Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hal-info
When I connect my Kindle 2 via USB, HAL recognizes it as a USB mass storage device. It does not recognize it as an ejectable volume, however. Kindle support (as a media player) was added to HAL in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal-info/+bug/230523, but that was only for the Kindle 1. The Kindle 2 has a different product ID, and thus is not recognized by HAL as a media player. It seems a bit strange to me to classify the Kindle as a portable audio player - it certainly can play media, but so can PDAs (and the Kindle seems more like a PDA to me). Perhaps, given all the new ebook reader devices already out there and soon to be released, a new category may be needed. But as I am pretty unfamiliar with HAL, I cannot adequately evaluate the ramifications of these classifications. :) And since the Kindle 1 is supported by HAL as a media player, so I have added Kindle 2 support as a media player. Rather than mess with any of the Kindle 1 stuff, I added a different match for the Kindle 2. The Kindle 2 needs to be ejected and not just unmounted (umounting it does nothing about the message on the Kindle that it needs to be ejected from the computer before being used - the Kindle remains in USB drive mode), and I am not sure if that is the case with the Kindle 1. ** Affects: hal-info (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Kindle 2 HAL support https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407875 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
