From: Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Calibre and kindle
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:56:01 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+czFiBSL18zOcm2--Sih-amaqLhSNxv0hC0ZB-wY3m=z+wrLw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Jan 16, 2013 3:52 PM, "Alan McKinnon" <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:21:03 -0500
> Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> 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.
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2013-01-16 20:21 [gentoo-user] Calibre and kindle Michael Mol
2013-01-16 20:50 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-01-16 20:56 ` Michael Mol [this message]
2013-01-16 21:01 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-01-16 21:32 ` Michael Mol
2013-01-16 21:40 ` Michael Mol
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