Calibre Not Detecting Kindle
Posted : admin On 04.08.2019I can't get calibre to 'see' my Kindle Fire, is that still not possible? I side load all the time but I would really love to skip a step and have calibre. Sections of this page. Karen Bahm Kralovic to Calibre. July 28, 2012 I can't get calibre to 'see' my Kindle Fire, is that still not possible?
- Kindle Fire Isn't Recognized by Computer. Your Kindle Fire isn't recognized by your computer when it's connected via USB. Help for Kindle Fire (2nd Generation), Kindle Fire HD 7' (2nd Generation), and Kindle Fire HD 8.9' (2nd Generation).
- Connecting Kindle Fire to PC can transfer files including e-books, music, video, and photos. But sometimes, when you connect the Fire HD 10 Tablet or Kindle Paperwhite to the Windows 10, the computer cannot recognize it or the Kindle Fire is not showing up on PC at all. Every time you try, it just says the device cannot be recognized.
I don't know why but Calibre stopped sending working with my Kindle on Ubuntu 12.04 32 bits.
Till a few time ago everything was working just fine, but now whenever I connect my Kindle and try to send some book on the main meory of the device I get this error:
I realize it is something that has to do with the permissions, so I have tried to change them using chown:sudo chmod a+rwx /media/Kindlebut I get this error: chmod: changing permissions of 'Kindle': Read-only file system
How can I fix this?
lucaceronelucacerone2 Answers
If you're experiencing issues with your Kindle mounted as read-only it is probably due to some errors in the file system.
Find the folder of your device typing mount
In my case the output is:
meaning that I have to correct the filesystem on /dev/sdc1
You can do that using fsck: sudo fsck.vfat -r /dev/sdc1
If you get ask which partition you want to correct select the first by pressing 1and continue.
Unmount your Kindle and remove and plug again the USB cable, you should now be able to send and copy files from calibre to your device.
lucaceronelucaceroneCalibre Not Detecting Kindle Fire
After running the fsck.vfat command, I was told that the dirty bit is set, which was probably because of unclean unmount. First I accepted to clear that bit, then it offered to correct the blocks in the first partition, which I declined. After reconnecting Kindle back, it mounted cleanly as RW partition. Thanks for the tip!
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