Calibre has a black window at start.

radub · 04-11-2010, 12:14 PM

Hello all,
I got a bug after updating to the latest Calibre on Linux - the program appears as an overstretched window that can't be resized laterally (where it goes way offscreen), but only vertically, where it fits normally. Also, it won't work with KDE4 compositing enabled, it has a black window, whereas the previous version ran just fine. I've tried rebooting, reinstalling after a clean delete, it didn't changed.
I use Ubuntu Linux 9.10 Karmic, I've installed calibre with the binary install command found at calibre-ebook.com/download_linux. Also I've tried to install the Ubuntu version (wich is older), no change. Before the upgrade, I had no problems with calibre and compositing, resize, etc.

kovidgoyal · 04-11-2010, 12:58 PM

delete (or rename) ~/.config/calibre

you will lose your settings, but if it fixes the problem you can try restoring them one file ata time until you discover which file is causing the problem. Most likely are dynamic.pickle and gui.py

radub · 04-11-2010, 01:27 PM

Thank you - this solved my problem! I thought of deleting the config file, bout coudn't find it, I was looking for a file/folder named ".calibre"...

04-11-2010, 12:14 PM	#1
radub Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: iRiver Story	Calibre has a black window at start [SOLVED] Hello all, I got a bug after updating to the latest Calibre on Linux - the program appears as an overstretched window that can't be resized laterally (where it goes way offscreen), but only vertically, where it fits normally. Also, it won't work with KDE4 compositing enabled, it has a black window, whereas the previous version ran just fine. I've tried rebooting, reinstalling after a clean delete, it didn't changed. I use Ubuntu Linux 9.10 Karmic, I've installed calibre with the binary install command found at calibre-ebook.com/download_linux. Also I've tried to install the Ubuntu version (wich is older), no change. Before the upgrade, I had no problems with calibre and compositing, resize, etc. Last edited by radub; 04-11-2010 at 01:29 PM. Reason: Mark as SOLVED

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04-11-2010, 12:58 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	delete (or rename) ~/.config/calibre you will lose your settings, but if it fixes the problem you can try restoring them one file ata time until you discover which file is causing the problem. Most likely are dynamic.pickle and gui.py

04-11-2010, 01:27 PM	#3
radub Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: iRiver Story	Thank you - this solved my problem! I thought of deleting the config file, bout coudn't find it, I was looking for a file/folder named ".calibre"...

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