Getting Fedora to recognize my Kindle

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Wed, 2015-06-03 at 12:00 -0400, David Cary Hart wrote:
> 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.

Good to know.

poc