Calibre did not detect correct memory partition for Sony PRS 300

Noritje · 12-10-2009, 10:11 AM

Ok, firstly I am sorry if this had been posted before but I already used the search function to no avail. Maybe it was answered in some unrelated thread...

but anyway... I have a small problem with Calibre. It's not major but just to point it out, maybe I did something wrong or maybe it's a small bug or maybe it's me.

I have Sony PRS 300, when I first installed Calibre, I can choose between the 500/505 or the newer ones 300/600. So I choose 300/600 and everything went fine. Unfortunately, Calibre detected the other memory partition of my reader, the one that have Sony ebook Library installation files for Mac and Windows.

Of course I received an error when sending the book to my reader. So what I did was, I ran the 'wizard' again and this time I choose 500/505 and walla, Calibre detected my other memory partition where all the books are.

But once a while Calibre will still detect the other useless partition. And I ran the wizard again and choose the other one and Calibre detects the correct memory again. This had been going on for a while, on and off.

It's not major since it works at the end but it does bugging me a little bit. Why is this happening? Is this normal? Or did I do something wrong? I'm worried if one day none of the memory partition would be detected at all!

Another Q, can I merge these two partitions into one, without having to erased my books in the ereader? Or is this something I'm not able to do forever?

Thanks for your help!

kovidgoyal · 12-10-2009, 11:35 AM

Odd, run

calibre-debug -d

in a terminal and post the output (with your 300 connected).

Noritje · 12-10-2009, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Odd, run

calibre-debug -d

in a terminal and post the output (with your 300 connected).

Ok here goes. My profile is the 500/505 because the last time I chose 300/600 was not working.
Anything weird? Not that I know what all of these mean, lol!

C:\Program Files\Calibre2>calibre-debug -d
USB devices on system: [u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2831&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hu
b&vid8086&pid2830&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2832&rev0002', u'usb\\roo
t_hub&vid8086&pid2835&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2834&rev0002', u'usb\
\root_hub20&vid8086&pid2836&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid283a&rev0002'
, u'usb\\vid_054c&pid_031e&rev_0229', u'usb\\vid_05a9&pid_2640&rev_0100', u'usb\
\vid_05a9&pid_2640&rev_0100&mi_00', u'usb\\vid_0a5c&pid_4500&rev_0100', u'usb\\v
id_0a5c&pid_4502&rev_0100', u'usb\\vid_0a5c&pid_4503&rev_0100', u'usb\\vid_413c&
pid_8126&rev_0100']
Drives detected:
(ID, Partitions, Drive letter)
('IDE\\DISKTOSHIBA_MK1237GSX______________________ _DL140D__\\5&2817DC10&
0&0.0.0', 0, u'C:\\')
('USBSTOR\\DISK&VEN_SONY&PROD_PRS-300&REV_1000\\0800461000C1BA2F&0', 1,
u'G:\\')
('USBSTOR\\DISK&VEN_SONY&PROD_PRS-300_LAUNCHER&REV_1000\\0800461000C1BA2
F&1', 2, u'E:\\')
Looking for BEBOOK
Looking for BEBOOK_MINI
Looking for BLACKBERRY
Looking for CYBOOKG3
Looking for EB600
Looking for ILIAD
Looking for IREXDR1000
Looking for JETBOOK
Looking for KINDLE
Looking for KINDLE2
Looking for KINDLE_DX
Looking for PRS505
Looking for PRS700
Looking for PRS500
Looking for ANDROID
Looking for CYBOOK_OPUS
Looking for COOL_ER
Looking for SHINEBOOK
Looking for ESLICK
Looking for NUUT2
Looking for IRIVER_STORY
Looking for POCKETBOOK360
Device possibly connected: <calibre.devices.prs505.driver.PRS505 object at 0x036
E0790>
Trying to open device... OK
Main memory: u'G:\\'
Total space: (464936960, 0, 0)
Press Enter to continue...

C:\Program Files\Calibre2>

kovidgoyal · 12-10-2009, 05:52 PM

Seems to all be in order, but I'll make a small change to the 505/300 driver that should prevent this from ever happening in the next release.

Noritje · 12-11-2009, 05:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Seems to all be in order, but I'll make a small change to the 505/300 driver that should prevent this from ever happening in the next release.

Thanks Kovid!!

12-10-2009, 10:11 AM	#1
Noritje Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 14 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Device: Sony PRS 300, Kobo Glo	Calibre did not detect correct memory partition for Sony PRS 300 Ok, firstly I am sorry if this had been posted before but I already used the search function to no avail. Maybe it was answered in some unrelated thread... but anyway... I have a small problem with Calibre. It's not major but just to point it out, maybe I did something wrong or maybe it's a small bug or maybe it's me. I have Sony PRS 300, when I first installed Calibre, I can choose between the 500/505 or the newer ones 300/600. So I choose 300/600 and everything went fine. Unfortunately, Calibre detected the other memory partition of my reader, the one that have Sony ebook Library installation files for Mac and Windows. Of course I received an error when sending the book to my reader. So what I did was, I ran the 'wizard' again and this time I choose 500/505 and walla, Calibre detected my other memory partition where all the books are. But once a while Calibre will still detect the other useless partition. And I ran the wizard again and choose the other one and Calibre detects the correct memory again. This had been going on for a while, on and off. It's not major since it works at the end but it does bugging me a little bit. Why is this happening? Is this normal? Or did I do something wrong? I'm worried if one day none of the memory partition would be detected at all! Another Q, can I merge these two partitions into one, without having to erased my books in the ereader? Or is this something I'm not able to do forever? Thanks for your help!

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12-10-2009, 11:35 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,207 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Odd, run calibre-debug -d in a terminal and post the output (with your 300 connected).

12-10-2009, 05:52 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,207 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Seems to all be in order, but I'll make a small change to the 505/300 driver that should prevent this from ever happening in the next release.