Upon connecting my kindle, nautilus opens up for just a second and then flashes a message saying that kindle is unavailable. Then there are a host of messages on dmesg about device not accepting set address.

Here is the excerpt from my /var/log/syslog

Oct 24 21:23:30 ideapad kernel: [ 74.381463] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci Oct 24 21:23:30 ideapad kernel: [ 74.486518] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=1949, idProduct=0004 Oct 24 21:23:30 ideapad kernel: [ 74.486523] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Oct 24 21:23:30 ideapad kernel: [ 74.486526] usb 1-1.3: Product: Amazon Kindle Oct 24 21:23:30 ideapad kernel: [ 74.486528] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: Amazon Oct 24 21:23:30 ideapad kernel: [ 74.486530] usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: B00F260714741NTS Oct 24 21:23:30 ideapad mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 6: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.3" Oct 24 21:23:30 ideapad mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 6 was not an MTP device Oct 24 21:23:30 ideapad kernel: [ 74.521970] usb-storage 1-1.3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected Oct 24 21:23:30 ideapad kernel: [ 74.522030] scsi2 : usb-storage 1-1.3:1.0 Oct 24 21:23:30 ideapad kernel: [ 74.522101] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage Oct 24 21:23:31 ideapad kernel: [ 75.523700] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kindle Internal Storage 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 Oct 24 21:23:31 ideapad kernel: [ 75.523969] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Oct 24 21:23:31 ideapad kernel: [ 75.533767] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk Oct 24 21:23:33 ideapad kernel: [ 77.776542] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 6754304 512-byte logical blocks: (3.45 GB/3.22 GiB) Oct 24 21:23:33 ideapad kernel: [ 77.990710] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Oct 24 21:23:33 ideapad kernel: [ 78.211689] sdb: sdb1 Oct 24 21:23:34 ideapad kernel: [ 78.984869] FAT-fs (sdb1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck. Oct 24 21:23:34 ideapad udisksd[2782]: Mounted /dev/sdb1 at /media/anuvrat/Kindle on behalf of uid 1000 Oct 24 21:23:34 ideapad dbus[1155]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' (using servicehelper) Oct 24 21:23:34 ideapad kernel: [ 79.084417] systemd-hostnamed[3165]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please install nss-myhostname! Oct 24 21:23:34 ideapad dbus[1155]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1' Oct 24 21:23:39 ideapad kernel: [ 83.393011] usb 1-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 6 Oct 24 21:23:39 ideapad kernel: [ 83.395618] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache Oct 24 21:23:39 ideapad kernel: [ 83.395661] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Oct 24 21:23:39 ideapad kernel: [ 83.395664] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK Oct 24 21:23:39 ideapad udisksd[2782]: Cleaning up mount point /media/anuvrat/Kindle (device 8:17 no longer exist) Oct 24 21:23:39 ideapad kernel: [ 83.593023] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci Oct 24 21:23:39 ideapad kernel: [ 83.848936] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci-pci Oct 24 21:23:40 ideapad kernel: [ 84.612888] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 11 using ehci-pci Oct 24 21:23:40 ideapad kernel: [ 84.868872] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 12 using ehci-pci Oct 24 21:23:41 ideapad kernel: [ 85.636833] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 15 using ehci-pci Oct 24 21:23:41 ideapad kernel: [ 86.148801] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 17 using ehci-pci

PS: I am facing similar issues with my nexus5 and an EVDO data card.

update #01: mtpfs is already installed.

update #02: It doesn't work on Lenovo S510 running ubuntu 14.04 but works on Lenovo Z50.