Kobo Start Menu 07

[tshering]

Originally Posted by oren64

Yes it work, but only after 20 sec, tried changing ksmAutoselectafter=20 to 0, 1 or 5 but didn't work.

I cannot see why this should not work. But I would never choose such short delays like 1 sec. The problem is that if for some reason the started application (e.g., nickel) hangs on each start, you are in a loop (power off, power on, auto selection, hang). In such a case you need some time to stop nickel to be started.

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by oren64

Yes it work, but only after 20 sec, tried changing ksmAutoselectafter=20 to 0, 1 or 5 but didn't work.

Open "usersetings.txt" in Notepad++ and around line 40 you should see:

## auto select
ksmAutoselectafter=10
ksmAutoselectoption=start_koreader
## you can autoselect any entry of the ksm home screen (except "reboot" and "power_off"
## examples:
# ksmAutoselectoption=start_koreader

But with the original settings to start after 20 sec

As you can see I have mine set to 10 sec (which may be longer than I need) and set to autostart Koreader.

Luck;
Ken

[oren64]

Originally Posted by tshering

I cannot see why this should not work. But I would never choose such short delays like 1 sec. The problem is that if for some reason the started application (e.g., nickel) hangs on each start, you are in a loop (power off, power on, auto selection, hang). In such a case you need some time to stop nickel to be started.

It's also alternating one time wait 20 sec in KSM menu, and the other it's go straight to nickel and the img file don't work.
and after i wait the 20 sec i open koreaser.img form nickel it's go back to ksm menu and not to koreader.

Maybe it be best to move the button "start nickel koreader switch" to the main menu for convenience.

Ken:I don't have "usersetings.txt" but x:\.adds\kbmenu\confoptions\ksm_ini_options.txt

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by oren64

It's also alternating one time wait 20 sec in KSM menu, and the other it's go straight to nickel and the img file don't work.
and after i wait the 20 sec i open koreaser.img form nickel it's go back to ksm menu and not to koreader.

Maybe it be best to move the button "start nickel koreader switch" to the main menu for convenience.

Ken:I don't have "usersetings.txt" but x:\.adds\kbmenu\confoptions\ksm_ini_options.txt

I still use KSM7+4. The actual ksm.ini is at /.adds/kbmenu/ as is the usersetings.txt. My ksm.ini [general] section:

[general]
frontlightOnLevel=4
ksmAutoselectafter=10
ksmAutoselectoption=start_koreader
preventfreeze=false

Luck;
Ken

[tshering]

Originally Posted by oren64

It's also alternating one time wait 20 sec in KSM menu, and the other it's go straight to nickel and the img file don't work.
and after i wait the 20 sec i open koreaser.img form nickel it's go back to ksm menu and not to koreader.

After installation of KSM, you should have done:

select "tools" > "activate" > "set runmenu settings.msh" > "always"

You can do it still now.

Originally Posted by oren64

Maybe it be best to move the button "start nickel koreader switch" to the main menu for convenience.

Select in configure: [koreader], combineKoreaderAdditions=false

Originally Posted by oren64

Ken:I don't have "usersetings.txt" but x:\.adds\kbmenu\confoptions\ksm_ini_options.txt

This is because you are running KSM 8.

[oren64]

Originally Posted by tshering

After installation of KSM, you should have done:

select "tools" > "activate" > "set runmenu settings.msh" > "always"

You can do it still now.

Select in configure: [koreader], combineKoreaderAdditions=false

This is because you are running KSM 8.

Okay great, Thanks

EDIT:
Ken: 10 or 20 second it's too long, i do it manually.

[ectoplasm]

If Koreader is active with my H2O, the power button "suspends". If KSM is active, it doesn't suspend, or at least the frontlight stays on. Is there any way to suspend when KSM is active?

[Ken Maltby]

Tshering had a suspend, for a while but he dropped it, I think it conflicted with something. It may be that it was just not worth as much, in his launcher utility program, as it is in a reading program.

Luck;
Ken

[WolfBack]

The font at maximum height of 55 seems very nice on my Aura (huge, clear and easy to choose)...
There's is some way to adjust the height beyond of 55 on KSM07 on my Aura H2O?

[tshering]

Originally Posted by WolfBack

The font at maximum height of 55 seems very nice on my Aura (huge, clear and easy to choose)...
There's is some way to adjust the height beyond of 55 on KSM07 on my Aura H2O?

You can edit .adds\kbmenu\confoptions\ksm_ini_options.txt with a unix-style editor. You will find there

kobomenuFontsize=35
kobomenuFontsize=45
kobomenuFontsize=55

You can change these options or add some as you like; for instance

kobomenuFontsize=35
kobomenuFontsize=45
kobomenuFontsize=55
kobomenuFontsize=62
kobomenuFontsize=64
kobomenuFontsize=72

These options will then be available in "configure" (maybe only after a restart of the device).

[WolfBack]

It works!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, tshering!!!!

[roger64]

Handling Nickel updates

Hi

I do not know where to put this, but following an unpleasant experience, I think I have better share it.

I have installed KSM07 and Koreader on my Kobo Glo. I had selected in the tools/activate menu of KSM07 the option to "always" start with KSM07 (and later select either Nickel, Koreader or even Vlasovsoft).

When I side-load a Koboroot.tgz update for Nickel (regarding Metazoa patches), I get a one-liner stark warning from KSM07 telling me to "handle update". I dared once use the relevant menu in KSM07 to do it and had to do a factory reset.

This time, experience-wise, I reverted the above option in KSM07 from "always" to "never" and I rebooted my Kobo Glo with Nickel which handled well the update.

Problem

However this is not the end... When I tried to switch again to KSM07 from within Nickel, tapping like usual the image "ExitNickel", it failed and now I do not know what to do. The folder .adds with KSM and Koreader is still here but I have trouble acceding them...

Maybe I could perform some change using usb but I do not know which one.

I hope I have been clear...

Edit: OK I should have used "partial update"... Would it not have been more explicit to write: "to handle Nickel updates?"

Edit2: Now, even with the script "KSM07_restore" I do not manage to start again KSM07. Maybe I'll have to reinstall it?

[boriar]

@roger64
Probably you don't used partial update that let you install new firmware without eliminate essential KSM files to boot. You can reenable KSM installing the attached file.

(Don't worry about version numbers, use 3.12.1. Nothing change from theses days)

[roger64]

@boriar

Thanks for your reply.

I have found a solution, connecting with Nickel on USB and modifying the file "usersetting.txt" to revert to "always". After that and a reboot, everything is fine again.

I'm getting experience...

[Jellby]

If you wonder why, this is the explanation:

The "exit nickel" image only works if you entered nickel from KSM. If you booted directly into nickel it does nothing.

When you set KSM to "never" start, it honors it, and it doesn't start, instead the reader boots directly into nickel.

Since KSM is never starting, there's no way to get back into it, except by changing the start setting, which can only be done by editing the file externally, as you found out (or maybe with some fancy patching).

Personally, I have KSM set to "alternate", that way I can exit KSM by rebooting, and enter KSM by rebooting