[SOLVED] how to identify the linux driver I need to mount/interact with new kindle
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how to identify the linux driver I need to mount/interact with new kindle
I have an acer c720 running current arch linux.
I lost my old kindle (paperwhite) and replaced it with Kindle Basic 3
Arch shows the new kindle 2.8GB storage as unassigned free space rather than as a vfat file system.
The latest lubuntu live usb recognizes and mounts the new kindle as a vfat device.
Therefore a linux driver for this kindle does exist. How can I identify it so that I can add it to my current Arch installation?
Do you have libmtp installed? If not, install it and see if you can manually mount (find partitions with lsblk or fdisk -l) and access the Kindle partition. Ubuntu probably has libmtp by default, which would explain the Kindle working there. Other people have had issues like this. Maybe something there will help?
Last edited by andigena; 01-27-2020 at 07:11 PM.
Reason: ambiguous
Do you have libmtp installed? If not, install it and see if you can manually mount (find partitions with lsblk or fdisk -l) and access the Kindle partition. Ubuntu probably has libmtp by default, which would explain the Kindle working there. Other people have had issues like this. Maybe something there will help?
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