Frequently Asked Questions - Page 7

kovidgoyal · 03-21-2009, 03:01 PM

Use the edit metadata dialog to add a format to the book

Bob Butler · 03-21-2009, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Use the edit metadata dialog to add a format to the book

Thanks!

itimpi · 03-21-2009, 04:50 PM

Yes - use the "Edit Metadata" option for the existing book entry. That dialog gives you the option to add new ebook files to that entry.

instanthuman · 04-07-2009, 05:43 PM

hi,

it's been a couple of days since i got calibre. everything is ok except sending the books to my device via the content server; i tried changing the port but it always ends up with an error message saying "port 8080 isn't free on 0.0.0.0" i'm not familiar with ports, what do you think the problem is?

pilotbob · 04-07-2009, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by instanthuman

hi,

it's been a couple of days since i got calibre. everything is ok except sending the books to my device via the content server; i tried changing the port but it always ends up with an error message saying "port 8080 isn't free on 0.0.0.0" i'm not familiar with ports, what do you think the problem is?

Someone else had this same problem recently. Port 8080 is either not available or blocked on your machine. Try port 8787.

BOb

instanthuman · 04-07-2009, 05:48 PM

nope, it doesn't work. and i also noticed that the "test server" button isn't active.

kovidgoyal · 04-07-2009, 06:03 PM

basically that message means something is either using the port calibre is trying to listen on or is blocking calibre from listening on the port (try disabling firewall/antivirus apps) temporarily to see if they are causing the problem.

instanthuman · 04-07-2009, 06:21 PM

ok, first i disabled both the antvirus and windows firewall, and rebooted; didn't work. then enabled them and made an exception to calibre in windows firewall, it still doesn't work. i feel like i'm missing something obvious here. i'll paste the log if it helps:

[08/Apr/2009:01:13:57] ENGINE Shutting down due to error in start listener:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "cherrypy\process\wspbus.pyo", line 184, in start
File "cherrypy\process\wspbus.pyo", line 147, in publish
File "cherrypy\_cpserver.pyo", line 90, in start
File "cherrypy\process\servers.pyo", line 53, in start
File "cherrypy\process\servers.pyo", line 251, in wait_for_free_port
IOError: Port 8787 not free on '0.0.0.0'

[08/Apr/2009:01:13:57] ENGINE Bus STOPPING
[08/Apr/2009:01:13:57] ENGINE HTTP Server cherrypy._cpwsgi_server.CPWSGIServer(('0.0.0.0', 8787)) already shut down
[08/Apr/2009:01:13:57] ENGINE Stopped thread '_TimeoutMonitor'.
[08/Apr/2009:01:13:57] ENGINE Bus STOPPED
[08/Apr/2009:01:13:57] ENGINE Bus EXITING
[08/Apr/2009:01:13:57] ENGINE Bus EXITED
[08/Apr/2009:01:16:19] ENGINE Bus STOPPING
[08/Apr/2009:01:16:19] ENGINE HTTP Server cherrypy._cpwsgi_server.CPWSGIServer(('0.0.0.0', 8787)) already shut down
[08/Apr/2009:01:16:19] ENGINE No thread running for _TimeoutMonitor.
[08/Apr/2009:01:16:19] ENGINE Bus STOPPED
[08/Apr/2009:01:16:19] ENGINE Bus EXITING
[08/Apr/2009:01:16:19] ENGINE Bus EXITED

kovidgoyal · 04-07-2009, 10:11 PM

Not really all that log says is that calibre is unable to listen on port 8787, unfortunately, I'm no windows networking guru, so I don't really know how to query the system to figure out what is causing the block

igorsk · 04-08-2009, 06:22 AM

netstat -a -b
shows all ports and processes which opened them.

instanthuman · 04-08-2009, 09:13 AM

i guess there's something wrong with my computer which needs formatting. sorry for taking up your time and thank you all for your advices and help.

pubolab · 04-15-2009, 04:44 AM

Encountered error message when view the fetched news feed:

"(10061, 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it')"

This is shown for all news feed, including the built-in ones.

The downloading process itself does not show any error message. But all the file sizes are 0. When trying to view it, saw this message in the file.

I am behind a proxy, guess that could be the reason.

Any idea how to fix this?

BTW, I was able to retrieve news feed successfully with the mobipocket reader, on the same machine.

kovidgoyal · 04-15-2009, 04:55 AM

try setting the HTTP_PROXY environment variable to the settings for your proxy

pubolab · 04-15-2009, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

try setting the HTPP_PROXY environment variable to the settings for your proxy

Cool, it works perfectly after setting the variable.

Great work kovid!

PS. the variable is HTTP_PROXY, in form of domain_name:port_number

pubolab · 04-16-2009, 04:57 AM

Have some problem of reading Chinese news feed.

I have applied the unicode font hack as mentioned in

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20644

I am reading a news feed from a Chinese news paper

http://realtime.zaobao.com/news.xml

When I choose the LRF as output format, I am able to view the Chinese characters correctly on PRS-505. Only thing is that the titles and links font size is too big. (Same behavior when viewed with calibre internal viewer)

When I choose the EPUB as output format, the calibre internal viewer can view it correctly and the font size is fine.
However, the PRS-505 can not view it properly. All Chinese characters are replaced with '?', and the reader reboots after turning a few pages.

Any idea?

04-15-2009, 04:55 AM	#103
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	try setting the HTTP_PROXY environment variable to the settings for your proxy Last edited by kovidgoyal; 04-15-2009 at 08:33 PM.

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03-21-2009, 03:01 PM	#91
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Use the edit metadata dialog to add a format to the book

03-21-2009, 04:50 PM	#93
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Yes - use the "Edit Metadata" option for the existing book entry. That dialog gives you the option to add new ebook files to that entry.

04-07-2009, 05:43 PM	#94
instanthuman Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Turkey Device: Ipod touch	hi, it's been a couple of days since i got calibre. everything is ok except sending the books to my device via the content server; i tried changing the port but it always ends up with an error message saying "port 8080 isn't free on 0.0.0.0" i'm not familiar with ports, what do you think the problem is?

04-07-2009, 05:48 PM	#96
instanthuman Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Turkey Device: Ipod touch	nope, it doesn't work. and i also noticed that the "test server" button isn't active.

04-07-2009, 06:03 PM	#97
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	basically that message means something is either using the port calibre is trying to listen on or is blocking calibre from listening on the port (try disabling firewall/antivirus apps) temporarily to see if they are causing the problem.

04-07-2009, 06:21 PM	#98
instanthuman Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Turkey Device: Ipod touch	ok, first i disabled both the antvirus and windows firewall, and rebooted; didn't work. then enabled them and made an exception to calibre in windows firewall, it still doesn't work. i feel like i'm missing something obvious here. i'll paste the log if it helps: [08/Apr/2009:01:13:57] ENGINE Shutting down due to error in start listener: Traceback (most recent call last): File "cherrypy\process\wspbus.pyo", line 184, in start File "cherrypy\process\wspbus.pyo", line 147, in publish File "cherrypy\_cpserver.pyo", line 90, in start File "cherrypy\process\servers.pyo", line 53, in start File "cherrypy\process\servers.pyo", line 251, in wait_for_free_port IOError: Port 8787 not free on '0.0.0.0' [08/Apr/2009:01:13:57] ENGINE Bus STOPPING [08/Apr/2009:01:13:57] ENGINE HTTP Server cherrypy._cpwsgi_server.CPWSGIServer(('0.0.0.0', 8787)) already shut down [08/Apr/2009:01:13:57] ENGINE Stopped thread '_TimeoutMonitor'. [08/Apr/2009:01:13:57] ENGINE Bus STOPPED [08/Apr/2009:01:13:57] ENGINE Bus EXITING [08/Apr/2009:01:13:57] ENGINE Bus EXITED [08/Apr/2009:01:16:19] ENGINE Bus STOPPING [08/Apr/2009:01:16:19] ENGINE HTTP Server cherrypy._cpwsgi_server.CPWSGIServer(('0.0.0.0', 8787)) already shut down [08/Apr/2009:01:16:19] ENGINE No thread running for _TimeoutMonitor. [08/Apr/2009:01:16:19] ENGINE Bus STOPPED [08/Apr/2009:01:16:19] ENGINE Bus EXITING [08/Apr/2009:01:16:19] ENGINE Bus EXITED

04-07-2009, 10:11 PM	#99
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Not really all that log says is that calibre is unable to listen on port 8787, unfortunately, I'm no windows networking guru, so I don't really know how to query the system to figure out what is causing the block

04-08-2009, 06:22 AM	#100
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	netstat -a -b shows all ports and processes which opened them.

04-08-2009, 09:13 AM	#101
instanthuman Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Turkey Device: Ipod touch	i guess there's something wrong with my computer which needs formatting. sorry for taking up your time and thank you all for your advices and help.

04-15-2009, 04:44 AM	#102
pubolab Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: CASIO pocket viewer S1600, Sony PRS-505 and Cybook Gen 3	Encountered error message when view the fetched news feed: "(10061, 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it')" This is shown for all news feed, including the built-in ones. The downloading process itself does not show any error message. But all the file sizes are 0. When trying to view it, saw this message in the file. I am behind a proxy, guess that could be the reason. Any idea how to fix this? BTW, I was able to retrieve news feed successfully with the mobipocket reader, on the same machine.

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04-16-2009, 04:57 AM	#105
pubolab Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: CASIO pocket viewer S1600, Sony PRS-505 and Cybook Gen 3	Have some problem of reading Chinese news feed. I have applied the unicode font hack as mentioned in https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20644 I am reading a news feed from a Chinese news paper http://realtime.zaobao.com/news.xml When I choose the LRF as output format, I am able to view the Chinese characters correctly on PRS-505. Only thing is that the titles and links font size is too big. (Same behavior when viewed with calibre internal viewer) When I choose the EPUB as output format, the calibre internal viewer can view it correctly and the font size is fine. However, the PRS-505 can not view it properly. All Chinese characters are replaced with '?', and the reader reboots after turning a few pages. Any idea?