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Old 01-22-2007, 05:31 PM   #1
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Internal Bug Reports To Sony

Rumor has it Sony rummages around in these threads.

This thread is to report "internal" bugs to Sony (since they haven't provided a mechanism I'm aware of.)

My first internal bug.

When issuing a Directory Read Command via USB to the Sony Reader (you see why I call these internal errors) if you provide an invalid handle e.g. not what was returned from a Directory Open Command, the Reader panics (does a reboot).

Example, I was issued handle 0x00138418 but I handed back 0xffff8418.
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Old 01-22-2007, 06:23 PM   #2
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Fonts embedded in LRF do not get not loaded if the stream containing them is not compressed or scrambled (that's why they didn't work with LRFs produced by stock XylogParser.dll).
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Old 01-25-2007, 04:56 PM   #3
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Sony, there is an open source WMF library you could use to implement WMF images in RTF documents. This would add cover graphics for Baen RTF ebooks and diagrams for scientific/mathmatical articles.

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libwmf.htm

If you would like some assistance, just PM me.
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Old 01-26-2007, 07:04 AM   #4
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I don't think they will want to use a GPL library, as that would require opening the source of their RTF viewer.
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Old 01-26-2007, 01:49 PM   #5
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libwmf is LGPL.
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Old 01-30-2007, 05:45 PM   #6
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When you request information on a non-existent file the Sony Reader supplies information on some other file....

Code:
reader_getattr (/Data/database/cache/media.xml2)
Short Path Command: 51 bytes

0000: 18 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 23 00 00 00 
0010: 1f 00 00 00 2f 44 61 74 61 2f 64 61 74 61 62 61 
0020: 73 65 2f 63 61 63 68 65 2f 6d 65 64 69 61 2e 78 
0030: 6d 6c 32 
out control_msg result: 51
in control_msg result: 32

0000: 00 10 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 00 00 
0010: 18 00 00 00 d7 ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
Bulk read length 40
bulk read result: 40

0000: 03 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 
0010: 8b 3e 07 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 f8 92 85 40 
0020: 24 ec 83 40 a4 ea bf be
I would have expected the file attribute packet to be full of zero's but it looks like valid goods for some other file.
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Old 01-30-2007, 07:21 PM   #7
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The response code of d7 ff ff ff indicates path not found. You are supposed to discard the bulk packet after that.
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Old 01-31-2007, 05:44 PM   #8
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Right, I did that, but I also noticed the bulk buffer seemed to get filled with valid data for some other file.

I think we call that a security glitch/bug/something to fix.
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Old 02-10-2007, 05:03 AM   #9
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With updated firmware I found this bug in the USB Protocol.

When reading from: /opt0/deviceInfo.xml

It does a GetAttr, GetLength (why, GetAttr gave length already), FileOpen, FileRead...

But get this, the FileRead is for length 32K, even though the file is 0x65 length! And the Sony Reader dutifully hands over 0x65 of file and 32K - 0x65 of zero's...

That is costing time.

Code:
16 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00    ................
10 F6 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 00    .ö1..........?.
Should be

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16 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00    ................
10 F6 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 65 00 00 00    .ö1..........?.
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Old 02-10-2007, 05:35 AM   #10
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Same thing when processing: b:/Sony Reader/database/cache.xml

CONNECT reads that file in 32K chunks, even when the last 32K exceeds the end of file.
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Old 02-10-2007, 12:58 PM   #11
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I think that bug was present even before the update.
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Old 05-31-2007, 06:05 PM   #12
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The one bug that gets me is the italic bug. Sony really needs to fix it.

How it should look
This is a test. See how the italics work?

This is how they do look
This is a test . See how the italics work?

And when you have lines that have more then a normal space between the words, it gets worse. The problem is the Reader software takes the regular font, slants it and gets the spacing all wrong at the end of the italics. They need it have a true italic font internalto the reader to thix this problem.

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