Snow Leopard + Calibre 0.6 = CRASH! :( - Page 11

iain_benson · 09-24-2009, 04:23 PM

It's running okay for me with version 6.13 running on Snow Leopard 10.6.1 with rosetta, if a little slowly, but it is about 3 1/2 screens wide and won't shrink down.

kovidgoyal · 09-24-2009, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Stingo

Kovid,

It sounds like the independent research effort died. Time for the chipin account?

Next week, I'm kind of swamped for the next few days, in fact there wont even be a calibre release this week.

Juliette · 09-26-2009, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dpierron

It worked once and now it's crashing at launch ("normal" 0.6.11 with 10.6.1)

Worked once, uninstalled, reinstalled, doesn't work anymore.

Juliette · 09-27-2009, 03:12 PM

Reinstalled, ignored the first screen (device choice), worked with lots of bumps. Also, I found that no matter what I tell the program, it will always create a Calibre Library in the root of my current user. I don't know if it can help

pilotbob · 09-27-2009, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Juliette

Also, I found that no matter what I tell the program, it will always create a Calibre Library in the root of my current user.

Do you point it to an existing folder?

BOb

kovidgoyal · 09-27-2009, 09:39 PM

OK before I setup the Chipin account, one last try.

I noticed that all the crashes were happening ina particular section of Qt code, so I refactored calibre to use that section of code differently. Hopefully, that will fix it.

Test: http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/downlo...bre-0.6.13.dmg

wygit · 09-28-2009, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

It is desirable that we should have a supply of good books; we cannot have such a supply unless men of letters are liberally remunerated; and the least objectionable way of remunerating them is by means of copyright.
-- Thomas Macaulay, 1841

The quote bothers me... not because I don't think authors should get paid; they should, and handsomely. I just don't think they'll stop writing if their great grandchildren aren't still getting paid for that same book.

When that quote was written, copyright had just been extended from 14 years, renewable once, to 28 years, renewable once by another 14 years.
Now, it's anything younger than Mickey Mouse, since Disney just keeps buying extensions.

How does having some corporation retaining rights for 75 years after the author is dead encourage that author to keep writing good books?

wygit · 09-28-2009, 12:33 AM

Kovid, I think you may have something here...

I grabbed the new version, installed, turned off the "use Rosetta" setting, fired it up, dropped in three html books, and it converted without any problem.

I had been having the "Crash on first conversion, try again & it works" symptoms, but on a three book test, it seems to be working.

Yeay you!

pilotbob · 09-28-2009, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by wygit

When that quote was written, copyright had just been extended from 14 years, renewable once, to 28 years, renewable once by another 14 years.
Now, it's anything younger than Mickey Mouse, since Disney just keeps buying extensions.

The reason I quote from the speech is because Macaulay was arguing AGAINST extending the copyright. I of course couldn't put the whole speech in my signature.

I think the current copyright's are WAY too long and would love to see 10 years from date of publication. Of course, knowing that will never happen I would argue for 40 years from publication which is proposed in Eric Flint's excellent Copyright: How Long Should It Be? essay.

BOb

kovidgoyal · 09-28-2009, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wygit

Kovid, I think you may have something here...

I grabbed the new version, installed, turned off the "use Rosetta" setting, fired it up, dropped in three html books, and it converted without any problem.

I had been having the "Crash on first conversion, try again & it works" symptoms, but on a three book test, it seems to be working.

Yeay you!

Excellent! Any other brave tester?

Juliette · 09-28-2009, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Do you point it to an existing folder?

BOb

Yes... which is weird!

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Excellent! Any other brave tester?

Okay, I'm trying it. It still creates the Calibre Library folder, even though I pointed it to my Calibre folder in the Documents. I converted an .epub to .lit format, perfect (also, nice that right now it doesn't show a duplicate- which previous version did, like any other application I used before!). For the moment it works

iain_benson · 09-28-2009, 02:53 AM

I'll try it when I get home tonight

bsumpter · 09-28-2009, 03:03 AM

Kovid,

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Calibre can finally go back to its home in my dock once again! It runs great now, without Rosetta being checked and no more crashing on startup. It converts books perfectly, and uploads to the 505 with no problems. I did get one small indexing error when the .lit was imported, but it did not appear to affect the book at all.

It's great to have one of my favorite apps back!

Juliette · 09-28-2009, 03:06 AM

Works like a charm, tried other conversions. Many, many, many thanks!

odiolitos · 09-28-2009, 04:22 AM

6.13 works for me and my prs-500, but only with Rosetta checked. It's not that slow, but its size onscreen can't be changed, as iain_benson mentioned.

Anyway, I'm really happy. Thanks, Kovid!!

09-27-2009, 09:39 PM	#156
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	One last try OK before I setup the Chipin account, one last try. I noticed that all the crashes were happening ina particular section of Qt code, so I refactored calibre to use that section of code differently. Hopefully, that will fix it. Test: http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/downlo...bre-0.6.13.dmg

09-28-2009, 03:03 AM	#163
bsumpter Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Sony PRS 505	Kovid, Thank you, thank you, thank you! Calibre can finally go back to its home in my dock once again! It runs great now, without Rosetta being checked and no more crashing on startup. It converts books perfectly, and uploads to the 505 with no problems. I did get one small indexing error when the .lit was imported, but it did not appear to affect the book at all. It's great to have one of my favorite apps back! Last edited by bsumpter; 09-28-2009 at 03:13 AM.

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09-24-2009, 04:23 PM	#151
iain_benson Connoisseur Posts: 58 Karma: 37 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: PRS-600	It's running okay for me with version 6.13 running on Snow Leopard 10.6.1 with rosetta, if a little slowly, but it is about 3 1/2 screens wide and won't shrink down.

09-27-2009, 03:12 PM	#154
Juliette I eat books Posts: 601 Karma: 5124 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Milan, Italy Device: Gen3 PRS-505 PRS-600 PB360 PB302 K2 Opus BebookMini OnyxBoox K3 KDXG	Reinstalled, ignored the first screen (device choice), worked with lots of bumps. Also, I found that no matter what I tell the program, it will always create a Calibre Library in the root of my current user. I don't know if it can help

09-28-2009, 12:33 AM	#158
wygit Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 112 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Kovid, I think you may have something here... I grabbed the new version, installed, turned off the "use Rosetta" setting, fired it up, dropped in three html books, and it converted without any problem. I had been having the "Crash on first conversion, try again & it works" symptoms, but on a three book test, it seems to be working. Yeay you!

09-28-2009, 02:53 AM	#162
iain_benson Connoisseur Posts: 58 Karma: 37 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: PRS-600	I'll try it when I get home tonight

09-28-2009, 03:06 AM	#164
Juliette I eat books Posts: 601 Karma: 5124 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Milan, Italy Device: Gen3 PRS-505 PRS-600 PB360 PB302 K2 Opus BebookMini OnyxBoox K3 KDXG	Works like a charm, tried other conversions. Many, many, many thanks!

09-28-2009, 04:22 AM	#165
odiolitos Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Sony prs-500	6.13 works for me and my prs-500, but only with Rosetta checked. It's not that slow, but its size onscreen can't be changed, as iain_benson mentioned. Anyway, I'm really happy. Thanks, Kovid!!

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