Kobo Start Menu 07 - Page 19

roger64 · 05-25-2015, 06:02 AM

Hi

I have an old version (16 months?) of the Start Menu and I am quite afraid to update it. It's working quite well to launch either Nickel or Koreader. The only small trouble I have is with the script "exit Nickel" when I am using Nickel.

It works... sometimes yes, and sometimes no (I only go to the image) and I do not understand why. I would like to know what I am missing to make it more reliable.

Jellby · 05-25-2015, 01:49 PM

Let's try the obvious first: do you always start Nickel from KSM? If you boot up directly to Nickel, "exit Nickel" will not work.

roger64 · 05-25-2015, 01:59 PM

Well, well, no need to go further, I got the answer (not obvious for me)

In fact, I must have selected a setting somewhere sometime (no memory) and once I start directly Nickel, once I start KSM first (from there the different results). Now I have to modify this setting to start everytime from KSM. First finding it...

EDIT: OK I found it: runsettings.txt

Thanks for your help.

Ken Maltby · 05-25-2015, 02:23 PM

With your older install of KSM, you probably need to edit the "runsettings.txt" file in your "kbmenu" folder.

The newer versions of KSM include an "auto select" after a number of seconds. You would edit "usersettings.txt" to set what to a start and how many second to wait before starting it. If you do the editing using Notepad++, the formatting is much easier to read and understand.

That way you could have KSM start and then a few seconds later have Nickel start, all automatically, when you start your device.

Luck;
Ken

roger64 · 05-25-2015, 03:00 PM

@Ken

Thanks for your explanations.

cramoisi · 05-28-2015, 06:42 AM

Hi,
In KBStartMenu_07_uninstall.zip, I don’t find the package for firmware 3.15.0 for uninstall KSM from 3.15.0. Where can I find it ?

boriar · 05-28-2015, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cramoisi

Hi,
In KBStartMenu_07_uninstall.zip, I don’t find the package for firmware 3.15.0 for uninstall KSM from 3.15.0. Where can I find it ?

The files it must restore are the same since some time ago, so you can use the 3.13.1 files without care.

cramoisi · 05-29-2015, 03:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boriar

The files it must restore are the same since some time ago, so you can use the 3.13.1 files without care.

I made a KoboRoot archive with the files of the latest firmware ; I supposed it ran smooth.

Jellby · 05-31-2015, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tshering

Jellby, if you like we can try something. When KSM starts nickel it (or rather start_nickel.sh) checks whether an external sd is mounted, and if it is mounted, it communicates this fact to nickel. So maybe for some reasons the sd is not yet mounted at this point and therefore KSM does not inform nickel.

Thanks, I'll try it now (I don't connect the Kobo to the computer very often). But I was wondering... If the problem is that nickel is not correctly notified, wouldn't removing and reinserting the card (within nickel) help? Because the truth is it doesn't.

tshering · 05-31-2015, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jellby

If the problem is that nickel is not correctly notified, wouldn't removing and reinserting the card (within nickel) help? Because the truth is it doesn't.

Yes this should definitely help. Since it does not help, there seems to be a different problem. Do you have telnet access to your reader? If you have you could easily check whether the sd gets mounted and nickel does for some reasons not access it, or whether the sd does not get mounted to start with. Checking in this way would be easier as by a log script.

Ken Maltby · 05-31-2015, 03:27 PM

Why not check the mount status using the KSM "Tools/external sd.msh" "show mount info sd.sh", before "start nickel". If that doesn't work maybe one of the remount scripts will set whatever flag is lacking.

Luck;
Ken

Jellby · 06-01-2015, 03:04 AM

One of the times it failed, I could browse the card within KSM, but then the card was invisible when I started nickel. I've been avoiding launching nickel from KSM since then, so I don't have many data points. I'll try to do more tests.

I used to have telnet access, but I probably lost it when I upgraded the firmware and KSM, that's another thing to check.

kwokhin · 06-02-2015, 10:10 AM

AMAZING!!
I finally have it so that I can install KOREADER!
Thank you so much!

tshering · 06-02-2015, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwokhin

AMAZING!!
I finally have it so that I can install KOREADER!
Thank you so much!

I am glad you like it. Didn't you have any problems with the installation of the the KSM update files on the Glo HD?

remco805 · 06-02-2015, 04:47 PM

I'm trying to install KSM on my glo hd.

After installing update1 I got the same screen rotation problem. I did a pinhole reset. I checked the files in "local" and "global". They were all there. So far so good (I assume).

So I tried update2. Screen rotation problem. Pinhole reset. Now the device restarted and I've got a white screen.
Pinhole reset doesn't work. Pressing turn off switch for 20 sec. doesn't work, just a white screen

05-25-2015, 06:02 AM	#271
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,625 Karma: 3120635 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	About the script "exit Nickel" Hi I have an old version (16 months?) of the Start Menu and I am quite afraid to update it. It's working quite well to launch either Nickel or Koreader. The only small trouble I have is with the script "exit Nickel" when I am using Nickel. It works... sometimes yes, and sometimes no (I only go to the image) and I do not understand why. I would like to know what I am missing to make it more reliable.

05-25-2015, 01:59 PM	#273
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,625 Karma: 3120635 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	Well, well, no need to go further, I got the answer (not obvious for me) In fact, I must have selected a setting somewhere sometime (no memory) and once I start directly Nickel, once I start KSM first (from there the different results). Now I have to modify this setting to start everytime from KSM. First finding it... EDIT: OK I found it: runsettings.txt Thanks for your help. Last edited by roger64; 05-25-2015 at 02:21 PM. Reason: edit

05-25-2015, 02:23 PM	#274
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,466 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	With your older install of KSM, you probably need to edit the "runsettings.txt" file in your "kbmenu" folder. The newer versions of KSM include an "auto select" after a number of seconds. You would edit "usersettings.txt" to set what to a start and how many second to wait before starting it. If you do the editing using Notepad++, the formatting is much easier to read and understand. That way you could have KSM start and then a few seconds later have Nickel start, all automatically, when you start your device. Luck; Ken Last edited by Ken Maltby; 05-25-2015 at 02:41 PM.

06-02-2015, 04:47 PM	#285
remco805 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: Kobo GLO HD	glo hd I'm trying to install KSM on my glo hd. After installing update1 I got the same screen rotation problem. I did a pinhole reset. I checked the files in "local" and "global". They were all there. So far so good (I assume). So I tried update2. Screen rotation problem. Pinhole reset. Now the device restarted and I've got a white screen. Pinhole reset doesn't work. Pressing turn off switch for 20 sec. doesn't work, just a white screen

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05-25-2015, 01:49 PM	#272
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,570 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Let's try the obvious first: do you always start Nickel from KSM? If you boot up directly to Nickel, "exit Nickel" will not work.

05-25-2015, 03:00 PM	#275
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,625 Karma: 3120635 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	@Ken Thanks for your explanations.

05-28-2015, 06:42 AM	#276
cramoisi Librarian Posts: 347 Karma: 72225 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Liège - Belgium Device: kobo gloHD - KA1	Hi, In KBStartMenu_07_uninstall.zip, I don’t find the package for firmware 3.15.0 for uninstall KSM from 3.15.0. Where can I find it ?

05-31-2015, 03:27 PM	#281
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,466 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	Why not check the mount status using the KSM "Tools/external sd.msh" "show mount info sd.sh", before "start nickel". If that doesn't work maybe one of the remount scripts will set whatever flag is lacking. Luck; Ken

06-01-2015, 03:04 AM	#282
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,570 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	One of the times it failed, I could browse the card within KSM, but then the card was invisible when I started nickel. I've been avoiding launching nickel from KSM since then, so I don't have many data points. I'll try to do more tests. I used to have telnet access, but I probably lost it when I upgraded the firmware and KSM, that's another thing to check.

06-02-2015, 10:10 AM	#283
kwokhin Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2015 Device: Kobo Glo HD	AMAZING!! I finally have it so that I can install KOREADER! Thank you so much!