rasik_35 | # 1 | 2011-07-30, 23:41 | Report

i had been using fbreader pretty well for about a couple of month. but now when i try to open it, it shows busy for a while (rotating circle on top) and then just goes off. it doesn't start. i rebooted. it worked for a while. then after about an hour or so it became the same again. plus i tried looking in /usr/bin/FBReader, it says file too large cannot open. is this the problem???

rm42 | # 2 | 2011-07-31, 01:26 | Report

Have you tried renaming the file and seeing if the reader opens then? Maybe that file is corrupt.

rasik_35 | # 3 | 2011-07-31, 01:52 | Report

after reboot it works just fine now...waiting for the problem to reccur again. can't rename also.... when i type some other name and say accept it doesn't accept it. does this problem have anything to do with openssh client and server?

dchky | # 4 | 2011-07-31, 04:11 | Report

This happens to me from time to time, not able to start it from the icon.

The fix.

Open up an x-term window and type "FBReader" (without the quotes). You only need to do this once. After this you can continue opening it from the icon as usual.

Addison | # 5 | 2011-07-31, 04:17 | Report

For extremely large medical books, Kchmviewer is by far the best app to use for those.

rasik_35 | # 6 | 2011-07-31, 06:12 | Report

@dchky....i had done this accidently just after my 1st post....since then, fbreader hasn't misbehaved. hope this works. thanks for ur help. hope for support in future as well......

@addison...kchmviewer can't detect my chm files which fbreader can detect why? the file is around 25 mb or so...plus i guess kchmviewer is lacking portrait is it...but it's scrolling is good....anywayz i've installed it n will b using . thx a lot. (u've got ur 600th thanks! congrats)

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Addison | # 7 | 2011-07-31, 08:01 | Report

I've got Cecil Medicine 23rd edition (193 megs), Harrison's 17th edition (166 megs), 5 Minute Medical Consult 16th edition (41megs), Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 48th edition (50 megs), Guyton Textbook of Medical Physiology 11th edition (19 megs), Pathophysiology of Disease: An Introduction to Clinical Medicine 5th edition (17 megs), Pathophysiology of Disease: An Introduction to Clinical Medicine 5th edition (35 megs), Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics 18th edition (219 megs) just to some of the books I've used with Kchmviewer.

There are a few of those where it might take like 2 minutes to completely load, but once it does, the app is super zippy, though there is no portrait mode.

And yeah, FBreader can't handle any of these from what I remember.

Anyway, congrats on receiving your first thanks here in this forum!

But try to earn your next one. *lol*

Peace.