Thread: Cailibre 3.46 does not write Kindle Oasis
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Old 07-31-2019, 06:33 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
According to that books are being transferred fine, you just aren't able to run the viewer for books on the device. Just view them directlyon the device itself. And this will likely be because the Linux kernel developers recently broke file operations for kindles https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=203973
Big problem and I can see your frustration in dealing with this issue in the bug report.

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
calibre has a workaround for that kernel bug but the workaround has not been applied tested for viewing books ont he device. I encourage you to pester the kernel developers to implement the proper fix I already told them about.
I have spread the word to the Slackware -current community who have moved into kernel 4.19.62 just now so most calibre / Kindle users in the development version of Slackware will be feeling the pinch...
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