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GrayingChap · 10-10-2011, 02:13 PM

Everytime I try to connect my Kindle Gen 3 to Calibre, I get the following error message. I have uninstalled and re-installed Calibre to no effect. Help, please!

calibre, version 0.8.21
ERROR: Error: Error communicating with device

[Errno 30] Read-only file system: u'/media/Kindle/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 30] Read-only file system: u'/media/Kindle/metadata.calibre'

10-10-2011, 02:13 PM	#1
GrayingChap Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle Gen 3	Can't Connect Kindle to Calibre Everytime I try to connect my Kindle Gen 3 to Calibre, I get the following error message. I have uninstalled and re-installed Calibre to no effect. Help, please! calibre, version 0.8.21 ERROR: Error: Error communicating with device [Errno 30] Read-only file system: u'/media/Kindle/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 30] Read-only file system: u'/media/Kindle/metadata.calibre' Last edited by GrayingChap; 10-10-2011 at 02:19 PM.