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2026-07-18 Session Log

Topics

1. Obsidian / Lorebase / Calibre discussion

  • Asked about Reddit post on Lorebase v2.06 (Obsidian plugin). Clarified: it is a media tracker (games, anime, now movies/TV/books/manga), NOT an ebook reader. Separate standalone app at lorebase.app (worldbuilding wiki) is unrelated.
  • Asked about Calibre-like experience in Obsidian. Options:
  • Read ebooks: ePub Reader (caronchen), Annotator (elias-sundqvist, PDF+EPUB highlight→MD), Awesome Reader (progress sync).
  • Library UI: Bookshelf (weph, visual grid + stats), Calibre plugin (browse real Calibre lib in Obsidian), Book Search (anpigon).
  • Honest take: Obsidian can't beat Calibre at bulk management; best combo = Bookshelf (UI) + ePub Reader/Annotator (read).
  • Asked about making Calibre look modern. Desktop GUI is Tk-based (hard to skin). Best path = Calibre-Web (clean web UI over existing library, pip/docker). Foliate / Koodo Reader / Readest as alt readers.

2. Razer mouse dead at boot — FIXED

  • Symptom: Razer DeathAdder Essential (1532:0098) dead at boot, works after replug.
  • Root cause: USB autosuspend (usbcore) suspends port before bind at boot; existing udev rule (99-razer-no-autosuspend.rules) races and loses.
  • Fix applied via limine drop-in (CachyOS, limine bootloader): 
    sudo mkdir -p /etc/limine-entry-tool.d
echo 'KERNEL_CMDLINE[default]+=usbcore.autosuspend=-1' | sudo tee /etc/limine-entry-tool.d/usb-autosuspend.conf
sudo limine-update
  • Curated to wiki/Razer Mouse Dead at Boot.md and linked in wiki/Index.md.
  • NOTE: This was a NEW issue — no prior mouse notes existed in vault. First capture.

Follow-ups

  • Confirm mouse stays alive after reboot (verify cat /proc/cmdline | grep autosuspend).
  • User decided to keep "save to vault" as manual trigger (not automate).