick it up on Github shortly.

Edit 3: for those who can't wait, try these changes (only the one in frontend/ui/input.lua is really necessary).

[hawhill]

Oh, that turns out much easier than I thought!

[WS64]

@Frenzie, thx!

[Frenzie]

Yeah, I was actually expecting to have to write stuff, but as I was perusing the code I realized the Phoenix stuff looked like a pretty good starting point because it was using the same events. I changed that line thinking I'd probably have to make some minor adjustments while wondering where to add some debug output, but as it turned out that was sufficient to make everything work. I'd have done it this morning had I known it wouldn't take hours.

[jlynton]

I just tried the latest koreader nightly 841 which includes Frenzie's changes (thanks frenzie!), starting from KSM. It works fine, until I sleep it from the power button - when I wake it the screen does not respond to any taps, all I can do is sleep/wake it again with the power button, a long press of which does not turn it off.

[Frenzie]

A long press does turn it off for me, but it has to be more of an extra long press (15s or so). Pressing reset with a (small) paper clip is faster. I'm stuck trying to get a grip on what exactly is going on for now (#1007).

[jlynton]

Originally Posted by Frenzie

...it has to be more of an extra long press (15s or so).

I gave up after 10 seconds.

Thanks Frenzie, for all the great work you are putting into this!

[SixOfOne]

My Aura HD running Koreader is frozen and nothing I try will get it to shut down. It's in suspended mode. Neither the power button nor the manual reset hole at the bottom will turn it off. I've tried both methods with the reader connected to my laptop via the charging cable. I also left it charging for a couple hours to see if that would do anything; didn't work.

For some reason the frontlight turns on and off when I press the power button. But that's all that happens. The same page stays loaded, and it says "suspended" on the screen.

Anything I can do about this other than sending it back to Kobo?

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by SixOfOne

My Aura HD running Koreader is frozen and nothing I try will get it to shut down. It's in suspended mode. Neither the power button nor the manual reset hole at the bottom will turn it off. I've tried both methods with the reader connected to my laptop via the charging cable. I also left it charging for a couple hours to see if that would do anything; didn't work.

For some reason the frontlight turns on and off when I press the power button. But that's all that happens. The same page stays loaded, and it says "suspended" on the screen.

Anything I can do about this other than sending it back to Kobo?

It would not be seen as Kobo's problem, KOreader is not provided by Kobo.
(If you were to decide to send it back, you should remove the koreader folder and do a factory reset first.)

Have you tried a quick flick of the red power slider? That is all that is usually needed, to suspend or return.

Luck;
Ken