Re: [Banshee-List] iPod not being identified entirely but works fine...

["Matt Philmon" <mattisking gmail com>]

Thanks Aaron,

I might have spoken a little too soon. The (null) values had me a
little concerned so after updating libipoddevice and ipod-sharp from
svn (by the way, anonymous access for mono address has changed...
myrealbox is no longer available) I did a sync (no more errors from
Banshee and I see more info now - thanks) and everything seemed ok...
but even though the songs are there and Banshee sees them (and I can
browse to them from the desktop icon) the songs I added don't play...
apparently the song database didn't get updated?

I decided that maybe things were out of whack and since Banshee
successfully imported everything fine, I went ahead back to iTunes
briefly and did a Restore to totally wipe the shuffle and check for
any firmware updates, etc (none)... it's firmware 2.7 apparently.

I went back to Banshee and re-synced from scratch. One again Banshee
did the sync and copied all the files there with no trouble. However,
I guess the database was still not fixed or maybe it's a version not
yet supported... because now no songs play on the shuffle when using
it. The songs are there... Banshee can play them directly.

So, if you can spare a moment, I've re-run the debug script and
attached the output. Maybe there's more information there this time
and just left the whole serial number:

./ipod-debug-dump.sh
[[------------ Output of 'ipod --list' ------------]]

Path Info
  Device Path:      /dev/sda
  Mount Point:      /media/JENNIFER TH
  Control Path:     /media/JENNIFER TH/iPod_Control/
  HAL ID:           /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_C6A9_7E60
Device Info
  Model Number:     A949
  Device Model:     Unknown
  iPod Generation:  Second (2)
  Adv. Capacity:    1 GB
  Is New:           YES
  Writable:         YES
  Serial Number:    4H7050SYXQX
  Firmware Version: (null)
  Manufacturer ID:  4H
  Production Year:  2007
  Production Week:  05
  Production Index: 28
Volume Info
  Volume Size:      1015021568
  Volume Used:      737583104
  Available         277438464
  UUID:             C6A9-7E60
  Label             JENNIFER TH
User-Provided Info
  Device Name:      (null)
  User Name:        (null)
  Host Name:        (null)



[[-------------------- HAL Dump -------------------]]

<---- iPod Device 1 ---->
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Apple_iPod_000A27001118C9AB_0_0'
 org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_execpaths = {
'hal-storage-eject', 'hal-storage-closetray' } (string list)
 org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_argnames = {
'extra_options', 'extra_options' } (string list)
 org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_signatures = { 'as', 'as'
} (string list)
 org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_names = { 'Eject',
'CloseTray' } (string list)
 info.interfaces = { 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage',
'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage' } (string list)
 info.addons = { 'hald-addon-storage' } (string list)
 portable_audio_player.output_formats = { 'audio/mpeg', 'audio/aac' }
(string list)
 portable_audio_player.storage_device =
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Apple_iPod_000A27001118C9AB_0_0'
(string)
 portable_audio_player.type = 'ipod'  (string)
 portable_audio_player.access_method = 'storage'  (string)
 block.storage_device =
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Apple_iPod_000A27001118C9AB_0_0'
(string)
 info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Apple_iPod_000A27001118C9AB_0_0'
(string)
 storage.partitioning_scheme = 'none'  (string)
 storage.removable.media_size = 1015021568  (0x3c800000)  (uint64)
 storage.requires_eject = true  (bool)
 storage.hotpluggable = true  (bool)
 info.capabilities = { 'storage', 'block', 'portable_audio_player' }
(string list)
 info.category = 'portable_audio_player'  (string)
 info.product = 'iPod'  (string)
 info.vendor = 'Apple'  (string)
 storage.size = 0  (0x0)  (uint64)
 storage.removable = true  (bool)
 storage.removable.media_available = true  (bool)
 storage.physical_device =
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_5ac_1301_000A27001118C9AB_if0'
(string)
 storage.lun = 0  (0x0)  (int)
 storage.firmware_version = '2.70'  (string)
 storage.serial = 'Apple_iPod_000A27001118C9AB-0:0'  (string)
 storage.vendor = 'Apple'  (string)
 storage.model = 'iPod'  (string)
 storage.drive_type = 'disk'  (string)
 storage.automount_enabled_hint = true  (bool)
 storage.media_check_enabled = true  (bool)
 storage.no_partitions_hint = false  (bool)
 storage.bus = 'usb'  (string)
 block.is_volume = false  (bool)
 block.minor = 0  (0x0)  (int)
 block.major = 8  (0x8)  (int)
 block.device = '/dev/sda'  (string)
 linux.hotplug_type = 3  (0x3)  (int)
 info.parent =
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_5ac_1301_000A27001118C9AB_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0'
(string)
 linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/block/sda'  (string)
 linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/sda'  (string)

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_C6A9_7E60'
 info.ipod.serial_number = '4H7050SYXQX     '  (string)
 info.callouts.add = { 'hal-ipod-info' } (string list)
 volume.unmount.valid_options = { 'lazy' } (string list)
 volume.mount.valid_options = { 'ro', 'sync', 'dirsync', 'noatime',
'nodiratime', 'noexec', 'quiet', 'remount', 'exec', 'utf8',
'shortname=', 'codepage=', 'iocharset=', 'umask=', 'dmask=', 'fmask=',
'uid=' } (string list)
 org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_execpaths = {
'hal-storage-mount', 'hal-storage-unmount', 'hal-storage-eject',
'hal-ipod-info' } (string list)
 org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_argnames = { 'mount_point
fstype extra_options', 'extra_options', 'extra_options' } (string
list)
 org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_signatures = { 'ssas',
'as', 'as', 'as' } (string list)
 org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_names = { 'Mount',
'Unmount', 'Eject', 'WriteIpodInfo' } (string list)
 info.interfaces = { 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume' } (string list)
 volume.ignore = false  (bool)
 info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_C6A9_7E60'  (string)
 info.product = 'JENNIFER TH'  (string)
 volume.size = 1015021568  (0x3c800000)  (uint64)
 volume.num_blocks = 1982464  (0x1e4000)  (int)
 volume.block_size = 2048  (0x800)  (int)
 info.capabilities = { 'volume', 'block' } (string list)
 info.category = 'volume'  (string)
 volume.is_partition = false  (bool)
 volume.is_disc = false  (bool)
 volume.linux.is_device_mapper = false  (bool)
 volume.is_mounted_read_only = false  (bool)
 volume.is_mounted = true  (bool)
 volume.mount_point = '/media/JENNIFER TH'  (string)
 volume.label = 'JENNIFER TH'  (string)
 volume.uuid = 'C6A9-7E60'  (string)
 volume.fsversion = 'FAT32'  (string)
 volume.fsusage = 'filesystem'  (string)
 volume.fstype = 'vfat'  (string)
 storage.model = ''  (string)
 block.storage_device =
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Apple_iPod_000A27001118C9AB_0_0'
(string)
 block.is_volume = true  (bool)
 block.minor = 0  (0x0)  (int)
 block.major = 8  (0x8)  (int)
 block.device = '/dev/sda'  (string)
 linux.hotplug_type = 3  (0x3)  (int)
 info.parent =
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Apple_iPod_000A27001118C9AB_0_0'
(string)
 linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/block/sda/fakevolume'  (string)
 linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/sda/fakevolume'  (string)


On 4/19/07, Aaron Bockover <abockover novell com> wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> Thanks for the information. Essentially the only piece of consistent
> data we have to go on to detect the model information is the serial
> number. The last 3 characters of the serial number (I call them "serial
> codes") are unique to the device class ("Blue 1GB second generation
> shuffle"). However, there may be multiple serial codes that point to the
> same device class. I currently only have one serial code for each of the
> new shuffles. Your serial code, XQX, makes the second for the blue
> shuffle.
> ...............
>
> --Aaron