[Closed] Issues with Version 6

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I actually didnt expect windows 8 to fail, but in testing, people trying to run calibre reported Qt's windowing backend fails to create windows on Windows 8. Given that 8.1 is EOL in a few months I really didnt have the time/interest to try to debug why that is. See the report in the calibre beta 6 thread.

You could post on the system requirements for Calibre 6 to upgrade Windows 8 to Windows 10 as the upgrade is still available and free. I've never heard of any computer able to run Windows 8 being unable to run Windows 10.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by gbm

All the people using MacOS and NoDRM need to read this thread:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=347812

Download the Nodrm 10.0.3 unofficial version test it on the mac and post the results at git hub.
bernie

Is there a direct link to the unofficial 10.0.3 or do we have to update 10.0.2 with the current code ourselves?

[gbm]

Why yes I provided a link.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...8&postcount=10

bernie

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Is there a direct link to the unofficial 10.0.3 or do we have to update 10.0.2 with the current code ourselves?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by gbm

Why yes I provided a link.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...8&postcount=10

bernie

Your post made it sound like there was a 10.0.3 beta waiting to be tried and not having to be made from the source code. I suggest editing your post to make the state of 10.0.3 more clear?

[DiapDealer]

Or how about you stop making it your personal mission to curate this thread?

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

@slantybard: That's an issue with loading libcrypto on macOS. If the developer of FFF will post a code snippet for whatever code is causing it to load and fail I will iinvestigate if something can be done.

Incidentally this is likely the same issue that affects the noDRM plugin on macOS.

Literally the same issue, I believe. From FFF:

        if not db.add_format_with_hooks(book_id,
                                        options['fileform'],
                                        book['outfile'], index_is_id=True):

Caliber is calling DeDRM(/NoDRM?) as a File Type plugin when FFF adds the format. Nothing FFF can do about it, I believe.

[Dr. Drib]

I'm not certain if my problem is the one reported in this thread, but my recent update to calibre 6.0 - in viewing only - is this:

calibre, version 6.0.0
ERROR: Loading book failed: Failed to open the book at /Users/drib/Documents/Calibre for M1/William Meikle/Abominable_ A Creature Feature (The William Meikle Chapbook Collection 20) (56509)/Abominable_ A Creature Feature (The Willia - William Meikle.epub. Click "Show details" for more info.

Failed to convert book: /Users/drib/Documents/Calibre for M1/William Meikle/Abominable_ A Creature Feature (The William Meikle Chapbook Collection 20) (56509)/Abominable_ A Creature Feature (The Willia - William Meikle.epub with error:
DeDRM v7.2.1: Trying to decrypt Abominable_ A Creature Feature (The Willia - William Meikle.epub
DeDRM v7.2.1: Verifying zip archive integrity
WARNING: /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre-parallel is loading libcrypto in an unsafe way

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I was able to 'Send To Device' [my Kobo Libre 2] with no problems. The issue - as far as I can tell - seems to be with using the 'VIEW' option on epubs.

ADDED: I see now that the post above mine indicates that I'm having the same issue that other individuals have reported.

Thank you.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

I'm not certain if my problem is the one reported in this thread, but my recent update to calibre 6.0 - in viewing only - is this:

calibre, version 6.0.0
ERROR: Loading book failed: Failed to open the book at /Users/drib/Documents/Calibre for M1/William Meikle/Abominable_ A Creature Feature (The William Meikle Chapbook Collection 20) (56509)/Abominable_ A Creature Feature (The Willia - William Meikle.epub. Click "Show details" for more info.

Failed to convert book: /Users/drib/Documents/Calibre for M1/William Meikle/Abominable_ A Creature Feature (The William Meikle Chapbook Collection 20) (56509)/Abominable_ A Creature Feature (The Willia - William Meikle.epub with error:
DeDRM v7.2.1: Trying to decrypt Abominable_ A Creature Feature (The Willia - William Meikle.epub
DeDRM v7.2.1: Verifying zip archive integrity
WARNING: /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre-parallel is loading libcrypto in an unsafe way

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I was able to 'Send To Device' [my Kobo Libre 2] with no problems. The issue - as far as I can tell - seems to be with using the 'VIEW' option on epubs.

ADDED: I see now that the post above mine indicates that I'm having the same issue that other individuals have reported.

Thank you.

Download DeDRM 10.0.2 from https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools and also download the current code. Update 10.0.2 with the current code. Then go to post #75 in the thread (on page 5) and make the changes shown there so DeDRM can load libcrypto that comes with Calibre. Then install that over the existing DeDRM. That hopefully should work in MacOS.

[DiapDealer]

Or just disable the DeDRM plugin until a version that works with Mac is released (which I assume will be very soon) if you don't want to go poking about in code.

[jjansen]

I just installed 6.0 and my font appears to have changed. It is now a very light grey. As a senior with glasses, it is too light for me to see comfortably. I am talking about the main interface, not the ebook reader. I tried changing the theme from system to light and then dark. I like the light background. I would just like a darker, possibly larger, font. Is there somewhere that I can control this? Thanks for a great product.

[theducks]

Preferences: Look & feel (you have been there for dark mode)
But look a little further down: Interface font

[dhdurgee]

I would like to make a suggestion regarding the 5.44 update check. I am running linux mint 20.3 x64 here and Qt6 is not available from my distros repositories. Given this, it is not appropriate for me to attempt the update to 6.0 here.

Could the update checker be improved to confirm all prerequisites are available before suggesting the update? Given that Qt5 is supported until 26 May 2023 this is likely to remain an issue on many distros for some period of time.

It would also be nice if it could check if the installed plug-ins would continue to work, but as those are supported by their authors might be a bit much to ask.

Dave

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by theducks

Preferences: Look & feel (you have been there for dark mode)
But look a little further down: Interface font

Just out of curiosity, why has the letter changed from QT5 to QT6? Do you know?

[chaley]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Just out of curiosity, why has the letter changed from QT5 to QT6? Do you know?

I suspect it has something to do with Qt6's new high DPI code. They might be scaling the fonts or rendering them differently somehow, in the process making the letters a bit thinner. This idea is only a suspicion. I have no data to support it.

[gbm]

I am running Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon and calibre 6 works find for me with all of the plugin I currently use working.
Goto:

https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux

do not use the distro version.

bernie

Originally Posted by dhdurgee

I would like to make a suggestion regarding the 5.44 update check. I am running linux mint 20.3 x64 here and Qt6 is not available from my distros repositories. Given this, it is not appropriate for me to attempt the update to 6.0 here.

Could the update checker be improved to confirm all prerequisites are available before suggesting the update? Given that Qt5 is supported until 26 May 2023 this is likely to remain an issue on many distros for some period of time.

It would also be nice if it could check if the installed plug-ins would continue to work, but as those are supported by their authors might be a bit much to ask.

Dave