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[SOLVED]Calibre 8 not starting.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 12:29 am
by Seagasm
I have installed Calibre 8 since my last Calibre program failed to start. I get the following error:
$ calibre
qt.glx: qglx_findConfig: Failed to finding matching FBConfig for QSurfaceFormat(version 2.0, options QFlags<QSurfaceFormat::FormatOption>(), depthBufferSize -1, redBufferSize 1, greenBufferSize 1, blueBufferSize 1, alphaBufferSize -1, stencilBufferSize -1, samples -1, swapBehavior QSurfaceFormat::SingleBuffer, swapInterval 1, colorSpace QColorSpace(), profile QSurfaceFormat::NoProfile)
qt.glx: qglx_findConfig: Failed to finding matching FBConfig for QSurfaceFormat(version 2.0, options QFlags<QSurfaceFormat::FormatOption>(), depthBufferSize -1, redBufferSize 1, greenBufferSize 1, blueBufferSize 1, alphaBufferSize -1, stencilBufferSize -1, samples -1, swapBehavior QSurfaceFormat::SingleBuffer, swapInterval 1, colorSpace QColorSpace(), profile QSurfaceFormat::NoProfile)
Could not initialize GLX
Aborted
I have also attempted to reinstall and install Calibre with the MXInstaller but no luck.
Any assistance would be grateful, thank you.
Re: Calibre 8 not starting.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 3:56 am
by Eadwine Rose
According to the forum rules (please read): Please provide full Quick System Info, use copy for forum button, no edits.
LiveUSB version is OK if needed.
Please post code like this, thanks: [code]code output here[/code]
Re: Calibre 8 not starting.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 6:20 am
by kc1di
I have Calibre 8 installed here on 23.4 KDE and it's working fine.
Try launching it from a terminal see if it throws any error messages. If not
I would try this first in the terminal
Then try reinstalling via the software installer.
Good luck.
Re: Calibre 8 not starting.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 7:44 am
by MikeR
@Seagasm wrote:
I have installed Calibre 8
How?
I used
(from the relevant web site)
with no untoward effects.
Re: Calibre 8 not starting.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 9:42 pm
by Seagasm
MikeR, as above, I tried re-installing with the MX installer, no joy, I then went to the Calibre web site and did what you did.
The error as posted above is when I try to start calibre in the terminal.
Please note: I have had calibre working in the past, then had not used it for a while, I have had system update since. Maybe something there, I don't know.
a copy of my system info
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Snapshot created on: 20250317_1001
System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-32-amd64 [6.1.129-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-32-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro rootflags=subvol=@
quiet splash init=/lib/systemd/systemd
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel, plank wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_x64 Libretto January 21 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: TOSHIBA product: Qosmio F60 v: PQF65A-05M02W serial: <superuser required>
Chassis: type: 10 v: Version 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: TOSHIBA model: Portable PC v: Version A0 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: TOSHIBA
v: Version 2.60 date: 09/08/2010
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 36.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 36.5/44.3 Wh (82.4%) volts: 10.8 min: 10.8
model: G71C000BE310 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7 Q 740 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem gen: core 1 level: v2
built: 2008-10 process: Intel 45nm family: 6 model-id: 0x1E (30) stepping: 5 microcode: 0xA
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1729 min/max: 933/1734 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1729 2: 1729 3: 1729 4: 1729 5: 1729 6: 1729 7: 1729 8: 1729
bogomips: 27662
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: conditional; RSB
filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GT216M [GeForce GT 330M] vendor: Toshiba driver: nvidia v: 340.108 non-free:
series: 340.xx status: legacy (EOL) last: release: 340.108 kernel: 5.4 xorg: 1.20 arch: Tesla
process: 40-80nm built: 2006-13 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:0a2b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Silicon Motion - Taiwan (formerly Feiya ) USB 2.0 PC Cam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-1.4:4 chip-ID: 090c:537b class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3286x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 870x286mm (34.25x11.26") s-diag: 916mm (36.06")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 pos: primary,right res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 94
size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.53") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: LVDS-0 pos: left res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6")
diag: 394mm (15.53") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.108 renderer: GeForce GT 330M/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Toshiba 5
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 2-1.2.1:4 v: kernel chip-ID: 046d:0a04 bus-ID: 00:1b.0
class-ID: 0300 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GT216 HDMI Audio vendor: Toshiba driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0be2 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech V20 portable speakers (USB powered) type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-32-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: off (using pipewire-pulse) tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN driver: rtl8192se v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8172 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Toshiba driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Toshiba Integrated Bluetooth HCI type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.1:5
chip-ID: 0930:0508 class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1
sub-v: 149c hci-v: 2.1 rev: 149c
Info: acl-mtu: 310:10 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
telephony
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 1.26 TiB (69.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT2000MX500SSD1 size: 1.82 TiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 032 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 263.33 GiB size: 263.33 GiB (100.00%) used: 115.01 GiB (43.7%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
ID-2: /home raw-size: 263.33 GiB size: 263.33 GiB (100.00%) used: 115.01 GiB (43.7%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 9.3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda6
maj-min: 8:6
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 59 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3900
Repos:
Packages: 2981 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2958 libs: 1569 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 23
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:iDesmI:more.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/meganz-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_12/ ./
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mx.debian.nz/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial-added-by-mxpi.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main
Info:
Processes: 315 Uptime: 1h 48m wakeups: 9 Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 2.62 GiB (34.1%) Init: systemd
v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)
Re: Calibre 8 not starting.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 12:06 am
by MikeR
@Seagasm
This appears on the InterWeb as (probably) an Nvidia related problem.
Hopefully one of the local gurus will intercede.
Sorry not to be able to offer a soluton, best of luck.
Mike
Re: Calibre 8 not starting.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 12:09 am
by Seagasm
Good point Mike, thank you
Re: Calibre 8 not starting.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 6:26 am
by kc1di
this may be of help from Arch:
"The "Could not initialize GLX" error typically indicates a problem with the graphics library or drivers on your system, often related to compatibility issues with your graphics card. Updating your graphics drivers or ensuring that your hardware meets the necessary requirements may help resolve this issue."
Which graphics card are you using?
Re: [SOLVED]Calibre 8 not starting.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 7:41 pm
by Seagasm
Sort of, I removed Nvidia drivers and Calibre is now working. Thank you for your assistance all.
Re: [SOLVED]Calibre 8 not starting.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2025 5:46 am
by kc1di
Glad it's working for you! I've always had problems with Nvidia :(
But I've been told the newer ones are now better with linux.
Re: [SOLVED]Calibre 8 not starting.
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2025 7:17 pm
by Seagasm
Is the a MXLinux command for a work around solution?
Export QT_XCB_GL_INTEGRATION=none application-calibre