Calibre tags My Shelves not importing to Kobo Glo any more?

CherylRainfield · 06-02-2013, 05:06 PM

Hi all,
I had set up Calibre before to use a specialized my tags (I think tags) that I called My Shelves, so that I could order my books in my Kobo Glo according to my own categories, like YA Realistic, YA Fantasy, Suspense, etc.

But now every time I transfer new books over to my Kobo Glo, the tags/My Shelves aren't appearing with the books--I'm not seeing the books in those My Shelves on my Kobo Glo. I'm not sure what I need to do to fix this. Does anyone have any ideas? Thank you.

PeterT · 06-02-2013, 05:31 PM

Are you using the base Kobo driver, or the Extended one?

Do you have metadata management set to automatic?

Have you double / tripled checked all settings (and reread Quick Guide to Shelf Management with calibre 0.9.1 & above (Touch / Glo / Mini /Aura))?

CherylRainfield · 06-16-2013, 03:10 PM

Yes, I used that link to set up the shelves in the first place on my Kobo Glo. And what is weird is that it used to work; i don't know why it doesn't know. I re-checked the settings; I am using the Kobo Touch 2.0.1.2 driver. When I went in to look at the details, though, it didn't have #myshelves listed any more, or "create bookshelves" checked off. I've changed those things, and am now going to resend some books to my Kobo and hope that that will work.

CherylRainfield · 06-16-2013, 03:14 PM

Oh, something else I've noticed that I don't know how to fix--many times when I first plug in my Kobo Glo, the memory card won't register/be picked up by Calibre. I have to eject the Kobo Glo and replug it in, sometimes multiple times.... Sometimes it also helps if I restart Calibre as well....

CherylRainfield · 06-16-2013, 03:17 PM

Hm. But now, after I changed the settings in the Kobo Touch driver, I keep getting this error message every time I try to connect my Kobo Glo:

"Error communicating with device.

no such table: Activity

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 85, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 506, in _sync_booklists
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 879, in sync_booklists
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2135, in update_device_database_collections
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2394, in delete_empty_bookshelves
OperationalError: no such table: Activity

CherylRainfield · 06-16-2013, 03:18 PM

Now, after I made those changes to the Kobo driver, and i connect my Kobo glo, it says "Error communicating with device."

and

no such table: Activity

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 85, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 506, in _sync_booklists
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 879, in sync_booklists
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2135, in update_device_database_collections
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2394, in delete_empty_bookshelves
OperationalError: no such table: Activity

CherylRainfield · 06-16-2013, 03:20 PM

Now after i made the Kobo touch device driver changes, it says every time i try to connect it:

"error connecting with device"

and it won't register my memory card at all... though my computer does. Help! How do i fix that?

CherylRainfield · 06-16-2013, 03:20 PM

and it gives me a long error message

no such table: Activity

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 85, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 506, in _sync_booklists
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 879, in sync_booklists
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2135, in update_device_database_collections
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2394, in delete_empty_bookshelves
OperationalError: no such table: Activity

CherylRainfield · 06-16-2013, 03:33 PM

When I searched the forums, I found a few other people having a problem (in 2012) with the error connecting to device with the memory card in Kobo, even though our computers can read the memory card and it shows up on our computers. But I couldn't find a solution, except that one person said that they put their device back to default. I'd rather not have to do that...BUT if it works and it's the only way, i guess i will.

davidfor · 06-16-2013, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CherylRainfield

and it gives me a long error message

no such table: Activity

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 85, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 506, in _sync_booklists
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 879, in sync_booklists
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2135, in update_device_database_collections
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2394, in delete_empty_bookshelves
OperationalError: no such table: Activity

Sorry, that is a bug in the driver. And a really stupid one on my part. The "Activity" table was added to the database with the 2.5.0 firmware. I added function to clean it up in a couple of places. I missed this one on the first pass and then forgot wrap it in firmware version checks.

I will fix it for this weeks calibre. In the meantime, uncheck the "Delete Empty Bookshelves" option in the driver configuration. That will prevent it from going through this code, and everything else should work correctly. It will mean you might have empty shelves, but hopefully there won't be many.

CherylRainfield · 06-17-2013, 01:44 PM

Oh, thank you so much! (beaming) That's wonderful that you'll fix it in the driver!! And sorry for the multiple postings; it wasn't showing up on my end.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I *love* having the ability to have the shelves transfer to my Kobo along with the ebooks.

CherylRainfield · 06-17-2013, 01:50 PM

Er--I unchecked the "delete empty bookshelves", and now I don't get the error message. Yay! BUT it's still not registering/showing my memory card with all the books on it, or allowing me to send books to the memory card. How do I fix that?

davidfor · 06-18-2013, 08:12 AM

Is Windows showing the SD card as a drive? If not, then calibre can't find it. If it is, can you copy a file to it?

If Windows is seeing it OK and can copy to it, I need to see a debug log. To produce this, right click on the preferences icon and select "Restart in debug mode". Calibre will restart and display a message about the debug log. Then connect the device and wait for the jobs that get the book list from the device to finish. When they have, close calibre again. Notepad will be opened with the log. Post the contents of the log, or send to me in a PM.

CherylRainfield · 06-20-2013, 09:21 PM

Yes, Windows sees it okay, and i can copy to it. The memory card is suddenly showing up in Calibre today; I don't know why, but i'm glad it is!

How do i replace the ebooks i already loaded on my Kobo (now that i have the correct settings) that don't show up on My Shelves? Do i just re-send them over? Thank you.

davidfor · 06-20-2013, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CherylRainfield

Yes, Windows sees it okay, and i can copy to it. The memory card is suddenly showing up in Calibre today; I don't know why, but i'm glad it is!

I'm glad it's working, but it is always irritating when it just starts working without an obvious reason.

Quote:

How do i replace the ebooks i already loaded on my Kobo (now that i have the correct settings) that don't show up on My Shelves? Do i just re-send them over? Thank you.

The shelves are checked each time the device is connected. As long as the configuration is correct, it should happen.

06-02-2013, 05:06 PM	#1
CherylRainfield Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle and Kobo Glo	Calibre tags My Shelves not importing to Kobo Glo any more? Hi all, I had set up Calibre before to use a specialized my tags (I think tags) that I called My Shelves, so that I could order my books in my Kobo Glo according to my own categories, like YA Realistic, YA Fantasy, Suspense, etc. But now every time I transfer new books over to my Kobo Glo, the tags/My Shelves aren't appearing with the books--I'm not seeing the books in those My Shelves on my Kobo Glo. I'm not sure what I need to do to fix this. Does anyone have any ideas? Thank you.

06-16-2013, 03:20 PM	#7
CherylRainfield Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle and Kobo Glo	Now after i made the Kobo touch device driver changes, it says every time i try to connect it: "error connecting with device" and it won't register my memory card at all... though my computer does. Help! How do i fix that? Last edited by CherylRainfield; 06-16-2013 at 03:27 PM.

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06-02-2013, 05:31 PM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,650 Karma: 74500000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Are you using the base Kobo driver, or the Extended one? Do you have metadata management set to automatic? Have you double / tripled checked all settings (and reread Quick Guide to Shelf Management with calibre 0.9.1 & above (Touch / Glo / Mini /Aura))?

06-16-2013, 03:10 PM	#3
CherylRainfield Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle and Kobo Glo	Yes, I used that link to set up the shelves in the first place on my Kobo Glo. And what is weird is that it used to work; i don't know why it doesn't know. I re-checked the settings; I am using the Kobo Touch 2.0.1.2 driver. When I went in to look at the details, though, it didn't have #myshelves listed any more, or "create bookshelves" checked off. I've changed those things, and am now going to resend some books to my Kobo and hope that that will work.

06-16-2013, 03:14 PM	#4
CherylRainfield Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle and Kobo Glo	Oh, something else I've noticed that I don't know how to fix--many times when I first plug in my Kobo Glo, the memory card won't register/be picked up by Calibre. I have to eject the Kobo Glo and replug it in, sometimes multiple times.... Sometimes it also helps if I restart Calibre as well....

06-16-2013, 03:17 PM	#5
CherylRainfield Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle and Kobo Glo	Hm. But now, after I changed the settings in the Kobo Touch driver, I keep getting this error message every time I try to connect my Kobo Glo: "Error communicating with device. no such table: Activity Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 85, in run File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 506, in _sync_booklists File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 879, in sync_booklists File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2135, in update_device_database_collections File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2394, in delete_empty_bookshelves OperationalError: no such table: Activity

06-16-2013, 03:18 PM	#6
CherylRainfield Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle and Kobo Glo	Now, after I made those changes to the Kobo driver, and i connect my Kobo glo, it says "Error communicating with device." and no such table: Activity Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 85, in run File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 506, in _sync_booklists File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 879, in sync_booklists File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2135, in update_device_database_collections File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2394, in delete_empty_bookshelves OperationalError: no such table: Activity

06-16-2013, 03:33 PM	#9
CherylRainfield Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle and Kobo Glo	When I searched the forums, I found a few other people having a problem (in 2012) with the error connecting to device with the memory card in Kobo, even though our computers can read the memory card and it shows up on our computers. But I couldn't find a solution, except that one person said that they put their device back to default. I'd rather not have to do that...BUT if it works and it's the only way, i guess i will.

06-17-2013, 01:44 PM	#11
CherylRainfield Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle and Kobo Glo	Oh, thank you so much! (beaming) That's wonderful that you'll fix it in the driver!! And sorry for the multiple postings; it wasn't showing up on my end. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love having the ability to have the shelves transfer to my Kobo along with the ebooks.

06-17-2013, 01:50 PM	#12
CherylRainfield Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle and Kobo Glo	Er--I unchecked the "delete empty bookshelves", and now I don't get the error message. Yay! BUT it's still not registering/showing my memory card with all the books on it, or allowing me to send books to the memory card. How do I fix that?

06-18-2013, 08:12 AM	#13
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303822 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Is Windows showing the SD card as a drive? If not, then calibre can't find it. If it is, can you copy a file to it? If Windows is seeing it OK and can copy to it, I need to see a debug log. To produce this, right click on the preferences icon and select "Restart in debug mode". Calibre will restart and display a message about the debug log. Then connect the device and wait for the jobs that get the book list from the device to finish. When they have, close calibre again. Notepad will be opened with the log. Post the contents of the log, or send to me in a PM.

06-20-2013, 09:21 PM	#14
CherylRainfield Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle and Kobo Glo	Yes, Windows sees it okay, and i can copy to it. The memory card is suddenly showing up in Calibre today; I don't know why, but i'm glad it is! How do i replace the ebooks i already loaded on my Kobo (now that i have the correct settings) that don't show up on My Shelves? Do i just re-send them over? Thank you.

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