Calibre not detecting PRS-505

[markaw]

Hi Kovidgoyal

It's not a problem now I've got a work around.
Maybe it is an issue with HAL that 0.6.x highlights. The 0.5.x (without pmount) didn't have this issue though.

Keep up the good work. Calibre is an excellent program and is a credit to you

Mark

[notsure]

I seem to have run into this issue with a new Kubuntu Jaunty install.

calibre-debug -d output with device plugged in but not mounted;

USB devices on system: [(1356, 798, 553), (7531, 1, 518)]
Looking for BEBOOK
Looking for BEBOOK_MINI
Looking for BLACKBERRY
Looking for CYBOOKG3
Looking for EB600
Looking for ILIAD
Looking for IREXDR1000
Looking for JETBOOK
Looking for KINDLE
Looking for KINDLE2
Looking for KINDLE_DX
Looking for PRS500
Looking for PRS505
Looking for PRS700
Looking for ANDROID
Looking for CYBOOK_OPUS
Looking for COOL_ER
Device possibly connected: <calibre.devices.prs505.driver.PRS505 object at 0x9008dcc>
Error: device /dev/sdc is not removable
Error: device /dev/sdc is not removable
Trying to open device... failed
Opening of the following devices failed
<calibre.devices.prs505.driver.PRS505 object at 0x9008dcc>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/debug.py", line 130, in debug_device_driver
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/devices/prs505/driver.py", line 57, in open
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py", line 548, in open
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py", line 526, in open_linux
DeviceError: Unable to mount main memory (Error code: 4)

calibre-debug -d outpuut with device plugged in and mounted;

USB devices on system: [(1356, 798, 553), (7531, 1, 518)]
Looking for BEBOOK
Looking for BEBOOK_MINI
Looking for BLACKBERRY
Looking for CYBOOKG3
Looking for EB600
Looking for ILIAD
Looking for IREXDR1000
Looking for JETBOOK
Looking for KINDLE
Looking for KINDLE2
Looking for KINDLE_DX
Looking for PRS500
Looking for PRS505
Looking for PRS700
Looking for ANDROID
Looking for CYBOOK_OPUS
Looking for COOL_ER
Device possibly connected: <calibre.devices.prs505.driver.PRS505 object at 0x9b6bdcc>
Trying to open device... OK
Main memory: '/media/disk/'
Total space: (220360704L, 0, 0)

I may investigate disabling HAL to see if the problem persists.

Thanks for all the hard work on this great program!

Cheers!

[BKR]

Originally Posted by Berkyb

I've followed this thread and made some progress but now I'm stuck in the same place and BKR was. I'm an extreme newbie to ubuntu and don't understand how to upgrade the kernel. I also tried to save to disk but couldn't locate the reader in the available list.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

If you go to this link: [URL="http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/linux-image-2.6.28-14-generic"], and download from the Jaunty package list "linux-image-2.6.28-14-generic (first confirm your install has the "generic" package) then run the installer.
**Note: I had to first install one of the dependancies, "wireless-crda" then the linux-image.
Calibre works fine now and mounts my Sony PRS-505 using Ubuntu Hardy

[phookoo]

Hi

I've just swapped my 500 for a 505 and can't get Calibre to detect it, although the OS does (Vista by the way).

I've run a debug and this all seems ok - it's in the list and is able to open the main memory, but all the same, Calibre won't detect it. Any ideas?

[kovidgoyal]

Run the gui as

calibre-debug -g

you should get some debug output

[Donkey Punch]

Having problems with Windows version of Calibre detecting my PRS-505 ever since version 0.6.21 was installed. I uninstalled my old version of Calibre before installing 0.6.21 just like the website suggested.

Calibre used to work fine for the last 8 months but something has changed in the recent versions. 0.6.22 doesn't resolve the issue either.

If I plug in the book reader first and then start Calibre it reports with a popup "Sony Pocket Edition" detected.

I then get an error if I click the arrow icon shown in my screenshot. I also get the error when I try to shut down Calibre.




Below is the detailed text that Calibre reports:

ERROR: ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>AttributeError</b>:'Main' object has no attribute 'carb_b_view'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\__init__.py", line 239, in dispatch
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 770, in device_detected
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 753, in save_device_view_settings
AttributeError: 'Main' object has no attribute 'carb_b_view'

[kovidgoyal]

That's a typo in the current release. WIll be fixed in the next release.

[Donkey Punch]

Thanks for the quick reply. Calibre is an awesome program. First time I have ever had an issue.