koreader crashes on Kindle DXG #1868

elektronaut0815 · 2016-03-05T11:01:47Z

KOReader version: v2015.11-214-g58e7103 (upload date 2016-Mar-03 02:18:36)
Device: Kindle DXG

Issue

KOReader won't start, it immediately crashes.

./luajit: frontend/ui/uimanager.lua:312: attempt to index local 'self' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
    frontend/ui/uimanager.lua:312: in function 'quit'
    frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua:353: in function 'action'
    frontend/ui/uimanager.lua:374: in function '_checkTasks'
    frontend/ui/uimanager.lua:518: in function 'handleInput'
    frontend/ui/uimanager.lua:608: in function 'run'
    ./reader.lua:164: in main chunk
    [C]: at 0x0001459c

Steps to reproduce

Simply start KOReader from KUAL.

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NiLuJe · 2016-03-05T16:57:08Z

Is that when opening a book directly or the File Manager?

Opening a CRe-handled book currently most likely crashes in fun and interesting ways in my builds, for reasons beyond my comprehension (and that I couldn't manage to debug).

houqp · 2016-03-05T20:44:40Z

Looks like it crashed in readerui, so it's trying to open a book. @elektronaut0815 , did you get the release directly from our release page on github? Our official kindle release only works on touch based kindle devices right now. For k3/dxg/k4/k2, you will need to compile your own version with kindle-legacy as the target.

If you don't know how to setup cross compile environment, you can take https://github.com/koreader/virdevenv/tree/master/vm/ubuntu a try. Feel free to ping us if you got stuck at any step ;)

elektronaut0815 · 2016-03-05T22:13:08Z

Correct, it crashed directly after trying to open a book.
I used the first build from this post which should work with DXG according to NiLuJe.

houqp · 2016-03-05T22:28:31Z

Oh, I see. NiLuJe's build should work then. I thought you downloaded it from github instead. Does the crash happen to any book?

elektronaut0815 · 2016-03-05T23:12:14Z

Yes, any book.

NiLuJe · 2016-03-06T00:21:32Z

For curiosity's sake, does it happen with books handled by another engine than CRe (pdf or djvu for instance)?

elektronaut0815 · 2016-03-06T09:09:28Z

Those books were all Epub's, I just tried a PDF now, which is displayed without crash.

frankyifei · 2016-03-06T10:16:35Z

@NiLuJe , I tested your build on my kpw1, it crashes on epubs and only works for pdf.
file name is koreader-kindle-arm-kindle5-linux-gnueabi-v2015.11-214-g58e7103.zip

NiLuJe · 2016-03-06T11:32:03Z

Yeah, that's why I was asking, that might just be a side-effect of the CRe
crash... Guess I'll see how the next stable linaro release behaves, and/or
try a gcc 4.9 build...
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@NiLuJe https://github.com/NiLuJe , I tested your build on my kpw1, it
crashes on epubs and only works for pdf.

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NiLuJe · 2016-04-11T18:46:10Z

Okay, the just-released snapshots should now have a properly working CRe...

(Stupid ABI mismatch, I had some crap in my env...)

TL;DR: Can you reproduce with my current >= -309 snapshots?

elektronaut0815 · 2016-04-13T19:35:20Z

Still not working with current snapshot.

NiLuJe · 2016-04-13T19:39:06Z

Okay, so there's a definite issue somewhere in the codebase, and not only a silly mistake on my part, thanks :).

houqp · 2016-04-14T07:36:42Z

@elektronaut0815 are you still getting the same error? Fun fact, I tried a new kindle-legacy build with the latest master, EPUB is working fine for me, but now it says no engine found for PDFs... I will probably take a closer look at weekend to see what's actually happening.

NiLuJe · 2016-04-14T17:56:56Z

Okay on PDF & ePub on a K4 over here.

NiLuJe · 2016-04-14T18:04:55Z

Okay also on a K3.

NiLuJe · 2016-04-14T18:12:58Z

... And okay also on a K2.

:?

NiLuJe · 2016-04-14T18:25:25Z

Even checked on a clean install to make sure, and, yep, works fine on my end... :?

houqp · 2016-04-18T08:43:52Z

After updated https://github.com/koreader/koxtoolchain to use @NiLuJe 's ct-ng kindle branch, everything is working again on my K3 now. @elektronaut0815 can you give @NiLuJe 's latest build a try?

PS: @NiLuJe, the kernel version you specified in the sample file does not exist in ct-ng. Did you do anything special to make ct-ng fetch your version? I ended up using 2_6_32 for kindle-legacy TC.

NiLuJe · 2016-04-18T09:36:23Z

That kernel version is in my kindle, branch, make sure you don't have an
older ct-ng version installed somewhere in your path ?
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After updated https://github.com/koreader/koxtoolchain to use @NiLuJe
https://github.com/NiLuJe 's ct-ng kindle branch, everything is working
again on my K3 now. @elektronaut0815 https://github.com/elektronaut0815
can you give @NiLuJe https://github.com/NiLuJe 's latest build a try?

PS: @NiLuJe https://github.com/NiLuJe, the kernel version you specified
in the sample file does not exist in ct-ng. Did you do anything special to
make ct-ng fetch your version? I ended up using 2_6_32 for kindle-legacy TC.

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NiLuJe · 2016-04-18T09:40:08Z

... On the tip of the branch, that is, whereas your script is checking out
the latest tag ;).
On Apr 18, 2016 11:36 AM, "NiLuJe" ninuje@gmail.com wrote:

That kernel version is in my kindle, branch, make sure you don't have an
older ct-ng version installed somewhere in your path ?
On Apr 18, 2016 10:43 AM, "Qingping Hou" notifications@github.com wrote:

After updated https://github.com/koreader/koxtoolchain to use @NiLuJe
https://github.com/NiLuJe 's ct-ng kindle branch, everything is working
again on my K3 now. @elektronaut0815 https://github.com/elektronaut0815
can you give @NiLuJe https://github.com/NiLuJe 's latest build a try?

PS: @NiLuJe https://github.com/NiLuJe, the kernel version you specified
in the sample file does not exist in ct-ng. Did you do anything special to
make ct-ng fetch your version? I ended up using 2_6_32 for kindle-legacy TC.

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houqp · 2016-04-18T09:50:38Z

haha, I am an idiot. Thanks for catching that, I forgot to change the commit hash ;)

houqp · 2016-04-19T07:19:10Z

@NiLuJe btw, which version of binutils should we use for kindle-legacy? linaro-2.24.0-2014.11-2?

NiLuJe · 2016-04-19T10:56:41Z

The latest when using gold, but with bfd we don't really care. That said,
it doesn't hurt to go with something up to date, so 2.26 (mainline) right
now ;).
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@NiLuJe https://github.com/NiLuJe btw, which version of binutils should
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NiLuJe · 2016-04-19T22:05:57Z

@houqp: Any particular reason for sticking w/ GCC 4.8? (If the idea is to avoid GCC 5, which is not such a crazy idea, GCC 4.9 is also a solid choice ;)).

Same question for glibc 2.11 in the Kobo TC?

houqp · 2016-04-20T08:58:25Z

I haven't finished up the kindle tc clean up yet. GCC 5 for some reason does not work for me. I need to dig further into it. The rest should be in sync with your sample setting.

As for Kobo TC, I haven't started rebuilding it based on your sample yet ;)

NiLuJe · 2018-07-08T00:39:53Z

This should definitely be fixed by now (updated TCs, proper targets, and the only GCC >4 issue we actually had fixed) :).

houqp mentioned this issue Mar 5, 2016

fix double crash in readerui... #1869

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