diff --git a/manual/faq.rst b/manual/faq.rst index 7e7df71c7f..91bb6b9b89 100644 --- a/manual/faq.rst +++ b/manual/faq.rst @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ Why does calibre not support collections on the Kindle or shelves on the Nook? Neither the Kindle nor the Nook provide any way to manipulate collections over a USB connection. If you really care about using collections, I would urge you to sell your Kindle/Nook and get a Kobo. Only Kobo seems to understand that -life is too short to be entering collections one by one on an e-ink screen :) +life is too short to be entering collections one by one on an e-ink screen 😇 Note that in the case of the Kindle, there is a way to manipulate collections via USB, but it requires that the Kindle be rebooted *every time* it is @@ -847,6 +847,18 @@ see which one is causing the issue. Basically, stop a program, run calibre, check for crashes. If they still happen, stop another program and repeat. +The calibre E-book viewer and Edit book tools do not work on Windows? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +These two programs use hardware acceleration as they embed a version of the +Chrome browser to render HTML. If they do not work it will be because of +incompatibility with your system's GPU (graphics) drivers. Try updating these +first, and reboot. If that does not fix it, you can set the +``QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS`` environment variable to the value +``--disable-gpu`` to turn off hardware acceleration. See +`this page `_ for details. + + Using the viewer or doing any conversions results in a permission denied error on Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~