05-18-2012, 04:08 PM | #1 |
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Calibre wont start (first time start up)
Hi my name is Mike and I am new to using Calibre, or at least I would like to be using it. I have now donwloaded and tried to install the new version (calibre-0.8.52) and prior to that the previous version.
In both cases the install goes fine but when I start Calibre I do NOT get the welcome screen to complete the set up. calibre.exe runs and I get a Windows file manger type screen (see attachment) to select a file name (as my search found no matches). I then select a folder and press enter. On splash screen (the books image) I can just make out at the top it running through some steps but it always stops at "initialising user interface". After this nothing else happens, If I click on the splash screen image it goes away but nothing else happens. At this point calibre.exe can be seen running if I check in Windows Task Manager but does not appear to be using any CPU cycles. I have tried repair and uninstall / reinstall several times now (with the new and previous versions) but always with the same result. Can anyone help? Many thanks Mike. |
05-18-2012, 04:14 PM | #2 |
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That dialog part of the Welcome Wizard. It is asking where the Calibre library folder for holding ebooks should be located. Give it an empty folder (create it if necessary) and press OK to continue.
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05-18-2012, 04:20 PM | #3 |
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Itimpi; thanks for the response, that is just what i have done, i give it the name of an empty folder. In that folder it does create a single file named: metadata.db
But as I say nothing happens and the user interface never comes up. |
05-18-2012, 04:31 PM | #4 |
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Ok - the metadata.db file is all one would expect in an empty library. Not sure why the UI is not loading then.
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05-18-2012, 04:36 PM | #5 |
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Nor me, but thanks for trying.
I suspect there must be something corrupt from my first installation that cannot be got over by reboots, uninstalls and reinstalls many thanks Mike |
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05-19-2012, 09:34 PM | #7 |
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Is it starting to the System tray? Look for a icon in your tray.
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05-20-2012, 02:26 PM | #8 |
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Hi there, no icon for Calibre in the system tray I'm sorry to say.
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Make sure calibre process is not running then try moving the calibre settings folder. Now start calibre up. This will give you all new calibre settings and with any luck bring up calibre fresh for you.
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05-21-2012, 01:12 AM | #10 |
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Run calibre in debug mode
calibre-debug -g in a command prompt. |
05-21-2012, 05:54 AM | #11 |
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Hi there, ran command as requested (calibre-debug -g), output follows:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002] Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Mike>calibre-debug -g Starting up... Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 228, in initialize File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 209, in initialize_db File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 185, in initialize_db_stage2 File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 137, in start_gui File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\ui.py", line 194, in initialize File "site.py", line 50, in load_module File "site-packages\calibre\utils\fonts\__init__.py", line 16, in <module> RuntimeError: Failed to load fontconfig with error:MemoryLoadLibrary() failed lo ading fontconfig.pyd Hope this helps. Mike |
05-21-2012, 06:35 AM | #12 |
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For some reason loading the fontconfig dll is failing on your system. Unfortunately, windows gives us no way of finding out why it is failing (that I know of).
Generic things to try: Exclude the calibre install folder from your antivirus program, uninstall and delete the install folder then do a clean install. Try the calibre portable install instead. |
05-21-2012, 10:40 AM | #13 |
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Any chance there might be some corrupted fonts in Windows?
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05-25-2012, 03:11 AM | #14 |
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Thanks for this will try it and see.
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05-25-2012, 03:12 AM | #15 |
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Can't be totally sure but I don't think so.
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