You can confirm this with sudo ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/ If you look at the last line above, you'll see 'sdb' in brakets, that is the device node that the new USB device is attached too. Or similar and you should see a line like this as well sd 4:0:0:1: Attached SCSI removable disk

Look for lines in dmesg like usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 13 I'd start with dmesg as you've done and note which device node the Kindle is put on. The approach I would take would be to mount the Kindle and then you can cp files over in the terminal or likely even the file browser. If not, try the technical solution below: Just plug it in and look for a 'Kindle Fire' icon to appear in your launcher sidebar. The Kindle Fire is reported to connect properly out of the box by several users. I should note that, since I got Dropbox working on my Kindle, the usb is no longer strictly necessary, but as a matter of principle I'd love to get it working. sd 8:0:0:0: Attached SCSI removable diskįilesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access Amazon Kindle 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2

usb 1-1: new high speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd ieee80211 phy0: wl_ops_bss_info_changed: arp filtering: enabled true, count 1 (implement) Here are the last 15 lines of dmesg after plugging the kindle in: dmesg | tail -n 15 I never get the message on the Kindle telling me it is ready to accept files from the computer, though. It does not appear to be a usb power issue, since the Kindle Fire wakes up from sleeping when it is plugged in. Other usb devices, such as my ipod and digital camera, are recognized just fine. I'm running Ubuntu 11.10, and when I connect my Kindle Fire to my computer via micro usb, it is not recognized automatically.

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