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sberghel

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Registered: 2013-02-23

Posts: 20

Kindle not recognized as a drive

When I plug in my Kindle, I cannot mount it to write to it. This is what dmesg tells me when I plug and unplug my Kindle:

[60279.474251] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[60422.161555] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 4
[60428.690082] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[60699.265570] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 5
[60707.084849] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
[60773.297505] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 6
[60780.268170] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd

When I plug it in, a drive appears as /dev/sdc, but without any partitions (so there's no /dev/sdc1).

I have libmpt installed.

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Arch machines: Acer Aspire S3, Frankendesktop, netbook, obsolete Thinkpad

sberghel

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Registered: 2013-02-23

Posts: 20

Re: Kindle not recognized as a drive

lsusb, on the other hand, knows perfectly well that it's a Kindle:

Bus 004 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 023: ID 0489:e056 Foxconn / Hon Hai 
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b33b Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 1949:0004 Lab126, Inc. Amazon Kindle 3/4/Paperwhite
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

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Arch machines: Acer Aspire S3, Frankendesktop, netbook, obsolete Thinkpad

sigma91

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Registered: 2010-07-31

Posts: 18

Re: Kindle not recognized as a drive

Have you tried to simply mount /dev/sdc? My Kobo doesn't seem to contain any partitions either, so I just mount the whole drive.

sberghel

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Registered: 2013-02-23

Posts: 20

Re: Kindle not recognized as a drive

When I try to mount /dev/sdc, Mount returns an error about /dev/sdc not having a filesystem. (It definitely has a filesystem, since I can read books on it.)

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Arch machines: Acer Aspire S3, Frankendesktop, netbook, obsolete Thinkpad

henk

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From: Weert, Netherlands

Registered: 2013-01-01

Posts: 334

Re: Kindle not recognized as a drive

Hi,
it looks like this problem is not new:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=105946
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=137317
Some information which can maybe help:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-T … 9629.shtml