Sort of deleted mnt/us

icantbebothered · 08-05-2013, 02:29 PM

Yes, the title says it all. While I was getting rid of useless stuff on my kindle, I found a folder called 'us' in the root directory. It was symlinked to mnt/us, but I didn't need it, so I deleted it. Only afterwards I discovered that most of mnt/us was gone. I've got my kindle back to omstly normal functionality, except when I download items from the cloud I can't open them and they dissapear after a restart. I *think* this is because my system folder is missing half its contents.

So my question is: could someone provide a working copy of mnt/us/system?

ixtab · 08-05-2013, 02:32 PM

You don't need it. You can simply reformat the drive (as FAT32) from Linux, Windows, or whatever OS you use. The Kindle will regenerate all the files that it needs (except for the TTS ones).

To be on the safe side, use Kubrick (version 3.6!) and make it reformat the USB partition and re-install the TTS files.

icantbebothered · 08-06-2013, 07:19 AM

I did that, but I still can't successfully download from the cloud.

ixtab · 08-06-2013, 07:32 AM

Well guess what, I also did that (dozens of times) and I can download from the cloud. Your problem is not the missing "system" directory - there's nothing interesting in there anyway - but something else. As to what that is, I don't know.

Try a factory reset or a complete reinstall (checking all options in Kubrick).

knc1 · 08-06-2013, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ixtab

Well guess what, I also did that (dozens of times) and I can download from the cloud. Your problem is not the missing "system" directory - there's nothing interesting in there anyway - but something else. As to what that is, I don't know.

Try a factory reset or a complete reinstall (checking all options in Kubrick).

Kindle "funky operation" - -
One cause is mentioned in comments in the /etc/upstart files by lab126:
"Excessive logging to the kernel's ring buffer" -> causes corruption of both the ring buffer and the running kernel. **

Ah, just like I posted an example of last week - before I stumbled into the script comment on "why".

[**] There is a "rate limiter" and other protections for the ring buffer built into the kernel code, lab126 (or the RT folks) must have modified or disabled them. (Sayeth one of the authors.)

icantbebothered · 08-06-2013, 12:00 PM

Flashed all partitions - didn't work.
F*cked up mmcblk0p1 - didn't work.
Fixed mmcblk0p1 - didn't work.
Lab 126's solution, resetting the device, did work!

08-05-2013, 02:29 PM	#1
icantbebothered Penguin Posts: 1,017 Karma: 4742434 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle Touch 5.3.2.1	Sort of deleted mnt/us Yes, the title says it all. While I was getting rid of useless stuff on my kindle, I found a folder called 'us' in the root directory. It was symlinked to mnt/us, but I didn't need it, so I deleted it. Only afterwards I discovered that most of mnt/us was gone. I've got my kindle back to omstly normal functionality, except when I download items from the cloud I can't open them and they dissapear after a restart. I think this is because my system folder is missing half its contents. So my question is: could someone provide a working copy of mnt/us/system?

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08-05-2013, 02:32 PM	#2
ixtab (offline) Posts: 2,907 Karma: 6736094 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: K3, K4, K5, KPW, KPW2	You don't need it. You can simply reformat the drive (as FAT32) from Linux, Windows, or whatever OS you use. The Kindle will regenerate all the files that it needs (except for the TTS ones). To be on the safe side, use Kubrick (version 3.6!) and make it reformat the USB partition and re-install the TTS files.

08-06-2013, 07:19 AM	#3
icantbebothered Penguin Posts: 1,017 Karma: 4742434 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle Touch 5.3.2.1	I did that, but I still can't successfully download from the cloud.

08-06-2013, 07:32 AM	#4
ixtab (offline) Posts: 2,907 Karma: 6736094 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: K3, K4, K5, KPW, KPW2	Well guess what, I also did that (dozens of times) and I can download from the cloud. Your problem is not the missing "system" directory - there's nothing interesting in there anyway - but something else. As to what that is, I don't know. Try a factory reset or a complete reinstall (checking all options in Kubrick).

08-06-2013, 12:00 PM	#6
icantbebothered Penguin Posts: 1,017 Karma: 4742434 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle Touch 5.3.2.1	Flashed all partitions - didn't work. F*cked up mmcblk0p1 - didn't work. Fixed mmcblk0p1 - didn't work. Lab 126's solution, resetting the device, did work!

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