From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1AD51384ED for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:01:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D905421C12A; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:01:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f170.google.com (mail-wi0-f170.google.com [209.85.212.170]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 33FF2E06BF for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:01:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f170.google.com with SMTP id hq7so3977789wib.1 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:01:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :organization:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=KK5zyCmqVRIl9d4Hk7mApG87Cg/lUWumni9jlvJqwKI=; b=YILIsJHMcl95/IbNrnTKgyz3dk1aNXiX35JtO4D/eGsFtmygUnnas8vPWEUkzcY4Rn 9LLJsXRCKgE2Km8MJYpM6GcJoVUJPa+H5ide8HR/w2kRVNxezsgI5hZ4irmoE44seg8I KsgAActDduqi83Dya6aWbbw0SSISa31cO3EEQwPmGw7KKZiO4cM5e2QHMfVjY15Y+6gT 2u54SzmxeDQ80C1oDKgfOJZPCR0J+hsTfm0hND7psEcoqq6DDB+Ag5HLI9tsNHhimpZE XpI5/XByjBXdqAtmJup7AH+XdnYv9ha2i3pF34QafwcOUZUPM9E06a2lAQ6s/MlYsyLk snDw== X-Received: by 10.180.109.10 with SMTP id ho10mr12579978wib.9.1358370085864; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:01:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-210-202-210.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.202.210]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s16sm10500806wii.0.2013.01.16.13.01.23 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:01:24 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:01:07 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Calibre and kindle Message-ID: <20130116230107.5ba9e693@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20130116225018.1656aeab@khamul.example.com> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.14; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b1865061-5b84-4ad7-9665-38d419cf82ed X-Archives-Hash: 48269480bd21f1f0d4340d228f5e3464 On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:56:01 -0500 Michael Mol wrote: > On Jan 16, 2013 3:52 PM, "Alan McKinnon" > wrote: > > > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:21:03 -0500 > > Michael Mol wrote: > > > > > Has anyone had any success with app-text/calibre on Gentoo? On > > > Ubuntu, it picks up that I've plugged in a device and happily > > > allows me to manage it. On Gentoo, it doesn't seem to notice a > > > thing. For now, it works fine as an ebook reader, but not so > > > great for managing devices. > > > > > > $ eix calibre > > > [I] app-text/calibre > > > Available versions: 0.9.6 ~0.9.12 ~0.9.13 {{+udisks}} > > > Installed versions: 0.9.6(05:46:37 PM 01/14/2013)(udisks) > > > Homepage: http://calibre-ebook.com/ > > > Description: Ebook management application. > > > > > > > What kind of Kindle? > > > > I use calibre here a lot on my Kobo and it > > JustWorksLikeItShould(tm). > > > > The other half has a Kindle - the fancy one with backlit cover and > > full physical qwerty keyboard and she says that one works just fine > > here too. > > > > But, both the Kindle and the Kobo present as usb-storage devices. > > Google says the new-fangled Kindles are MTP. > > > > I'd say your problem is with mtp rather than calibre or Kindle. And > > to fix that you need sys-fs/jmtpfs from poly-c overlay per a recent > > thread here sometime in the last month > > > > -- > > Alan McKinnon > > alan.mckinnon@gmail.com > > > > > > 1st gen. Even shows up as /dev/sdb. If calibre isn't running and you plug the Kindle in, does the desktop recognize the device and mount it and do all that routine stuff properly? If yes, what is the nature of the problem per error output and logs etc? Is calibre configured to use the proper device type for that Kindle? -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com