Calibre will not accept new books.

Rusherman · 06-07-2011, 07:10 PM

If I run calibre from icon it looks ok but freezes when I try to add any new material. It started doing this a couple of months ago. If I use the pulldown to reboot it in debug mode it crashes with error code.
Python function terminated unexpectedly
[error 998] Invalid access to memory location (Error Code:1)

If I run it from command line in debug mode it seems to work fine and accepts new files as well as does formatting converting renaming ect. Is there anything I can do to have it run from start menu again on my pc.

speakingtohe · 06-08-2011, 11:05 AM

Have you run the database integrity check?
A corrupted database can seem to work but act strangely.

Rusherman · 06-10-2011, 01:15 PM

Thank you for the suggestion Speakingtohe. I could not find an Integrity check button on Calibre. Windows version 0.8.3. I checked all over including under miscellaneous. I also checked the add buttons section in case it had not been moved to toolbar.

The I went to the Calibre directory and ran the calibredb.exe hoping that would do about the same thing. It did find errors and corrected them, I hope. I ran Calibre again and still will not accept new books. It just hangs there till I push cancel. I did find a long list of missing font files in the Calibre debug log. I matched it up to several messages in the forum of other people having this problem of listing a pile of missing fictitious fonts. Their problem was not solved so I suspect I am in the same boat. I will keep trying as I would like to get it back to working properly like it once did. I went to temp and deleted 400,000 0bit files left over by Calibre. It didn't make it accept books but it has helped my computer run a little better.

Any suggestions are gratefully accepted.

kovidgoyal · 06-10-2011, 01:26 PM

I have no idea what could cause the symptoms you describe, but since you say it works running from the command line, you can simply create a shortcut that runs

calibre-debug.exe -g

and put it on your desktop.

Rusherman · 06-10-2011, 01:30 PM

I did find the check library section on Calibre and ran the library check. It came out no errors. then I ran the check against database and it found some errors in missing book covers and missing book formats. They are both supposedly fixable but when I choose this option and hit the fix button, it just clears the list box and does not appear to do anything else. Anyway it was something else to check.

itimpi · 06-10-2011, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rusherman

I did find the check library section on Calibre and ran the library check. It came out no errors. then I ran the check against database and it found some errors in missing book covers and missing book formats. They are both supposedly fixable but when I choose this option and hit the fix button, it just clears the list box and does not appear to do anything else. Anyway it was something else to check.

I think that all the fix does is remove the entries in the database that reference the missing files so that it is not reported next time around.

06-07-2011, 07:10 PM	#1
Rusherman Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario Canada Device: Aluratek Libre ebook reader	Calibre will not accept new books. If I run calibre from icon it looks ok but freezes when I try to add any new material. It started doing this a couple of months ago. If I use the pulldown to reboot it in debug mode it crashes with error code. Python function terminated unexpectedly [error 998] Invalid access to memory location (Error Code:1) If I run it from command line in debug mode it seems to work fine and accepts new files as well as does formatting converting renaming ect. Is there anything I can do to have it run from start menu again on my pc.

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06-08-2011, 11:05 AM	#2
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	Have you run the database integrity check? A corrupted database can seem to work but act strangely.

06-10-2011, 01:15 PM	#3
Rusherman Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario Canada Device: Aluratek Libre ebook reader	Thank you for the suggestion Speakingtohe. I could not find an Integrity check button on Calibre. Windows version 0.8.3. I checked all over including under miscellaneous. I also checked the add buttons section in case it had not been moved to toolbar. The I went to the Calibre directory and ran the calibredb.exe hoping that would do about the same thing. It did find errors and corrected them, I hope. I ran Calibre again and still will not accept new books. It just hangs there till I push cancel. I did find a long list of missing font files in the Calibre debug log. I matched it up to several messages in the forum of other people having this problem of listing a pile of missing fictitious fonts. Their problem was not solved so I suspect I am in the same boat. I will keep trying as I would like to get it back to working properly like it once did. I went to temp and deleted 400,000 0bit files left over by Calibre. It didn't make it accept books but it has helped my computer run a little better. Any suggestions are gratefully accepted.

06-10-2011, 01:26 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I have no idea what could cause the symptoms you describe, but since you say it works running from the command line, you can simply create a shortcut that runs calibre-debug.exe -g and put it on your desktop.

06-10-2011, 01:30 PM	#5
Rusherman Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario Canada Device: Aluratek Libre ebook reader	I did find the check library section on Calibre and ran the library check. It came out no errors. then I ran the check against database and it found some errors in missing book covers and missing book formats. They are both supposedly fixable but when I choose this option and hit the fix button, it just clears the list box and does not appear to do anything else. Anyway it was something else to check.

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