On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Michael Mol <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Alan McKinnon <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:56:01 -0500 >> Michael Mol <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> >> 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.
Emerged gedit, whose file/open dialog detected a remove event just fine. And when I plugged the kindle back in, it appeared in both gedit's dialog--and calibre noticed it. And I forgot...this is a Kindle Fire. Not a straight-up Kindle. -- :wq
