01-27-2011, 05:17 AM | #1 |
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PRS500 DeviceBusy on Linux Mint 9
Hi all.
Quick question, I have just bitten the bullet and switched from Windows to Linux Mint 9. The problem is, I cant get Calibre to send anything to my PRS500. I checked the debug and it said device is in use by another application . Anyone have any suggestions as to how I can solve this? Ta in advance Ferrus edit, forgot to show the debug info Version: 0.6.42 USB devices on system: [['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.0'], ['0x5ca', '0x183b', '0x100', '', '', ''], ['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.1'], ['0x44e', '0x3012', '0x100', '', '', ''], ['0x54c', '0x29b', '0x100', 'Sony', 'Sony Portable Reader System', ''], ['0x9da', '0x6', '0x1', 'USB Optical Mouse', 'USB Optical Mouse', ''], ['0x44e', '0x3011', '0x100', 'Broadcom', 'BCM2045B2', ''], ['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1a.1'], ['0x1d6b', '0x2', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ehci_hcd', 'EHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1a.7'], ['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.2'], ['0xbc2', '0x3300', '0x130', 'Seagate', 'Desktop', '2GHL1882'], ['0x44e', '0x3013', '0x100', '', '', ''], ['0x1d6b', '0x2', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ehci_hcd', 'EHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.7'], ['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1a.0']] Looking for HANLINV3 Looking for HANLINV5 Looking for BLACKBERRY Looking for CYBOOK Looking for ILIAD Looking for IREXDR1000 Looking for IREXDR800 Looking for JETBOOK Looking for SHINEBOOK Looking for POCKETBOOK360 Looking for KINDLE Looking for KINDLE2 Looking for KINDLE_DX Looking for NOOK Looking for PRS505 Looking for PRS700 Looking for PRS500 (1356, 667, 256, 'Sony', 'Sony Portable Reader System', '') Looking for ANDROID Looking for N770 Looking for N810 Looking for COOL_ER Looking for ESLICK Looking for NUUT2 Looking for IRIVER_STORY Looking for GER2 Looking for ITALICA Looking for ECLICTO Looking for DBOOK Looking for INVESBOOK Looking for BOOX Looking for BOOQ Looking for EB600 Looking for README Looking for N516 Looking for EB511 Devices possibly connected: PRS-500 Device Interface, Trying to open PRS-500 Device Interface ... failed Opening of the following devices failed <calibre.devices.prs500.driver.PRS500 object at 0x910f32c> Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/__init__.py", line 84, in debug dev.open() File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py", line 276, in open raise DeviceBusy(str(err)) DeviceBusy: Device is in use by another application: Underlying error:Failed to set device configuration to: 2. Error code: -1 Last edited by Ferrus; 01-27-2011 at 05:59 AM. |
01-27-2011, 06:23 AM | #2 | |
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Is there a reason you are using such an old version? If there is no specific reason then uninstall it and install the latest version via the binary install method described here. I'm not a Linux person is there any software engaging the reader? |
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01-27-2011, 07:17 AM | #3 |
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I've used the binary install and now i get this from the debug
Version: 0.7.42 USB devices on system: [['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.0'], ['0x5ca', '0x183b', '0x100', '', '', ''], ['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.1'], ['0x44e', '0x3012', '0x100', '', '', ''], ['0x54c', '0x29b', '0x100', 'Sony', 'Sony Portable Reader System', ''], ['0x9da', '0x6', '0x1', 'USB Optical Mouse', 'USB Optical Mouse', ''], ['0x44e', '0x3011', '0x100', 'Broadcom', 'BCM2045B2', ''], ['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1a.1'], ['0x1d6b', '0x2', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ehci_hcd', 'EHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1a.7'], ['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.2'], ['0xbc2', '0x3300', '0x130', 'Seagate', 'Desktop', '2GHL1882'], ['0x44e', '0x3013', '0x100', '', '', ''], ['0x1d6b', '0x2', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ehci_hcd', 'EHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1d.7'], ['0x1d6b', '0x1', '0x206', 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic uhci_hcd', 'UHCI Host Controller', '0000:00:1a.0']] Available plugins: ALEX ALURATEK_COLOR ANDROID AVANT AZBOOKA BAMBOOK BLACKBERRY BOOQ BOOX COOL_ER CYBOOK DBOOK E52 E71X EB511 EB600 EBK52 ECLICTO EDGE EEEREADER ELONEX ESLICK FOLDER_DEVICE_FOR_CONFIG GEMEI GER2 HANLINV3 HANLINV5 ILIAD INVESBOOK IPAPYRUS IREXDR1000 IREXDR800 IRIVER_STORY ITALICA JETBOOK JETBOOK_MINI KINDLE KINDLE2 KINDLE_DX KOBO KOGAN LUMIREAD MENTOR N516 N770 N810 NEWSMY NEXTBOOK NOOK NOOK_COLOR NUUT2 ORIZON PALMPRE PDNOVEL PDNOVEL_KOBO PICO POCKETBOOK301 POCKETBOOK360 POCKETBOOK602 POCKETBOOK701 PRS505 Q600 README S60 SHINEBOOK SNE SOVOS SPECTRA SUNSTECH_EB700 SWEEX TECLAST_K3 THEBOOK TREKSTOR VELOCITYMICRO Looking for devices... Devices possibly connected: None I've disabled automounting so as far as i am aware there is nothing that should be using it |
01-27-2011, 07:21 AM | #4 |
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01-27-2011, 10:34 AM | #5 |
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calibre dropped support for unupgraded PRS500s a while ago. You can try using older calibre releases around 0.6.29 vintage, but your on your own.
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01-27-2011, 06:47 PM | #6 |
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Thank you very much for the help,
out of interest, how do i upgrade my 500? I've had a shufti around the net but all i can find is websites saying its a good idea but nothing on the sony site |
01-27-2011, 06:50 PM | #7 |
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just contact sony customer support, they do it for free.
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01-27-2011, 06:52 PM | #8 |
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Once again thank you very much :-)
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