X11 crashes on ebook-view/ebook-edit

emtcho · 01-10-2019, 03:06 PM

Hi all,

I am having weird problems with Calibre's internal editor and viewer since last system updates (Lubuntu 18.04 LTS)

Until then Calibre was working as always - completely flawless but now the only kind of E-Book I am able to open are pure TEXT files (calibre opens them in Leafpad...)

Any other (FB2, MOBI, EPUB) will cause immediate crash of X, causing complete data loss on any other running application... After couple of seconds I will see my login again

It seems to me the problem is not in Calibre itself but rather in the respective ebook-editor and ebook-viewer since they are causing the same crash when called from command prompt
(I tried to call them directly form /usr/bin/ without calibre to no awail)

Any help very much appreciated

best regards

emtcho

theducks · 01-10-2019, 03:25 PM

Are you running the OFFICIAL calibre site download?
(the distro version is always out of date and subject to distro tweaking

)

emtcho · 01-10-2019, 04:24 PM

Thank you very much!

Sometimes it is too easy... i have done apt remove of the distro version and installed the OFFICIAL and it works again...

You saved my day

Thanks dude

01-10-2019, 03:06 PM	#1
emtcho Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Kindle	X11 crashes on ebook-view/ebook-edit Hi all, I am having weird problems with Calibre's internal editor and viewer since last system updates (Lubuntu 18.04 LTS) Until then Calibre was working as always - completely flawless but now the only kind of E-Book I am able to open are pure TEXT files (calibre opens them in Leafpad...) Any other (FB2, MOBI, EPUB) will cause immediate crash of X, causing complete data loss on any other running application... After couple of seconds I will see my login again It seems to me the problem is not in Calibre itself but rather in the respective ebook-editor and ebook-viewer since they are causing the same crash when called from command prompt (I tried to call them directly form /usr/bin/ without calibre to no awail) Any help very much appreciated best regards emtcho

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01-10-2019, 03:25 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,800 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Are you running the OFFICIAL calibre site download? (the distro version is always out of date and subject to distro tweaking )

01-10-2019, 04:24 PM	#3
emtcho Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Kindle	Thank you very much! Sometimes it is too easy... i have done apt remove of the distro version and installed the OFFICIAL and it works again... You saved my day Thanks dude