The Calibre manual says
I found a clue here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=263186
So I did
to get the process number, and then
Then I reattached the Fire to the USB port and restarted Calibre.
Everything works -- and, since I rarely use a graphical file manager, it has had no effect on my other work.
Your mileage may vary.
Note that on macOS and Linux only a single program can connect to an Android device at a time, so make sure the device is not opened in the OS File manager, or the Android File Transfer utility, etc.
Unfortunately, this is a bit difficult to do, at least under KDE, where Dolphin will not easily relinquish its control over MTP devices. So I thought I'd share the solution I found.I found a clue here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=263186
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What worked for me is kill kiod5 |
Code:
ps aux | grep kiod5Code:
kill -9 <process number>Everything works -- and, since I rarely use a graphical file manager, it has had no effect on my other work.
Your mileage may vary.
