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Does anyone own and use a Kindle Scribe?

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Sharon Kimble

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Oct 1, 2023, 10:10:06 AM10/1/23
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Does anyone own and use a Kindle Scribe, and know how to access and copy files to and from since it moved over to it being mounted as an mtp device, please? As I'm getting desperate to copy files to it, that I want to read!

Thanks for listening,
Sharon.
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Joe

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Oct 1, 2023, 10:30:08 AM10/1/23
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On Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:02:49 +0100
Sharon Kimble <boud...@skimble09.plus.com> wrote:

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> Does anyone own and use a Kindle Scribe, and know how to access and
> copy files to and from since it moved over to it being mounted as an
> mtp device, please? As I'm getting desperate to copy files to it,
> that I want to read!
>

Calibre 6.26 and later claims to support the Scribe. You don't mention
your distribution, only testing and unstable have it in the
repositories, but there is a binary download which contains all
dependencies available:

https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux

The author recommends using this download instead of a repository
version anyway, "as those are often buggy/outdated."

Calibre converts/creates ebooks and is generally a useful accessory for
a Kindle or other hardware reader. No, I'm not on commission.

--
Joe

Eric S Fraga

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Oct 2, 2023, 5:40:06 AM10/2/23
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On Sunday, 1 Oct 2023 at 15:25, Joe wrote:
> Calibre converts/creates ebooks and is generally a useful accessory for
> a Kindle or other hardware reader. No, I'm not on commission.

+1 for calibre!

I use it for managing my Kobo devices. Works very well.

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Eric S Fraga via gnus (Emacs 30.0.50 2023-07-11) on Debian bullseye/sid

Sharon Kimble

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Oct 3, 2023, 3:40:06 AM10/3/23
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Eric S Fraga <e.f...@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Sunday, 1 Oct 2023 at 15:25, Joe wrote:
>> Calibre converts/creates ebooks and is generally a useful accessory for
>> a Kindle or other hardware reader. No, I'm not on commission.
>
> +1 for calibre!
>
> I use it for managing my Kobo devices. Works very well.

Thanks for replying Eric and Joe.

Yes, calibre is very good, and I've at last managed to get it to acknowledge the kindle scribe, but only by deleting most of the mtp programs that I'd been installing to try and get the scribe and my computer communicating with each
other! And finally I closed my file manager and restarted calibre for the umph time, and it displayed ... but I still can't copy files to it. The error report is shown below -

=====
calibre
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre/gui2/ui.py", line 140, in __init__
File "calibre/gui2/ui.py", line 158, in init_iaction
File "calibre/customize/__init__.py", line 662, in load_actual_plugin
File "importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
File "calibre/customize/zipplugin.py", line 206, in exec_module
File "calibre_plugins.bbcgf_ebook.ui", line 17, in <module>
from calibre_plugins.bbcgf_ebook.main import BBCGFDialog
File "calibre/customize/zipplugin.py", line 206, in exec_module
File "calibre_plugins.bbcgf_ebook.main", line 17, in <module>
from PyQt4.Qt import (QDialog, QGridLayout, QPushButton, QMessageBox, QLabel,
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt4'
Device 0 (VID=1949 and PID=9981) is UNKNOWN in libmtp v1.1.20.
Please report this VID/PID and the device model to the libmtp development team
=====

So now my obvious question is what do I need to install to satisfy the 'ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt4'' requirement please?

I've tried installing 'python3-anyqt' but I'm still getting the same error report as shown above, meanwhile calibre is unable to show me what books are on the device!

Computers? Grrh!

Thanks for listening
Sharon.
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A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk
DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk
Debian 12, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 30.0.50, org 9.5.5
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Eric S Fraga

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Oct 3, 2023, 6:40:06 AM10/3/23
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On Tuesday, 3 Oct 2023 at 08:32, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> Yes, calibre is very good, and I've at last managed to get it to
> acknowledge the kindle scribe, but only by deleting most of the mtp
> programs that I'd been installing to try and get the scribe and my
> computer communicating with each

[...]

> QMessageBox, QLabel,
> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt4'
> Device 0 (VID=1949 and PID=9981) is UNKNOWN in libmtp v1.1.20.
> Please report this VID/PID and the device model to the libmtp
> development team

It looks like there's still some mtp stuff potentially causing problems?

How did you install calibre? From the website directly or via apt?
Depending on the version of Debian you are using, the calibre from apt
may be more than good enough. The version on Debian 12 (Buster?
Bullseye? I cannot remember) is quite recent.

Alternatively, you could post on the mobilread.com forum devoted to all
things calibre: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=166
It's a very helpful community, I have found.

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Eric S Fraga via gnus (Emacs 30.0.50 2023-06-19) on Debian 12.0

Curt

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Oct 3, 2023, 11:30:08 AM10/3/23
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On 2023-10-03, Sharon Kimble <boud...@skimble09.plus.com> wrote:
>
> File "calibre/customize/__init__.py", line 662, in load_actual_plugin
> File "importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
> File "calibre/customize/zipplugin.py", line 206, in exec_module
> File "calibre_plugins.bbcgf_ebook.ui", line 17, in <module>
> from calibre_plugins.bbcgf_ebook.main import BBCGFDialog
> File "calibre/customize/zipplugin.py", line 206, in exec_module
> File "calibre_plugins.bbcgf_ebook.main", line 17, in <module>
> from PyQt4.Qt import (QDialog, QGridLayout, QPushButton, QMessageBox, QLabel,
> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt4'
> Device 0 (VID=1949 and PID=9981) is UNKNOWN in libmtp v1.1.20.
> Please report this VID/PID and the device model to the libmtp development team
>=====
>
> So now my obvious question is what do I need to install to satisfy the 'ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt4'' requirement please?
>

Out of date plugins?

Joe

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Oct 3, 2023, 12:10:07 PM10/3/23
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On Tue, 03 Oct 2023 11:38:02 +0100
Eric S Fraga <e.f...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Tuesday, 3 Oct 2023 at 08:32, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> > Yes, calibre is very good, and I've at last managed to get it to
> > acknowledge the kindle scribe, but only by deleting most of the mtp
> > programs that I'd been installing to try and get the scribe and my
> > computer communicating with each
>
> [...]
>
> > QMessageBox, QLabel,
> > ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt4'
> > Device 0 (VID=1949 and PID=9981) is UNKNOWN in libmtp v1.1.20.
> > Please report this VID/PID and the device model to the libmtp
> > development team
>
> It looks like there's still some mtp stuff potentially causing
> problems?
>
> How did you install calibre? From the website directly or via apt?
> Depending on the version of Debian you are using, the calibre from apt
> may be more than good enough. The version on Debian 12 (Buster?
> Bullseye? I cannot remember) is quite recent.
>

No. Trixie (testing) and sid (unstable) have an mtp-compatible version
of Calibre, nothing earlier does.

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Joe
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