Kobo Start Menu 09

Originally Posted by tshering

Currently all models beginning with Kobo Touch are supported, with the exception of H2O2 version 2, and Forma. I think would not be very difficult to get KSM working on H2O2 version 2. Whether it is easily possible to get it working on Forma depends on whether one of the available touch drivers can be used.

I am planning to buy an H2O2 next week, I look forward to seeing how this develops

[tshering]

Originally Posted by stuartjmz

I am planning to buy an H2O2 next week, I look forward to seeing how this develops

In the meantime you might try KSM on your Clara. Use only the Clara version which you can find here.

[CH23]

Originally Posted by stuartjmz

I am planning to buy an H2O2 next week, I look forward to seeing how this develops

Originally Posted by tshering

In the meantime you might try KSM on your Clara. Use only the Clara version which you can find here.

And please let us know if there's any issues. I don't think there should be, but who knows.

Originally Posted by CH23

And please let us know if there's any issues. I don't think there should be, but who knows.

I will be giving this a try next week, and if I manage to brick my Clara, I'll be sure to let all y'all know

[whoops]

Hi, I got the Forma this week and was looking to get KSM working. I dug into the KSM and the Forma firmware update, got the touch and wifi working, but got stuck. I saw that CH23 did work for the Clara so I did diffed what they did and I found out I was on the right path, but CH23 already did a way more comprehensive job. I only had to make the small changes documented below and usb/wifi/touch are working as expected on the Forma!

I don't want to cause confusion by providing any files as this thread can be hard to follow so here are the changes below.

diff --git a/adds/kbmenu/onstart/ksmhome.sh b/adds/kbmenu/onstart/ksmhome.sh
index 74d41b0..8ae3bce 100755
--- a/adds/kbmenu/onstart/ksmhome.sh
+++ b/adds/kbmenu/onstart/ksmhome.sh
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ configureKSM() {
       kobomenuFontsize=50
       kobomenuMenuBarFontsize=40
       ;;
-    daylight)
+    daylight|frost)
       kobomenuFontsize=64
       kobomenuMenuBarFontsize=50
       ;;
diff --git a/etc/init.d/rcS b/etc/init.d/rcS
index eff4878..e6f209a 100755
--- a/etc/init.d/rcS
+++ b/etc/init.d/rcS
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ if  [ $(strings /usr/local/Kobo/pickel | grep -c wait-for-hit) -ge 1 ]; then
         export COORDINATES="180 -1200 100 100 320 -1200 100 100";;
       dragon|dahlia|alyssum|nova)
         export COORDINATES="120 1220 100 100 280 1220 100 100";;
-      daylight)
+      daylight|frost)
         export COORDINATES="100 1640 200 200 300 1640 200 200";;
       *)i
         export COORDINATES="55 685 60 60 150 685 60 60";

tldr: Download CH23's version for Clara, add "frost" where "daylight" (kobo aura one) is cited and it will work.

[whoops]

Here is device information from the KSM remote interface, apologies if this is already available somewhere:

PRODUCT=frost, PRODUCT_ID=unknown, CPU=mx6sll, PLATFORM=mx6sll-ntx,
WIFI_MODULE=8192es, WIFI_MODULE_PATH=/drivers/mx6sll-ntx/wifi/8192es.ko
uname=Linux (none) 4.1.15-00233-g49485b5 #55 SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 19 14:58:15 CST 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux, FW=4.11.11911

mode "1920x1440-0"
	# D: 0.006 MHz, H: 0.003 kHz, V: 0.002 Hz
	geometry 1920 1440 1920 3072 16
	timings 160000000 36 248 4 8 52 1
	accel false
	rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0
endmode

[tshering]

Thank you Woops!
I think it is clear from your diff, but could you please confirm the important points (read while the KSM menu application is running):
QWS_MOUSE_PROTO=KoboTS_h2o2
ksmrotate=0
mrotation=90

[whoops]

Yes, the values you listed match the ones on the env vars.

CONTENT_TYPE=application/x-www-form-urlencoded
GATEWAY_INTERFACE=CGI/1.1
ksmGeometryValuesN=
poweroffRotation=90
USER=root
UBOOT_MMC=/etc/u-boot/mx6sll-ntx/u-boot.mmc
mrotation=90
poweroffRandomdir=
prevlevel=N
REMOTE_ADDR=192.168.1.3
QUERY_STRING=com_value=env&history=echo+QWS_MOUSE_PROTO&com_type=shell
ksmImageWidthLandscape=750
ksmGeometryValuesS=
ksmNightmode=false
HOME=/
powerOffDelay=0.8
ksmFontDir=/adds/kbmenu/fonts
ksmrotate=0
ntxfw_sz=14922
HTTP_USER_AGENT=Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) QtWebEngine/5.11.2 Chrome/65.0.3325.230 Safari/537.36
REMOTE_PORT=33000
deleteSDRsOnboard=false
MODEL_NUMBER=377
HTTP_ACCEPT=text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8
ksmGeometryValuesW=
runlevel=S
CONTENT_LENGTH=57
koreaderbasedir=/mnt/onboard/.adds
NICKEL_HOME=/mnt/onboard/.kobo
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/tmp/dbus-ek7aqL6ICi,guid=84262961a762acdae1b1ae7c5bd732ca
SCRIPT_FILENAME=/adds/kbmenu/rmc/cgi-bin/processcommands.sh
HTTP_HOST=192.168.1.2:8087
kobomenuMenuBarFontsize=50
nickelpreload=
kobomenuShowClock=false
UBOOT_RECOVERY=/etc/u-boot/mx6sll-ntx/u-boot.recovery
REQUEST_URI=/cgi-bin/processcommands.sh
ksmColorsNight=-bg black -fg white -btn green
SERVER_SOFTWARE=busybox httpd/1.22.0.kobo
useDropbear=true
boot_port=0
CPU=mx6sll
provideSleepInMainMenu=false
KSMfrontlightlevel=0
TERM=vt102
waveform_p=0x9fd70000
hwcfg_p=0x9ffffe00
dontTamperwithFrontlight=true
PLATFORM=mx6sll-ntx
WIFI_MODULE=8192es
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE=en-US,en
HTTP_REFERER=http://192.168.1.2:8087/rmc_test.html
SERVER_PROTOCOL=HTTP/1.0
QWS_NO_SHARE_FONTS=1
vlasovsoftbasedir=
platobasedir=/mnt/onboard/.adds/plato
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
mousedriver=libKoboTS_h2o2.so
fbrotatevalue=0
PATH_INFO=
waveform_sz=2686280
hwcfg_sz=110
SHELL=/bin/sh
WIFI_MODULE_PATH=/drivers/mx6sll-ntx/wifi/8192es.ko
REQUEST_METHOD=POST
ksmImageWidthPortrait=566
ksmColorsDay=-fg black -bg white
handleWifiAfterKOReader=ask_the_user
allowRmcViaWifi=true
ksmGeometryValuesE=
avoidPickel=false
PRODUCT=frost
INTERFACE=eth0
kobomenuFontsize=64
PRODUCT_ID=unknown
ksmuser=/mnt/onboard/.adds/kbmenu_user
PWD=/adds/kbmenu/rmc/cgi-bin
KSMdebugmode=false
SCRIPT_NAME=/cgi-bin/processcommands.sh
ntxfw_p=0x9fd6c400
ksmroot=/adds/kbmenu
QWS_MOUSE_PROTO=KoboTS_h2o2

[tshering]

Originally Posted by whoops

Yes, the values you listed match the ones on the env vars.

Thank you again!

[anki]

I have problem in KSM9 after some day installed the KSM9 on the Kobo Glo HD Nickel will not startup. It come on the loading page but nothing happens.

After i have installed KSM9 again it works again but after couple of days the problem comes back again.

How can i solve the problem and what can i check for this?

After restart of the kobo it bootup KSM9 with no problem and in KSM9 works everything fine.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by anki

I have problem in KSM9 after some day installed the KSM9 on the Kobo Glo HD Nickel will not startup. It come on the loading page but nothing happens.

After i have installed KSM9 again it works again but after couple of days the problem comes back again.

How can i solve the problem and what can i check for this?

After restart of the kobo it bootup KSM9 with no problem and in KSM9 works everything fine.

One thing you could check is whether the database is corrupted.
select: "tools" > "nickel diverse.msh" > "db chk integrity.sh"

Did you do anything special "after couple of days"? Maybe putting a certain book on the reader?
How do you usually put the books you want to read with nickel to the reader?

[anki]

Originally Posted by tshering

One thing you could check is whether the database is corrupted.
select: "tools" > "nickel diverse.msh" > "db chk integrity.sh"

Did you do anything special "after couple of days"? Maybe putting a certain book on the reader?
How do you usually put the books you want to read with nickel to the reader?

- I have checkt the DB integrity and it say OK.
- I think i have put some books via KOreader / downloaded via FTP and put it in the root directory folder /Books
- I have removed now that folder and the books but no success.


How can i restore the KSM0 better? I have installed the Update2. So after restore do i need also update to update2 again?

[tshering]

Originally Posted by anki

- I have checkt the DB integrity and it say OK.
- I think i have put some books via KOreader / downloaded via FTP and put it in the root directory folder /Books
- I have removed now that folder and the books but no success.

Then this seems not to be the problem.

Originally Posted by anki

How can i restore the KSM0 better? I have installed the Update2. So after restore do i need also update to update2 again?

If by "restore" you mean that you installed KBStartMenu_09_restore.zip, then there is no need for Update2. For clarification, you should use KBStartMenu_09_restore.zip only when KSM does not start at all after a firmware update that you by accident installed completely (uncontrolled instead of controlled). If KSM is working then there is no benefit in applying KBStartMenu_09_restore.zip. Even when KBStartMenu_09_restore.zip is applied, update 2 is not reversed (it is still in place on your device).

To the main problem. I understand that after you select "start nickel", you see the kobo animation and after some time the kobo/nickel home. The device does however not react to touch input. Is this correct?

You might look in .kobo whether there are some error log files.

[anki]

Originally Posted by tshering

Then this seems not to be the problem.

If by "restore" you mean that you installed KBStartMenu_09_restore.zip, then there is no need for Update2. For clarification, you should use KBStartMenu_09_restore.zip only when KSM does not start at all after a firmware update that you by accident installed completely (uncontrolled instead of controlled). If KSM is working then there is no benefit in applying KBStartMenu_09_restore.zip. Even when KBStartMenu_09_restore.zip is applied, update 2 is not reversed (it is still in place on your device).

To the main problem. I understand that after you select "start nickel", you see the kobo animation and after some time the kobo/nickel home. The device does however not react to touch input. Is this correct?

You might look in .kobo whether there are some error log files.

Your last words, this is exactly what by me happen. Just i click on start nickel and see the kobo animation but when click on the screen nothing happens and some screen flashes 1 seconds and i think i see the KSM menu, but after that nothing happens.

However the problem is solved I have removed all of the Books which i have transferred via FTP download and removed any Folder on the root which i have putted the Books. After that nickel is started correctly.

[hel]

Hi! I've tried to install a KSM9 special version for Clara on Kobo Forma and it works.