On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:56:01 -0500 > Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Jan 16, 2013 3:52 PM, "Alan McKinnon" <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:21:03 -0500 >> > Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> 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 >> > alan.mckin...@gmail.com >> > >> > >> >> 1st gen. Even shows up as /dev/sdb. > > > If calibre isn't running and you plug the Kindle in, does the desktop > recognize the device and mount it and do all that routine stuff > properly? > > If yes, what is the nature of the problem per error output and logs etc? > Is calibre configured to use the proper device type for that Kindle?
Not running a full DE, but rather x11-wm/awesome, with gnome-base/gdm for a session manager. I'm also running with -gnome in my USE flags. Same window manager worked fine on Ubuntu 12.04 (though I was using either slim or lightdm as a session manager). Checking to see which would be easier to emerge, nautilus or gedit, so I can see how their file open dialogs respond to hotplug events. -- :wq