Aura H2O AutoShelf beta

[frostschutz]

Naturally I want to keep using this as well - on my Libra 2 which has been sitting unused in its box for way too many days now - but it'll take time and motivation, which is a bit complicated right now. Won't be able to do anything much for another month at least, sorry. If you didn't already replace the bundled outdated fbink with uptodate version, maybe that alone would help you already

[vdanjean]

Hi,
fbink from https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=299110 is not recent enough for Kobo Sage. But recompiling it from github sources works ;-) You can see my messages at the end of the just cited thread.

I've been hit by another problem with AutoShelf. To detect user action, it monitors /dev/input/event1. But, on Kobo Sage, this is not (always?) the good file.
I wrote a patch to detect the good eventX file based on /proc/bus/input/devices.
To be fully correct, we must know the name of the touch screen. I put the one I know in the script (ie for Kobo Sage and Kobo Forma).
If nothing is found, it failback to /dev/input/event1 as before but also generate a file in /mnt/onboard/AutoShelf-bugreport.txt (with the contents of /proc/bus/input/devices) so that my patch can be improved.

I put my patch below, feel free to use it as you want.

I can also give you the full updated KoboRoot.tgz if you wish to quickly update the package.

Regards,

diff --git a/usr/local/AutoShelf/autoshelf.sh b/usr/local/AutoShelf/autoshelf.sh
index 8f09d7a..7a433a6 100755
--- a/usr/local/AutoShelf/autoshelf.sh
+++ b/usr/local/AutoShelf/autoshelf.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,77 @@ config() {
     [ "$value" != "" ] && echo "$value" || echo "$2"
 }
 
+#
+# touchscreen input file
+#
+TS_GUESS=
+ts_input() {
+    local l
+    local FOUND=
+    local CANDIDATE=/dev/input/event1
+    local EVENT
+    local tempdir="$(mktemp -d)"
+    mkfifo "$tempdir/fifo"
+    cat /proc/bus/input/devices > "$tempdir/fifo" &
+    while read l; do
+	case "$l" in
+        'N: Name="cyttsp5_mt"') FOUND=1;;
+	'N: Name="Elan Touchscreen"') FOUND=1;;
+	'N: Name='*[Tt]ouch[Ss]creen*) FOUND=2;;
+        'H: Handlers='*) EVENT="$(echo "$l" | sed -e 's/.*\(event[0-9]\+\).*/\1/')" ;;
+	'')
+	    case "$FOUND" in
+	    1)
+		echo /dev/input/"$EVENT"
+		rm -rf "$tempdir"
+		return ;;
+	    2)
+		CANDIDATE="/dev/input/$EVENT"
+		;;
+	    esac
+	    FOUND= ;;
+        *) ;;
+	esac
+    done < "$tempdir/fifo"
+    rm -rf "$tempdir"
+    TS_GUESS=1
+    echo "CANDIDATE=$CANDIDATE"
+}
+
+ts_warn() {
+    if [ "$TS_GUESS" != 1 ]; then
+	return
+    fi
+
+    for i in $(seq 1 60)
+    do
+        if [ -e /mnt/onboard/.kobo/KoboReader.sqlite ]
+        then
+            break
+        fi
+
+        sleep 1
+	break
+    done
+
+    if [ ! -e /mnt/onboard/.kobo/KoboReader.sqlite ]; then
+	: return
+    fi
+
+cat > /mnt/onboard/AutoShelf-bugreport.txt <<EOF
+The touchscreen have not been exactly detected.
+To improve AutoShelf, please send the following information to the developpers:
+
+Input devices on the machine:
+$(cat /proc/bus/input/devices)
+
+Machine version:
+$(cat /mnt/onboard/.kobo/version)
+$(uname -a)
+
+EOF
+}
+
 # database escapes
 escape() {
     echo -n "${1//"'"/"''"}"
@@ -241,7 +312,8 @@ then
     grep /mnt/onboard /proc/mounts && exit
     fbink -g file="/usr/local/AutoShelf/autoshelf-off.png"
 
-    while cat /dev/input/event1 | dd bs=1 count=1
+    TS_INPUT="$(ts_input)"
+    while cat "$TS_INPUT" | dd bs=1 count=1
     do
         grep /mnt/onboard /proc/mounts && exit
 
@@ -267,6 +339,7 @@ then
     exit
 elif [ ! -e /tmp/autoshelf-on ]
 then
+    ts_warn
     # disabled mode
     exit
 fi
@@ -285,6 +358,8 @@ do
     sleep 1
 done
 
+ts_warn
+
 if [ -e /mnt/onboard/.kobo/KoboReader.sqlite ]
 then
     cfg_logfile="$BASE"/$(config logfile '')

[vdanjean]

I made a github pull request if you prefer.

[gesundheit]

What's the programmatic reason for the chance of database corruption? I'd like to be able to use this, but I'd rather not have to keep backing up KoboReader.sqlite. I'm interested in seeing if I can fix this bug.

[JeanCremers]

i got my new kobo libra 2 today and tried the script. Firmware version 4.30.18838. This is my first kobo. After connecting an image comes up with a couple of books, when clicked it changes into an image with AUTOSHELF below but nothing seems to happen. When clicked again it changes back to the previous image. On disconnect nothing seems to have happened, no collections were made.

[makara]

Everything worked on Kobo Aura One.(4.30.18838) The problem was in the Macintosh archiver. Everything worked out in the Windows environment.

[frostschutz]

Originally Posted by JeanCremers

when clicked it changes into an image with AUTOSHELF below

That's autoshelf ON state.

When clicked again it changes back to the previous image.

That's OFF state

autoshelf runs on usb disconnect if it was set to ON state. it won't run when OFF (default is OFF)

and yes, sorry, this still needs an update

[JeanCremers]

Excuse for being so dumb.
1 i put a folder with books (*.txt) into x:\.kobo like x:\.kobo\Asimov
2 i disconnect the kobo so it can update it's database
3 i connect thje kobo again, and press the autoshelf icon so it's on and starts after disconnect.
4 i disconnect the kobo duh.

Still not getting what i want, sometimes i see one collection added named Unknown/ with one book in it, not the one that was in the folder i copied.

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by JeanCremers

1 i put a folder with books (*.txt) into x:\.kobo like x:\.kobo\Asimov

Interesting I never knew one could purchase Asimov's books in TXT format.

Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk

[frostschutz]

well, .kobo is ignored by default (skip path setting)

[JeanCremers]

sigh, they were converted for my old kindle.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by JeanCremers

they were converted for my old kindle.

Do you have the original format? If it's ePub, use that for your Kobo. If not, use Calibre to convert to ePub.

[JeanCremers]

@frostschutz it worked like a charm. Thanks!
@JSWolf i used calibre to convert to epub yes, thanks.

[poczynek]

I have factory reset my Forma and i just cannot uninstall Autoshelf Beta. I have also put the dot folder in the main directory of Kobo but it still comes up when i am plugged into a computer. How can i permanently uninstall?

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by poczynek

I have factory reset my Forma and i just cannot uninstall Autoshelf Beta. I have also put the dot folder in the main directory of Kobo but it still comes up when i am plugged into a computer. How can i permanently uninstall?

Did you do the factory reset from the Device information page of the settings? If so, that only formats the book partition and doesn't clear the root partition. The full factory reset, which sets the firmware back to the original, can be done from the Developers option screen when developers mode is on, or using the manual factory reset.