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Posts: 1
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Join Date: Jul 2025
Device: kindle basic 2024
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Kindle Basic not recognised
On ubuntu and device recognized.
Can copy onto kindle via files to where all books are stored without error.
Calibre
Device plugin active and not being skipped
diagnostics report this and I'm stuck.
Please help this newbie
calibre 8.5 embedded-python: True
Linux-6.14.0-23-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.41 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '6.14.0-23-generic', '#23-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Jun 13 23:02:20 UTC 2025')
Python 3.11.12
Interface language: None
EXE path: /opt/calibre/bin/calibre
USB devices on system:
[['0x1949', '0x9981', '0x223', 'Amazon', 'Kindle', 'G093KM05449308V5'],
['0x8087', '0x26', '0x2', '', '', ''],
['0x27c6', '0x532d', '0x100', 'Goodix', 'FingerPrint', '']]
No disabled plugins
Looking for devices of type: MTP_DEVICE
MTP devices connected:
USBDevice(busnum=3, devnum=5, vendor_id=0x1949, product_id=0x9981, bcd=0x0223, manufacturer=Amazon, product=Kindle, serial=G093KM05449308V5)
Trying to open: USBDevice(busnum=3, devnum=5, vendor_id=0x1949, product_id=0x9981, bcd=0x0223, manufacturer=Amazon, product=Kindle, serial=G093KM05449308V5)
Opening device failed:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre/devices/mtp/unix/driver.py", line 228, in open
File "calibre/devices/mtp/base.py", line 24, in synchronizer
File "calibre/devices/mtp/unix/driver.py", line 180, in create_device
libmtp.MTPError: Unable to open MTP device with busnum=3 and devnum=5, tried 1 such devices
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre/devices/mtp/unix/driver.py", line 158, in debug_managed_device_detection
File "calibre/devices/mtp/driver.py", line 159, in open
File "calibre/devices/mtp/base.py", line 24, in synchronizer
File "calibre/devices/mtp/unix/driver.py", line 231, in open
calibre.devices.errors.OpenFailed: Failed to open USBDevice(busnum=3, devnum=5, vendor_id=0x1949, product_id=0x9981, bcd=0x0223, manufacturer=Amazon, product=Kindle, serial=G093KM05449308V5): Error: Unable to open MTP device with busnum=3 and devnum=5, tried 1 such devices
Looking for devices of type: SMART_DEVICE_APP
All IP addresses {'lo': [{'addr': '127.0.0.1', 'netmask': '255.0.0.0', 'peer': '127.0.0.1'}], 'wlp0s20f3': [{'addr': '10.100.133.32', 'netmask': '255.255.255.0', 'broadcast': '10.100.133.255'}], 'proton0': [{'addr': '10.2.0.2', 'netmask': '255.255.255.255', 'peer': '10.2.0.2'}]}
No device is connected
Looking for devices...
Devices possibly connected: None
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