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Cannot upload ebooks to my kindle paperwwhite
Hi all,
I've been using calibre with success during the last few years, last time I uploaded an ebook was this january (sort of); last week I tried to upload a new ebook but it failed with an input/output error; today I tried again, same error: calibre, version 4.3.0 ERROR: Error: Error communicating with device [Errno 5] Input/output error Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/device.py", line 90, in run self.result = self.func(*self.args, **self.kwargs) File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/device.py", line 594, in _upload_books metadata=metadata, end_session=False) File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/usbms/driver.py", line 325, in upload_books filepath = self.put_file(infile, filepath, replace_file=True) File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/usbms/cli.py", line 53, in put_file dest, actual_path = case_preserving_open_file(path) File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/utils/filenames.py", line 205, in case_preserving_open_file os.fsync(ans.fileno()) OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error I'm on a linux box (archlinux); when I connect my kindle via USB, the filemanager shows files and folders from my kindle, and I can navigate them; when I open calibre, device is recognized, and I can see ebooks loaded on my device; when I try to transfer an ebook from calibre to kindle, I receive the error mentioned above, and I cannot navigate files and folders through the linux filemanager anymore. If I connect my kindle on windows 7, windows tells me it needs to be repaired, but I refused to let windows do that. Thanks in advance for any help, bye! |
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Been a while since I messed with Linux
you might try FSCK on the device. Or you could try a reboot of the Kindle (menu:settings:Menu: Restart) and hope that repairs the file system. IIRC Also, be sure nothing else is accessing the kindle (that includes looking at the directories). Personally, Windows 7 or 10 has never harmed my kindle repairing the file system. |
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Either run fsck.vfat ont he kindle or reset it. That's an I/O error indicating file operations nt he kindles storage are failing.
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Thanks for your fast replies!
I tried the solutions you suggested, with no success ![]() - on linux fsck.vat repaired some files, but when I connected back my kindle to calibre, same error as above; - on windows 7 I tried to repair the fs again, and windows too repaired some files; but no changes on calibre; - i restarted my kindle, same error; - i reset my kindle (menu > settings > menu > reset): no use: same error again. I forgot to mention that maybe I messed up my kindle when I connected to the PC when it was totally out of charge (I wasn't been using it for some months): maybe due to the fact it has no charge, its file system wasn't able to mount properly... What can I do now? Thanks in advance, bye! |
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If resetting the kindle did not fix it then its hardwareis failing.
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So what should I do, throw away my kindle and buy a new one? No way to fix it?
To be quite honest I consider it fairly new, I read about a dozen ebooks on it, not anymore... |
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Broken hardware is not a Calibre fixable issue. Note: We do sometimes find workarounds for SOME issues, but not every issue allows this. |
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![]() I'm annoyed by the hardware malfunction, but obviously my disappointment isn't headed to you, that have been very kind and helpful indeed (and Calibre is a must-have application for all ebook readers). I will let you know, bye bye! |
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I get that error while uploading certain ebooks but not others . kinda odd
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So I suppose it is not a hardware problem of my device, what else could it be? Thanks in advance ![]() T. |
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![]() There is still USB hardware and firmware. The file system may use a different buffer for USB. Your devices A/V (if installed) may not look at the Amazon whisper sync files... Can the OS transfer any file to storage on the PW via USB. |
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So my question is: what's the difference between using calibre or directly coping files to the /documents folder? The only thing I noticed is the missing cover, is there anything else I am missing? Thanks in advance, bye! |
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There is no other difference. Transferring a file to a kindle by calibre simply copies it to the kindle, uploads the cover thumbnail and sets the metadata in the transferred copy.
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