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Originally Posted by tittle65
Running Kindle under Wine (6.1, Ubuntu 20.04), and trying to install older versions so as to get Calibre going again. (I've been using Calibre since at least 2013, it's Kindle that's giving me the vapors right now!)
So basically if I install Kindle 1.17, under Wine, It says network error, and refuses to do anything at all. If I install 1.24, it seems to get stuck on Kindle Terms of Use, where I can't get it to respond to clicking on the terms or the yes/no buttons.
Of course, when I install 1.30 everything works swimmingly except for the fact that downloaded books are now in KFX which Calibre can't (yet! hopefully?) deal with.
I did try removing the renderer-test.exe file that's supposed to stop the KFX portion (in 1.30) but of course taht doesn't work. Since I am running this under Wine, I don't think (???) I can do the registry edit that ppl talk about here -> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...25#post4012925
Any other ideas for getting a version of Kindle going under Wine (6.1, with Ubuntu 20.04) that will let me bypass KFX? I am actually wondering if I should buy (gak) some kind of kindle e-ink/paperwhite book to use the download to usb process instead but I hate giving them any more $$ than necessary.
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Changing the extension on renderer-test only works on Kindle for PC 1.24 and earlier. Later versions don't seem to mind a bit that they can't run that. No idea how registry edits could work with Wine.
Now that things are working with 1.30 try stepping back to earlier versions. Don't uninstall the current version. Just install older version over new. That has worked for others on Windows anyway. If you get back to 1.17, no worries about KFX. But if you can at least get back to 1.24, the renderer-test fix should work. If you can get back to 1.26, those KFX files can be decrypted.