Ignored Devices

Rellwood · 07-20-2019, 02:29 AM

How can I get a device to be ignored if I already allowed Calibre to manage it. I want to be able to ignore a device before Calibre tries to download the list of books on it. There is an old cache of books or metadata or something on it that Calibre can list, but it just takes forever and hangs the program. I would rather just have the device ignored until I am ready to deal with it.

BetterRed · 07-20-2019, 02:47 AM

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Rellwood · 07-20-2019, 04:24 AM

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Yes, but, I can't access it because as soon as the device is attached, it begins to sync and preferences are blocked. It gets hung up on the listing books. I can't find the device in the "ignored" field when I do check.

kovidgoyal · 07-20-2019, 04:37 AM

There's no UI for this, but you can edit the gui.json file in the calibre configuration folder, look for "ask_to_manage_devices" and change its value to []

kovidgoyal · 07-20-2019, 05:35 AM

Oh I forgot, there is UI for this -- you can see the list of known devics and tell calibre to ignore one via Preferences->Plugins and customize the MTP plugin.

Rellwood · 07-21-2019, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Oh I forgot, there is UI for this -- you can see the list of known devics and tell calibre to ignore one via Preferences->Plugins and customize the MTP plugin.

Thanks! I was able to find it and update it.

07-20-2019, 02:29 AM	#1
Rellwood Library Breeder (She/Her) Posts: 1,268 Karma: 1937891 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Fullerton, California Device: Paperwhite 2015 (2), PW 2024 (12 GEN), PW 2023 (11 GEN), Scribe (1st)	Ignored Devices How can I get a device to be ignored if I already allowed Calibre to manage it. I want to be able to ignore a device before Calibre tries to download the list of books on it. There is an old cache of books or metadata or something on it that Calibre can list, but it just takes forever and hangs the program. I would rather just have the device ignored until I am ready to deal with it.

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07-20-2019, 02:47 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,731 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	BR

07-20-2019, 04:37 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,359 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There's no UI for this, but you can edit the gui.json file in the calibre configuration folder, look for "ask_to_manage_devices" and change its value to []

07-20-2019, 05:35 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,359 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Oh I forgot, there is UI for this -- you can see the list of known devics and tell calibre to ignore one via Preferences->Plugins and customize the MTP plugin.