Kindle wont mount

I can’t get my kindle to mount, it shows up in dolphin and in the “disks and devices” menu. It also shows up in the garuda-inxi. But after clicking mount it disappears. If I have calibre open it causes a loop of calibre trying to mount it and it dispersing then reappearing then calibre trying to mount it again.
Please help. Thank you in advance.

 ╭─lii@lii in ~
╰─λ garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.7.4-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=82f4f668-10d7-4b04-9701-198a8ae3e43b rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=f4a34052-d3e1-450e-9f98-2fe3749629df loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 info: frameworks
v: 5.115.0 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7B61 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.A0 date: 06/08/2020
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech G502 X LIGHTSPEED serial: <filter>
charge: 60% rechargeable: yes status: charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-9600KF bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 9 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xD (13) microcode: 0xFA
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB
desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 9 MiB
desc: 1x9 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4700 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800
bogomips: 44398
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-02; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none
off: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 empty: HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2504
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: HTC (High Tech ) Vive driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-11.1.2:16
chip-ID: 0bb4:2c87 class-ID: 0102
Device-3: Razer USA Gaming Webcam [Kiyo] driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-9.3:10
chip-ID: 1532:0e03 class-ID: 0102
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 93 s-size: 1049x292mm (41.30x11.50")
s-diag: 1089mm (42.87")
Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: primary,right res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93
size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: left res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96
size: 510x287mm (20.08x11.3") diag: 585mm (23.04") modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 545.29.06
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 11.72 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.276 layers: 7 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06
device-ID: 10de:2504 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: HTC (High Tech ) Vive driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-11.1.2:16
chip-ID: 0bb4:2c87 class-ID: 0102
Device-4: HTC (High Tech ) Vive driver: hid-generic,usbhid type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-11.1.5:17
chip-ID: 0bb4:2c87 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-5: Razer USA Nari Ultimate driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3
chip-ID: 1532:051a class-ID: 0300
Device-6: Razer USA Gaming Webcam [Kiyo] driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-9.3:10
chip-ID: 1532:0e03 class-ID: 0102
API: ALSA v: k6.7.4-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 5.3 Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:a729
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Report-ID: ID: hci1 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 7.29 TiB used: 3.42 TiB (47.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST6000VN0033-2EE110
size: 5.46 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SC60 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 model: Kindle Internal Storage
size: 13.45 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0409
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%) used: 210.04 GiB (11.5%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 210.04 GiB (11.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 210.04 GiB (11.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 210.04 GiB (11.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.29 GiB used: 4.2 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 6 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.42 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 46 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.29 GiB used: 5.03 GiB (16.1%)
Processes: 272 Power: uptime: 12m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.45 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1719 libs: 506 tools: gnome-software, octopi,
pamac, paru Compilers: clang: 16.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
default: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
System install date:     2024-01-26
Last full system update: 2024-02-15
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

I have no experience on Kindle, but, quickly looking in the Arch forum, have you tried a different USB cable, maybe reboot the Kindle?
Other hints might be here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/search.php?search_id=1924606181

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