ebook crashes Kindle half way through, how to debug?

cdo · 01-02-2014, 05:18 AM

Hi,

I have developed a small application that packages recent updates of websites into a periodical, similar to what instapaper does.

The periodical renders fine on the Kindle Previewer application and works on a Kindle Paperwhite 3G, except that somewhere in the middle of the ebook the Kindle freezes when turning the page. Looking through the source code and the documentation, I don't see anything suspiciously wrong at that particular page. (Source code and mobi of a 10 page periodical is attached)

I have switched on the debug mode on the Kindle and looked through the logs, but can't find any further details on where the problem is: the Kindle boots normally, the last things dumbed is "140101:202356 winmgr[1246]: D lua:dbg::flashing rect 0, 0 :: 758 x 1024 -- 12".

What is a better way to debug this? Thank you very much in advance for any hints

susan_cassidy · 01-02-2014, 08:04 PM

You could try running the HTML through an html validator. There are a number of them online.

PeterT · 01-03-2014, 10:41 AM

For laughs, I tried to make an ePub in Sigil using your html files, and had great troubles due to errors in the encoding. You seem to have forgotten the closing / for the meta tag in item1, 2 and 3, and I also had to add in the <?xml> and <html> ... </html> sections to each of those.

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01-02-2014, 08:04 PM	#2
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	You could try running the HTML through an html validator. There are a number of them online.

01-03-2014, 10:41 AM	#3
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,703 Karma: 79983758 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	For laughs, I tried to make an ePub in Sigil using your html files, and had great troubles due to errors in the encoding. You seem to have forgotten the closing / for the meta tag in item1, 2 and 3, and I also had to add in the <?xml> and <html> ... </html> sections to each of those.

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