* [gentoo-user] Calibre and kindle
@ 2013-01-16 20:21 Michael Mol
2013-01-16 20:50 ` Alan McKinnon
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Michael Mol @ 2013-01-16 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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.
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:wq
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* Re: [gentoo-user] Calibre and kindle 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 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Alan McKinnon @ 2013-01-16 20:50 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [gentoo-user] Calibre and kindle 2013-01-16 20:50 ` Alan McKinnon @ 2013-01-16 20:56 ` Michael Mol 2013-01-16 21:01 ` Alan McKinnon 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Michael Mol @ 2013-01-16 20:56 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1388 bytes --] 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. [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 1980 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [gentoo-user] Calibre and kindle 2013-01-16 20:56 ` Michael Mol @ 2013-01-16 21:01 ` Alan McKinnon 2013-01-16 21:32 ` Michael Mol 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Alan McKinnon @ 2013-01-16 21:01 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:56:01 -0500 Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [gentoo-user] Calibre and kindle 2013-01-16 21:01 ` Alan McKinnon @ 2013-01-16 21:32 ` Michael Mol 2013-01-16 21:40 ` Michael Mol 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Michael Mol @ 2013-01-16 21:32 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:56:01 -0500 > Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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. > > > 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? Not running a full DE, but rather x11-wm/awesome, with gnome-base/gdm for a session manager. I'm also running with -gnome in my USE flags. Same window manager worked fine on Ubuntu 12.04 (though I was using either slim or lightdm as a session manager). Checking to see which would be easier to emerge, nautilus or gedit, so I can see how their file open dialogs respond to hotplug events. -- :wq ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [gentoo-user] Calibre and kindle 2013-01-16 21:32 ` Michael Mol @ 2013-01-16 21:40 ` Michael Mol 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Michael Mol @ 2013-01-16 21:40 UTC (permalink / raw To: gentoo-user On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:56:01 -0500 >> Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> >> 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? > > Not running a full DE, but rather x11-wm/awesome, with gnome-base/gdm > for a session manager. I'm also running with -gnome in my USE flags. > > Same window manager worked fine on Ubuntu 12.04 (though I was using > either slim or lightdm as a session manager). > > Checking to see which would be easier to emerge, nautilus or gedit, so > I can see how their file open dialogs respond to hotplug events. Emerged gedit, whose file/open dialog detected a remove event just fine. And when I plugged the kindle back in, it appeared in both gedit's dialog--and calibre noticed it. And I forgot...this is a Kindle Fire. Not a straight-up Kindle. -- :wq ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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