Calibre doesn't start properly

Bug #1044595 reported by Efe Gürkan YALAMAN
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
calibre (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Rolf Leggewie

Bug Description

calibre doesn't start properly. My system language is Turkish. An error message shows up "Corrupted Database - Library database at ... corrupted ". Work fine when system Language is English.

"LANG=en_US.UTF-8 calibre" command works. But doesn't start from launcher

In here calibre people find problem. #897472

Error message details:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 190, in initialize_db
    db = LibraryDatabase2(self.library_path)
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/library/database2.py", line 196, in __init__
    self.connect()
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/library/database2.py", line 145, in connect
    self.conn = connect(self.dbpath, self.row_factory)
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/library/sqlite.py", line 366, in connect
    raise DatabaseException(*conn.proxy.unhandled_error)
DatabaseException: invalid character in collation name
 RemoteTraceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/library/sqlite.py", line 248, in run
     self.connect()
   File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/library/sqlite.py", line 244, in connect
     self.conn.create_collation('icucollate', icu_collator)
 ProgrammingError: invalid character in collation name

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: calibre 0.8.38+dfsg-1 [modified: usr/share/applications/calibre.desktop]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic-pae 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: dde76fa0fb407fb2acfbf79c73f274ce
CheckboxSystem: e704f33cc0866ff0f0256a33de39ea1c
Date: Sat Sep 1 02:49:39 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: calibre
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Efe Gürkan YALAMAN (efeyalaman) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in calibre (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

does this ever occur in trusty or later?

Changed in calibre (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Efe Gürkan YALAMAN (efeyalaman) wrote :

I installed 14.04 on a virtual machine. Looks fine.

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

Thanks for reporting back. I will close this as fixed, then.

Changed in calibre (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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