Newbie Help - Calibre won't Recognize Reader

[wargboysmalltimz]

Hey all,

First post - so bear with me.

I've been using Calibre for a while now (in Ubuntu), but recently it won't recognize when I plug in my reader (as Sony). The computer "sees" the reader, and I can get into the files on the reader, but I can't use Calibre to organize my ebooks.

I ran Device Detection Debug, and it says it can't find Calibre Mount_Helper, or something like that (The code is below).

Any thoughts? I'm really stuck, and not very strong in Linux...

regards,
Wargboyz

Devices possibly connected: PRS-300/505 Device Interface,
Trying to open PRS-300/505 Device Interface ... Unable to open device <calibre.devices.prs505.driver.PRS505 object at 0xafb338c>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/device.py", line 106, in do_connect
dev.open()
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/prs505/driver.py", line 68, in open
Device.open(self)
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 605, in open_linux
mp, ret = mount(card, typ)
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.
Device connect failed again, giving up
failed
Opening of the following devices failed
<calibre.devices.prs505.driver.PRS505 object at 0xafb338c>
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/prs505/driver.py", line 68, in open
Device.open(self)
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 605, in open_linux
mp, ret = mount(card, typ)
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.

[kovidgoyal]

uninstall the calibre from the ubuntu repositories and install calibre using thebinary download instructions on the calibre website.

[desertgrandma]

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