Adjust display area of Koreader to account for broken screen

BNoronha · 01-08-2023, 06:43 AM

Hi there!

My Kobo Aura (2nd edition) has a problem where a certain spot on the top right corner keeps being pressed randomly (this was after catching a bit of water). Other than this, it is still working fine.

I would like to adjust the workable area of the Kobo to avoid the top 50-100 pixels. I followed the instructions in this thread suggested by the user tshering to change the following in the file koreader\frontend\device\kobo\device.lua

viewport = Geom:new{x=0, y=100, w=758, h=914},

However this did not work, as it seems that what this changes is the display only, but not the actual location of buttons. What I mean is that now there is a mismatch between where I press on the screen, and the location of the press the kobo detects.

Is there a way of changing also the location of the buttons, not just the display?

NiLuJe · 01-08-2023, 01:39 PM

Oops, nice catch

.

Will be fixed in a future nightly!

NiLuJe · 01-08-2023, 02:18 PM

Ooh, congratulations, you may actually have unearthed a very, very, very old bug

.

BNoronha · 01-31-2023, 12:09 AM

Glad to know that! And thanks for looking into it. When do you think it will be fixed?

(Sorry for the delayed response, did not get a notification informing me of your reply)

NiLuJe · 01-31-2023, 03:11 AM

It's fixed in current nightlies (and the new release is somewhat imminent, so you needn't be afraid of running a nightly).

01-08-2023, 06:43 AM	#1
BNoronha Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2023 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Adjust display area of Koreader to account for broken screen Hi there! My Kobo Aura (2nd edition) has a problem where a certain spot on the top right corner keeps being pressed randomly (this was after catching a bit of water). Other than this, it is still working fine. I would like to adjust the workable area of the Kobo to avoid the top 50-100 pixels. I followed the instructions in this thread suggested by the user tshering to change the following in the file koreader\frontend\device\kobo\device.lua viewport = Geom:new{x=0, y=100, w=758, h=914}, However this did not work, as it seems that what this changes is the display only, but not the actual location of buttons. What I mean is that now there is a mismatch between where I press on the screen, and the location of the press the kobo detects. Is there a way of changing also the location of the buttons, not just the display?

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01-08-2023, 01:39 PM	#2
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Oops, nice catch . Will be fixed in a future nightly!

01-08-2023, 02:18 PM	#3
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Ooh, congratulations, you may actually have unearthed a very, very, very old bug .

01-31-2023, 12:09 AM	#4
BNoronha Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2023 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Glad to know that! And thanks for looking into it. When do you think it will be fixed? (Sorry for the delayed response, did not get a notification informing me of your reply)

01-31-2023, 03:11 AM	#5
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	It's fixed in current nightlies (and the new release is somewhat imminent, so you needn't be afraid of running a nightly).