kobo-dotfile-hack

kobo-dotfile-hack

Since FW 4.17.13651, Kobo will import from dotfiles/folders. This is a LD_PRELOAD hack to fix that.

Advantages

• You'll be able to use dotfolders for mods and files without having Kobo import the stuff in it.
• Unlike a patch, this is persistent (and there is less chance of accidentally disabling it).
• More control then a patch.
• Relatively simple.

Disadvantages

• Needs a cross-compiler.
• Will not work completely if Kobo uses fdopendir.
• Hardcoded paths for dotfiles to show.
• Needs SSH/telnet access to remove (or a factory reset).

Building

You can build kobo-dotfile-hack with NickelTC inside Docker using:

docker run --volume="$PWD:$PWD" --user="$(id --user):$(id --group)" --workdir="$PWD" --env=HOME --entrypoint=make --rm -it ghcr.io/pgaskin/nickeltc:1.0

Or, on the host using:

make CROSS_COMPILE=/path/to/nickeltc/bin/arm-nickel-linux-gnueabihf-

Testing

To test this on any Linux machine, run make -f Makefile.native test.