Problem using Lenovo Yoga 2 android tablet with Calibre

[dhdurgee]

I have a Lenovo Yoga 2 android tablet with both the Kindle and Nook apps installed that I want to use with Calibre. It is not being recognized by Calibre when I attach it. Here is the debug information:

calibre 2.53  embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Linux-3.13.0-24-generic-x86_64-with-debian-jessie-sid Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '3.13.0-24-generic', '#47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:30:00 UTC 2014')
Python 2.7.9
Linux: ('debian', 'jessie/sid', '')
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM && Inept Epub DeDRM && Hyphenate This!
USB devices on system:
[['0x90c',
  '0x37b3',
  '0x1021',
  u'Image Processor',
  u'Lenovo EasyCamera',
  u'Integrated Camera'],
 ['0x17ef', '0x77a4', '0xffff', u'Android', u'Android', u'Baytrail5394B0C5'],
 ['0xd3d', '0x1', '0x1', u'', u'USBPS2', u'']]

No disabled plugins
Looking for devices of type: MTP_DEVICE
MTP devices connected:
USBDevice(busnum=2, devnum=53, vendor_id=0x17ef, product_id=0x77a4, bcd=0xffff, manufacturer=Android, product=Android, serial=Baytrail5394B0C5)

Trying to open: USBDevice(busnum=2, devnum=53, vendor_id=0x17ef, product_id=0x77a4, bcd=0xffff, manufacturer=Android, product=Android, serial=Baytrail5394B0C5)
Opened YOGA Tablet 2-1050F successfully
Storage info:
[{'capacity': 12051927040L,
  'freespace_bytes': 5779955712L,
  'freespace_objects': 1073741824L,
  'id': 65537,
  'name': 'Internal storage',
  'removable': False,
  'rw': True,
  'volume_id': None},
 {'capacity': 2027634688L,
  'freespace_bytes': 250023936L,
  'freespace_objects': 1073741824L,
  'id': 131073,
  'name': 'SD card',
  'removable': True,
  'rw': True,
  'volume_id': None}]

What do I need to do to use Calibre with this device?

Dave

[kovidgoyal]

According to that your tablet is being detected successfully. Make sure you have no other applications connecting to your device. On linux only a single application can talk to mtp devices ata time.

[dhdurgee]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

According to that your tablet is being detected successfully. Make sure you have no other applications connecting to your device. On linux only a single application can talk to mtp devices ata time.

That might explain it, as the system normally opens a file browser window when I attach the tablet. I guess I will close that and then see what Calibre does.

Dave

[kovidgoyal]

I doubt simply closing the window will be sufficient. Most desktop environments usually use some kind of background service to manage these devices. You will need to figure out what that is and prevent it from auto-claiming the device.