Getting Fedora to recognize my Kindle

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2015-05-29 at 21:56 +0300, Todor Petkov wrote:
> On 29/05/2015 08:26 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The fact that you get no indication (via dmesg) of 
> > plugging/unplugging
> > indicates a likely hardware problem. If it's not the cable then 
> > perhaps
> > the connector on the Kindle or the socket on the computer is dodgy 
> > or
> > loose. Does the Kindle connect to other computers? Does the USB 
> > port
> > work with other devices? Are you using a USB hub?
> > 
> > poc
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 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.

That is very wierd.

> 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.

I don't use Gnome but IIRC gvfs-mtp is a user-level facility. I don't
see how it would relate to the kernel not registering plug/unplug
events.

poc