attempted to start server and recieved an error

[James Joiner]

error received when I attempted to start server

calibre, version 1.0.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>AttributeError</b>:'NoneType' object has no attribute 'strip'

calibre 1.0 [64bit] isfrozen: True is64bit: True
Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '7', '6.1.7601')
Python 2.7.4
Windows: ('7', '6.1.7601', 'SP1', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\actions\device.py", line 231, in toggle_content_server
  File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\ui.py", line 436, in start_content_server
  File "site-packages\calibre\library\server\main.py", line 17, in start_threaded_server
  File "site-packages\calibre\library\server\base.py", line 191, in __init__
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'strip'

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

In preferences->sharing over the net make sure username is not blank.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Fixed in branch master. The fix will be in the next release. calibre is usually released every Friday.

 status fixreleased