PRS-600 not recognised by Calibre

David Orchard · 10-11-2009, 01:42 PM

Hi,
Thanks for Calibre it is great and definitely the best e-book application I have seen.

I have just bought a PRS-600 (UK version) and I want to download books to it. I am using Calibre 0.6.17 on Ubuntu. When I plug in the PRS-600 I get three browser windows open (2 for the files systems on the reader and one for the SD card). However, Calibre does not recognise the reader (it does not appear at the top next to the Library icon).

a) Is this a bug in this version of Calibre?
b) How do I force Calibre to recognise my reader?
c) Is it safe to just copy the files onto the reader manually?
c.1) If so does it have to go in a specific directory?

P.S. I have set the Sony Touch as the reader I am using in the setup.

Thanks

kovidgoyal · 10-11-2009, 03:11 PM

Post the result of running

calibre-debug -d in a terminal

and yes it's perfectly safe to copy files to the reader suing the save to disk function in calibre.

David Orchard · 10-12-2009, 02:30 PM

Here are the results you requested. I hope it helps.

david@office-desktop:~$ calibre-debug -d
USB devices on system: [(1356, 798, 794), (5451, 25925, 512), (0, 0, 518), (0, 0, 518), (0, 0, 518), (0, 0, 518), (0, 0, 518), (0, 0, 518), (1133, 49181, 8448), (1293, 12801, 536), (1118, 219, 371), (1293, 12545, 1), (0, 0, 518), (0, 0, 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
Looking for ESLICK
Device possibly connected: <calibre.devices.prs700.driver.PRS700 object at 0x1bac610>
Trying to open device... failed
Opening of the following devices failed
<calibre.devices.prs700.driver.PRS700 object at 0x1bac610>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/debug.py", line 113, in debug_device_driver
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/devices/prs505/driver.py", line 59, in open
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py", line 562, in open
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py", line 532, in open_linux
DeviceError: Unable to detect the PRS700 disk drive. Your kernel is probably exporting a deprecated version of SYSFS.

The kernel is Ubuntu 2.6.24-24-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux

kovidgoyal · 10-12-2009, 02:31 PM

http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_m...ected-in-linux

Pablo · 10-12-2009, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_m...ected-in-linux

I have the same problem under Ubuntu 8.04 (64 bits), with my PRS-505.
After running the command mentioned in the link above, I got

CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is not set.

Does this mean that my kernel is OK?

kovidgoyal · 10-12-2009, 07:59 PM

No you need to see CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2

user_none · 10-12-2009, 08:51 PM

If Kovid hasn't done anything to change this (I don't remember seeing anything about it), Ubuntu 8.04 does not work with device detection.

David Orchard · 10-13-2009, 04:03 PM

Thanks, is it worth upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10? Does anyone know if it works any better?

user_none · 10-13-2009, 05:04 PM

8.10 was good. However, it is not a LTS release. If you are going to move away from the LTS versions you would be better off waiting until 9.10 comes later this month.

hakim · 10-14-2009, 09:00 AM

I can confirm that device detection works fine with 8.10.

David Orchard · 10-14-2009, 02:50 PM

Thanks I will try Ubuntu 8.10

peterz · 10-18-2009, 05:56 AM

PRS600 is not detected in Windows, it thinks its a PRS700:

D:\Program Files\Calibre - E-book Management> & 'D:\Program Files\Calibre - E-book Management\calibre-debug.exe' -d
USB devices on system: [u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2830&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2835&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2832&rev0002',
u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2831&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2834&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid283a&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8
086&pid2836&rev0002', u'usb\\vid_0409&pid_0058&rev_0100', u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_0029&rev_0108', u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_003b&rev_0101', u'usb\\vid_054c&pid_
031e&rev_031:', u'usb\\vid_0b0c&pid_0009&rev_0601', u'usb\\vid_0bc7&pid_0004&rev_0100', u'usb\\vid_0bf8&pid_1001&rev_0000', u'usb\\vid_0e21&pid_0750&r
ev_0100']
Drives detected:
(ID, Partitions, Drive letter)
('IDE\\DISKSAMSUNG_HD103UJ________________________ _1AA01113\\31535033394A534330333838383820202020202 0', 1, u'G:\\')
('IDE\\DISKSAMSUNG_HD300LJ________________________ _ZT100-12\\30533744314A4C55303635373635202020202020', 0, u'C:\\')
('None', 2, u'J:\\')
('None', 3, u'K:\\')
('None', 6, u'N:\\')
('None', 4, u'L:\\')
('None', 'No mount points found')
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
Looking for ESLICK
Device possibly connected: <calibre.devices.prs700.driver.PRS700 object at 0x0281F2B0>
Trying to open device... failed
Opening of the following devices failed
<calibre.devices.prs700.driver.PRS700 object at 0x0281F2B0>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\debug.py", line 113, in debug_device_driver
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\prs505\driver.py", line 59, in open
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\device.py", line 568, in open
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\device.py", line 286, in open_windows
DeviceError: Unable to detect the PRS700 disk drive. Try rebooting.

Press Enter to continue...
D:\Program Files\Calibre - E-book Management>

D:\Program Files\Calibre - E-book Management> & 'D:\Program Files\Calibre - E-book Management\calibre-debug.exe' --version
calibre-debug.exe (calibre 0.6.18)

hakim · 10-18-2009, 06:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peterz

PRS600 is not detected in Windows, it thinks its a PRS700:

It's a known issue:

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

SONY decided to give the 600 the exact same device ids as the 700 and the 300 the same as the 505. You'll have to ask SONY why they did that.

Anyway, both 600 and 700 have same resolution and same grey levels, so what's the difference?

peterz · 10-18-2009, 06:06 AM

I don't care about resolution or grey levels, for the moment. The problem is that Calibre fail to connect.

TuxGirl · 01-09-2010, 01:30 PM

So, I looked, and I see:

CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=y
CONFIG_SYSFS=y

My understanding is that I need to turn off the first two, and then it should work. Is that correct?

Thanks!
~Erin

10-11-2009, 01:42 PM	#1
David Orchard Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: PRS-600	PRS-600 not recognised by Calibre Hi, Thanks for Calibre it is great and definitely the best e-book application I have seen. I have just bought a PRS-600 (UK version) and I want to download books to it. I am using Calibre 0.6.17 on Ubuntu. When I plug in the PRS-600 I get three browser windows open (2 for the files systems on the reader and one for the SD card). However, Calibre does not recognise the reader (it does not appear at the top next to the Library icon). a) Is this a bug in this version of Calibre? b) How do I force Calibre to recognise my reader? c) Is it safe to just copy the files onto the reader manually? c.1) If so does it have to go in a specific directory? P.S. I have set the Sony Touch as the reader I am using in the setup. Thanks

10-14-2009, 09:00 AM	#10
hakim Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 21992 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Denmark Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 840, Sony PRS-505	I can confirm that device detection works fine with 8.10. Last edited by hakim; 10-14-2009 at 09:06 AM.

10-18-2009, 06:06 AM	#14
peterz Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: PRS-600	I don't care about resolution or grey levels, for the moment. The problem is that Calibre fail to connect. Last edited by peterz; 10-18-2009 at 07:25 AM.

01-09-2010, 01:30 PM	#15
TuxGirl Groupie Posts: 179 Karma: 141378 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: kindle	Am I understanding correctly? So, I looked, and I see: CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=y CONFIG_SYSFS=y My understanding is that I need to turn off the first two, and then it should work. Is that correct? Thanks! ~Erin

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10-11-2009, 03:11 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Post the result of running calibre-debug -d in a terminal and yes it's perfectly safe to copy files to the reader suing the save to disk function in calibre.

10-12-2009, 02:30 PM	#3
David Orchard Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: PRS-600	Here are the results you requested. I hope it helps. david@office-desktop:~$ calibre-debug -d USB devices on system: [(1356, 798, 794), (5451, 25925, 512), (0, 0, 518), (0, 0, 518), (0, 0, 518), (0, 0, 518), (0, 0, 518), (0, 0, 518), (1133, 49181, 8448), (1293, 12801, 536), (1118, 219, 371), (1293, 12545, 1), (0, 0, 518), (0, 0, 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 Looking for ESLICK Device possibly connected: <calibre.devices.prs700.driver.PRS700 object at 0x1bac610> Trying to open device... failed Opening of the following devices failed <calibre.devices.prs700.driver.PRS700 object at 0x1bac610> Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/debug.py", line 113, in debug_device_driver File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/devices/prs505/driver.py", line 59, in open File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py", line 562, in open File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py", line 532, in open_linux DeviceError: Unable to detect the PRS700 disk drive. Your kernel is probably exporting a deprecated version of SYSFS. The kernel is Ubuntu 2.6.24-24-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux

10-12-2009, 02:31 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_m...ected-in-linux

10-12-2009, 07:59 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No you need to see CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2

10-12-2009, 08:51 PM	#7
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,488 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	If Kovid hasn't done anything to change this (I don't remember seeing anything about it), Ubuntu 8.04 does not work with device detection.

10-13-2009, 04:03 PM	#8
David Orchard Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: PRS-600	Thanks, is it worth upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10? Does anyone know if it works any better?

10-13-2009, 05:04 PM	#9
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,488 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	8.10 was good. However, it is not a LTS release. If you are going to move away from the LTS versions you would be better off waiting until 9.10 comes later this month.

10-14-2009, 02:50 PM	#11
David Orchard Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: PRS-600	Thanks I will try Ubuntu 8.10

10-18-2009, 05:56 AM	#12
peterz Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: PRS-600	PRS600 is not detected in Windows, it thinks its a PRS700: D:\Program Files\Calibre - E-book Management> & 'D:\Program Files\Calibre - E-book Management\calibre-debug.exe' -d USB devices on system: [u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2830&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2835&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2832&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2831&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2834&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid283a&rev0002', u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8 086&pid2836&rev0002', u'usb\\vid_0409&pid_0058&rev_0100', u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_0029&rev_0108', u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_003b&rev_0101', u'usb\\vid_054c&pid_ 031e&rev_031:', u'usb\\vid_0b0c&pid_0009&rev_0601', u'usb\\vid_0bc7&pid_0004&rev_0100', u'usb\\vid_0bf8&pid_1001&rev_0000', u'usb\\vid_0e21&pid_0750&r ev_0100'] Drives detected: (ID, Partitions, Drive letter) ('IDE\\DISKSAMSUNG_HD103UJ________________________ _1AA01113\\31535033394A534330333838383820202020202 0', 1, u'G:\\') ('IDE\\DISKSAMSUNG_HD300LJ________________________ _ZT100-12\\30533744314A4C55303635373635202020202020', 0, u'C:\\') ('None', 2, u'J:\\') ('None', 3, u'K:\\') ('None', 6, u'N:\\') ('None', 4, u'L:\\') ('None', 'No mount points found') 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 Looking for ESLICK Device possibly connected: <calibre.devices.prs700.driver.PRS700 object at 0x0281F2B0> Trying to open device... failed Opening of the following devices failed <calibre.devices.prs700.driver.PRS700 object at 0x0281F2B0> Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\debug.py", line 113, in debug_device_driver File "site-packages\calibre\devices\prs505\driver.py", line 59, in open File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\device.py", line 568, in open File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\device.py", line 286, in open_windows DeviceError: Unable to detect the PRS700 disk drive. Try rebooting. Press Enter to continue... D:\Program Files\Calibre - E-book Management> D:\Program Files\Calibre - E-book Management> & 'D:\Program Files\Calibre - E-book Management\calibre-debug.exe' --version calibre-debug.exe (calibre 0.6.18)

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