Calibre issues after switching to Ubuntu MATE?

EdwardTrunk · 04-02-2016, 04:46 PM

Have previously been using Calibre for a number of years without any problems but now I have some major issues in that the program is very slow to start up and then none of my library of books is displayed and the whole operating system becomes unresponsive. The only way I can recover is to kill Calibre. I noticed at the time that I killed it it was using 1.1G of memory!

The only change I've made recently is to switch from Ubuntu 14.04 GNOME Flashback to Ubuntu MATE. Could that have caused the problem and is there anything I can do to fix it? I tried installing the very latest version of Calibre but it made no difference.

Any help greatly appreciated.

p.s. have since tried completing uninstalling it and re-installing but made no difference.

PeterT · 04-02-2016, 07:10 PM

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EdwardTrunk · 04-02-2016, 08:22 PM

It's definitely related to Ubuntu MATE as if I log out and load the Ubuntu GNOME Flashback interface again, Calibre works perfectly.

gbm · 04-02-2016, 08:54 PM

What version of calibre are you using? I used calibre with a mint 17 mate system with no problems.

bernie

Quote:

Originally Posted by EdwardTrunk

It's definitely related to Ubuntu MATE as if I log out and load the Ubuntu GNOME Flashback interface again, Calibre works perfectly.

EdwardTrunk · 04-02-2016, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbm

What version of calibre are you using? I used calibre with a mint 17 mate system with no problems.

bernie

I'm using 2.54 on Ubuntu MATE 14.04 and was previously using 2.45 when the problem started, although 2.45 worked perfectly prior to installing MATE.

04-02-2016, 04:46 PM	#1
EdwardTrunk Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: none	Calibre issues after switching to Ubuntu MATE? Have previously been using Calibre for a number of years without any problems but now I have some major issues in that the program is very slow to start up and then none of my library of books is displayed and the whole operating system becomes unresponsive. The only way I can recover is to kill Calibre. I noticed at the time that I killed it it was using 1.1G of memory! The only change I've made recently is to switch from Ubuntu 14.04 GNOME Flashback to Ubuntu MATE. Could that have caused the problem and is there anything I can do to fix it? I tried installing the very latest version of Calibre but it made no difference. Any help greatly appreciated. p.s. have since tried completing uninstalling it and re-installing but made no difference. Last edited by EdwardTrunk; 04-02-2016 at 05:38 PM.

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PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,166 Karma: 73448616 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	Sww if Calibre memory usage - Linux helps

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EdwardTrunk Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: none	It's definitely related to Ubuntu MATE as if I log out and load the Ubuntu GNOME Flashback interface again, Calibre works perfectly.