Can't Import Books and Can't open books

[RichCat6]

Describe the bug I can't import any new eBooks into the software. And I can't open books either.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Try to import a new ebook

Expected behavior For the eBook to successfully import.

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Version:

• Foliate version: 2.6.4
• OS/Distribution and version: Linux Mint 20.3
• Desktop environment: MATE 1.26.0
• Installation method: Deb file

Additional context Add any other context about the problem here.

[qururoland]

Same problem with the latest .deb either downloaded or installed via PPA. Installing the flatpak version works. Syslog revealed (while still using the deb version):

Sep  6 11:15:23 me xdg-desktop-por[4294]: Realtime error: Could not map pid: Could not determine pid namespace: Could not find instance-id in process's /.flatpak-info
Sep  6 11:15:23 me com.github.john[42144]: JS ERROR: Error: Empty Response#012_init/<@resource:///com/github/johnfactotum/Foliate/js/epubView.js:623:57#012_handleAction@resource:///com/github/johnfactotum/Foliate/js/epubView.js:886:22#012_init/<@resource:///com/github/johnfactotum/Foliate/js/epubView.js:617:18#012main@resource:///com/github/johnfactotum/Foliate/js/main.js:478:24#012run@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/package.js:206:19#012@/usr/bin/com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate:9:17
Sep  6 11:15:25 me dbus-daemon[1609]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.215' (uid=1000 pid=42144 comm="/usr/bin/gjs /usr/bin/com.github.johnfactotum.Foli" label="unconfined")

So maybe there is a flatpak issue in the deb build! It's been like this since I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 and I've finally missed Foliate enough to try to find out why it wasn't working correctly.

[RichCat6]

Same problem with the latest .deb either downloaded or installed via PPA. Installing the flatpak version works. Syslog revealed (while still using the deb version):

Sep  6 11:15:23 me xdg-desktop-por[4294]: Realtime error: Could not map pid: Could not determine pid namespace: Could not find instance-id in process's /.flatpak-info
Sep  6 11:15:23 me com.github.john[42144]: JS ERROR: Error: Empty Response#012_init/<@resource:///com/github/johnfactotum/Foliate/js/epubView.js:623:57#012_handleAction@resource:///com/github/johnfactotum/Foliate/js/epubView.js:886:22#012_init/<@resource:///com/github/johnfactotum/Foliate/js/epubView.js:617:18#012main@resource:///com/github/johnfactotum/Foliate/js/main.js:478:24#012run@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/package.js:206:19#012@/usr/bin/com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate:9:17
Sep  6 11:15:25 me dbus-daemon[1609]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.215' (uid=1000 pid=42144 comm="/usr/bin/gjs /usr/bin/com.github.johnfactotum.Foli" label="unconfined")

So maybe there is a flatpak issue in the deb build! It's been like this since I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 and I've finally missed Foliate enough to try to find out why it wasn't working correctly.

Thanks. You have a good one.

[crystallikelaw]

Same issue here. Tried the latest deb file from both the daily build and stable ppa's. Flatpak does work.

Pop_OS 22.04 GNOME 41.4 Versions 2.6.4-1 and 2.6.4-4

[SylChamber]

Same config as crytstallikelaw: Pop!_OS 22.04 and the .deb version. I installed the deb because the flatpak version didn't work so well, and I prefer deb.

• I can import most epubs: at least those that I "clean" with Calibre (which I usually do, because I also use Calibre to add metadata downloaded from Amazon, Google or Kobo, and to convert epubs in Kobo's epub version, kepub, without which images don't allow zooming on a Kobo reader)
• there is one epub that I couldn't import so far: Terraform Up & Running, 3rd Edition from O'Reilly and which I bought directly on Kobo
• I can open that same book from the file explorer (GNOME's Files). I just can't import it, and when I relaunch Foliate, it will fail to open that book. I have to open it again from the file explorer
• with the original epub, the table of contents is empty
• but if I convert that book with calibre (I converted it to kepub to add metadata), then I can import it and keep it in my Foliate library. No error importing, no error opening, and it still works after closing then launching Foliate. And the table of contents works.

That book has messed-up HTML. There are very large tables that go beyond a page's width, and they are truncated on my Kobo ereader. The Kobo app on my phone and Foliate or Thorium are the only way I can read those tables because they allow horizontal scrolling. I have to say that Manning does a really lot better job at crafting technical epubs than O'Reilly: no silliness with large tables, they really work mobile-first.

BTW I really miss Foliate on Windows. It's better than Thorium. Kudos.

[johnfactotum]

This issue should probably be closed. It lacks information and is not actionable. And from the fact that .deb doesn't work but the Flatpak does, and the "Empty response" message, it's probably a duplicate of #878.

@SylChamber Can you open a separate issue? The strangest part is "I just can't import it, and when I relaunch Foliate, it will fail to open that book. I have to open it again from the file explorer". That seems very unlikely to be a problem with the book itself. Especially if you're importing by drag and drop. That would suggest that it's probably a problem with URI handling. One can investigate this by running Foliate with --verbose. When opening a book, it will print a line containing run_javascript: open(, and the next line will contain the file URI.