Installation Instructions for Kobo-1, Release 1.8.1

[G0AT]

Originally Posted by timlegge

Hi

Sorry for this question - did you remember to specify Manage Librabrary on the kobo after you plugged it in?

If so, send me your .kobo/version file.

Tim

Fair question. Yes, I specified Manage Library because I've been loading up some books that I didn't have on there previously. I'll send you the file shortly.

[baronrus]

Worked golden for me. There should be a note somewhere to ignor your computer when it wants to restart windows. Also at the first try the kobo desktop didnt work but after an unistall and reinstall everything is working great.

thanks kobo and tahnks to the beta testers for all of their help and insight

[JPenguin]

Well it looks like I have encountered an issue, my page looping back does still continue but it isn't the page actually looping. My copy of The Count Of Monte Cristo has every couple paragraphs repeated, a chapter of 40 pages has become 80. I haven't investigated if this occurs with any of the other preloaded books, I don't see it happening with my ePubs (side loaded through Calibre) or some of the free Gutenberg books from the Kobo site (synced through the Kobo App, not side loaded). This has made the book rather frustrating to read so I'll probably take my paper copy for my morning commute even though this is exactly the book I wanted an eReader for (it's 1650 pages long, the Kobo is much more portable!). I'll check other preloaded books tomorrow to see if I can reproduce the issue there too.

[baronrus]

where is the option to hide the preinstalled books?

[G0AT]

Originally Posted by timlegge

Hi

Sorry for this question - did you remember to specify Manage Librabrary on the kobo after you plugged it in?

If so, send me your .kobo/version file.

Tim

Sent to your Gmail account.

[timlegge]

Originally Posted by G0AT

Sent to your Gmail account.

Got it. That should work fine. If you are a windows user please do the following:

Open a command prompt
cd "c:\Program Files\Calibre2"
calibre-debug.exe -g

That should output messages to the command windows to help me debug the issue. I am upgrading a 1.4 device via the Desktop update right now to see if anything is different in the Desktop update.

Tim

[3d0g]

Originally Posted by baronrus

where is the option to hide the preinstalled books?

Display menu. Might want to peruse the user guide for this and many other kobo operating tips.

[djloewen]

Originally Posted by JCKobo

This should work fine - I'll talk to our development team about it.

A factory reset fixed the problem for me, so I won't be much help troubleshooting the issue. Anyway the rest of the update is fantastic, thanks!

Originally Posted by baronrus

where is the option to hide the preinstalled books?

When you're browsing the books on your Kobo, hit "display", then you should see three choices - "all books", "my books", "preloaded books".

[baronrus]

Originally Posted by 3d0g

Display menu. Might want to peruse the user guide for this and many other kobo operating tips.

good advice.

thanks it worked like a charm and hid only the preloaded books

[timlegge]

Originally Posted by timlegge

Got it. That should work fine. If you are a windows user please do the following:

Open a command prompt
cd "c:\Program Files\Calibre2"
calibre-debug.exe -g

That should output messages to the command windows to help me debug the issue. I am upgrading a 1.4 device via the Desktop update right now to see if anything is different in the Desktop update.

Tim

I would be interested in seeing the output. I am loading up a new version of Calibre on Windows as we speak as I see an issue with my desktop upgraded version in Calibre that I don't see with the SD Card upgraded device. It may just be related to the things I have done to that particular device but I will check it out as I forget what I fixed between the 0.7.30 release that I have installed and the 0.7.33 release.

Tim

[timlegge]

Originally Posted by timlegge

I would be interested in seeing the output. I am loading up a new version of Calibre on Windows as we speak as I see an issue with my desktop upgraded version in Calibre that I don't see with the SD Card upgraded device. It may just be related to the things I have done to that particular device but I will check it out as I forget what I fixed between the 0.7.30 release that I have installed and the 0.7.33 release.

Tim

Hi

Definitely and issue with my desktop upgraded device and calibre. I have not looked into the code yet but I expect that it only affect Windows users. I will sort it out tomorrow and hopefuly I will have a fix in time for Calibre 0.7.34.

Tim

[G0AT]

Originally Posted by timlegge

Hi

Definitely and issue with my desktop upgraded device and calibre. I have not looked into the code yet but I expect that it only affect Windows users. I will sort it out tomorrow and hopefuly I will have a fix in time for Calibre 0.7.34.

Tim

Definitely an error happening as it attempts to load the preloaded books into calibre when the device is connected. For each preloaded book I see the following, with very minor differences, in the debug outbut:

DEBUG: 4.2 prefix: D:\ lpath: .kobo/kepub/d7192979-a129-4af8-b083-7f6950abd338 title: The Three Musketeers authors: Alexandre Dumas [Pere] mime: application/epub+zip date: 2009-03-25T08:22:44.3 ContentType: 6 ImageID: 7ZRQPdzhvEG1DhQgyV3-yg
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 139, in update_booklist
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 458, in book_from_path
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\driver.py", line 379, in metadata_from_path
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\driver.py", line 387, in metadata_from_formats
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\metadata\meta.py", line 34, in metadata_from_formats
TypeError: list() takes at most 1 argument (2 given)

[timlegge]

Originally Posted by G0AT

Definitely an error happening as it attempts to load the preloaded books into calibre when the device is connected. For each preloaded book I see the following, with very minor differences, in the debug outbut:

DEBUG: 4.2 prefix: D:\ lpath: .kobo/kepub/d7192979-a129-4af8-b083-7f6950abd338 title: The Three Musketeers authors: Alexandre Dumas [Pere] mime: application/epub+zip date: 2009-03-25T08:22:44.3 ContentType: 6 ImageID: 7ZRQPdzhvEG1DhQgyV3-yg
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 139, in update_booklist
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 458, in book_from_path
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\driver.py", line 379, in metadata_from_path
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\driver.py", line 387, in metadata_from_formats
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\metadata\meta.py", line 34, in metadata_from_formats
TypeError: list() takes at most 1 argument (2 given)

Did you update your Library and sync your reader with the desktop after you upgraded by any chance? I did not and I am seeing the issue.

Tim

[G0AT]

Originally Posted by timlegge

Did you update your Library and sync your reader with the desktop after you upgraded by any chance? I did not and I am seeing the issue.

Tim

That may be it. I'll try that right now. I only installed the desktop to get the firmware update, and haven't used it for anything else.

[timlegge]

Originally Posted by G0AT

That may be it. I'll try that right now. I only installed the desktop to get the firmware update, and haven't used it for anything else.

I am fairly sure that the syncing process upgrades the database. I would try it on mine but I would like to keep it like this till I confirm that is the issue.

Tim