Fighting CSS Problem in HTML to MOBI Conversion

[boywondr16]

Having just converted some pdfs to HTML through pdf2htmlEX, I'm now running into this error message when I either try to read the book thru Calibre or convert it to another format:

calibre, version 0.8.38
ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (Back to the Garden)

Convert book 1 of 1 (Back to the Garden)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.8.38
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'breadth_first': False,
'change_justification': u'original',
'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., '\\s*((chapter|book|section|part)\\s+)|((prolog|pr ologue|epilogue)(\\s+|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': None,
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'dont_package': False,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': u'',
'fix_indents': True,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0xaf474ac>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_levels': 5,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'mobi_ignore_margins': False,
'mobi_toc_at_start': False,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_inline_navbars': True,
'no_inline_toc': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleOutput object at 0xaf47e0c>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'personal_doc': u'[PDOC]',
'prefer_author_sort': False,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': '/tmp/calibre_0.8.38_tmp_wevolW/f3z8jW.opf',
'remove_fake_margins': False,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
'rescale_images': False,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'share_not_sync': False,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': None,
'sr1_search': None,
'sr2_replace': None,
'sr2_search': None,
'sr3_replace': None,
'sr3_search': None,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'toc_title': None,
'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [14:5: transform]
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [14:63: -ms-transform]
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [14:125: -moz-transform]
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [14:188: -webkit-transform]
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [14:254: -o-transform]
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [15:5: transform]
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [15:20: -ms-transform]
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [15:39: -moz-transform]
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [15:59: -webkit-transform]
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [15:82: -o-transform]
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [22:20: -webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio]
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [23:5: -webkit-text-stroke]
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [24:5: -webkit-text-stroke]
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [25:5: -webkit-text-stroke]
WARNING Property: Unknown Property name. [1:249388: background-size]
InputFormatPlugin: HTML Input running
on /tmp/calibre_0.8.38_tmp_wevolW/16e9vN.html
Language not specified
Creator not specified
Building file list...
IgnoreFile(u"Could not read from file: /a with error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/a'",)
IgnoreFile(u'Could not read from file: /tmp/calibre_0.8.38_tmp_wevolW/"",cj=cj.href}ck=ct.exec(cj.toLowerCase())||[],p.fn.load=function(a,c,d){if(typeof with error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u\'/tmp/calibre_0.8.38_tmp_wevolW/"",cj=cj.href}ck=ct.exec(cj.toLowerCase())||[],p.fn.load=function(a,c,d){if(typeof\'',)
Found files...
HTMLFile:0:a:/tmp/calibre_0.8.38_tmp_wevolW/16e9vN.html
Normalizing filename cases
Rewriting HTML links
Parsing 16e9vN.html ...
Initial parse failed, using more forgiving parsers
Parsing 16e9vN.html as HTML
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/calibre-parallel", line 19, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 191, in main
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override
override_input_metadata=True)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
plumber.run()
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py", line 960, in run
accelerators, tdir)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/customize/conversion.py", line 204, in __call__
log, accelerators)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py", line 300, in convert
oeb = self.create_oebbook(stream.name, basedir, opts, log, mi)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py", line 381, in create_oebbook
rewrite_links(item.data, partial(self.resource_adder, base=dpath))
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/oeb/base.py", line 232, in rewrite_links
if v.CSS_VALUE_LIST == v.cssValueType:
AttributeError: 'PropertyValue' object has no attribute 'CSS_VALUE_LIST'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 103, in apport_excepthook
if pr.check_ignored():
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 895, in check_ignored
dom = self._get_ignore_dom()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 837, in _get_ignore_dom
dom = xml.dom.getDOMImplementation().createDocument(None , 'apport', None)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cssutils/__init__.py", line 164, in createDocument
raise NotImplementedError
NotImplementedError

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/calibre-parallel", line 19, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 191, in main
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override
override_input_metadata=True)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
plumber.run()
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py", line 960, in run
accelerators, tdir)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/customize/conversion.py", line 204, in __call__
log, accelerators)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py", line 300, in convert
oeb = self.create_oebbook(stream.name, basedir, opts, log, mi)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py", line 381, in create_oebbook
rewrite_links(item.data, partial(self.resource_adder, base=dpath))
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/oeb/base.py", line 232, in rewrite_links
if v.CSS_VALUE_LIST == v.cssValueType:
AttributeError: 'PropertyValue' object has no attribute 'CSS_VALUE_LIST'

What suggestions to work around this are there?

[kovidgoyal]

A) Your version of calibre is ancient
B) pdftohtmlex is pointless, it takes a pdf and renders it using html, the resulting html is not syuitable for ebooks

[boywondr16]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

A) Your version of calibre is ancient
B) pdftohtmlex is pointless, it takes a pdf and renders it using html, the resulting html is not syuitable for ebooks

B) Interesting, given that it provided me a much better formatted HTML in a browser, versus what anything else has.

A) Within my Ubuntu system, trying to update through the PPA returns a message that I've got the latest version.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by boywondr16

B) Interesting, given that it provided me a much better formatted HTML in a browser, versus what anything else has.

A) Within my Ubuntu system, trying to update through the PPA returns a message that I've got the latest version.

B. Browsers are much more forgiving of errors then eBook reading software. So what you see in your browser does not mean it will work well as an eBook.

A. PPA is broken. Go to the Calibre website to get the latest version. Calibre has moved on significantly since the version you are using.

[theducks]

Uninstall the PPA version,
Then use the commandline shown on the Calibre Linux download page.

It will find your old settings (which links to the your Library)

You will need to use that Commandline for EVERY update (pretty much, forget using the update message in the lower corner)

[kovidgoyal]

pdftohtmlex generates non reflowable html, try resizing your browser window and see what happens. As such, it is useless for ebooks, you might as well just use the original pdf.

[boywondr16]

Thanks for the help, all. Moving on to the next attempts...