Using Calibre on Aspire one with Linux Lite..

[jbicha]

liveusb-creator (or unetbootin, a different program) will allow you to copy your iso to a USB stick so you can boot from it. Unfortunately, I don't know how difficult it will be to get liveusb-creator working in Linpus. Alternately, the software is also available for Windows and if you could find a Windows computer where you could copy the iso and install the liveusb-creator, you can make the bootable usb drive that way.

(Press F12 when first starting your computer to select the USB stick instead of the hard drive once you're ready to boot from your USB stick.)

Sorry, I can't be of more help; you could try a Fedora or Aspire forum for more assistance.

[durkin]

Cheers kougei, it worked exactly as you said. Works a charm...
I have only one slight musing, though I'm embarrassed to say anything after all the work you done, in that when I open any internal application e.g Convert tool, the opened window extends below the screen and I can't get it to come up. This sounds daft, but all the internal windows that open are that way and the execute buttons, I'm presuming, are at the bottom of the window so I can't get to them other than Tab'in down and guessing.
Now I've tried messing round with screen setup, window parameters, screen boarders, hiding the tool bar at the bottom of the screen, shrinking the window down and trying with the pointer to pull it up and none of it works. The window won't pull up and changing the settings still opens the window with a section below the screen.
Through playing with the Tab key going below the screen I will be ok, but just wondered what it could be? The programs not originally wrote for Linux Linpus and the Acer's screen resolution? Could there be any fix?
Anyway thanks for the help and getting me Calibre.
Cheers,
Durk's...

[dearleuk]

Press & hold the Alt key and you can drag the window up to see the buttons

HTH

[kougei]

I'm glad it works, but I'm afraid I have the exact same problem with Calibre, even in Windows.

I think this is only something the Calibre developers can fix, in making sure the application interface is compliant with the 1024 x 600 resolution found on all the popular Netbooks.

I don't know if this has been reported before, I think you can log it as an issue, with the Wiki page on the Calibre website.

I haven't logged it myself, because I'm waiting until next payday, as Xmas has left me bit low on cash, to make a donation to the fund, and I feel cheeky asking for things to be fixed, before having made a donation.

[kougei]

Originally Posted by dearleuk

Press & hold the Alt key and you can drag the window up to see the buttons

HTH

Unfortunately doesn't seem to work in Windows, it's more of a problem in the 'Function Pages' e.g. Edit Metadata, and 'Convert E-Books', where the popup screen is too large for the desktop and disappears of, with the buttons at the bottom inaccessible. Luckily, you can normally press 'RETURN' after clicking in an empty field, which ats the same as pressing what is presumably the OK or PROCEED button.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by kougei

I'm glad it works, but I'm afraid I have the exact same problem with Calibre, even in Windows.

I think this is only something the Calibre developers can fix, in making sure the application interface is compliant with the 1024 x 600 resolution found on all the popular Netbooks.

You can of course use the command line parts of calibre without using the UI.

Also, there is a bug in the current version where size changes don't save unless you quit from the tray (happened in Mac, may be in Windows too).

BOb

[durkin]

Originally Posted by kougei

I'm glad it works, but I'm afraid I have the exact same problem with Calibre, even in Windows.

I think this is only something the Calibre developers can fix, in making sure the application interface is compliant with the 1024 x 600 resolution found on all the popular Netbooks.

I don't know if this has been reported before, I think you can log it as an issue, with the Wiki page on the Calibre website.

I haven't logged it myself, because I'm waiting until next payday, as Xmas has left me bit low on cash, to make a donation to the fund, and I feel cheeky asking for things to be fixed, before having made a donation.

Done exactly what you said; reported fault and donated.. It's the first time I've used open source software, not including the Linux platform this computer's using, but the first time I've got something that's got exactly you want. Worth donating towards....
Thanks for all the help.
Durk's

[Moschops]

I have just installed and used Calibre on my Aspire One with no problems at all. It took just a few minutes. I'm using Linpus as came installed, although I am using the XFCE desktop.

I entered the following line in a terminal window:

sudo python -c "import urllib2; exec urllib2.urlopen('http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/download_linux_binary_installer').read(); main()"

as directed on http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/download_linux

I chose to place calibre in the directory /home/jb/calibre

I made this directory beforehand.

The response was thus:

sudo python -c "import urllib2; exec urllib2.urlopen('http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/download_linux_binary_installer').read(); main()"
Enter the installation directory for calibre (Its contents will be deleted!)[/opt/calibre]: /home/jb/calibre
Downloading calibre...
100% [================================================== ====================]
Extracting files to /home/jb/calibre ...
Extracting application files...
Creating symlinks...
Setting up desktop integration...
Installing MAN pages...
Installing MAN page for lrf-meta
Installing MAN page for rtf-meta
Installing MAN page for pdf-meta
Installing MAN page for opf-meta
Installing MAN page for epub-meta
Installing MAN page for mobi-meta
Installing MAN page for txt2lrf
Installing MAN page for html2lrf
Installing MAN page for html2oeb
Installing MAN page for html2epub
Installing MAN page for odt2oeb
Installing MAN page for lit2lrf
Installing MAN page for epub2lrf
Installing MAN page for rtf2lrf
Installing MAN page for web2disk
Installing MAN page for feeds2disk
Installing MAN page for calibre-server
Installing MAN page for feeds2lrf
Installing MAN page for feeds2epub
Installing MAN page for feeds2mobi
Installing MAN page for web2lrf
Installing MAN page for pdf2lrf
Installing MAN page for mobi2lrf
Installing MAN page for fb22lrf
Installing MAN page for any2lrf
Installing MAN page for any2epub
Installing MAN page for any2lit
Installing MAN page for any2mobi
Installing MAN page for lrf2lrs
Installing MAN page for lrs2lrf
Installing MAN page for pdfreflow
Installing MAN page for isbndb
Installing MAN page for librarything
Installing MAN page for mobi2oeb
Installing MAN page for oeb2mobi
Installing MAN page for lit2oeb
Installing MAN page for oeb2lit
Installing MAN page for comic2lrf
Installing MAN page for comic2epub
Installing MAN page for comic2mobi
Installing MAN page for comic2pdf
Installing MAN page for calibre-debug
Installing MAN page for calibre-customize
Installing MAN page for pdftrim
Trying to setup udev rules...
Stopping HAL daemon: [ OK ]
Starting HAL daemon: [ OK ]
touch: cannot touch `/var/lock/subsys/haldaemon': No such file or directory
/bin/sh: udevadm: command not found
/bin/sh: udevcontrol: command not found
/bin/sh: /etc/init.d/udev: No such file or directory
Couldn't reload udev, you may have to reboot
Setting up bash completion... done

I then used the command

./calibre

from within the calibre directory. This may be where you went wrong - the command "calibre" alone would not work as the calibre directory is not on the search path.

Calibre went on to work fine and I've got a book on there as I type, put on from the Aspire One I'm typing on. Took maybe four minutes, excluding download time.