Kobo Start Menu 09

[tshering]

Originally Posted by hel

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

You are very brave! As you might know, you can change the font size of the menu with "configure". Font size must be terrible small now.

Thank you for reporting!

Edit: Do you have any recommendation for the default font size for forma?

[hel]

Originally Posted by tshering

Edit: Do you have any recommendation for the default font size for forma?

It should be bigger for sure, something like 1.5 times bigger.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by hel

It should be bigger for sure, something like 1.5 times bigger.

Which size did you choose?

[ello]

Originally Posted by tshering

I might have a chance to look into it at the first weekend of November.

Have you found the time to look into it yet?

[tshering]

Originally Posted by ello

Have you found the time to look into it yet?

Somehow! I put together a simple and safe means to determine the most important settings for the different devices. As soon as users provide me with the necessary information, I can start to prepare the next version of KSM. If you would like to contribute and something is unclear just ask me.

[BobC]

I have set up KSM09 on a Glo. I have enabled USBNet and can connect to the web interface at http://192.168.2.101:8087/rmc_test.html once rmc has been started.

I now want to be able to connect to the Kobo using ftp or sftp. Using WINSCP when I try to connect using sftp it fails with the message :

The server rejected SFTP connection, but it listens for FTP connections.

If I try to connect to http://192.168.2.101 port 21 it wants credentials. Do I need a username/password and if so what are they ? If not just how should I connect in order to transfer files etc ? I used to use WINSCP to connect to a BeBook running Openinkpot and assumes this would be similar.

One post from a few years back suggests that if using sftp I should set the sftp server path to /mnt/onboard/.kobo/usbnet/sftp-server but that doesn't work probably as there is no .kobo/usbnet on the device. (the advice was from an earlier version of KSM).

Any thoughts anyone ?

BobC

[tshering]

Originally Posted by BobC

I have set up KSM09 on a Glo. I have enabled USBNet and can connect to the web interface at http://192.168.2.101:8087/rmc_test.html once rmc has been started.

I now want to be able to connect to the Kobo using ftp or sftp. Using WINSCP when I try to connect using sftp it fails with the message :



If I try to connect to http://192.168.2.101 port 21 it wants credentials. Do I need a username/password and if so what are they ? If not just how should I connect in order to transfer files etc ? I used to use WINSCP to connect to a BeBook running Openinkpot and assumes this would be similar.

One post from a few years back suggests that if using sftp I should set the sftp server path to /mnt/onboard/.kobo/usbnet/sftp-server but that doesn't work probably as there is no .kobo/usbnet on the device. (the advice was from an earlier version of KSM).

Any thoughts anyone ?

BobC

I think you need the following:

• You need the vlasovsoft package on the device. All you need is to copy the vlasovsoft folder (which you can find in http://pbchess.vlasovsoft.net/files/...11.23_kobo.zip) copy into the folder .adds.
• Enable the use of dropbear: use "configure" in KSM to set [general]useDropbear=True. (If you do not see "configre" then "toggle between full and short menue")
• You also have to set a password, cf. http://wiki.vlasovsoft.net/doku.php?id=en:wifiserver. Sergey is there talking specifically about connecting via wifi, but it should be valid for usbnet too.

I have to admit that I never tried this myself.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by tshering

I think you need the following:

• You need the vlasovsoft package on the device. All you need is to copy the vlasovsoft folder (which you can find in http://pbchess.vlasovsoft.net/files/...11.23_kobo.zip) copy into the folder .adds.
• Enable the use of dropbear: use "configure" in KSM to set [general]useDropbear=True. (If you do not see "configre" then "toggle between full and short menue")
• You also have to set a password, cf. http://wiki.vlasovsoft.net/doku.php?id=en:wifiserver. Sergey is there talking specifically about connecting via wifi, but it should be valid for usbnet too.

I have to admit that I never tried this myself.

Thanks for that - as I see it unless I want to use the web interface to control KSM then there is little advantage in using USBNet over a straight USB connection that allows me to do all my file manipulation as I would without KSM.

After some further checks with USBnet running I cannot see ftp on the Kobo port 21 so it looks like I was been fooled into thinking it was running and all I needed was credentials to allow me to connect.

I've added vlasovsoft to the Kobo but as someone with no interest in games I doubt if it will get used - the idea of having Coolreder available did seem useful but in reality it doesn't offer anything that KOreader doesn't and the reason I wanted that in the first place was for djvu documents.

BobC

[tshering]

Originally Posted by BobC

Thanks for that - as I see it unless I want to use the web interface to control KSM then there is little advantage in using USBNet over a straight USB connection that allows me to do all my file manipulation as I would without KSM.

One advantage of USBNet is that you can also get access to the non-user partition.

Originally Posted by BobC

After some further checks with USBnet running I cannot see ftp on the Kobo port 21 so it looks like I was been fooled into thinking it was running and all I needed was credentials to allow me to connect.

I forgot to mention. To get ftp working, you can for instancer install the package you can find here.

Originally Posted by BobC

I've added vlasovsoft to the Kobo but as someone with no interest in games I doubt if it will get used - the idea of having Coolreder available did seem useful but in reality it doesn't offer anything that KOreader doesn't and the reason I wanted that in the first place was for djvu documents.

BobC

I mentioned vlasovsoft because it provides dropbear.

[hypnotic]

I tried to install KSM 9 on Kobo Aura One, and after the second step after the update, i got message "Critical error. Factory reset your eReader?" I did everything right, any clues why this happenned? I'm little scared to try again, but i really need koreader on my Kobo, thanks

[jcn363]

Originally Posted by hypnotic

I tried to install KSM 9 on Kobo Aura One, and after the second step after the update, i got message "Critical error. Factory reset your eReader?" I did everything right, any clues why this happenned? I'm little scared to try again, but i really need koreader on my Kobo, thanks

You can try Alternate installation method based on KFMon.
Good luck.

[Alan_S]

Originally Posted by hypnotic

I did everything right, any clues why this happenned?

Well, I know I'll sound a bit harsh, but a big chance is you didn't do everything right.

I recently (about 4-5 months ago) did the same and everything went fine. Here you can find my post when I installed it and what was bothering me.

So, I would suggest you do factory reset and try again, noting what you do, step by step.

Or, is there maybe some big change that could cause something like this? Or, maybe, there's something that went wrong with hypnotic's device specifically.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by hypnotic

I tried to install KSM 9 on Kobo Aura One, and after the second step after the update, i got message "Critical error. Factory reset your eReader?" I did everything right, any clues why this happenned? I'm little scared to try again, but i really need koreader on my Kobo, thanks

When you get this message it shows that the file system is corrupt. If you did not yet factory reset your device, you better do it now.

[The_Immortal]

Originally Posted by tshering

...
However, avoid FW 3.16.10 and 3.17.0 if you can because of the sickel issue
...

Guys, could someone explain what does "sickel issue" mean? Didn't find anything about it even thru Google.

Thank you!

[CH23]

Originally Posted by The_Immortal

Guys, could someone explain what does "sickel issue" mean? Didn't find anything about it even thru Google.

Thank you!

if i recall correctly, sickel makes the Kobo reboot when a process takes longer than sickel expects, so running modified firmware is a sure way to make sickel activate.