Kobo Start Menu 09

[celticchrys]

Originally Posted by tshering

You might have to reboot your device to make vlasovsoft appear in KSM. And depending on the settings, vlasofsoft/coolreader might be hidden in the full menu. Try toggling between the short and full menu.

This was the problem. Thank you!

[ameinias]

Ran into another issue..

Exit, switch and power off all work in nickel, but toggle night mode doesn't. (Might be because I tried updating the icons to a nice pack I found on here, although they don't seem to have updated - I don't remember if I tested it before.) I can toggle the night mode in a config file deep in KSM, but I'd like to be able to use that icon right in nickel.

I'm also getting that /mnt/onboard is busy message maybe 2/3 restarts when I try to enable USB. Pretty sure it started happening after I installed ksm_nightmode.

Is there anyway to enable USB in nickel again? Turns out I really like Nickle as a reader, but it won't recognize my books unless it can see there's been a USB connection.

Sorry if any of these have already been answered.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by ameinias

Ran into another issue..

Exit, switch and power off all work in nickel, but toggle night mode doesn't. (Might be because I tried updating the icons to a nice pack I found on here, although they don't seem to have updated - I don't remember if I tested it before.) I can toggle the night mode in a config file deep in KSM, but I'd like to be able to use that icon right in nickel.

Are you talking about the nightmode for nickel? If yes, which nightmode? Do you toggle it with "edit nightmode conf.sh" (then you are using the external nightmode for nickel)? Or do you toggle it with "edit nickel conf.sh (InvertScreen=true)" the you are using the internal nightmode of nickel? If it is the first case the problem is likely with the toggle_nightmode icon. Try deleting it from within nickel, and then copy it again to the device. After opening the icon in nickel, exiting and reentering nickel it should start working.
If you are using the internal nickel nightmode, you cannot toggle it from within nickel. If the internal nightmode works on other devices as well as on my Touch with FW 4.12.12111, I am rather sure nobody does use it. I only found out now, since I usually do not use nightmode.

Originally Posted by ameinias

I'm also getting that /mnt/onboard is busy message maybe 2/3 restarts when I try to enable USB. Pretty sure it started happening after I installed ksm_nightmode.

I cannot see how this could be related to the ksm_nightmode. You might find out with the ps command via the webinterface which file is running from the user partition.

Originally Posted by ameinias

Is there anyway to enable USB in nickel again? Turns out I really like Nickle as a reader, but it won't recognize my books unless it can see there's been a USB connection.

How did USB stop working in nickel? Nickel is my preferred reader for epubs to on Kobo.

[ameinias]

tools / nickel diverse / edit_nightmode_config.sh results in 'unable to load /mnt/onboard/.kobo/nightmode.ini' - I can see nightmode_conf_options.txt in explorer over USB while in KSM, but it is true I don't see a nightmode.ini file where it's looking for it, or in any of my backups.

it is tools / nickel diverse / nickle_config.sh I got InvertScreen=true working on.


Nickle stopped talking to the computer I'm pretty sure when I first installed KSM, though it could have been qFrotz or the package that's floating around for one-click KOReader/Plato, because I tried that before I found KSM, and I wasn't really checking book syncing while working with any of them. I thought the USB needing to be disabled before Nickel would show in the menu meant USB was always disabled in Nickel now. But even Doing the alternating boot directly into Nickle or Nickel without kmon, the eReader is still not recognized by my laptop while in Nickle.

The mnt/onboard/busy thing doesn't seem to be happening now.

If this isn't an easy fix I may just factory reset and start over, I did a lot of things in a weird order with this lovely thing.

[ameinias]

> !!!

Okay, sorry. I plugged it into a different USB port and it worked. I don't know why KSM could use the other port on cue but Nickel couldn't. I'm sorry I rubber duckied you.

Still no luck with the nightmode toggle but I'll the web interface when i get a chance.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by ameinias

tools / nickel diverse / edit_nightmode_config.sh results in 'unable to load /mnt/onboard/.kobo/nightmode.ini' - I can see nightmode_conf_options.txt in explorer over USB while in KSM, but it is true I don't see a nightmode.ini file where it's looking for it, or in any of my backups.

This nightmode is a separate package. It is not part of KSM. The main thread is here. There are a several of versions by different authors, I think the current one is this.
In order to make it run under KSM, you have to set [nickel]nickelpreload="/root/screenInv.so" with "configure" (of the KSM main page). Then you can toggle it with the help of the icon.

Originally Posted by ameinias

it is tools / nickel diverse / nickle_config.sh I got InvertScreen=true working on.

Does this work for you as it should? I tried it yesterday on a Touch. Strangely the nickel home, and the setting screens are inverted, but the library and the books are not.

[CH23]

Is there a good way to troubleshoot why my ereaders are freezing?

I have a glo HD and a clara HD, and now both are showing this behaviour. they're both set up as mirror images of each other. At this point I am not sure where the problem lies. one moment they function, then i try to press something and it will no longer register. backlight stays on until i force reset the thing.

it happens while in KSM, also in koreader. i'm running latest official releases of KSM, koreader, the above nightmode, plato, vlasovsoft, and nickel.
I mainly use Koreader.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by CH23

Is there a good way to troubleshoot why my ereaders are freezing?

I have a glo HD and a clara HD, and now both are showing this behaviour. they're both set up as mirror images of each other. At this point I am not sure where the problem lies. one moment they function, then i try to press something and it will no longer register. backlight stays on until i force reset the thing.

it happens while in KSM, also in koreader. i'm running latest official releases of KSM, koreader, the above nightmode, plato, vlasovsoft, and nickel.
I mainly use Koreader.

If you leave wifi or usbnet on, you can use telnet or the webinterface, and try to find what is going on. However, I have no idea what one should specifically look for.

Another thing. In "configure" you can try to set in the section [general] preventfreeze=true, if this is not already set.

[Alan_S]

Originally Posted by CH23

Is there a good way to troubleshoot why my ereaders are freezing?

There's one problem with koreader on KSM discussed here. It may be also related with your problems.

Only thing that is strange is that it happens to you when you're in KSM.

[Frenzie]

Originally Posted by CH23

Is there a good way to troubleshoot why my ereaders are freezing?

One way I'd try is to see if e.g. the KSM web interface remains responsive while the GUI freezes.

[CH23]

Originally Posted by tshering

If you leave wifi or usbnet on, you can use telnet or the webinterface, and try to find what is going on. However, I have no idea what one should specifically look for.

Another thing. In "configure" you can try to set in the section [general] preventfreeze=true, if this is not already set.

I'll see if that helps.

Originally Posted by Alan_S

There's one problem with koreader on KSM discussed here. It may be also related with your problems.

Only thing that is strange is that it happens to you when you're in KSM.

Maybe it's coincidental, not sure. strange indeed.
Thanks for the link, i've reset my glo HD and started from scratch, thought it was me failing at first.

Originally Posted by Frenzie

One way I'd try is to see if e.g. the KSM web interface remains responsive while the GUI freezes.

good idea. basically if i can still see it connected to my router, i know it's still 'active'.

[jshzh]

Hi tshering,
I did a factory reset and installed the newest Koreader and Plato on Aura HD using the one-click package. I wonder if I could achieve two goals with the installation of KSM 09. 1. Launch Koreader directly without (or set the delay to 1 second) going into Kobo interface. 2. As a result of the direct launching of Koreader, Kobo will never get a chance to "import contents", i.e. “process” changes on the external sd card. It usually takes a long time for kobo to categorize a new card and sometimes a few times if there are fils errors. Thank you for your time.

Update: I installed the KSM 09. Everything works well. Thank tshering. However, I could not find any documentation on how to configure the KSM 09 for my purposes: 1) if no action, Koreader, instead of nickle, starts automatically in 10 seconds. 2) Shorten the 10 seconds to maybe 2. I checked the options in KSM home, but have no idea how to make changes. The configuration txt file also looks intimitating for the ignorant like me. Is there a manual to consult?

[jshzh]

Originally Posted by tshering

How to uninstall KSM

• select in KSM "tools" > "ksm diverse.msh" > "del KSM.sh" > "delete ksm"
• the device will restart with nickel running
• delete the folder kbmenupngs and .adds/kbmenu_user if you you like

How to disable KSM temporarily/intermittently or permanently

• select "tools" > "activate" > "set runmenu settings.msh"
• there you can choose between "always", "once", "never", "alternateNickel", "alternateMenu"

You can change this setting also manually by editing .adds/kbmenu_user/runsettings.txt

Another way to disable KSM temporarily

• rename the folder .adds/kbmenu_user to .adds/kbmenu_user_disabled (or to any othere name)

Be aware that a Kobo firmware update, when installed uncontrolled by KSM, overwrites certain files needed by KSM. This causes KSM to be disabled. To enable it again install the restore package from the first post.

So to tap "always" means KSM will be permanently stopped?
"once"= stopped once at the next reboot?
"never"= always running?
"alternateNickel"=?
"alternateMenu"=?

What other icons need to tapped to execute these values?

Where to change the 10 seconds value?

[tshering]

Originally Posted by jshzh

So to tap "always" means KSM will be permanently stopped?
"once"= stopped once at the next reboot?
"never"= always running?
"alternateNickel"=?
"alternateMenu"=?

What other icons need to tapped to execute these values?

Where to change the 10 seconds value?

"once"= run KSM once?
"never"= never run KSM?
"alternateNickel"=run nickel every second time
"alternateMenu"=run KSM every second time

As for the auto selection, you do it with "configure" (you might first have to toggle to "full menu" to see this entry). In the section [general], there are the keys ksmAutoSelectafter and ksmAutoselectoption (there you have the option to change the value to start_koreader).

[jshzh]

I am oblidged, tshering. You are very helpful and generous. With the autoselect, there seems no need to shorten the 10 seconds waiting period, which probably is a safer option than 1 or 2 seconds.