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Old 04-12-2010, 09:37 PM   #2
penguin_brian
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Device: Kindle DX
calibre-mount-helper

Arggh.

I repeated the same test again:

(lucid)root@aquitard:/home/brian/tree/calibre# calibre-debug -d
Version: 0.6.42
USB devices on system:
[['0x45e',
'0x53',
'0x300',
'Microsoft',
'Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)',
''],
['0x8087', '0x20', '0x0', '', '', ''],
['0x1d6b',
'0x2',
'0x206',
'Linux 2.6.31.9-lxc.1 ehci_hcd',
'EHCI Host Controller',
'0000:00:1a.0'],
['0x1d6b',
'0x2',
'0x206',
'Linux 2.6.31.9-lxc.1 ehci_hcd',
'EHCI Host Controller',
'0000:00:1d.0'],
['0x1949', '0x3', '0x100', 'Amazon', 'Amazon Kindle', 'B005A0A29515045F']]
Looking for HANLINV3
Looking for HANLINV5
Looking for BLACKBERRY
Looking for CYBOOK
Looking for ILIAD
Looking for IREXDR1000
Looking for IREXDR800
Looking for JETBOOK
Looking for SHINEBOOK
Looking for POCKETBOOK360
Looking for KINDLE
Looking for KINDLE2
Looking for KINDLE_DX
(6473, 3, 256, 'Amazon', 'Amazon Kindle', 'B005A0A29515045F')
Looking for NOOK
Looking for PRS505
Looking for PRS700
Looking for PRS500
Looking for ANDROID
Looking for N770
Looking for N810
Looking for COOL_ER
Looking for ESLICK
Looking for NUUT2
Looking for IRIVER_STORY
Looking for GER2
Looking for ITALICA
Looking for ECLICTO
Looking for DBOOK
Looking for INVESBOOK
Looking for BOOX
Looking for BOOQ
Looking for EB600
Looking for README
Looking for N516
Looking for EB511
Devices possibly connected: Kindle DX Device Interface,
Trying to open Kindle DX Device Interface ... failed
Opening of the following devices failed
<calibre.devices.kindle.driver.KINDLE_DX object at 0x40218d0>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/__init__.py", line 84, in debug
dev.open()
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py", line 621, in open
self.open_linux()
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py", line 594, in open_linux
mp, ret = mount(main, 'main')
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py", line 582, in mount
ret = do_mount(node, label)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py", line 577, in do_mount
_('Could not find mount helper: %s.')%cmd[0])
DeviceError: Could not find mount helper: calibre-mount-helper.


I am guessing the Ubuntu package is broken, as it doesn't appear to come with this helper program.

Brian May
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