The permissions of "Kindle" could not be determined

[TCDNV]

GM NullNix,

In order to display the color coding relating to "udisksctl monitor Kindle" I have attached three photos to this msg.

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The following is the complete text:

tcd@tcd-yjl:~$ udisksctl monitor Kindle
Monitoring the udisks daemon. Press Ctrl+C to exit.
08:10:45.962: The udisks-daemon is running (name-owner :1.7).
08:11:01.374: Added /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Kindle_Internal_Storage_G000P812837702LL
  org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Drive:
    CanPowerOff:                true
    Configuration:              {}
    ConnectionBus:              usb
    Ejectable:                  true
    Id:                         Kindle-Internal-Storage-G000P812837702LL
    Media:                      
    MediaAvailable:             false
    MediaChangeDetected:        true
    MediaCompatibility:         
    MediaRemovable:             true
    Model:                      Internal Storage
    Optical:                    false
    OpticalBlank:               false
    OpticalNumAudioTracks:      0
    OpticalNumDataTracks:       0
    OpticalNumSessions:         0
    OpticalNumTracks:           0
    Removable:                  true
    Revision:                   0401
    RotationRate:               -1
    Seat:                       seat0
    Serial:                     G000P812837702LL
    SiblingId:                  /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0
    Size:                       0
    SortKey:                    01hotplug/1666624261373830
    TimeDetected:               1666624261373830
    TimeMediaDetected:          0
    Vendor:                     Kindle
    WWN:                        
08:11:01.375: Added /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdb
  org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Block:
    Configuration:              []
    CryptoBackingDevice:        '/'
    Device:                     /dev/sdb
    DeviceNumber:               2064
    Drive:                      '/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Kindle_Internal_Storage_G000P812837702LL'
    HintAuto:                   true
    HintIconName:               
    HintIgnore:                 false
    HintName:                   
    HintPartitionable:          true
    HintSymbolicIconName:       
    HintSystem:                 false
    Id:                         
    IdLabel:                    
    IdType:                     
    IdUUID:                     
    IdUsage:                    
    IdVersion:                  
    MDRaid:                     '/'
    MDRaidMember:               '/'
    PreferredDevice:            /dev/sdb
    ReadOnly:                   false
    Size:                       0
    Symlinks:                   /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Kindle_Internal_Storage_G000P812837702LL-0:0
                                /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:7:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
    UserspaceMountOptions:      
08:11:13.913: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Kindle_Internal_Storage_G000P812837702LL: org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Drive: Properties Changed
  TimeMediaDetected:            1666624273911908
  MediaAvailable:               true
  Size:                         6682532352
08:11:13.914: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdb: org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Block: Properties Changed
  IdUUID:               6098-31EE
  IdLabel:              Kindle
  IdVersion:            FAT32
  IdType:               vfat
  IdUsage:              filesystem
  Id:                   by-uuid-6098-31EE
  Size:                 6682532352
  Symlinks:             /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Kindle_Internal_Storage_G000P812837702LL-0:0
                        /dev/disk/by-label/Kindle
                        /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:7:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
                        /dev/disk/by-uuid/6098-31EE
08:11:13.915: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdb: Added interface org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Filesystem
  MountPoints:          
  Size:                 0
08:11:14.041: Added /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/jobs/0
  org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Job:
    Bytes:              0
    Cancelable:         true
    ExpectedEndTime:    0
    Objects:            /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdb
    Operation:          filesystem-mount
    Progress:           0.0
    ProgressValid:      false
    Rate:               0
    StartTime:          1666624274036582
    StartedByUID:       0
08:11:14.045: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/jobs/0: org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Job::Completed (true, '')
08:11:14.045: Removed /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/jobs/0
08:11:14.047: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdb: org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Filesystem: Properties Changed
  MountPoints:          /media/tcd/Kindle
08:11:14.073: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdb: org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Block: Properties Changed
  UserspaceMountOptions:        uhelper=udisks2
08:14:45.213: Added /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/jobs/1
  org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Job:
    Bytes:              0
    Cancelable:         true
    ExpectedEndTime:    0
    Objects:            /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdb
    Operation:          filesystem-unmount
    Progress:           0.0
    ProgressValid:      false
    Rate:               0
    StartTime:          1666624485209691
    StartedByUID:       0
08:14:45.214: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdb: org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Filesystem: Properties Changed
  MountPoints:          
08:14:45.224: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/jobs/1: org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Job::Completed (true, '')
08:14:45.225: Removed /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/jobs/1
08:14:45.239: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdb: org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Block: Properties Changed
  UserspaceMountOptions:        
08:14:45.282: Added /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/jobs/2
  org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Job:
    Bytes:              0
    Cancelable:         true
    ExpectedEndTime:    0
    Objects:            /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Kindle_Internal_Storage_G000P812837702LL
    Operation:          drive-eject
    Progress:           0.0
    ProgressValid:      false
    Rate:               0
    StartTime:          1666624485281534
    StartedByUID:       1000
08:14:45.299: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/jobs/2: org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Job::Completed (true, '')
08:14:45.299: Removed /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/jobs/2
08:14:45.306: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Kindle_Internal_Storage_G000P812837702LL: org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Drive: Properties Changed
  TimeMediaDetected:            0
  MediaAvailable:               false
  Size:                         0
08:14:45.307: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdb: org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Block: Properties Changed
  IdUUID:               
  IdLabel:              
  IdVersion:            
  IdType:               
  IdUsage:              
  Id:                   
  Size:                 0
  Symlinks:             /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Kindle_Internal_Storage_G000P812837702LL-0:0
                        /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:7:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
08:14:45.307: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdb: Removed interface org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Filesystem
08:20:31.423: /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Samsung_SSD_860_EVO_500GB_S598NZFN406250N: org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Drive.Ata: Properties Changed

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I will do a factory reset later this morning and post the results.

Thanks for of your help!
Tom

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by TCDNV

I will do a factory reset later this morning and post the results.

Don't factory reset. Try your Kindle on a Windows computer. If it works, then it's something with your Linux setup.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Don't factory reset. Try your Kindle on a Windows computer. If it works, then it's something with your Linux setup.

Moderator Notice
If you have some Linux advice for a Linux user, feel free to share it. Otherwise ... stop posting Windows advice in what is very clearly a Linux conversation.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

If you have some Linux advice for a Linux user, feel free to share it. Otherwise ... stop posting Windows advice in what is very clearly a Linux conversation.

It's not Windows advice. It's advice to try a different system in case it's something with his system.

[TCDNV]

JSWolf,

As I have mentioned earlier this setup has been running In Linux for many years. I have also used a "live" test system with a USB with a persistent unmodified copy if the Linux OS Mint, Mate, 21.x and it does not work in the test system either. I have also tested my Kindle in an earlier version of Linux Mate and once again the Kindle did not connect correctly.

Also there are strong indicators that the Kindle is missing or corrupted files as result of the previous testing as noted above.

Thanks for trying but Windows and Linux are very different in many ways.

I have started the rebuild of the Kindle which is no problem for me because I administrate my Kindle solely with Calibre.

I will report the results of the reset as soon as I have time to finish the process.

Thanks,
Tom

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

It's not Windows advice. It's advice to try a different system in case it's something with his system.

Moderator Notice
Enough.

[TCDNV]

NullNix et al,

I have successfully solved the problem by doing a "reset" on the Kindle.

I am now able to use the Kindle as I have in the past and with my three Linux computers and Calibre.

Thanks to everyone who knew Linux operating systems; many who knew much more than I do about the deep internals of Linux!

Tom

To error is human...
To really foul up takes a computer or two!

[haertig]

@TCDNV - Looks like you got a lot done while I was away from checking in on my computer (out of town visitors). Glad you got it fixed!

@NullNix - Thanks for mentioning the udisksctl command. That is not a command that I have used before. I will read up and learn about it now. Your username made me smile, thinking of my early Unix days back in the 70's. And an old saying: "Follow not the null pointer, for madness and chaos await thee at it's end!" But in this case, you didn't lead to chaos, you pointed to a command I was not familiar with. Funny ... after over 50 years with Unix and Linux, I'm still learning new commands all the time!

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by haertig

Funny ... after over 50 years with Unix and Linux, I'm still learning new commands all the time!

New commands have been added from time to time over the years.

[haertig]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

New commands have been added from time to time over the years.

And the young-un's look at us old folks really funny when they ask, "What development environment do you use?" and we reply with, "Uhhhh, ... vi and make?"

[Quoth]

emacs

[haertig]

Originally Posted by Quoth

emacs

The emacs vs. vi divide is about as wide as the Ginger vs. Mary Ann divide. Being in Ireland, you may not know of the old Gilligan's Island TV show, but believe me, the battle lines between the Mary Ann and Ginger camps are heavily defended. One of the few remaining true nerd battlegrounds, ... just like Star Trek vs. Star Wars, or vi vs. emacs.

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by Quoth

emacs

I have nothing against emacs now that most computers can handle it and still do something else at the same time. The manual is one of the very few I bought retail. I spent a lot of time doing the tutorials, but my fingers simply can not make the necessary contortions.

Originally Posted by haertig

The emacs vs. vi divide is about as wide as the Ginger vs. Mary Ann divide. Being in Ireland, you may not know of the old Gilligan's Island TV show, but believe me, the battle lines between the Mary Ann and Ginger camps are heavily defended. One of the few remaining true nerd battlegrounds, ... just like Star Trek vs. Star Wars, or vi vs. emacs.

You must have missed tabs vs spaces.

[NullNix]

Originally Posted by haertig

@NullNix - Thanks for mentioning the udisksctl command. That is not a command that I have used before. I will read up and learn about it now. Your username made me smile, thinking of my early Unix days back in the 70's. And an old saying: "Follow not the null pointer, for madness and chaos await thee at it's end!" But in this case, you didn't lead to chaos, you pointed to a command I was not familiar with. Funny ... after over 50 years with Unix and Linux, I'm still learning new commands all the time!

I didn't discover udisksctl monitor until just now, when it occurred to me that Calibre wasn't installing udev rules so couldn't be hooking into that (instead it wants dbus messages), and that udev doesn't do automounting so something else must be doing it. A few seconds of grepping about in the massive pile of distro sources on my system and bingo, that's the culprit...

(and yeah, I follow null pointers and/or pointers to freed memory entirely too often. valgrind is a work of genius and madness and the single most useful debugging tool I have ever heard of.)

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

I have nothing against emacs now that most computers can handle it and still do something else at the same time.
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You must have missed tabs vs spaces.

Or Languages that use ONLY indentation to indicate a block, vs { (or begin) and } (or end)

Or systemd vs "SysV-style init"

Or X vs Wayland

Or Fat32 vs NTFS (and Win 98 vs NT4.0)

C vs C++

Borland Turbo Pascal vs Modula-2 vs Ada