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angelazwy · 09-01-2011, 08:50 AM

Calibre fails to get the book list from kindle and shows the info."Error Communicating with Device", detail info.
"calibre, version 0.8.14
ERROR: Error: Error communicating with device

[Errno 22] invalid mode ('wb') or filename: u'M:\\metadata.calibre'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 81, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 332, in _books
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kindle\driver.py", line 202, in books
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\driver.py", line 242, in books
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\driver.py", line 383, in sync_booklists
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\driver.py", line 381, in write_prefix
IOError: [Errno 22] invalid mode ('wb') or filename: u'M:\\metadata.calibre'
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09-01-2011, 08:50 AM	#1
angelazwy Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: none	Error Communicating with Device? help! Calibre fails to get the book list from kindle and shows the info."Error Communicating with Device", detail info. "calibre, version 0.8.14 ERROR: Error: Error communicating with device [Errno 22] invalid mode ('wb') or filename: u'M:\\metadata.calibre' Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 81, in run File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 332, in _books File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kindle\driver.py", line 202, in books File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\driver.py", line 242, in books File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\driver.py", line 383, in sync_booklists File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\driver.py", line 381, in write_prefix IOError: [Errno 22] invalid mode ('wb') or filename: u'M:\\metadata.calibre' "