I'm currently running debian/buster, not stretch, with calibre 3.35.0+dfsg-1. I believe the issue has been solved. The files when I found the problem were local files and I was using xpdf. Currently I'm using zathura as a default pdf viewer. In my system epub and mobi files open in adobe digital editions and in kindle when I click them in thunnar, as I installed them under wine, not in calibre. When I open them in calibre they open in calibre. When I drag a pdf into the middle panel it is added as a new book and from then on I can open it in calibre by clicking it.
Thanks and regards, Luis On Sat, Feb 09, 2019 at 06:48:03PM -0700, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > Control: tag -1 + moreinfo > > Hi Luis, > > Is this issue also present in stretch's released > calibre_2.75.1+dfsg-1, and if so, is it also present in the Calibre > version in stretch-backports? > > https://backports.debian.org/ > > Reply follows inline: > > On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 12:45:12PM -0500, Luis Mochan wrote: > > Package: calibre > > Version: 2.24.0+dfsg-1 > > Severity: important > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > After upgrading to Debian/stretch I found that Calibre was unable to open > > pdf > > books, with errors such as > > Unable to find the requested file. Please check the spelling and try > > again. > > Unhandled error message: Error when getting information for file '...': No > > such file or directory > > (when my prefered file manager is Nautilus) and a nautilus window is opened. > > Later I found the same message when trying to open a Path. > > Changing my prefered file manager to thunar through exo-preferred- > > applications the message changes to > > Failed to open "..." > > Error when getting information for file '..': No such file or directory. > > I noticed that the message seems to come from the file manager, not from > > Calibre. > > I also noticed that the file name passed to the file manager has spaces > > replaced by '%20'. > > Are the files local or is this a remote share (SSH/SFTP/SAMBA/etc)? > > > The files do exist and I can open them from both file managers by clicking > > on > > them. > > Presumably the files open successfully in the default PDF viewer? > Which PDF viewer? > > > Furthermore, I can open the same book in other formats from the same > > directory using Calibre. I could also open the pdf's after installing the > > 'Open > > With' plugin and configuring it for opening pdf files. So I guess the > > problem > > is related to the protocol used to communicate with the file managers. > > So this issue is specific to PDFs? Do ebooks in epub, mobi, etc. open > successfully in Calibre (or calibre-viewer) when clicking on them in > Nautilus or Thunar? > > What happens when you drag and drop a PDF into the middle library pane > of the Calibre window? > > > Thanks for the bug report, > Nicholas -- o W. Luis Mochán, | tel:(52)(777)329-1734 /<(*) Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM | fax:(52)(777)317-5388 `>/ /\ Apdo. Postal 48-3, 62251 | (*)/\/ \ Cuernavaca, Morelos, México | moc...@fis.unam.mx /\_/\__/ GPG: 791EB9EB, C949 3F81 6D9B 1191 9A16 C2DF 5F0A C52B 791E B9EB
