Kobo Start Menu 07

[roger64]

Thanks Jellby for your explanations. You know me indeed, I never stopped wondering...

I had used a while the "alternate" setting but I found it more confusing than helpful. It so often started with the wrong one...

Maybe the KSM07 menu name regarding both "handle update" could be changed in a more explicit way: The meaning of "handle update" and "handle partial update" look very close but may cause mishaps for some uncautious users like me.

[Ken Maltby]

Perhaps, if there was a "Handle Kobo firmware Update", that was the same as the "partial update". A "KSM safe handling of update/patch", that also calls the "partial update". And an "Unprotected update" with a warning that some KSM files may be overwritten.

Luck;
Ken

[roger64]

Maybe it would be useful to make the one-liner "You have to handle update" (or so) much longer and more user-friendly (after all there is a whole page)..

" This is from KSM07. One update file has to be processed:

For a file intended for Nickel, go this way...."

[Reventlov]

Hello. I have been searching on the forums an answer for that but didn't found anything, so I ask there.

Where are located the «*wifi*» scripts on the kobo (the ones that use wget) ? I have been searching on the mounted directory available after having enabled the usb connection in the KSM menus, but i found nothing.

Also, how do I add an item to the main menu from KSM ?

Thank you.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by Reventlov

Where are located the «*wifi*» scripts on the kobo (the ones that use wget) ? I have been searching on the mounted directory available after having enabled the usb connection in the KSM menus, but i found nothing.

Since you did not find the scripts on the user partition, I guess you are using KSM 08 (rather than 07). If this is the case, you will find them in /adds/kbmenu/scripts_intern/wifi of the system partition.

Originally Posted by Reventlov

Also, how do I add an item to the main menu from KSM ?

If you want to add anything apart from what is selectable by using "configure", you have to modify /adds/kbmenu/onstart/ksmhome.sh (again in KSM 08). Use caution! A mistake in this script can prevent the device from working. It depends on the device model how easy/difficult it will be to restore it.

[thatworkshop]

Please remove '07' at the end of title, the program is evolving in version and is right now at version 8 test 3... So having title just for 07 is awkward and confusing. I proposed to mods to change it to "KSM - Kobo Start Menu".

Make it all more generic and comprehensive, that's all I'm saying.

[tshering]

... under the most recent version of KSM 08 (KSM08prep03.zip) without telnet or similar.

To copy a file from the system partition:

• select tools > explore > ... (navigate to the directory that contains the file you want to copy)
• toggle between the options "open/info/delete/cp to sysmirror" and settle for "cp to sysmirror"
• poke the file you want to copy

You will find the copied file together with the whole path in .adds/kbmenu_user/sysmirror/.

For instance, if you selected the file /etc/init.d/rcS, it will produce .adds/kbmenu_user/sysmirror/etc/init.d/rcS (on the user partition; that is /mnt/onboard/.adds/kbmenu_user/sysmirror/etc/init.d/rcS).

To copy a file to the system partition:

• select: tools > ksm diverse > copy sysmirror to sys.sh

This will sync-copy the whole content of .adds/kbmenu_user/sysmirror/ to its intended location.
For instance, if you want to sync-copy the file myexecutable to /sbin, you would create .adds/kbmenu_user/sysmirror/sbin/myexecutable, and then select ... "copy sysmirror to sys.sh"

Use this only with caution!

[tshering]

Originally Posted by idoit

Please remove '07' at the end of title, the program is evolving in version and is right now at version 8 test 3... So having title just for 07 is awkward and confusing. I proposed to mods to change it to "KSM - Kobo Start Menu".

The current title might be confusing for the 264 people who downloaded the most recent version of 08. But it might be convenient for those of the 3613 people who downloaded the most recent version of 07 and are still using it.

The actual problem is that I did not yet create a new thread for 08. The main reason is that I am to busy right now, and that there seems not to be much interest in 08 anyway.

There is already a thread "Kobo Start Menu", which covers versions 02-06. Therefore, "KSM - Kobo Start Menu" might create further confusion.

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by idoit

Please remove '07' at the end of title, the program is evolving in version and is right now at version 8 test 3... So having title just for 07 is awkward and confusing. I proposed to mods to change it to "KSM - Kobo Start Menu".

This thread is approaching 50 pages. Once version 8 is out of a "test version" phase, it would be a good idea to start a KSM8 thread. Having "Mega" threads like the KOReader thread with 160+ pages, is more "awkward and confusing". You might want to leave it up to tshering, and not be asking the mods to make such changes, on the basis of your preference alone.

Luck;
Ken

[boriar]

Originally Posted by tshering

The actual problem is that I did not yet create a new thread for 08. The main reason is that I am to busy right now, and that there seems not to be much interest in 08 anyway.

Hey! I think that the interest for KSM08 is great but not all people want to try something if they aren't in stable fase.
Apart from that, sometimes the real life reclame a full time, like myself, at that moment I can't probe all things I would to try.

Thanks for your hard work

[thatworkshop]

I like KSM 08. Being very very new to Kobo, I didn't have any trouble installing it. Keep it up.

No issues whatsoever so far all good.

[Reventlov]

Originally Posted by tshering

Since you did not find the scripts on the user partition, I guess you are using KSM 08 (rather than 07). If this is the case, you will find them in /adds/kbmenu/scripts_intern/wifi of the system partition.
If you want to add anything apart from what is selectable by using "configure", you have to modify /adds/kbmenu/onstart/ksmhome.sh (again in KSM 08). Use caution! A mistake in this script can prevent the device from working. It depends on the device model how easy/difficult it will be to restore it.

Yup, that was it ! Thank you for this answer.
Another question, now: how to display images using the scripts that come with ksm 0.8 ? I found the following binaries // scripts: kbimageviewer, kbimageviewer.sh, imageviewer.sh, but I didn't find any example (for the options).

My ultimate goal is to download one image from the internet (I've done this part thanks to the wifi weather scripts) and to display it on the kobo, until it's "touched" (after a touch from the user, going back to the main menu).

I don't know if thoses scripts support "automatically" going back to where I was before opening them. I tried to launch them from the ksm terminal, it worked, but I wasn't able to do anything after that but a hard reboot.

Anyway, thank you for your work.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by Reventlov

Yup, that was it ! Thank you for this answer.
Another question, now: how to display images using the scripts that come with ksm 0.8 ? I found the following binaries // scripts: kbimageviewer, kbimageviewer.sh, imageviewer.sh, but I didn't find any example (for the options).

My ultimate goal is to download one image from the internet (I've done this part thanks to the wifi weather scripts) and to display it on the kobo, until it's "touched" (after a touch from the user, going back to the main menu).

I don't know if thoses scripts support "automatically" going back to where I was before opening them. I tried to launch them from the ksm terminal, it worked, but I wasn't able to do anything after that but a hard reboot.

Anyway, thank you for your work.

If I understand correctly what you mean by

Originally Posted by Reventlov

"automatically" going back to where I was before opening them.

then the answer is yes.

Simply displaying an image with kbimageviewer:

Spoiler:

$ksmroot/kbimageviewer.sh "filepath/imagefilename"

You can watch it work:

• select tools > explore > explore mynotes.msh > pofftest > imgs > sleeping noboarder.png

Imagine that the screen is divided in 9 even fields
123
456
789 that you can tap.
1,3 (both have the same function): zoom out
7,9 (both have the same function): zoom in
2: move up
8: move down
4: move left
6: move right
5: open top menu (exit by selecting File > Exit)
Disadvantages: heavy ghosting; application hangs if you zoom in too much (what is to much depends on the image size and so on)

Simply displaying an image with kbmessage:

Spoiler:

Wrap the image into an html file and display it with

$ksmroot/kbmessage.sh "-f $pofile filepath/imagefilename"

You can find some example htmls in .adds/kbmenu_user/mynotes/pofftest. To see it work:

• select tools > explore > explore mynotes.msh > pofftest > file01.html

tap at the middle of the screen to open the bottom menu, press then "close" to exit.

Best way to inspect the scripts of KSM is to extract the content of the download package on the pc.

[jbaumann]

Hi tshering,

I'm still very interested in KSM08, I'm checking this thread on a daily basis waiting for the final version, and until then I'm very happy using the pre-version that I have installed on my Kobo Glo.

So, the impression might be that nobody is interested, but in reality - at least in my case - KSM08 works flawlessly, there is no need to complain, and thus I might not have given enough positive feedback.

But better late than never: Thanks again, tshering, for your fantastic KSM08, I'm very happy with it and will continue to use it :-)

Cheers, Joe

[Alan_S]

Originally Posted by tshering

The actual problem is that I did not yet create a new thread for 08. The main reason is that I am to busy right now, and that there seems not to be much interest in 08 anyway.

Well, I understand you're busy otherwise, but you're wrong in one thing. Or at least I think you're wrong.

There's is big interest in new version of KSM, especially as it should solve problems for people who use KSM, calibre and nickel together, as this is main reason (at least I think it is so) for you making KSM 8 and changes in it so KSM can unmount user partition.

But, I personally like to leave testing to other people. Not that I don't want to help, but in case something goes wrong, I don't think I'm competent enough to see what went wrong and give accurate reports. Also, at the moment I'm also a bit busy.

Anyway, I really would like to have KSM 8. It is, with koreader, my main software, i.e. I use KSM to start koreader and don't use nickel at all (except very rarely to adjust clock, as you can guess, this isn't every day).

And, you being busy at the moment, I know it wouldn't be soon, but certainly there's interest in it. Don't think people lost interest in your great KSM.

EDIT: And you can see, there are more who think and feel like I do, look at @jbaumann's post, I just wrote mine and saw his.