PocketBook-KOReader: a document reader for PDF, DJVU, EPUB, FB2, CBZ, ... (AGPLv3)

[Lykke]

Edit: Ah, it worked now. Had to activate it from the "Network" menu first.
Has anyone gotten Wi-Fi to work? KOReader doesn't seem to be able to activate Wi-Fi, so I have to go the Pocketbook's main menu to turn it on. But Pocketbook seems to hibernate the Wi-Fi connection after just a few minutes, so for instance KOReader's cloud sync won't have the time to complete successfully.

[LucyOne]

The latest nightly v2020.01-16-ge0ce993_2020-02-05 causes KoReader to crash immediately on my Pocketbook InkPad 3, it doesn't even start. Has anyone else had that problem? I won't dare updating now...

[Frenzie]

Probably https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/5822

Originally Posted by LucyOne

I won't dare updating now...

Well, it's the nightly after all. You're helping us find issues like that by testing but occasionally it might break.

[VladimirS]

On my Inkpad 3 Koreader (latest 2020.1.) freezes almost every time. In some occasions it is 100 percent conected to backlight adjusting control. In other ocassions, manual cropping of pdf files (margines) causes freezing also.

It is shame, Koreader app has many great features, in same aspects it is far more advance that default app. It has a lot to offer, just implementation is not yet finished.

Freezing is so bad that I have to manually restart Inkpad 3 everytime by holding power button at least 5 sec. I would like to hear opinions of other people... Maybe we can help in some way developers... App is very promising, really.

[Frenzie]

Unfortunately none of the active developers have a PocketBook device. If you know some basic programming, there's a mostly finished workaround: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/3540

[LucyOne]

I mostly read EPUBs on my InkPad 3 and Touch HD 3 with KoReader. The current stable works as well as all the nightlies up to now, which means it freezes from time to time after a random event, but not more than once or twice a day. That could be due to a dictionary lookup, highlighting or other action. I have a suspicion that it could be related to the particular book I'd be reading, because there have been frequent freezes with some books and none with others.

[Frenzie]

The way I understand/remember the issue the device puts itself into a suspended state after a couple of seconds, so any action that takes longer will appear "frozen." Most actions take (significantly) less than 2 seconds, so only something like a difficult dictionary lookup or a particularly large/complex document would trigger the problem.

[kryptos1967]

I have the same on my Pocketbook HD3

[kryptos1967]

Originally Posted by LucyOne

The latest nightly v2020.01-16-ge0ce993_2020-02-05 causes KoReader to crash immediately on my Pocketbook InkPad 3, it doesn't even start. Has anyone else had that problem? I won't dare updating now...

I have the same on my Pocketbook HD3

[Frenzie]

Originally Posted by kryptos1967

I have the same on my Pocketbook HD3

On the same nightly (expected of course) or on a nightly from the past couple of days?

[kryptos1967]

Originally Posted by Frenzie

On the same nightly (expected of course) or on a nightly from the past couple of days?

nightly/v2020.01-28-ga2ea88d_2020-02-10

[Frenzie]

Could you please share the crash.log?

[kryptos1967]

Originally Posted by Frenzie

Could you please share the crash.log?

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launching...
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It's a scroll... It's a codex... It's KOReader!
[*] Current time: 02/11/20-12:59:06[*] Version: v2020.01-31-ge49198c_2020-02-11

ffi.load: SDL2
ffi.load (warning): libSDL2.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ffi.load: libSDL2-2.0.so
ffi.load (warning): libSDL2-2.0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ffi.load: libSDL2-2.0.so.0
ffi.load (warning): libSDL2-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
SDL2 not loaded: ./setupkoenv.lua:27: Not able to load dynamic library: libSDL2-2.0.so.0
ffi.load: inkview
02/11/20-12:59:07 INFO SoftwareVersion: U632.5.19.832
02/11/20-12:59:07 INFO Blacklisting the C BB on this device
Tweaking LuaJIT's max loop unroll factor (15 -> 45)
PB FB: smem_len : 1552384
PB FB: line_length : 1448
PB FB: xres : 1448
PB FB: xres_virtual: 1448
PB FB: yres : 1072
PB FB: yres_virtual: 1072
PB FB: bpp : 8
PB FB: xres_virtual -> 1472
PB FB: yres_virtual -> 1152
PB FB: line_length -> 1472
PB FB: yres_virtual => 1088
PB FB: line_length <- 1448
PB FB: xres_virtual <- 1448
PB FB: yres_virtual <- 1072
FB: computed size: 1552384
FB: id :
FB: smem_len : 1552384
FB: line_length : 1448
FB: xres : 1448
FB: xres_virtual : 1448
FB: yres : 1072
FB: yres_virtual : 1072
FB: bpp : 8
Atached mp shm: id 0 addr a45db000 size 21736
epdc_default_init
epdc_default_rotate: w=1448 h=1072 scan=1448 mem=1552384
attach_shm: mtfb key=251333828 size=1666724
Atached mtfb shm: id 348009 addr a42c9000 size 1666724
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The task - koreader.app fb 0xa42c9000
xres=1448 yres=1072 scanline=1456 vdepth=8 orient=1
-------------------------
attach_shm: ref key=2130378752 size=1560832
Atached ref shm: id 8001 addr a37c5000 size 1560832
Atached mqueue: id 8001
program_name = [./luajit], basename = [luajit], init_string = [/P7.Sink=Null /P7.Pool=128 /P7.Format="{%ts}[%fs:%fl] %lv %ms"]
program init string = [(null)]
default init string = [(null)]
OpenTheme: /ebrmain/themes/Line.pbt
Theme real name: Line
ts: loading default calibration values
TOUCHMATRIX: 10720000 0 -10000 0 10000 0
ffi.load: inkview
02/11/20-12:59:07 INFO initializing for device PBTouchHDPlus
02/11/20-12:59:07 INFO framebuffer resolution: {
["h"] = 1448,
["w"] = 1072
}
ffi.load: libs/libmupdf.so
ffi.load: libs/libwrap-mupdf.so
ffi.load: libs/libfreetype.so.6
02/11/20-12:59:08 INFO opening file ./help/quickstart-en-v2020.01-31-ge49198c_2020-02-11.html
02/11/20-12:59:08 ERROR failed to register crengine font: cannot register font </mnt/ext1/system/fonts/NotoSerif-Bold.ttf>
02/11/20-12:59:08 ERROR failed to register crengine font: cannot register font </mnt/ext1/system/fonts/NotoSerif-BoldItalic.ttf>
02/11/20-12:59:08 ERROR failed to register crengine font: cannot register font </mnt/ext1/system/fonts/NotoSerif-Italic.ttf>
02/11/20-12:59:08 ERROR failed to register crengine font: cannot register font </mnt/ext1/system/fonts/NotoSerif-Regular.ttf>
02/11/20-12:59:08 INFO Loading plugins from directory: plugins
ffi.load: sqlite3
ffi.load: z
ffi.load (assisted searchpath): ./libs/libz.so.1
ffi.load: sqlite3
Process has been terminated by signal {SIGSEGV::SEGV_MAPERR}
Segmentation fault

[Frenzie]

Hm, a segmentation fault is something completely different, although LucyOne never verified if it's indeed #5822. Does today's nightly build work for you @LucyOne?

[LucyOne]

Sorry, I haven't updated yet. My crashlog also said "cannot register font".