title_body: Connect Kobo Touch to Linux PC using USB; PC not recognized by reader I have an old Kobo Touch that has gone unused for a year or two. Now I want to copy new books to it. This used to be easy: Connect via USB to my PC (running Linux), click "connect" in the dialog box that pops up on the reader, copy files to the mounted file system, done.
  
  This still works like this with a friend's Mac (so the reader isn't broken), but not with my Linux anymore. The "your reader is connected to a computer" dialog never appears when connected to the Linux PC, so I cannot mount the reader. Has anyone else had this problem under Linux? Is there a solution?
  
  Some remarks:
  
  
  as I said, sideloading like this still works from a Mac, so the Kobo is fine
  I'm running Linux Mint at home, Ubuntu at work, neither works
  my USB ports and cables are fine, other devices work as expected
  when I connect my Kobo, it starts charging, so at least on some level it realizes that a cable is connected
  Calibre doesn't recognize that a reader is connected
  when I connect the Kobo, there are no new events in the output of dmesg or in /var/log/syslog, the output of lsusb doesn't change, and there are no new devices under /dev/
  I'm running an old version of the Kobo system because I don't want to open an account with them; still, it used to work with this version and Linux
upvoted_answer: Exactly  the same problem.
  Fedora 24, Kobo mini connected via micro USB cable
  
  Kobo starts charging but no sign of it on computer, no "connect" option 
  on kobo.
  
  Tried a different cable and hey presto - instant success...
  
  Sadly, I've seen this behaviour before, hence trying a different cable 
  was my first thing to try (after checking internet and finding no real 
  answers but coming across your question... )
  
  Motto is - not all cables are equal in all situations... 
  
  Hope this helps