Kindle PaperWhite unusable with Calibre; sometimes disappears

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When I connect my new Kindle PaperWhite to Manjaro, it appears as a device (at the bottom left of a Dolphin window) without the option to dismount; and Calibre can’t find it as a device. The Kindle sometimes spontaneously disappears.

What can I do to have a stable connection that Calibre can find?

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2 points :

  • when I want to connect my tablet to Calibre, I start Calibre then I connect my tablet. And Calibre takes the precedence on the system to lock the tablet for its own use.
  • when I want to connect my tablet to simply move / copy / delete files on it, I close Calibre before connecting the tablet. Then the system can mount it and the file manager can access it. If then I start Calibre, behavior may be surprising …
    Please note that I am on xfce and don’t use Dolphin.
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Sounds to me like a broken or incomatible cable. Some are charging only with no real data transfer option.

My wife is using a Paperwhite and once it is connected, it appears as device in Calibre. Once connected it is rock solid.

Did you try different cables?

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The suggestion to first start Calibre seems to work, and I give you a thousand thanks for it. I’ll also check out the second part.

Second suggestion: I had already checked the cables, but thanks also for that idea.

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