Kindlet Complete Beginner: KTerm Not Working on Kindle Paperwhite 3

[mrfakename]

Hi,
I'm a complete beginner and I'm trying to SSH into my jailbroken Kindle. I've installed KUAL, and downloaded the Kterm extension into my extensions folder.

When I go to KUAL and click the "Kterm" button it exits KUAL but nothing happens.



Here is the contents of my "kterm" folder inside the "extensions" folder:

.
├── bin
│** ├── kterm
│** ├── kterm.conf
│** └── kterm.sh
├── config.xml
├── layouts
│** ├── img
│** │** ├── alt.png
│** │** ├── back.png
│** │** ├── capslk.png
│** │** ├── ctrl.png
│** │** ├── del.png
│** │** ├── down.png
│** │** ├── end.png
│** │** ├── esc.png
│** │** ├── f1.png
│** │** ├── f10.png
│** │** ├── f11.png
│** │** ├── f12.png
│** │** ├── f2.png
│** │** ├── f3.png
│** │** ├── f4.png
│** │** ├── f5.png
│** │** ├── f6.png
│** │** ├── f7.png
│** │** ├── f8.png
│** │** ├── f9.png
│** │** ├── home.png
│** │** ├── left.png
│** │** ├── pgdn.png
│** │** ├── pgup.png
│** │** ├── return.png
│** │** ├── right.png
│** │** ├── shift.png
│** │** ├── sym1.png
│** │** ├── sym2.png
│** │** ├── tab.png
│** │** └── up.png
│** ├── img-200dpi
│** │** ├── alt.png
│** │** ├── back.png
│** │** ├── capslk.png
│** │** ├── ctrl.png
│** │** ├── del.png
│** │** ├── down.png
│** │** ├── end.png
│** │** ├── esc.png
│** │** ├── f1.png
│** │** ├── f10.png
│** │** ├── f11.png
│** │** ├── f12.png
│** │** ├── f2.png
│** │** ├── f3.png
│** │** ├── f4.png
│** │** ├── f5.png
│** │** ├── f6.png
│** │** ├── f7.png
│** │** ├── f8.png
│** │** ├── f9.png
│** │** ├── home.png
│** │** ├── left.png
│** │** ├── pgdn.png
│** │** ├── pgup.png
│** │** ├── return.png
│** │** ├── right.png
│** │** ├── shift.png
│** │** ├── sym1.png
│** │** ├── sym2.png
│** │** ├── tab.png
│** │** └── up.png
│** ├── img-300dpi
│** │** ├── alt.png
│** │** ├── back.png
│** │** ├── capslk.png
│** │** ├── ctrl.png
│** │** ├── del.png
│** │** ├── down.png
│** │** ├── end.png
│** │** ├── esc.png
│** │** ├── f1.png
│** │** ├── f10.png
│** │** ├── f11.png
│** │** ├── f12.png
│** │** ├── f2.png
│** │** ├── f3.png
│** │** ├── f4.png
│** │** ├── f5.png
│** │** ├── f6.png
│** │** ├── f7.png
│** │** ├── f8.png
│** │** ├── f9.png
│** │** ├── home.png
│** │** ├── left.png
│** │** ├── pgdn.png
│** │** ├── pgup.png
│** │** ├── return.png
│** │** ├── right.png
│** │** ├── shift.png
│** │** ├── sym1.png
│** │** ├── sym2.png
│** │** ├── tab.png
│** │** └── up.png
│** ├── keyboard-200dpi.xml
│** ├── keyboard-300dpi.xml
│** └── keyboard.xml
├── menu.json
└── vte
    ├── termcap-0.0
    │** └── xterm
    └── terminfo
        ├── a
        │** └── ansi
        ├── d
        │** └── dumb
        ├── l
        │** └── linux
        ├── r
        │** ├── rxvt
        │** └── rxvt-unicode
        ├── s
        │** ├── screen
        │** └── sun
        ├── v
        │** ├── vt100
        │** ├── vt102
        │** ├── vt200
        │** ├── vt220
        │** └── vt52
        └── x
            ├── xterm
            ├── xterm-256color
            ├── xterm-color
            └── xterm-xfree86

Thank you in advance!

[j.p.s]

I've never installed kterm, so I can't help with that. But it would only make sense to use it to ssh from your kindle to somewhere else.

To ssh into your kindle you need to install USBnetworking onto the kindle and an ssh client onto your computer. You have not said what its OS is.

[mrfakename]

Hi, thank you for your assistance. I’m using the latest version of macOS. I saw a USBNetworking tutorial for an older version of macOS but the settings used in that tutorial are missing on my version.

Do you know if it’s possible now to do it on macOS or should I install a Linux VM?

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by mrfakename

Hi, thank you for your assistance. I’m using the latest version of macOS. I saw a USBNetworking tutorial for an older version of macOS but the settings used in that tutorial are missing on my version.

Do you know if it’s possible now to do it on macOS or should I install a Linux VM?

It should be possible with macOS, but someone else will have to help you.

A linux VM might work, but it would add another layer of complexity dealing with the USB port.

To some extent the fact that you are connecting to a kindle doesn't matter much on the macOS side, so a web search for setting up USB networking on macOS might turn up useful information. (But the USB network IP addresses on the kindle and macOS need to be compatible.)

[mrfakename]

Hi,
I’ve tried looking online for guides to SSH into a USB device using macOS, however none of them worked. I tried ssh (no response from the Kindle), telnet (it connected but I couldn’t run anything), etc.

[j.p.s]

You probably need to search on USB networking and macOS. ssh is just one applictation, what matters is that a USB network has been configured and is brought up automatically or manually when a jailbroken kindle with USBnetworking is connected. If ssh is already installed on the mac, it is pretty easy from there, if you have followed the kindle instructions and set up an encryption key pair. The latter is a general topic and can be researched independent of the kindle but possibly with some mac specifics.

[Dumbouser]

Sorry to jihack your thread, but I've got a PW3 also. I was wondering what firmware you were on and how you jailbroke it. I'm on 5.15.2.1.1 and using language break but cannot seem to get mkk to appear or anything Im stuck. Thank you for any help!