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

[tshering]

Originally Posted by Name28

Now I am using Koreader and to power off the reader I have to exit koreader and then shut it down from menu.

You might be able to power off from Koreader by holding the power slider a little longer in the off position as you are use to do. You will however not see any indication on the screen that the device is powered off.
What is happening after booting is not so much related on how you powered off.

Originally Posted by Name28

Then when I want to continue reading, I should open Koreader,

You can configure KSM so that it automatically starts Koreader after boot.

Originally Posted by Name28

choose the book and turn on frontlight (it is not so convenient)

You can configure Koreader to start with a certain light level, and you can configure Koreader to open the last read book.

[Name28]

tshering, thank you for help!

I've recently installed Koreader, therefore I didn't know some features Please, correct me if I did something wrong:

Originally Posted by tshering

You might be able to power off from Koreader by holding the power slider a little longer

I tried long slide on koreader v2014.11-71-g82eb168, but it didn't work. I've updated today to the last version, now it works, but not good. Sometimes it goes to suspend mode, sometimes powers off. That's why I tried to set power off function to the short slide button. I opened "suspend.sh" from koreader dir, and in the "#go to sleep" section instead of

sync
echo 1 > /sys/power/state-extended
echo mem > /sys/power/state

I wrote:

sleep 2s
/bin/busybox poweroff

I've copied it from vlasovsoft's dir, from "poweroff.sh". Thanks for Sergey Vlasov
Now I guess it works, i.e. when I short slide it powers off.

Originally Posted by tshering

You can configure KSM so that it automatically starts Koreader after boot.

From the "kbmenu" dir, I've changed usersettings.txt:

ksmAutoselectafter=3
ksmAutoselectoption=start_koreader

Originally Posted by tshering

You can configure Koreader to start with a certain light level

In the koreader's dir I've opened "defaults.lua" and changed this lines:

KOBO_LIGHT_ON_START = 45

Originally Posted by tshering

you can configure Koreader to open the last read book.

Finally, I did not know that FileManager has its own settings There is such line "Start with last opened file", I checked it.

That's all. Thank you very much, now I'm happy

[tshering]

Originally Posted by Name28

now I'm happy

Than I'm happy too!

[WS64]

Originally Posted by Name28

In the koreader's dir I've opened "defaults.lua" and changed this lines:

KOBO_LIGHT_ON_START = 45

Although this leads to the correct result it is still slightly wrong.

The file "defaults.lua" will get overwritten with every update you do on Koreader.

You can manually create a file called defaults.persistent.lua and add this line there.
And you can also do this change in Koreader itself, under "Change defaults" (I hope this is the name, it changed and I am not sure right now if this really is the correct menu entry!) you can edit this value (which will also result in a new version of the defaults.persistent.lua file with your entry)

[Name28]

Originally Posted by WS64

You can manually create a file called defaults.persistent.lua and add this line there

I've created "defaults.persistent.lua" with current settings. I hope it helps. Thank you

[Ebri]

Sorry i see continued on new page. So I only have one question.

Do you rarely use your reader? I ask because my fully charged Aura HD depletes in two weeks with reading of daily at least one hour, and sleep in the other times, and turning on and off is much quicker this way.

[Name28]

I read almost every day about 40-60 min. Usually Kobo Glo's full charge is enough for at least a month. It is in nickel, when I don't use slepping mode, only power off each time. I will continue my observation in koreader from today

[Name28]

Hello. I have a problem, please help me. As I wrote I set power off function to short slide button. But now Koreader does not remember the last page I read, I guess it is not closing properly (I don't know why but twice all settings were reseted). Even If I put bookmark on the last page I read, Koreader does not remember it. If I close Koreader and then open it again and after shut it down, it remembers the last page. Please help me.

[Ken Maltby]

You would be better off if you restored the power slider functions to what they were. Then you could sleep in Koreader. That should be all you need to do most of the time, and when you really want to poweroff, the KSM poweroff function is just a couple of pokes away.

The bookmark does not set where the book will open. It is there so you can return to that page using a list of bookmarked pages. There is a "History" menu item that will have your current book listed at the top. It is in the File Manager menu, as well as the menu you see when reading a book.

Luck;
Ken

[Name28]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

You would be better off if you restored the power slider functions

I thought that there is solution to this. Isn't possible to add something to suspend.sh, that koreader could save settings and exit before shut down? Sorry for my stupid questions

[hawhill]

No. It is called upon suspend, meaning that koreader assumes to gain back control at exactly the point where it handed it off to the suspend script. All files are open, changes unwritten at that point. This is not the way to implement a quit & poweroff.

You would have to implement it properly, within koreader. It isn't hard to do, but the use case does not look very common. Maybe it's sufficient to have the script that calls koreader from KSM do a poweroff when koreader is done?

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by Name28

I thought that there is solution to this. Isn't possible to add something to suspend.sh, that koreader could save settings and exit before shut down? Sorry for my stupid questions

Upon start up after a poweroff (by the slider or KSM's menu item) I have the KSM start "always". Then if I wait 5 seconds, I have it set to launch Koreader. I usually have Koreader set to start in the last opened file, so it opens on the page I was reading last. But, if for some reason the book I was reading was not the last file I had open, I can just go to the "History" menu and select the book I want and be in the page I was last reading. The book will be just as I left it, with its settings the same.

Luck;
Ken

[Ebri]

As during suspend my Aura HD depleted to 0% in two days from 70%, probably suspend script hung (no crash.log). Do you know, was there any change in suspend method since the 201411 version? As otherwise it works well, I wouldn't upgrade only if sg. has changed in this respect. (And it can't be caused by anything else, if suspend is correct, it can easily survive a week in sleep mode.)

[Name28]

Originally Posted by hawhill

You would have to implement it properly, within koreader. It isn't hard to do, but the use case does not look very common. Maybe it's sufficient to have the script that calls koreader from KSM do a poweroff when koreader is done?

Thank you for reply. I guess it will be enough: when I short swipe, Koreader exits and then reader automatically powers off. Could you help me with this script?

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

Upon start up after a poweroff (by the slider or KSM's menu item) I have the KSM start "always". Then if I wait 5 seconds, I have it set to launch Koreader. I usually have Koreader set to start in the last opened file

I did almost the same thing (except KSM waits for 3 sec, before koreader runs and opens the last file). I just would like to power off e-reader every time as I did before (in nickel). "Right" way of doing so, i.e. long swipe is also not working properly. When Koreader is opened and I long swipe the power button it powers off, but when I turn it on it doesn't remember the last page, and there is nothing in hystory about the last page I read. In nickel at least long swipe used to work properly. Thank you.

[aydio]

Hi, I just installed Koreader on my H2O and have a massive problem: I can't exit the frontlight setting. I typed any number between 0 and 100, pressed ok, but nothing happens. I can't even turn off the device by pressing and holding the power button. What can I do?

I have the feeling that Koreader is really buggy…