Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased
On Wed, 08 May 2013, Mark Allums wrote:
> and my Kobo Touch eReader absolutely
> > refuses to interface with Linux or even Windows XP running in
> > VirtualBox. Kind of hypocritcal of Kobo since the OS that drives
> > the reader is Linux.
> >
> > B
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> There is a .deb available unofficially for Kobo from Kobo. They will
> send you a dropbox link for it if you ask nicely, or you can Google
> around for it. They seem to be nice guys in the US tech support, so
> don't berate them too much.
I'm always polite. Just every couple of months, I e-mail customer
support a reminder: "Linux support yet?" Their reply is usually "no"
or "we're working on it."
> A reasonably up-to-date Debian will treat an ereader as an mp3
> player, and you can move files on an off of it. you need the MTP
> driver installed.
Good to know. I'll check it out.
I simply don't know why Kobo excluded Linux to begin with. The device
connects as a mass storage device on Windows and OSX. (And used to on
Linux until they updated the OS last year.) Also, I discovered quite by
accident, it will sometimes, if you leave it connected for 20 minutes
or so. However, once, or if, it's fully charged, it won't. Strange.
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