Calibre won't open

[Laobhán]

Hi all,

I'm new to the forum and posted earlier possibly in the wrong place in order to get assistance. I have been using Calibre for about two years with little or no problem. However, a few days ago it simply stopped working - simply wouldn't load. Tried a number of fixes suggested in the forum but nothing worked. I'm not particularly technically minded so perhaps I didn't follow instructions accurately. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling and using earlier versions. The last version I tried was 7.28. Below is the problem report produced when I last tried to load the programme.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Laobhán

Process: calibre [563]
Path: /Volumes/calibre-0.7.28/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre
Identifier: net.kovidgoyal.calibre
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [71]

Interval Since Last Report: 18925 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 13
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 0 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 11

Date/Time: 2011-07-20 08:34:15.544 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)
Report Version: 6
Anonymous UUID: CBCFC1A5-7B91-4F5C-83F2-A97A5B99051C

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c37ce6 CFStringGetCStringPtr + 150
1 _locale.so 0x006a0310 0x69f000 + 4880
2 org.python.python 0x00296184 PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 19460
3 org.python.python 0x002982dd PyEval_EvalCodeEx + 2109
4 org.python.python 0x0029634c PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 19916
5 org.python.python 0x002982dd PyEval_EvalCodeEx + 2109
6 org.python.python 0x002983f7 PyEval_EvalCode + 87
7 org.python.python 0x002af8ec PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx + 188
8 org.python.python 0x002afdf0 load_compiled_module + 160
9 org.python.python 0x002b11ad import_submodule + 301
10 org.python.python 0x002b1409 load_next + 201
11 org.python.python 0x002b1e03 PyImport_ImportModuleLevel + 419
12 org.python.python 0x0028ab5f builtin___import__ + 159
13 org.python.python 0x001e4d35 PyObject_Call + 85
14 org.python.python 0x002905be PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords + 78
15 org.python.python 0x00293b50 PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 9680
16 org.python.python 0x002982dd PyEval_EvalCodeEx + 2109
17 org.python.python 0x002983f7 PyEval_EvalCode + 87
18 org.python.python 0x002af8ec PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx + 188
19 org.python.python 0x002afdf0 load_compiled_module + 160
20 org.python.python 0x002b0fe4 load_package + 468
21 org.python.python 0x002b11ad import_submodule + 301
22 org.python.python 0x002b1409 load_next + 201
23 org.python.python 0x002b1db1 PyImport_ImportModuleLevel + 337
24 org.python.python 0x0028ab5f builtin___import__ + 159
25 org.python.python 0x002968d1 PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 21329
26 org.python.python 0x00296ae6 PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 21862
27 org.python.python 0x002982dd PyEval_EvalCodeEx + 2109
28 org.python.python 0x00215746 function_call + 166
29 org.python.python 0x001e4d35 PyObject_Call + 85
30 org.python.python 0x002905be PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords + 78
31 org.python.python 0x001e4cd0 PyObject_CallObject + 32
32 calibre-launcher.dylib 0x00008e05 run + 667
33 net.kovidgoyal.calibre 0x00002de0 main + 98
34 net.kovidgoyal.calibre 0x00002d63 start + 251
35 net.kovidgoyal.calibre 0x00002c91 start + 41

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0xa038d4ec ebx: 0x93c37c5a ecx: 0xffffddde edx: 0x00000007
edi: 0x00403930 esi: 0x00000000 ebp: 0xbfffbb68 esp: 0xbfffbb50
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010283 eip: 0x93c37ce6 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0x00000000

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[kovidgoyal]

That crash report doesn't tell me anything useful, I'm afraid.

Try deleting your calibre preferences (remove or rename ~/Library/calibre) and then try to run calibre. Also use the latest version 0.8.10)

[Laobhán]

Thanks Kovid - did all that but no luck. I tried logging out and then in again as a second user and set up Calibre - works no problem! Now I just have to transfer all the books from the original Calibre library to the new user account.
Thanks for Calibre it truly is a fantastic programme.

Laobhán

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Laobhán

Thanks Kovid - did all that but no luck. I tried logging out and then in again as a second user and set up Calibre - works no problem! Now I just have to transfer all the books from the original Calibre library to the new user account.
Thanks for Calibre it truly is a fantastic programme.

Laobhán

You could try changing ownership of the Old Library folder and then switch to that Library.
Or copy the Old Library folder to your new User