Re: [Banshee-List] iPod shows up in Gnome, not in Banshee

["Sanford Armstrong" <sanfordarmstrong gmail com>]

Well, the iPod is working now.  I wiped it and put on the latest iPod
software, and all is well.  Very impressive!

Disappointed that I can't seem to sync songs from daap shares to the
iPod.  I'll have to look into writing a plug-in or something.

Thanks for the help,
Sandy

On 3/12/06, Sanford Armstrong <sanfordarmstrong gmail com> wrote:
> Pascal,
>
> My iPod is formatted for Windows.  I'll run the latest iPod updater
> anyway as soon as Apple's download site starts working again.
>
> BTW, I forgot to mention I'm running 0.10.7 on Dapper from the
> repository (which I'm fairly certain has iPod support built in).
>
> Thanks,
> Sandy
>
> On 3/12/06, Pascal Hos <pascalhos gmail com> wrote:
> > Sandy,
> >
> > was your ipod initialised on a mac or pc? If on a mac, then the ipod will
> > appear as read-only in linux. Best thing is to run ipod-update from a
> > windows machine.
> > This is what made things work for me.
> >
> >  Pascal
> >
> >
> > On 3/12/06, Sanford Armstrong <sanfordarmstrong gmail com> wrote:
> > >
> >  So I'm trying out iPod support in Linux.  When I plug in my iPod, it
> > shows up on my desktop and I can navigate its contents.  It also shows
> > up in hal-device-manager.  However, starting Banshee (with the iPod
> > plugged in) takes forever, uses up all my CPU, and adds this message
> > to the output of banshee --debug:
> >
> > "glibtop: This machine has 1 CPUs, 1 are being monitored."
> >
> > If I start up Banshee with the iPod unplugged, then plug in the iPod,
> > the same message appears and the CPU is hogged for a short time.
> >
> > Either way, no iPod appears in Banshee.  It does show up in Rhythmbox
> > but I don't seem to be able to interact with it or its contents in any
> > way.  When I try to load it up in gtkpod, I get the following error
> > dialog, and nothing happens:
> >
> > "Could not open "iTunesDB.ext" for reading extended info.
> > Extended info will not be used.
> > iPod Database Import Failed: 'Failed to read from file
> > '/media/ipod/iPod_Control/iTunes/Play Counts': Input/output
> > error'"
> >
> > My iPod seems to work fine with iTunes in Mac and Windows.  Do I need
> > to run an iPod update (currently at iPod SW version 3.0.2)?  Any other
> > ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sandy
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