Getting Fedora to recognize my Kindle

[David Cary Hart]

On 06/03/2015 11:57 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-06-01 at 12:50 +0300, Todor Petkov wrote:
>> On 29/05/2015 09:56 PM, Todor Petkov wrote:
>>> I have similar problem after upgrading to F22. My Samsung Note3 is
>>> not
>>> longer recognized, and I am using a cable, that worked before. I
>>> tried
>>> with several other phones, no indication in dmegs.
>>>
>>> I think it's related to gvfs-mtp, and I will do more tests on
>>> Monday
>>> to be sure - maybe boot from Fedora21 DVD or something like this.
>>
>> Update: When I plug a "normal" micro USB cable, the phone is not
>> recognized. When I use the original USB cable, it's OK.
> That's why I suggested it might be the cable. I had a similar
> experience.
>
>> I am pretty sure, that the phone worked with the normal USB cable
>> before.
> No sure as I don't remember.
>
> poc
This issue is resolved with the latest updates to the kernel and hwdata. 
I suspect that this was solved with additions to usb.ids - something I 
did not think of originally. In any event it works now.

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