advboot: a new approach to launch nickel or koreader at startup

[tshering]

Originally Posted by libertango

So, if the first is true, copying the files over the old ones couldn't anyway solve my issue, right?



No reaction, or just some reaction after many tries. Most of the time, simply stuck.
Thanks for helping.

Did you try to poke the screen all over the place? If some pokes show a reaction (even an unexpected), try the change I referred to above. This is a problem that concerned only some versions of Kobo Touch.

[Frenzie]

Originally Posted by WS64

@Frenzie, the "too old Koreader" issue is just for the new H2O, not for the Kobo Touch

Whoops, my bad. I somehow failed to notice the word "Touch".

Regardless, I imagine changes would have to be made to the same file(s).

[libertango]

Originally Posted by tshering

Did you try to poke the screen all over the place? If some pokes show a reaction (even an unexpected), try the change I referred to above. This is a problem that concerned only some versions of Kobo Touch.

I tried your changes, and they worked great. The "stuck in file manager" issue is solved. Thank you tshering for this.

Unfortunately I had another problem with KOreader. While reading pdf's (happened with two of them) the reader gets seriously stuck in one page.
I did like a lot how KOreader manages pdf files, so I would be happy to make it work.
I wonder if my issue comes from advboot, if this is the case I would try another launcher. If this is without doubt a KOreader issue, I wouldn't take the time to try that.
Please help. Kobo Touch N905C at 3.8.0.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by libertango

I tried your changes, and they worked great. The "stuck in file manager" issue is solved. Thank you tshering for this.

Unfortunately I had another problem with KOreader. While reading pdf's (happened with two of them) the reader gets seriously stuck in one page.
I did like a lot how KOreader manages pdf files, so I would be happy to make it work.
I wonder if my issue comes from advboot, if this is the case I would try another launcher. If this is without doubt a KOreader issue, I wouldn't take the time to try that.
Please help. Kobo Touch N905C at 3.8.0.

I would doubt that it is a advboot issue since all advboot does is to launch koreader using a script file.

[Frenzie]

Could be related to the memory leak that was fixed the other day? Are these PDFs that other people can have a look at?

[libertango]

Originally Posted by Frenzie

Could be related to the memory leak that was fixed the other day? Are these PDFs that other people can have a look at?

Well it gets stuck with pretty everything, epubs also. I installed second to last (at the time of my post) nightly of koreader. I don't know about the memory leak.
Do I try with the last nightly?
Could you also point me to easy (newbie here) instructions to install koreader with a launcher?

[Frenzie]

Hm, that's weird. That does sound like an issue with KOReader, but I've experienced nothing of the sort myself.

For the Kobo Start Menu see this post, but I don't know if it plays nice with advboot or whatever.

[Ebri]

As they modify the same RcS file, either this or that is installed.

[libertango]

Originally Posted by Frenzie

Hm, that's weird. That does sound like an issue with KOReader, but I've experienced nothing of the sort myself.

Looks like one of these two issues:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=277

or

https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/1069

or probably both.

[libertango]

Ok, I have installed the Start Menu and Koreader now works great. So, I had some sort of issue with advboot.
I had anyway to fix the Koreader touch coordinates to make it work with my Touch N905C .

Edit: I do have the "unresponsive if left idle for some time" issue, I'll try the fix here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=277

Edit 2: The preventfreeze patch solved my issue. So to sum up:
advboot+koreader+coordinates change doesn't work on my Touch.
KSM+koreader+coordinates change+preventfreeze works like a charm

[Ken Maltby]

The sticky install guide in the "Kobo Reader" forum, includes a link to a description of the changes to make, to correct the Touch N905C touch coordinates.

Luck;
Ken

[libertango]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

The sticky install guide in the "Kobo Reader" forum, includes a link to a description of the changes to make, to correct the Touch N905C touch coordinates.

Luck;
Ken

Yes that's what I meant, sorry for not have included the link. That worked well, but I had anyway freeze issues with advboot.

[boriar]

Originally Posted by j0y

David, thanks a lot!
Koreader is now running well in my H2O on firmware 3.11.0.
The reflow function is just amazing! Just to check, there is no free-zoom function, right? Either activated by touch or menu... because I couldn't zoom at all, just swtitch zoom modes.

Cheers

With reflow function, are you refer to Ebri's modification?

Apart from that, here is a mod for work with 3.12.1 (at least on H2O):

[had]

Originally Posted by boriar

With reflow function, are you refer to Ebri's modification?

Apart from that, here is a mod for work with 3.12.1 (at least on H2O):

Thanks boriar - your update works on Aura HD 3.13.1.

I have also updated it to use the .adds directory instead of the .kobo directory. The .adds directory seems to be the new standard place to put add-ons.

[frostschutz]

Originally Posted by had

The .adds directory seems to be the new standard place to put add-ons.

There is no standard place, or if there is, no one told me about it.

I put my mods in /usr/local/<Modname> and user files to /mnt/onboard/.<modname>. Should I switch to /mnt/onboard/.addons/<ModName>?

/mnt/{onboard,sd}/ is no good for long running scripts, since that is to be unmounted any time USB connects, but a script would keep the filesystem busy so it can't be ejected properly...