From 38e447e519a8488a8beb55f549d868a72d71f421 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:57:28 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Nicer error msg when loading covers too large for RAM

---
 src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py b/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py
index 81ea3e4643..d804e52dfb 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py
@@ -668,6 +668,9 @@ class BooksModel(QAbstractTableModel):  # {{{
             data = self.db.cover(row_number)
         except IndexError:  # Happens if database has not yet been refreshed
             pass
+        except MemoryError:
+            raise ValueError(_('The cover for the book %s is too large, cannot load it.'
+                             ' Resize or delete it.') % self.db.title(row_number))
 
         if not data:
             return self.default_image