On Jan 16, 2013 3:52 PM, "Alan McKinnon" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:21:03 -0500 > Michael Mol <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Has anyone had any success with app-text/calibre on Gentoo? On Ubuntu, > > it picks up that I've plugged in a device and happily allows me to > > manage it. On Gentoo, it doesn't seem to notice a thing. For now, it > > works fine as an ebook reader, but not so great for managing devices. > > > > $ eix calibre > > [I] app-text/calibre > > Available versions: 0.9.6 ~0.9.12 ~0.9.13 {{+udisks}} > > Installed versions: 0.9.6(05:46:37 PM 01/14/2013)(udisks) > > Homepage: http://calibre-ebook.com/ > > Description: Ebook management application. > > > > What kind of Kindle? > > I use calibre here a lot on my Kobo and it JustWorksLikeItShould(tm). > > The other half has a Kindle - the fancy one with backlit cover and full > physical qwerty keyboard and she says that one works just fine here too. > > But, both the Kindle and the Kobo present as usb-storage devices. > Google says the new-fangled Kindles are MTP. > > I'd say your problem is with mtp rather than calibre or Kindle. And to > fix that you need sys-fs/jmtpfs from poly-c overlay per a recent thread > here sometime in the last month > > -- > Alan McKinnon > [email protected] > >
1st gen. Even shows up as /dev/sdb.
