Re: [Banshee-List] Found potential problem (Was: ipod doesn't show in banshee)

[Christopher Friedt <cfriedt visible-assets com>]

To be more specific, the string

hal_device.Parent["portable_audio_player.type"]

is actually empty



Christopher Friedt wrote:
> After inserting some debug statements in IpodDap.cs, I found that a
> couple of comparisons don't work, causing a return of
> "InitializeResult.Invalid"
> 
> error: !hal_device.GetPropertyBoolean("block.is_volume")
> error: hal_device.Parent["portable_audio_player.type"] != "ipod"
> 
> Maybe the problem lies with the Hal-Sharp code?
> 
> I'll try and do the same there.
> 
> I'm using the latest versions of the software on Gentoo with the
> following versions / flags:
> 
> hal-0.5.7.1-r1            acpi crypt dmi pcmcia
> banshee-0.11.2            aac daap debug encode flac ipod mad njb vorbis
> ipod-sharp-0.6.2
> libipoddevice-0.5.1
> libgtop-2.14.4 X          gdbm
> libgdiplus-1.2            gif jpeg tiff
> mono-1.2                  X nptl
> avahi-0.6.15              dbus gdbm gtk mono python
> 
> Let me know if any other packages are relevent
> 
> ~/Chris
> 
> 
> Gregoire Gentil wrote:
>> I had numerous similar problems with my iPod! I'm on Gentoo too. The
>> following configuration works for me:
>>
>> gnome-base/libgtop-2.14.1
>> media-libs/libipoddevice-0.5.0-r1
>> dev-dotnet/ipod-sharp-0.6.2
>> media-sound/banshee-0.11.0
>> sys-apps/hal-0.5.7.1-r1
>>
>> I hope that it could help. It would be great to investigate which
>> package really breaks the compatibility,
>>
>> Grégoire
>>
>> PS: You imperatively need libgtop which is not triggered by the other
>> packages on Gentoo.
>>
>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:04:12 -0500
>>> From: "Michel Salim" <michel salim gmail com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Banshee-List] ipod doesn't show in banshee
>>> To: banshee-list gnome org
>>> Message-ID:
>>> 	<883cfe6d0611191804w6832d01fx26871baf5abf2e28 mail gmail com>
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>>>
>>> On 11/17/06, Stephen Holmes <stephen onedotone com> wrote:
>>>> Christopher Friedt wrote:
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just upgrade from banshee-0.10.12 to 0.11.2 and I can no longer 
>>>>> see my  ipod in the left column.
>>>>>
>>>>> Aside from the banshee core software, i'm also using the 
>>> following 
>>>>> versions:
>>>>>
>>>>> banshee-official-plugins-0.11.2
>>>>> ipod-sharp-0.6.2
>>>>> libipoddevice-0.5.1
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using gentoo 2006.1 with
>>>>>
>>>>> USE="aac daap doc encode flac ipod mad vorbis -debug -njb"
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm also using mono-1.2, if that makes any difference
>>>>>
>>>>> The ipod is seen easily through hal-device-manager, and it's even 
>>>>> automounted with udev in the usual spot (/media/ipod in my case).
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have suggestions on how to debug this?
>>>> Does 'ipod --list' show anything?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Matthew Fata and myself also reported the same problem a few 
>>> weeks ago, but that thread seems to have died down. He's on 
>>> Gentoo and I'm on Fedora Core; in all cases ipod --list works.
>>>
>>> Matthew's strace seems to suggest that Banshee was 
>>> erroneously using the NJB library when it is supposed to load 
>>> the iPod one instead. Could someone who speaks C# have a look?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Michel Salim
>>>
>>> Don't worry about avoiding temptation -- as you grow older, 
>>> it starts avoiding you.
>>>                 -- The Old Farmer's Almanac
>>>
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