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Old 03-28-2024, 05:32 PM   #1
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kindle mounting read-only on linux mint system

I am encountering a problem today that my pw4 is mounting read-only on my linux mint system. I have tried restarting the PW4, but that makes no difference. the mount command shows:

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dhdurgee@z560:~/Downloads$ mount | grep /media/dhdurgee/Kindle
/dev/sdc on /media/dhdurgee/Kindle type vfat (ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,showexec,utf8,flush,errors=remount-ro,uhelper=udisks2)
dhdurgee@z560:~/Downloads$
Needless to say this is causing a problem using Calibre to add books. How do I fix this?

I do have usbnet installed and can ssh to the pw4 if more information is available from there or if the fix can be done there.

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Old 03-28-2024, 06:19 PM   #2
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The EMMC on your PW4 might be worn out.

You can try enabling USBnet, ssh to the kindle, and try touch on a new or existing file somewhere in /mnt/us

Also try mounting the root filesystem "/" rw and creating a new file in /etc/or somewhere.
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Old 03-28-2024, 07:00 PM   #3
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The EMMC on your PW4 might be worn out.

You can try enabling USBnet, ssh to the kindle, and try touch on a new or existing file somewhere in /mnt/us

Also try mounting the root filesystem "/" rw and creating a new file in /etc/or somewhere.
I worked around this with a sftp mount of the kindle to which I was then able to copy the books using fcl.

I have not tried to use Calibre again with it plugged into the USB. Obviously I will do so the next time I want to copy a book over.

If it dosn't work at that time I guess I will check and see if there is a way for Calibre to use sftp to do its work.

Thanks for the suggestion.

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Old 04-29-2024, 03:13 PM   #4
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I am still encountering this problem and wondering how to correct it.

Will there be any messages logged on the PW4 when I plug it in that might clarify why it is only allowing a read-only mount? I have USBNetworking installed and can SSH into the PW4 over WiFi, so I should be able to issue commands to retrieve messages from the log.

Any help appreciated.

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Old 04-29-2024, 06:03 PM   #5
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I am still encountering this problem and wondering how to correct it.

Will there be any messages logged on the PW4 when I plug it in that might clarify why it is only allowing a read-only mount? I have USBNetworking installed and can SSH into the PW4 over WiFi, so I should be able to issue commands to retrieve messages from the log.

Any help appreciated.

Dave
Code:
dmesg | tail
on both the kindle and your computer shortly after connecting them by USB might provide some clues.

I never put any of my kindles into USB mass storage mode and use scp to copy files in either direction.

With no USB connection, can you write to /mnt/us using an on kindle terminal or ssh?
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