Quantcast
Channel: MobileRead Forums - PocketBook
Viewing all 1255 articles
Browse latest View live

Running Calibre on Pocketbook

$
0
0
I have some .Epub books that my 912 Pro Pocketbook does not seem able to open. They open on Calibre so I was wondering can we download Calibre to Pocketbook and use it to open the docs?

Problem with Pocketbook622 touch

$
0
0
Hello, im new in this forum, so i apologise if there is a discussion about my problem and i didn't saw it. So i bought a new pocketbook622 touch connect it with the PC, it start charging but when try to send some books to my device, on removable disk G/F it says "please insert disk in driver G/F". The USB port of the PC is active, it charges the reader, but still I can't use it to transfer books. My OS is WinXP, i've used the USB port before for different occasions, so i guess there must be some trick with the reader. I would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance! :)

pocketbook iq

$
0
0
does anyone have the 2.0.3 apk? I have .06 and am having trouble with internet and especially the Kindle log on..................kindle says no internet connection when I'm actually online.

Terminal program for PB622/623

$
0
0
Hi,

having tried to use poterm on my PB622 and PB623 devices I found that the lack of buttons on these devices was keeping me from using all its capabilities and decided to write my own version more geared towards use on devices with a touch screen (and using it as a chance to learn how to use the libinkview API;-). You can download the program, including the sources (available under the GPL3), as a "tar.gz" archive from here:

http://users.physik.fu-berlin.de/~jtt/PB/pbterm.tar.gz

Just the compiled program (and the optional configuration file) can be found as a "zip" file at:

http://users.physik.fu-berlin.de/~jtt/PB/pbterm.zip

For more information and instructions on how to install and use the program etc. see

http://users.physik.fu-berlin.de/~jtt/PB/README.txt

Note that the program didn't work on the PB622 with firmware version 4.0.373. But it worked after upgrading to the newest 4.2 version. On the PB623 I have only tested it with firmware version 4.3.

Since I don't have any other PocketBook devices beside the PB622 and PB623 I can't tell if the program will also work on other models. If you try the program I would be delighted to get reports about bugs and proposals for new features. My email address is jt@toerring.de and my homepage is http://toerring.de if you want to contact me directly.

Best regards, Jens

Terminal program for PB622/PB623

$
0
0
Hi,

as I already have posted in the developers corner, I have written a terminal program for the PB622 ("Tooch") and PB623 ("Touch Lux"), which is similar to the poterm program, but with an interface hopefully more suitable for devices with a touch screen. It may even work with other devices, but I can't tell since I don't have them. Should you be interested see my post in the developers corner:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=221543

Best regards, Jens

set gamma&contrast with fw 4.2 (pb622)

$
0
0
hi there

from release notes:

"SETTINGS:
1. Implemented contrast and gamma correction mechanism in Adobe and DjVu (this setting is brought in global.cfg)."

On pdf books with images or complex layout is better, imho, the normal view of adobeviewer, without reflow.

That has an adverse effect giving small fonts and greyish character.

Adjusting gamma & correction could help improving readibility.

While we wait for an integration in pb menu, anyone tried to do/did a script to modify global.cfg?

I use pieditor by fjodr, but is a little bit annoying.

Paolo
:)

[PB622] Problems with back button in the browser

$
0
0
Hi,

Since a couple of days I've had a problem with going back in the browser. When I use an RSS feed and get into the direct link it's all ok. When I read it's all ok. But when I want to get back to the feed, the problems start to appear. Pressing back only reloads the webpage, and only nth try goes back (n varies from 2 to very much (10 or more)). When I finally get back to the feed, it's shown from the top (and not from where I finished as usually). I upgraded fw to 4.2, deleted history and cookies. no success.

Can this be fixed?

Thanks

using gdb on a PocketBook device

$
0
0
I figured out how to partially debug an application on a PocketBook device, so I thought I'd outline the steps here in case others find it useful.

Firstly, I tried running gdb on the device within a utelnetd session, but was unable to pass commands to it. gdb uses ncurses to handle input, and I suspect that that just doesn't work without a proper terminal. So, I went with using gdbserver on the device, and then doing the debugging on another machine over WiFi. The following are the steps required to get that working:

1) You need a computer that can run and debug ARM binaries. I used LoneTech's old qemu disk image and ran it on my desktop. The link is available within an old message here: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...18&postcount=1. Alternatively, you can install a fresh Debian Lenny armel system within qemu, and then install the PocketBook arm-none-linux-gnueabi libraries within it.

2) Install gdb and libreadline5 within the ARM system. I just grabbed the packages from the Debian Lenny armel website and installed them with dpkg.

3) Copy /usr/bin/gdbserver from the ARM system to the PocketBook device. If you have networking enabled within the ARM system, you can scp the file to your desktop, and then copy it to the PocketBook device from there.

In my case, my ARM system is setup to only talk to the host via the bridging network. The default setup for that is that the host is at address 10.0.2.2. Within my LAN, my host has the address 192.168.1.20, and the PocketBook device is at 192.168.1.160.

As an example, I'm going to describe debugging the pbterm program. The pbterm.app and pbterm.cfg files need to be copied to the ereader in /mnt/ext1/applications/. The source code and debuggable version of pbterm should be copied to the ARM system, as well.

4) Get a shell on the ereader (I use utelnetd) and run gdbserver on it, specifying the IP address of the machine that will be allowed to access it, as well as the port number. Because my ARM system is running under bridged networking, I specify the IP address of my host:

> cd /mnt/ext1/applications/
> /mnt/ext1/bin/gdbserver 192.168.1.20:1234 ./pbterm.app

5) Within the ARM system, you need to run the pbterm.app executable within gdb. You'll probably have to add the location of the PocketBook libraries to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environmental variable if they aren't in one of the default system locations. Within LoneTech's image, they are at /root/pbroot/ebrmain/lib/. The pbterm sources and executable are within the pbterm-1.2.1-debug.tar.gz file:

> tar zxf pbterm-1.2.1-debug.tar.gz
> cd pbterm-1.2.1-debug
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/root/pbroot/ebrmain/lib

6) Check that the application can see the pocketbook libraries:

> ldd ./pbterm.app

should show no missing dynamic libraries in the list.

7) Within gdb, you need to set the location of the pbterm source files, and also the location of the remote gdbserver. For pbterm, the source files are in the src/ directory:

> gdb pbterm.app
gdb> dir src
gdb> target remote 192.168.1.160:1234
gdb> continue

The application will then run on the ereader, and the results can be seen on the ARM system. You can set breakpoints before the continue statement. For example,

gdb> break Term::get_shell_output


I hope this information helps some debug their applications.

Pocketbook Touch Basic coming next month

PocketBook Touch Lux (623) : various questions

$
0
0
Hello,
new owner of a PocketBook Lux Touch , I have 3 points to deal with, because the official manual is not very detailed as fa as technical questions are concerned :

- With USB connection to a PC , I removed the books from the main memory of my PB. I also added some. Then, out USB connection, I normally used my PB. But some deleted books still appeared in the Library , with a size of -1 MB and were inaccessible. How in this situation resynchronize the Library with what actually exists on the ebook reader ? Is it a flat file , or a real database ( mysql, ... ) that I could manually edit or access ?
Note: since I reset the database from scratch by reformatting the main memory and reimporting my books. But I would like to know how to fix it, in case the issue reappear.

- Some books (in this case with epub format) are displayed with their coverage , and some other not. Previously, with the software "calibre" I had added all the books with its cover. Is there specifications for the image to appear ( png , jpg, ... resolutions , ...)?
Note: If necessary , I can send personal message for an example of two of my books with covers almost the same size but only one is displayed.

- Always using the software "calibre" , I fill in the type of books in the field "Tags". For example , Thriller , Fantasy , ... With a single keyword for each book (I read on a forum that the ebook reader did not manage several labels while calibre allows to fill in several, comma separated ). However, the PB when sorting by Type , only the Thriller type appears. Are there constraints about the values ​​or how to initialize this field ?
Note: I can send a sample by personnal message 2 of my books, only one has a type that appears.

PI : I 'm with firmware 4.3

Thank you in advance for your answers.
Regards

My BP 912 screen is problem ?

$
0
0
Sorry. My english is very bad

Content
My BP 912 screen.
At dark, when pale










Frimware 2.1.3
Not falling, not broken screen
Can not edit: dark or light
Hope you can explain for me
Tks all

Pocketbook mini (515)

$
0
0
Hello,

I didn't saw many thread speaking of this pocketbook mini...
It seems to be a pretty interresting device ( http://translate.googleusercontent.c...PoW_cjR1dQAEfg) but as I don't have used any pocketbook before I have some questions ...

Does the custom app work for any device ? For exemples, the email sendtomykindle-style app (http://translate.googleusercontent.c...QKbYhzw#678144) ? Or the comic viewer (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=162852) ?

In the lastest firmware of the lux, there is a dropbox access ...do you knwon if all the other pocketbook have it ?

Thanks

603 I've lost all of my default books.

$
0
0
I needed to format internal memory on my reader, but I did not knew that it would delete all of default books, which I desperately need.

If anyone out there would be kind enough to copy default Pocketbook books, and then upload them somewhere on the internet, then I would be eternally grateful to that person.

Just opened Pocketbook Pro 912 - how to setup?

$
0
0
OK so apparently having had an Ectaco ereader before this new Pocketbook Pro 912 did NOT prepare me for figuring out how to even set the calendar or the clock, much less anything else.

And yes, yes I downloaded and printed all 71 pages of the Owners Manual. I still cant even figure out how to get started. Either the manual assumes your familiar with the OS, Or it assumes an intuivity (is that even a word??) that I do not possess.

I have managed to plug it in to charge it. however, The Owners Manual (hereafter referred to as TOM), right off said I would get a choice between 'charge' or 'pc'. Never happened. I have a screen telling me to download new software instead. Tried to turn it completely off...but keeps returning to that screen. Apparently it REALLY wants the upgrade.

I did, however, find the screen with listings and clock and calendar...and sat with TOM for a few hours trying to intuit how to change the date and time. Nope.

So... thank you for being patient with this so far.

Heres the question: Is there anyone out there anywhere in the U.S. who HAS and USES one of these? And who might be willing to take me thru teeny tiny idiotic baby steps with the reader?

I havent a clue what Im supposed to do first, besides charge the battery fully,much less 2nd, 3rd ad nauseum.

I want to reset the clock, reset the calendar, and understand why I could find a list of widgets, but no way to reset such things.

I cant even IMAGINE what getting my ebooks onto it is going to require!

Thank you to anyone out there who might have mercy on me. All I want to do is READ!!! sigh

Touch Lux 623, no formatting in mobi

$
0
0
Hi Guys,

I currently bought PocketBook 623 Touch Lux. Up until now, I had Amazon Kindle Keyboard, so I deDRMed those few books I had there and tried to load them into the new reader in MOBI.

Some of the books include pictures, code examples and so on. When I open the books in the internal reader of Calibre everything is fine but the moment I open them in the fbreader, they look like badly formatted, early 90's HTML website.

Is it because of fbreader? Thanks in advance.

PB 622 - Problem - blank screen during downgrade

$
0
0
Hello, I've got a problem. I've decided to downgrade firmware to 3.2 (there was USB connection problem with the latest firmware). I was doing this like they said in the manual, put microSD card in, there was 'firmware update' message on the screen and command to push context menu button so I did it and then screen went blank. There is no instructions, what to do next. Only diode shines. I'm worried, is this ok? When I was updating firmware some time ago, there wasn't any problems.

Pocketbook 624 (Basic Touch) themes?

$
0
0
Hello,
I received my PB 624 today, and I am wondering if there are any themes for this model, or if there is a way to create own custom themes.
Could somebody help me?

Wrong author sorting order

$
0
0
Hello to all,
I'm running 4.2 on a 622 and I can't have the library sorted by author in correct order.

Precisely, when I select "group by author" and "sort by author", the top of the screen presents a sub-selection "All | A B C D…" for authors last name and, under that, it shows the names of the authors. But the sorting order is quite strange :
- when I ask for "All", I have all names sorted by FN LN (fisrt name, last name), no matter the first letter of LN,
- when I ask for "B", I have the names sorted by FN LN but limited to LN beginning with a "B".

Examples:
all -> Adolpho Bioy Casares, Alain Guyard, Alexandra David-Neel…
B -> Antoine Bello, Edward Bernays, Edward Bunker, Etienne de la Boetie…

I use Calibre to manage my library on my computer and to download the books to the Pocketbook. I use "author" and "author_sort" correctly… at least, I hope! I have phoned today to Pocketbook help and the answer is: there's nothing to do, nor to hope for. That's frustrating!

Of course, I know the trick: to send the data with a specific format, "{author_sort}/{series}/{series_index:0>2s} {title}" for instance, and to use the Pocketbook with it's library ordered by folder. It works perfectly. But I'd still like to use author sorting order.

Does anyone know a solution for this? I've tried to play with "author_sort" on Calibre, to use another sorting order, to impose it to the Pocketbook, but without success. I'm out of ideas, and Google was no help.

Thanks.

Problem with applications

$
0
0
Hi everyone,

i've got my Pocketbook 611 for about 2 years now and have mostly used it for reading, but every now and then i tried an application.

Today i wanted to test a new application and therefor put it into my applicationsfolder. But then as i wanted to open it in the folder, the whole folder was totally empty on my Pocketboot.
The applications are still there, i can see them on my computer. The about 12 or so applications that i had installed worked all pretty well but now i can't see a single one in the folder.
When i open the folder i just get the message to put applications into it, so that i can use them.

Anyone any idea what went wrong or how i could fix it?

I tried updating the system, but that didnt help either.

Vote for English version of idea.pocketbook-int.com

$
0
0
I don't know about any official bug report page in English. It feels like to be a little bit discriminated.

I hope one day there will be international page for reporting bugs. It gives developers wider look for what is important and what is not, if there will be possibility for more people to contribute.

http://idea.pocketbook-int.com/pocke...lux2/idea/1291
Viewing all 1255 articles
Browse latest View live