Calibre hangs

taurins · 11-23-2021, 03:23 PM

Running Calibre (currently 5.32.0) on Windows 10. As of several weeks ago Calibre became impossible to run. The program would start up (albite a little slow) and I could maybe get one function/option/mouse-click to respond (very slow) and at that point any further attempts to do anything result in Calibre hanging. This happens regardless of what I've attempted to do, everywhere from the open-file dialog to simply scrolling down a page.

I only have a little over 5k book entered and prior to some point in the recent past, everything was functioning normally. I've tried reverting to older versions but it doesn't seem to help which leads me to suspect some type of library issue, but I would have no idea where to even begin.

Any thoughts or suggestions? At this point the program is completely unusable. I'd hate to have to start over with something else.

taurins · 11-23-2021, 03:28 PM

Output from calibre-debug -g

calibre 5.32 [64bit] embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Windows-10-10.0.19041 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')

Spoiler:

DEBUG: 4.3 No Kobo Touch, Glo or Mini appears to be connected
DEBUG: 4.3 rebuild_menus - self.supports_ratings=None, self.supports_tiles=None
DEBUG: 4.3 KoboUtilities:set_toolbar_button_tooltip - start: text='None'
DEBUG: 4.3 device_driver_name - could not load extended driver. Exception= No module named 'calibre_plugins.kobotouch_extended'
DEBUG: 4.3 KoboUtilities:set_toolbar_button_tooltip - setting to text='Utilities to use with Kobo ereaders

Driver: KoboTouch'
DEBUG: 4.3 device_driver_name - could not load extended driver. Exception= No module named 'calibre_plugins.kobotouch_extended'
[5.59] main UI initialized...
[5.59] Started up in 5.59 seconds with 5279 books
Starting QuickView

BetterRed · 11-23-2021, 04:07 PM

Try running with no plugins, see ==>> calibre — command line

BR

DNSB · 11-23-2021, 04:10 PM

Does calibre run happily if you start it without plugins ( calibre --ignore-plugins )?

ownedbycats · 11-23-2021, 08:44 PM

If running without plugins is still laggy, go to Library > Switch/Create Library and select the option to create a new library at the new location.

I've accidentally messed up the library a few times (e.g. accidental recursions or badly-coded composite columns) and caused Calibre to hang and/or outright crash.

taurins · 11-26-2021, 10:51 AM

I've tried running without plugins. This helps. Calibre no long hangs so badly that it dies/has_to_be_killed, however it still runs horribly slow. Example, switching from highlighting one book to the next one down, it's about 2 seconds from the mouse-click to the entry being highlighted.

As I was able to get some responsiveness, I did a DB check under library maintenance and everything came back fine.

As for creating a new library, it does seem to improve responsiveness but hard to judge as there are no books to process to test more thoroughly.

I appreciate the suggestions so far, any other thoughts?

kovidgoyal · 11-26-2021, 11:25 AM

reboot in safe mode and see if it goes back to normal speed.

McStubb · 11-27-2021, 11:54 AM

Ive seen this a couple times, switching between the 32 and x64 versions fixes it, every couple releases I have to swap.

BetterRed · 11-27-2021, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McStubb

Ive seen this a couple times, switching between the 32 and x64 versions fixes it, every couple releases I have to swap.

Does that mean you have both versions, 32 and 64 bit, installed (which is legitimate) and you switch between them e.g via different shortcuts.

Or does it mean you uninstall the version that doesn't work and install the other one.

BR

McStubb · 11-28-2021, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Does that mean you have both versions, 32 and 64 bit, installed (which is legitimate) and you switch between them e.g via different shortcuts.

Or does it mean you uninstall the version that doesn't work and install the other one.

BR

different shortcuts

BetterRed · 11-28-2021, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McStubb

different shortcuts

Hmmm

That suggests that the glitch is in the registry, which calibre itself uses sparingly, 99% of its controls are in its %appdata% configuration folder and library databases which are shared between 32 bit and 64 bit installs.

The only things calibre puts into the registry, that I'm aware of, relate to file type handlers and the calibre:// url handler, and I would think they're common to both 32 bit and 64 bit versions.

I'm out of ideas, other than what's in and around this post

BR

McStubb · 11-29-2021, 07:55 PM

You could also be missing the obvious. Issues with the actual exe. (I only started noticing it around 5.20 or so)

BetterRed · 11-30-2021, 06:05 AM

There are about 1 million users of calibre 5.3x on Windows, see ==>> https://calibre-ebook.com/dynamic/calibre-usage. There are less than a dozen reports of problems such as you are having, which leads me to think its something related to the platform.

Have you tried running in Windows Safe Mode, or re-installing a version earlier than 5.20, you'd need to uninstall what you have first. You can also lodge an 'official' bug report, see ==>> https://calibre-ebook.com/bugs

BR

theducks · 11-30-2021, 02:12 PM

↑ ↑ ↑ ✔

Years ago, WACOM graphics Tablets caused grief.

It sure would be nice if we could narrow this down, by figuring What is different (or changes from one use to another)
Most common is Multi Monitor rigs, with dialog opening off visible areas

Hi DPI graphics,
Aggressive A/V (defender seems solid, so why spend $). Calibre uses background 'worker' processes, so things don't go All Stop, while they grind away.

3rd party 'helper tools' can get in the way

Calibre works pretty much straight up on all my (mostly Vanilla) Windows systems.

11-23-2021, 03:23 PM	#1
taurins Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2018 Device: none	Calibre hangs Running Calibre (currently 5.32.0) on Windows 10. As of several weeks ago Calibre became impossible to run. The program would start up (albite a little slow) and I could maybe get one function/option/mouse-click to respond (very slow) and at that point any further attempts to do anything result in Calibre hanging. This happens regardless of what I've attempted to do, everywhere from the open-file dialog to simply scrolling down a page. I only have a little over 5k book entered and prior to some point in the recent past, everything was functioning normally. I've tried reverting to older versions but it doesn't seem to help which leads me to suspect some type of library issue, but I would have no idea where to even begin. Any thoughts or suggestions? At this point the program is completely unusable. I'd hate to have to start over with something else.

11-23-2021, 03:28 PM	#2
taurins Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2018 Device: none	Output from calibre-debug -g calibre 5.32 [64bit] embedded-python: True is64bit: True Windows-10-10.0.19041 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE') Spoiler: ('Windows', '10', '10.0.19041') Python 3.8.5 Windows: ('10', '10.0.19041', '', 'Multiprocessor Free') Interface language: None Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM (7, 1, 0) && CalibreSpy (1, 0, 84) && Count Pages (1, 11, 1) && Ex Libris (1, 0, 19) && Extract ISBN (1, 5, 0) && FanFicFare (4, 7, 0) && Find Duplicates (1, 8, 10) && Goodreads (1, 5, 1) && Goodreads Sync (1, 15, 1) && ISFDB (3, 0, 0) && Job Spy (1, 0, 190) && Kobo Utilities (2, 14, 1) && Library Codes (1, 0, 50) && LibraryThing Match (0, 2, 0) && Media File Importer (1, 0, 24) && Quality Check (1, 11, 4) && Search The Internet (1, 8, 1) && Standard Ebooks (1, 0, 0) && View Manager (1, 6, 0) Turning on automatic hidpi scaling devicePixelRatio: 2.0 logicalDpi: 96.0 x 96.0 physicalDpi: 54.45896147403684 x 54.42857142857142 Using calibre Qt style: True [0.00] Starting up... [0.00] Initializing db... [0.25] db initialized [0.25] Constructing main UI... Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\gui2\ui.py", line 136, in __init__ File "calibre\gui2\ui.py", line 154, in init_iaction File "calibre\customize\__init__.py", line 624, in load_actual_plugin File "importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 192, in exec_module File "calibre_plugins.exlibris_plugin.ui", line 15, in <module> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 185, in exec_module File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 181, in get_code File "calibre_plugins.exlibris_plugin.main", line 179 self.include_spine.setText(str(newRow + 1)) ^ TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation DEBUG: 0.0 Goodreads Sync::dialogs.py - loading translations DEBUG: 0.0 GoodreadsSync::action.py - loading translations DEBUG: 0.0 KoboUtilites::action.py - loading translations DEBUG: 0.0 KoboUtilites::dialogs.py - loading translations DEBUG: 0.0 KoboUtilites::action.py - loading translations calibre_plugins.librarything_match.fuzzywuzzy.fuzz :11: UserWarning: Using slow pure-python SequenceMatcher. Install python-Levenshtein to remove this warning libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 888, in do_node_field File "calibre\ebooks\metadata\book\formatter.py", line 32, in get_value ValueError: Value: unknown field #formats During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1457, in safe_format File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1351, in evaluate File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1259, in _eval_program File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 714, in program File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 728, in expression_list File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1153, in expr File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1151, in expr File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 790, in do_node_if File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1153, in expr File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1151, in expr File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1029, in do_node_logop File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1024, in do_node_logop File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1018, in <lambda> File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1153, in expr File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1150, in expr File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 728, in expression_list File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1153, in expr File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1151, in expr File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 931, in do_node_assign File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1153, in expr File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1151, in expr File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1029, in do_node_logop File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1024, in do_node_logop File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1019, in <lambda> File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1153, in expr File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1151, in expr File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 755, in do_node_string_infix File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 749, in do_node_string_infix File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1153, in expr File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 1151, in expr File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 895, in do_node_field File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 893, in do_node_field File "calibre\utils\formatter.py", line 693, in error ValueError: Interpreter: Unknown field '#formats' - line number 4 Error evaluating column named: #test1 CalibreSpy: initialization_complete FFF: INFO: 2021-11-23 13:25:59,254: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.prefs(217): Attempting to read settings from predecessor--FFDL INFO: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.prefs - Attempting to read settings from predecessor--FFDL FFF: INFO: 2021-11-23 13:25:59,255: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.prefs(222): Using default settings INFO: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.prefs - Using default settings FFF: DEBUG: 2021-11-23 13:25:59,261: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin(221): Plugin FanFicFare macmenuhack file_path:C:\Users\apt\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plu gins\fanficfare_macmenuhack.txt DEBUG: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin - Plugin FanFicFare macmenuhack file_path:C:\Users\apt\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plu gins\fanficfare_macmenuhack.txt QLayout::addChildLayout: layout "" already has a parent DEBUG: 4.3 HttpHelper::__init__: proxy=None Job Spy has begun initialization... Calibre, and hence Job Spy, was gracefully shut down last time? True Last time daemon started: never Last time daemon failed: never Total daemon starts inception_to_date: 0 Total daemon failures inception-to-date: 0 libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile Job Spy has finished initialization... DEBUG: 4.3 No Kobo Touch, Glo or Mini appears to be connected DEBUG: 4.3 rebuild_menus - self.supports_ratings=None, self.supports_tiles=None DEBUG: 4.3 KoboUtilities:set_toolbar_button_tooltip - start: text='None' DEBUG: 4.3 device_driver_name - could not load extended driver. Exception= No module named 'calibre_plugins.kobotouch_extended' DEBUG: 4.3 KoboUtilities:set_toolbar_button_tooltip - setting to text='Utilities to use with Kobo ereaders Driver: KoboTouch' DEBUG: 4.3 device_driver_name - could not load extended driver. Exception= No module named 'calibre_plugins.kobotouch_extended' [5.59] main UI initialized... [5.59] Started up in 5.59 seconds with 5279 books Starting QuickView Last edited by BetterRed; 11-23-2021 at 04:05 PM. Reason: hide some details

11-23-2021, 08:44 PM	#5
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,359 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	If running without plugins is still laggy, go to Library > Switch/Create Library and select the option to create a new library at the new location. I've accidentally messed up the library a few times (e.g. accidental recursions or badly-coded composite columns) and caused Calibre to hang and/or outright crash. Last edited by ownedbycats; 11-23-2021 at 08:58 PM.

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11-23-2021, 04:07 PM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,018 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Try running with no plugins, see ==>> calibre — command line BR

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DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 48,175 Karma: 174315444 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Does calibre run happily if you start it without plugins ( calibre --ignore-plugins )?

11-26-2021, 10:51 AM	#6
taurins Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2018 Device: none	I've tried running without plugins. This helps. Calibre no long hangs so badly that it dies/has_to_be_killed, however it still runs horribly slow. Example, switching from highlighting one book to the next one down, it's about 2 seconds from the mouse-click to the entry being highlighted. As I was able to get some responsiveness, I did a DB check under library maintenance and everything came back fine. As for creating a new library, it does seem to improve responsiveness but hard to judge as there are no books to process to test more thoroughly. I appreciate the suggestions so far, any other thoughts?

11-26-2021, 11:25 AM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	reboot in safe mode and see if it goes back to normal speed.

11-27-2021, 11:54 AM	#8
McStubb Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: None	Ive seen this a couple times, switching between the 32 and x64 versions fixes it, every couple releases I have to swap.

11-29-2021, 07:55 PM	#12
McStubb Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: None	You could also be missing the obvious. Issues with the actual exe. (I only started noticing it around 5.20 or so)

11-30-2021, 06:05 AM	#13
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,018 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	There are about 1 million users of calibre 5.3x on Windows, see ==>> https://calibre-ebook.com/dynamic/calibre-usage. There are less than a dozen reports of problems such as you are having, which leads me to think its something related to the platform. Have you tried running in Windows Safe Mode, or re-installing a version earlier than 5.20, you'd need to uninstall what you have first. You can also lodge an 'official' bug report, see ==>> https://calibre-ebook.com/bugs BR

11-30-2021, 02:12 PM	#14
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,267 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	↑ ↑ ↑ ✔ Years ago, WACOM graphics Tablets caused grief. It sure would be nice if we could narrow this down, by figuring What is different (or changes from one use to another) Most common is Multi Monitor rigs, with dialog opening off visible areas Hi DPI graphics, Aggressive A/V (defender seems solid, so why spend $). Calibre uses background 'worker' processes, so things don't go All Stop, while they grind away. 3rd party 'helper tools' can get in the way Calibre works pretty much straight up on all my (mostly Vanilla) Windows systems.