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derrell · 03-11-2010, 09:39 PM

Issuing the command sudo eb1150 from the command prompt without your ebookwise 1150 connected to the computer should give you something like this.

Code:

derrell@festus:~$ sudo eb1150
eb1150 0.1 (Dec 19 2007) - eBookWise/GemStar 1150 communication daemon
Licensed under the GNU General Public License. ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
See the GNU GPL for details.

Error: Device was not found on the USB bus.  Please make sure that it is
plugged into a USB port and turned on.

Error: Device was not found on the USB bus.  Please make sure that it is
plugged into a USB port and turned on.

If you have already made the changes mentioned in the wiki to your udev rules that might be where the problem is coming from. Try removing the rule for the ebookwise and then see if eb1150 will give you the output above. If it won't then there might be something wrong with binary. It is a direct copy of the one that I use on my ubuntu 9.10.

It is compiled for 64 bit processors not 32 and I just realized that I didn't mention that when I posted it. So that also could be the problem. I'll edit the top post in this thread to reflect that as well as the wiki entry. I

f you are running 32 bit ubuntu then you will need to recompile from the source file as per the wiki entry.

03-11-2010, 09:39 PM	#15
derrell Jack O' Apes Posts: 227 Karma: 1939 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oklahoma Device: Ebookwise 1150, Nokia N810, EZ-Reader, HTC Droid Incredible, Archos 70	Issuing the command sudo eb1150 from the command prompt without your ebookwise 1150 connected to the computer should give you something like this. Code: derrell@festus:~$ sudo eb1150 eb1150 0.1 (Dec 19 2007) - eBookWise/GemStar 1150 communication daemon Licensed under the GNU General Public License. ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. See the GNU GPL for details. Error: Device was not found on the USB bus. Please make sure that it is plugged into a USB port and turned on. Error: Device was not found on the USB bus. Please make sure that it is plugged into a USB port and turned on. If you have already made the changes mentioned in the wiki to your udev rules that might be where the problem is coming from. Try removing the rule for the ebookwise and then see if eb1150 will give you the output above. If it won't then there might be something wrong with binary. It is a direct copy of the one that I use on my ubuntu 9.10. It is compiled for 64 bit processors not 32 and I just realized that I didn't mention that when I posted it. So that also could be the problem. I'll edit the top post in this thread to reflect that as well as the wiki entry. I f you are running 32 bit ubuntu then you will need to recompile from the source file as per the wiki entry.