Kobo Glo Driver for calibre 1.5

mischl · 09-28-2014, 05:16 AM

Hello Readers

Is it possible to import the latest Kobo Glo Driver into a Calibre Linux 1.5 Version ?

The Reason why i´m asking is, that the latest opensuse 13.1 is not supporting QT5 by default. So i ask myself how to get Calibre work with my Reader without installing QT5.

Thanks, Michael

itimpi · 09-28-2014, 05:25 AM

why are you using such an old version? The latest that supports QT4 is 1.48 which is much later than the 1.5 that you mention and will include the requisite driver.

mischl · 09-28-2014, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itimpi

why are you using such an old version? The latest that supports QT4 is 1.48 which is much later than the 1.5 that you mention and will include the requisite driver.

Hello timpi

Well, 1.5 is the latest officiall Version, and i thought it would be higher than 1.48.
But anyway, as far i know is the first Version which supports the Kobo 3.8 Driver Calibre 2.1
from End of August.

itimpi · 09-28-2014, 05:57 AM

The 1.48 release is 43 releases later than the 1.5 release (the last figure is the build number). This equates to a year or so difference in release times as there is a new release on most (but not all) weeks.

As far as I know the Kobo Glo has been supported for some time. The 2.1 release added support for the Kobo Aura HD.

In terms of getting a back-porting a feature to work on older versions, then I believe it is up to an interested user to achieve this. The full source for each Calibre release is freely available.

mischl · 09-28-2014, 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itimpi

The 1.48 release is 43 releases later than the 1.5 release (the last figure is the build number). This equates to a year or so difference in release times as there is a new release on most (but not all) weeks.

As far as I know the Kobo Glo has been supported for some time. The 2.1 release added support for the Kobo Aura HD.

In terms of getting a back-porting a feature to work on older versions, then I believe it is up to an interested user to achieve this. The full source for each Calibre release is freely available.

---
calibre 2.1
28.08.2014 20:30
New Features

[...]
Kobo driver: Add support for new Kobo Aura H2O and firmware 3.8.0
[...]

And Firmware 3.8.0

So the question is, where do i find the driver in the source code to copy it into my Installation ?

davidfor · 09-28-2014, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mischl

---
calibre 2.1
28.08.2014 20:30
New Features

[...]
Kobo driver: Add support for new Kobo Aura H2O and firmware 3.8.0
[...]

And Firmware 3.8.0

So the question is, where do i find the driver in the source code to copy it into my Installation ?

That is correct, but the change was to add device ids for the H20 and bump the supported firmware version number. There were no actually function changes and there has not been any recently. I'd have to check the notes, but calibre 1.48 does have the latest function. The configuration of the driver has an option "Attempt to support newer firmware". Using this with calibre 1.48 and firmware 3.8.0 is safe. And will be for at least the next firmware versions and probably a couple more afterwards. There has definitely been changes since calibre 1.5. Again, I'd have to look at what, but I know I have made more significant changes in that time than just bumping version numbers.

What I recommend doing is upgrading to calibre v1.48 and setting the firmware support driver option. This will be fine unless you buy a H20. When I hear that someone that can't upgrade past 1.48 has bought a H20, I'll look at solving that problem.

David

gbm · 09-28-2014, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mischl

Hello Readers

Is it possible to import the latest Kobo Glo Driver into a Calibre Linux 1.5 Version ?

The Reason why i´m asking is, that the latest opensuse 13.1 is not supporting QT5 by default. So i ask myself how to get Calibre work with my Reader without installing QT5.

Thanks, Michael

Go to Download for linux doenload and install the calibre binary.

Calibre 2.4 will run on opensuse 13.1--I just and opensuse 13.1 has all the dependencies that calibre needs to run--with no problems, calibre has all the qt5 dependencies it needs buildin.

Remember:
Please do not use your distribution provided calibre package, as those are often buggy/outdated. Instead use the Binary install.

bernie

theducks · 09-28-2014, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mischl

Hello timpi

Well, 1.5 is the latest officiall Version, and i thought it would be higher than 1.48.
But anyway, as far i know is the first Version which supports the Kobo 3.8 Driver Calibre 2.1
from End of August.

Kovid make 'Official' releases, all else are 'OS distribution' releases and are notoriously out of date on the date of the 'Official' release of the OS. Calibre releases are weekly. OS releases are ???

Also
Release numbers are TEXT, with dot notation not numeric decimals

eschwartz · 09-28-2014, 12:21 PM

If you want to really depend on the distro packages for software that isn't up to 5 years old (yay for LTS

) you should be running Arch or Gentoo.

Most distros do one last update when the OS version leaves testing and hits the main download page, and never update anything but the browser and security fixes.

The repos are out of date by the time you download the install iso.

Use the official package by Kovid.

mischl · 09-30-2014, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Use the official package by Kovid.

I really would like to, but when i install the latest version as recommended i get this
(it was installed as root not with sudo on a i686 ) )

-----

wget -nv -O-
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ko...x-installer.py |
sudo python -c "import sys; main=lambda:sys.stderr.write('Download
failed\n'); exec(sys.stdin.read()); main()"
2014-09-29 15:54:05
URL:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ko...x-installer.py
[25619/25619] -> "-" [1]
Installing to /opt/calibre
Downloading tarball signature securely...
Will download and install calibre-2.4.0-i686.txz
Downloading calibre-2.4.0-i686.txz
[...]
Downloaded 58117368 bytes
Checking downloaded file integrity...
Extracting files to /opt/calibre ...
Extracting application files...
Creating symlinks...
Symlinking /opt/calibre/fetch-ebook-metadata
to /usr/bin/fetch-ebook-metadata
Symlinking /opt/calibre/lrf2lrs to /usr/bin/lrf2lrs
Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-convert to /usr/bin/ebook-convert
Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-meta to /usr/bin/ebook-meta
Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-edit to /usr/bin/ebook-edit
Symlinking /opt/calibre/lrfviewer to /usr/bin/lrfviewer
Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre to /usr/bin/calibre
Symlinking /opt/calibre/markdown-calibre
to /usr/bin/markdown-calibre
Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-debug to /usr/bin/calibre-debug
Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-parallel
to /usr/bin/calibre-parallel
Symlinking /opt/calibre/web2disk to /usr/bin/web2disk
Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-server
to /usr/bin/calibre-server
Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-customize
to /usr/bin/calibre-customize
Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-polish to /usr/bin/ebook-polish
Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-viewer to /usr/bin/ebook-viewer
Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-smtp to /usr/bin/calibre-smtp
Symlinking /opt/calibre/lrs2lrf to /usr/bin/lrs2lrf
Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-device to /usr/bin/ebook-device
Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibredb to /usr/bin/calibredb
Setting up command-line completion...
Installing zsh completion to: /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_calibre
Installing bash completion
to: /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/calibre
Run "calibre" to start calibre
me@linux:> calibre
QT_MESSAESSA䅔奒QString:ing:��This app app汰杵湩s��湩s faAbgebrochen

---

I always get this strange QT Message, nothing else
Michael

gbm · 09-30-2014, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mischl

I really would like to, but when i install the latest version as recommended i get this
(it was installed as root not with sudo on a i686 ) )

Spoiler:

I always get this strange QT Message, nothing else
Michael

Does calibre start and run?

Does calibre start and run from the menu?

If not then open a terminal and run:

Code:

calibre-debug -g

and post the debug log.

bernie

P.S.
check your settings for terminal.

mischl · 09-30-2014, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbm

Does calibre start and run?

Does calibre start and run from the menu?

If not then open a terminal and run:

Code:

calibre-debug -g

and post the debug log.

bernie

P.S.
check your settings for terminal.

calibre 2.4 isfrozen: True is64bit: False
Linux-3.11.6-4-default-i686-athlon-with-SuSE-13.1-i586 Linux ('32bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '3.11.6-4-default', '#1 SMP Wed Oct 30 18:04:56 UTC 2013 (e6d4a27)')
Python 2.7.8
Linux: ('openSUSE ', '13.1', 'i586')
Successfully initialized third party plugins: KePub Output && Kobo Utilities
QT_MESSAESSAQString:ing:䅔奒This app app萀
Abgebrochen

Hello bernie

Thanks for responding. Calibre is not starting from the menu, and this is what i get in debug Mode . Do i have a plugin Prob ?

Michael

eschwartz · 09-30-2014, 01:04 PM

you can try

Code:

mv ~/.config/calibre/ ~/.config/calibre.bak/

and see if it still errors with a clean configuration directory.

But this sounds a lot weirder TBH.

mischl · 09-30-2014, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

you can try

Code:

mv ~/.config/calibre/ ~/.config/calibre.bak/

and see if it still errors with a clean configuration directory.

But this sounds a lot weirder TBH.

I did already. First i renamed my plugin Folder and than the config Folder.
I even tried a new user. I tried it on KDE3 and KDE4 and also on Fluxbox and TWM.
Nothing works...

Michael

eschwartz · 09-30-2014, 01:16 PM

... then it's not a plugin problem.

09-28-2014, 12:21 PM	#9
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	If you want to really depend on the distro packages for software that isn't up to 5 years old (yay for LTS ) you should be running Arch or Gentoo. Most distros do one last update when the OS version leaves testing and hits the main download page, and never update anything but the browser and security fixes. The repos are out of date by the time you download the install iso. Use the official package by Kovid. Last edited by eschwartz; 09-28-2014 at 12:25 PM.

09-30-2014, 01:04 PM	#13
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	you can try Code: mv ~/.config/calibre/ ~/.config/calibre.bak/ and see if it still errors with a clean configuration directory. But this sounds a lot weirder TBH.

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09-28-2014, 05:16 AM	#1
mischl Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: Kobo Glo	Kobo Glo Driver for calibre 1.5 Hello Readers Is it possible to import the latest Kobo Glo Driver into a Calibre Linux 1.5 Version ? The Reason why i´m asking is, that the latest opensuse 13.1 is not supporting QT5 by default. So i ask myself how to get Calibre work with my Reader without installing QT5. Thanks, Michael

09-28-2014, 05:25 AM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	why are you using such an old version? The latest that supports QT4 is 1.48 which is much later than the 1.5 that you mention and will include the requisite driver.

09-28-2014, 05:57 AM	#4
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	The 1.48 release is 43 releases later than the 1.5 release (the last figure is the build number). This equates to a year or so difference in release times as there is a new release on most (but not all) weeks. As far as I know the Kobo Glo has been supported for some time. The 2.1 release added support for the Kobo Aura HD. In terms of getting a back-porting a feature to work on older versions, then I believe it is up to an interested user to achieve this. The full source for each Calibre release is freely available.

09-30-2014, 01:16 PM	#15
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	... then it's not a plugin problem.

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