Calibre Library - Books not found

andy_0 · 02-20-2012, 12:02 PM

Hi,

I am using calibre for years now. I never had problems moving my library between folders and even operating systems. Unfortunately I got a problem now.

I am using a Debian based distribution (LMDE). I installed this OS a few weeks back. Now i wanted to use calibre. My old config file is still fine and is pointing to the correct folder. I always used my old configuration and - if necessary - modified the database location manually. The file path hasnt been changed for quiet some time and was working perfectly a few weeks back.

I started calibre and realized that I am not able to open all books. It turned out the reason is because of file system privilige as some folders where only readable by root. I took ownership and set permissions (now for testing purposes to 777). After that no books can be opened at all. I moved the database file and rebuilded it. Now calibre does not detect any books at all.

This is the current permission: "drwxrwxrwx 1 andy andy 752 2. Dez 17:39". I used a recursive chmod statement so all nested folders and files gained the same permissions.

[Edit]
Well ... its working now. I moved back the old metadata.db and know all books are working. Do you have any idea, why calibre wasnt reindexing the database based on the folder structure? As far as i know calibre usually does that if no metadata.db is found?

theducks · 02-20-2012, 12:12 PM

I don't think it happens automagically

You can make it happen by performing Library Maintenance : Restore Database.

This scans the THE library folders for metadata.opf files

andy_0 · 02-20-2012, 12:29 PM

I always thought it does an automatic reindexing if there is no metadata.db in the library root. If thats the whole problem I know better the next time.

Thanks for your reply.

02-20-2012, 12:02 PM	#1
andy_0 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: none	Calibre Library - Books not found Hi, I am using calibre for years now. I never had problems moving my library between folders and even operating systems. Unfortunately I got a problem now. I am using a Debian based distribution (LMDE). I installed this OS a few weeks back. Now i wanted to use calibre. My old config file is still fine and is pointing to the correct folder. I always used my old configuration and - if necessary - modified the database location manually. The file path hasnt been changed for quiet some time and was working perfectly a few weeks back. I started calibre and realized that I am not able to open all books. It turned out the reason is because of file system privilige as some folders where only readable by root. I took ownership and set permissions (now for testing purposes to 777). After that no books can be opened at all. I moved the database file and rebuilded it. Now calibre does not detect any books at all. This is the current permission: "drwxrwxrwx 1 andy andy 752 2. Dez 17:39". I used a recursive chmod statement so all nested folders and files gained the same permissions. [Edit] Well ... its working now. I moved back the old metadata.db and know all books are working. Do you have any idea, why calibre wasnt reindexing the database based on the folder structure? As far as i know calibre usually does that if no metadata.db is found? Last edited by andy_0; 02-20-2012 at 12:07 PM.

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02-20-2012, 12:12 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,779 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I don't think it happens automagically You can make it happen by performing Library Maintenance : Restore Database. This scans the THE library folders for metadata.opf files

02-20-2012, 12:29 PM	#3
andy_0 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: none	I always thought it does an automatic reindexing if there is no metadata.db in the library root. If thats the whole problem I know better the next time. Thanks for your reply.

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