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newman · 08-07-2015, 01:58 PM

The "problem" with JB is gone, since I realized my frankenKindle DX had to be JB before I was even able to update it to 3.x

. I was also able to install USBnet but it does not work for me.. I tried this:

;debugOn
~usbNetwork
;debugOff

(Per https://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/kindle-root.) But I don't see any USB net device via ifconfig -a.

I also managed to update from 3.2.1 to 3.3 with a help from the last comment at http://yifan.lu/p/kindleupdater/. Amazon requires (http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200529700) Kindle 3 to go from 3.2 to 3.3, then to 3.4 and then to 3.4.2. It was easy with 3.2.1→3.3 but the structure of 3.4 package is way different, I can't simply reiterate the old recipe on 3.4. See the structure:

update-Update_611680021-1725970040.dat
611680021-1725970040.ffs
999999999-reboot.ffs
rootfs_md5_list.tar.gz
rootfs_md5_list.tar.gz.sig
611680021-1725970040.ffs.sig
999999999-reboot.ffs.sig
update-adds.tar.gz
update-adds.tar.gz.sig
update-kernel.tar.gz
update-kernel.tar.gz.sig
update-patches.tar.gz
update-patches.tar.gz.sig
update-Update_611680021-1725970040.dat.sig

At least update-patches.tar.gz and update-adds.tar.gz hold significant updates (binary patches, and webkit library and browser binary, respectively).

Looking at kindleupdater_source am I correct that the scripts are able to create those files which are in kindleupdater.zip?

Dunno where to go from here. Ideas?

Had a look at NetSurf. Speaking of x86 I was able to build it and run it, both GTK+ and framebuffer based on SDL v1.2 work -- though diacritics in case of the latter was broken in framebuffer version. Unfortunately the site I am aiming for (instapaper.com) was horribly broken, wasn't able to log in, nothing.

Similar with Dillo (http://www.dillo.org/), can't log in. Best results so far I got from links/elinks (http://links.twibright.com/), a terminal-based web browser.

Wasn't able to compile SkipStone since it can't find "mozilla includes":

skipstone-1.0.1 $ ./configure
configure: error: Cannot find mozilla includes - please use --with-mozilla-includes=path_to_mozilla_includes and specify a path

Do you know why the author of SkipStone for Kindle won't support K3 or less?

Still we need someone with 3.4.2 on K3 to confirm TLS (and instapaper.com

) works... I may borrow K3 from my public library, but that may take weeks..

08-07-2015, 01:58 PM	#11
newman homo viator Posts: 78 Karma: 252594 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kindle DXi with 3.4.2 firmware, Kobo Glo HD	The "problem" with JB is gone, since I realized my frankenKindle DX had to be JB before I was even able to update it to 3.x . I was also able to install USBnet but it does not work for me.. I tried this: ;debugOn ~usbNetwork ;debugOff (Per https://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/kindle-root.) But I don't see any USB net device via ifconfig -a. I also managed to update from 3.2.1 to 3.3 with a help from the last comment at http://yifan.lu/p/kindleupdater/. Amazon requires (http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200529700) Kindle 3 to go from 3.2 to 3.3, then to 3.4 and then to 3.4.2. It was easy with 3.2.1→3.3 but the structure of 3.4 package is way different, I can't simply reiterate the old recipe on 3.4. See the structure: update-Update_611680021-1725970040.dat 611680021-1725970040.ffs 999999999-reboot.ffs rootfs_md5_list.tar.gz rootfs_md5_list.tar.gz.sig 611680021-1725970040.ffs.sig 999999999-reboot.ffs.sig update-adds.tar.gz update-adds.tar.gz.sig update-kernel.tar.gz update-kernel.tar.gz.sig update-patches.tar.gz update-patches.tar.gz.sig update-Update_611680021-1725970040.dat.sig At least update-patches.tar.gz and update-adds.tar.gz hold significant updates (binary patches, and webkit library and browser binary, respectively). Looking at kindleupdater_source am I correct that the scripts are able to create those files which are in kindleupdater.zip? Dunno where to go from here. Ideas? Had a look at NetSurf. Speaking of x86 I was able to build it and run it, both GTK+ and framebuffer based on SDL v1.2 work -- though diacritics in case of the latter was broken in framebuffer version. Unfortunately the site I am aiming for (instapaper.com) was horribly broken, wasn't able to log in, nothing. Similar with Dillo (http://www.dillo.org/), can't log in. Best results so far I got from links/elinks (http://links.twibright.com/), a terminal-based web browser. Wasn't able to compile SkipStone since it can't find "mozilla includes": skipstone-1.0.1 $ ./configure configure: error: Cannot find mozilla includes - please use --with-mozilla-includes=path_to_mozilla_includes and specify a path Do you know why the author of SkipStone for Kindle won't support K3 or less? Still we need someone with 3.4.2 on K3 to confirm TLS (and instapaper.com ) works... I may borrow K3 from my public library, but that may take weeks..