Hi! I am attempting to make to above work for my PhD research to save my eyes.. Can anyone tell me why a linux device can't be seen by another Linux machine?!?

#lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0408:03f5 Quanta Computer, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0bda:0186 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 004 Device 006: ID 054c:029b Sony Corp. PRS-500 eBook reader

#fdisk -l:

Disk /dev/sda: 58.5 GB, 58506416640 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7113 cylinders, total 114270345 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0003b194

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 108513279 54255616 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 108515326 114270207 2877441 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 108515328 114270207 2877440 82 Linux swap / Solaris

(which is obviously just the tiny hard drive)


Looks to my untrained eye like it's missing a driver- Calibre seems to find three drives, but they are greyed out (with device type set to anything). Debug shows no drives (as perhaps expected):

calibre 3.37 embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Linux-3.2.0-60-generic-x86_64-with-debian-wheezy-sid Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '3.2.0-60-generic', '#91-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 19 03:54:44 UTC 2014')
Python 2.7.12
Linux: ('debian', 'wheezy/sid', '')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Manage Sony x50 Reader Book List (1, 2, 11)
USB devices on system:
[['0x54c', '0x29b', '0x100', u'Sony', u'Sony Portable Reader System', u''],
['0x408', '0x3f5', '0x907', u'QCM', u'Sony Visual Communication Camera', u''],
['0xbda', '0x186', '0x8687', u'Generic', u'USB 2.0 Reader', u'54424929A37C']]

No disabled plugins
Looking for devices of type: MTP_DEVICE
No MTP devices connected to system

Looking for devices of type: SMART_DEVICE_APP
All IP addresses {'lo': [{'netmask': '255.0.0.0', 'addr': '127.0.0.1', 'peer': '127.0.0.1'}], 'wlan0': [{'netmask': '255.255.255.0', 'broadcast': '192.168.29.255', 'addr': '192.168.29.185'}]}
No device is connected

Looking for devices...

Devices possibly connected: None

Got the USB parameters (vendor id etc.), pasted them into the user device plugin, no doce. Could I be getting the folders wrong?

What? Could you explain what exactly you are trying to do and what is failing?

What do you mean a "linux device cannot be seen by another linux machine"?
What exactly is the relevance of the output you included in your post?

Also, if you put output and such things in code brackets, your post will be easier to read. [code] <-- like that.. And then you need one with /code to end it, but also in brackets.

I'm not one to whine about bad posts, I try to answer regardless, if there is any clue as to what it is about. Unfortunately with your post, I'm afraid it is impossible to answer. I have no clue at all what it is about. So please try to edit your post and make it more clear what it is about, and easier to read. As it is I'm sure you will not get much help, but if you fix it the chance of getting help is alot better.

I am trying to connect a Sony PRS-500 eReader (which runs a form of Linux) to my laptop, which is running Xubuntu (also a form of Linux..)

It shows that the copmputer is detecting the device, but it is not being seen as removable storage.

Alright, thanks!

I imagine not- there are a few posts with people trying to deal with this device and no solution. I figured it was worth a shot anyway before I go out and buy a different reader or laptop..

See the last post in the link below. Although you probably could transfer files using a card reader between the two devices it is probably worth buying a different reader.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1015206

Yes, it is possible for a device that runs linux to not be compatible with a linux operating system...

Ok, well.. After my first approach that day, I did read up about that device "Sony PRS-500" and I realized what it was etc. And during my reading, if I remember correctly, I found out that the issue is not so much with the connection of this device as it is the format of the ebooks contained inside it.

I know very little about e-books, so I thought I would leave the topic to someone else who might be able to help. But from what I read and remember still, my conclusion is/was:
- The device can be connected to a GNU/Linux machine (and recognized/used etc)
- There seemingly is a way to deal with the format of the ebooks somehow with a software
- Not sure how all this would work together/if it would work in the end

Thus I gave up my reading on the topic. I'm not sure it CAN work alltogether, possibly. I would say I am a cautious optimist, and that someone else can help you better than I can from this point on.