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Kindle not recognised by calibre on ubuntu 20.04
Hello again,
Thanks Sirtel for the welcome and your earlier response, I have now downloaded the latest version of Calibre, but it's still not working, this is a copy of the diagnostic tool... calibre 5.12 embedded-python: True is64bit: True Linux-5.8.0-44-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF') ('Linux', '5.8.0-44-generic', '#50~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 10 21:07:30 UTC 2021') Python 3.8.5 Interface language: en_GB USB devices on system: [['0x1949', '0xb', '0x216', 'Amazon', 'Fire', '00D2070840940156'], ['0x45e', '0x745', '0x656', 'Microsoft', 'Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v8.0', ''], ['0x64e', '0xe264', '0x103', 'SuYin', 'HP Truevision HD', 'HF1016-T821-HN03-REV0103']] No disabled plugins Looking for devices of type: MTP_DEVICE MTP devices connected: USBDevice(busnum=2, devnum=4, vendor_id=0x1949, product_id=0x000b, bcd=0x0216, manufacturer=Amazon, product=Fire, serial=00D2070840940156) Trying to open: USBDevice(busnum=2, devnum=4, vendor_id=0x1949, product_id=0x000b, bcd=0x0216, manufacturer=Amazon, product=Fire, serial=00D2070840940156) Opening device failed: Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre/devices/mtp/unix/driver.py", line 216, in open File "calibre/devices/mtp/base.py", line 25, in synchronizer File "calibre/devices/mtp/unix/driver.py", line 168, in create_device libmtp.MTPError: Unable to open MTP device with busnum=2 and devnum=4, tried 1 such devices During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre/devices/mtp/unix/driver.py", line 146, in debug_managed_device_detection File "calibre/devices/mtp/driver.py", line 128, in open File "calibre/devices/mtp/base.py", line 25, in synchronizer File "calibre/devices/mtp/unix/driver.py", line 219, in open calibre.devices.errors.OpenFailed: Failed to open USBDevice(busnum=2, devnum=4, vendor_id=0x1949, product_id=0x000b, bcd=0x0216, manufacturer=Amazon, product=Fire, serial=00D2070840940156): Error: Unable to open MTP device with busnum=2 and devnum=4, tried 1 such devices Looking for devices of type: SMART_DEVICE_APP All IP addresses {'lo': [{'addr': '127.0.0.1', 'netmask': '255.0.0.0', 'peer': '127.0.0.1'}], 'wlo1': [{'addr': '192.168.1.247', 'netmask': '255.255.255.0', 'broadcast': '192.168.1.255'}]} No device is connected Looking for devices... Devices possibly connected: None Thanks, Peter |
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On linux only one program can communicate with an MTP device at a time. Prevent the desktop from automounting the device and it will work fine in calibre.
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Ok, thanks for your help, I will keep plugging away!
Best, Peter |
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