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