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Timothy Legge (timlegge) wrote : Re: [Bug 932561] [NEW] "Error Communicating with Device" with Kobo Touch

You need to run a disk check tool on the kobo (windows Scan disk).
Likely you need to do a factory reset.

Tim

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 3:24 AM, Geoff Lee <email address hidden> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm having errors using a Kobo Touch V1.9.16 and Calibre.
>
> PC, Intel i920. Windows XP SP3, fairly recent install from clean (2
> months).
>
> Kobo connected directly to a USB port with supplied cable.
>
> I've tried a factory reset and I'm still getting the same error. Oddly,
> whatever the cause, the same thing does not happen with the Kobo desktop
> software or when placing files directly as an external drive so I'm
> fairly confident this is an issue between the Kobo and Calibre.
>
> calibre, version 0.8.37
> ERROR: Error: Error communicating with device
>
> (2, 'GetDiskFreeSpace', 'The system cannot find the file specified.')
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 81, in run
>  File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 411, in _upload_books
>  File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\driver.py", line 252, in upload_books
>  File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\device.py", line 991, in _sanity_check
>  File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\device.py", line 175, in free_space
>  File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\device.py", line 133, in _windows_space
> error: (2, 'GetDiskFreeSpace', 'The system cannot find the file specified.')
>
> I've just updated to 0.8.39 and it's still the same.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Geoff
>
> ** Affects: calibre
>     Importance: Undecided
>         Status: New
>
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