Calibre won't start after 7.5.5 update - Page 2

DoctorOhh · 05-06-2011, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by section31

But I found in a test if I delete the metadata file in the library it will work again. What is this? I'm sure its some setting I've done or honestly I don't know what.

The metadata.db file is the database that contains all of the information that you have entered into your library. Deleting this file is essentially wiping everything you entered. You can mostly recover from deleting this file by going to Library Maintenance and selecting Restore database.

Next time calibre decides to die it would be better to run calibre from the command prompt in debug mode. I use the following.

Code:

calibre-debug -g 1> log.txt 2>&1

After it dies view the log.txt file in calibre's program directory and post the results here.

section31 · 05-13-2011, 09:16 AM

Excellent. Thank you for the information. I will certainly do that here with the debugger and post the information. I had since I posted found the reference to the restore database, but it was still doing it. Look forward to posting.

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05-13-2011, 09:16 AM	#17
section31 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Literati	Excellent. Thank you for the information. I will certainly do that here with the debugger and post the information. I had since I posted found the reference to the restore database, but it was still doing it. Look forward to posting.

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