Kobo Start Menu 07

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by frostschutz

My current workaround is: send sickel to sleep (SIGSTOP). And when nickel is back, kill it entire. It's automatically restarted as a d-bus service and does not kill nickel then. The sending to sleep is only to prevent that auto-restart.

Why not prevent dbus from starting it in the first place? Either remove the dbus definition for the service, or, rename the script used in the dbus definition.

Script is /usr/local/Kobo/sickel-launcher.sh
dbus def is in /usr/share/dbus-1/services/com.kobo.watchdog.Sickel.service

[frostschutz]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Why not prevent dbus from starting it in the first place?

That would be a Sickel Remover mod for people who want to do that. And if it turns out this method of removing sickel was not good (nickel keeps pinging, what are the side effects?), the Sickel Remover mod could be updated to do it a better way.

But my other mods are not supposed to break things, so - freezing sickel temporarily for a mod to do its work is OK, but disabling it entire would be invasive.

# Sickel Remover mod (one of many)

sed -i -e s/reboot/rebarf/g /usr/local/Kobo/sickel

# sickel still runs. sickel still pings (in case that matters somehow).
# but it no longer reboots.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...5&postcount=28

[norbusan]

Hi Tshering,

I wanted to ask what is the current status of KSM with respect to 3.16.10 firmware on Kobo GLOHD?

For now I am refraining from installing it, but would love to have it back ...

All the best

Norbert

[tshering]

Originally Posted by norbusan

Hi Tshering,

I wanted to ask what is the current status of KSM with respect to 3.16.10 firmware on Kobo GLOHD?

For now I am refraining from installing it, but would love to have it back ...

All the best

Norbert

Please replace the two scripts in fmonsh with those of the uploaded archive. With these changes you can run (and more importantly: exit nickel to KSM) without reboot. But the device (at least my Touch) still reboots when I disconnect a usb connection from within nickel (whether the user partition was cleanly mounted, what is currently not happening under KSM, or not [what is happening on my current test version]). Therefore I removed/renamed on my device sickel. It might however be safer to apply Frostschutz' mod posted above. (Somehow I feel GeoffR will provide a way to make sickel wait longer before rebooting, or maybe to prevent that it branches to the reboot branch at all.)

OT: Sorry, I did not have yet a chance to look into your dictionary stuff.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by frostschutz

# Sickel Remover mod (one of many)

sed -i -e s/reboot/rebarf/g /usr/local/Kobo/sickel

# sickel still runs. sickel still pings (in case that matters somehow).
# but it no longer reboots.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...5&postcount=28

Thank you!

[norbusan]

Hi Tshering,

Originally Posted by tshering

Please replace the two scripts in fmonsh with those of the uploaded archive.

Thanks, I will try that.

Originally Posted by tshering

OT: Sorry, I did not have yet a chance to look into your dictionary stuff.

No worry, it has advanced already. I will write a blog post one of the next days with the script polished and cleaned up for everyone to use.

Thanks

Norbert

[myki]

Hi,
I need your help, I want to update my KSM 07.
Currently, the version installed is KSM 2015.02.14.
I think I have installed the update 001 and 002, not sure if it appears in the version number...
I'm not sure about the update 003, because I don't remember if I installed it, but it seems that I have the night mode available...

So to be up to date, what do I have to install ?
Can I install the update 003 again to be sure ?
Can I put the update 003 and 004 together and launch the update one time ?

Thanks for your help

[tshering]

Originally Posted by myki

Hi,
I need your help, I want to update my KSM 07.
Currently, the version installed is KSM 2015.02.14.
I think I have installed the update 001 and 002, not sure if it appears in the version number...
I'm not sure about the update 003, because I don't remember if I installed it, but it seems that I have the night mode available...

So to be up to date, what do I have to install ?
Can I install the update 003 again to be sure ?
Can I put the update 003 and 004 together and launch the update one time ?

Thanks for your help

Update 4 includes (or replaces) all previous updates. You need to take only update 4. This is why I removed updates 1 to 3 from the first post.

[myki]

Thanks for your help tshering, it worked like expected.
Now I have to test my kobo and see if I meet my batteries problems again

[fil9998]

Hi friends-
I edited \.adds\kbmenu\txt\poweroff_info.html
with my name and contacts.
but

these infos show with the reader shot down
only If switched it off from KOreader, not if I shot it down fron Nickel.

Can you please suggest me a solution?
Many thanks.

[Ken Maltby]

I didn't know you "kindle paperwhite" users could use the Kobo Start Menu.

My Aura HD is set to autoselect Koreader and I have to let koreader start, then exit koreader back into KSM7, before I can select "Power Off", and see my modified "poweroff_info.html".

Normally, you would have to return to KSM7, from Nickel, and select "Power Off". I guess there could be an fmon icon made to do that.

Luck;
Ken

[fil9998]

my old sign.....


I agree, but I remember that on previous installation even phisically switching down from nickel I had my infos desplayed on the screen...

Some conf. file to edit I bet, but don't know which one and how.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by fil9998

Hi friends-
I edited \.adds\kbmenu\txt\poweroff_info.html
with my name and contacts.
but

these infos show with the reader shot down
only If switched it off from KOreader, not if I shot it down fron Nickel.

Can you please suggest me a solution?
Many thanks.

tools > activate > x install poweroff.sh

[Ken Maltby]

There is also "xor_"s new hack to Koreader that also uses KSM's "Power Off". It puts additional icons into the Koreader reader menu. It brings up my KSM poweroff image (There are still times when the timing is off and not all of the image gets shown when the power is cut off.) This could be some help to those who are having power consumption issues.

Luck;
Ken

[JFeole]

Is it ok to install the 3.17.0 update with KSM07, or should I wait?

Thanks,
JFeole