Re: [Banshee-List] Banshee 0.11 ipod problem

["Gregoire Gentil" <gregoire gentil com>]

Interesting: Ipod --list failed because libgtop was not installed. After
installing libgtop, ipod reports:

ipod --list
glibtop: This machine has 1 CPUs, 1 are being monitored.

(process:29964): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_ascii_strtoull: assertion `nptr !=
NULL' failed
Path Info
   Device Path:      /dev/sda2
   Mount Point:      /media/usbdisk
   Control Path:     /media/usbdisk/iPod_Control/
   HAL ID:
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_part2_size_3948134400
Device Info
   Model Number:     (null)
   Device Model:     Unknown
   iPod Generation:  Unknown
   Adv. Capacity:    (null)
   Is New:           YES
   Writable:         YES
   Serial Number:    (null)
   Firmware Version: (null)
   Manufacturer ID:
   Production Year:  0000
   Production Week:  00
   Production Index: 0
Volume Info
   Volume Size:      3948134400
   Volume Used:      74760192
   Available         3873374208
   UUID:             (null)
   Label
User-Provided Info
   Device Name:      (null)
   User Name:        (null)
   Host Name:        (null)


Note that behavior in Banshee is still the same even after the
installation of libgtop. Ipod is recognized, the icon appears, size of
content is correctly reported but importing the ipod continues for ever
without getting anything, Any other idea how to debug?

Many thanks by advance,

Grégoire


PS: My comment was not aggressive. I understand your point and I agree
about open standard, and it's unfortunate that it's wishful thinking
both for Microsoft and Apple.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Bockover [mailto:abockover novell com] 
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 3:41 AM
> To: banshee-list gnome org; gregoire gentil com
> Cc: 'Matt Philmon'
> Subject: Re: [Banshee-List] Banshee 0.11 ipod problem
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 00:49 -0400, Gregoire Gentil wrote:
> > Yes, I read about this:
> > http://abock.org/2006/09/14/we-need-you-and-apple-sucks-part-2/. But
> > in any case, to my mind, it's up to Banshee to adapt itself 
> to iPod -
> > not sure that Steve Jobs really cares about Banshee. ;-)
> 
> Wow, you completely did not get my point. Of course we adapt. 
> We already
> have adapted. It took only a few days from that post. Our 
> adaptation was
> in Banshee 0.11.0, libipoddevice 0.5.0, and ipod-sharp 0.6.2. My point
> is simply that it's unfortunate things have to be this way 
> instead of, I
> don't know, an open standard - wishful thinking.
> 
> Does "ipod --list" show anything?
> 
> --Aaron
> 
>  
> > My iPod shows now in its About dialog menu:
> > GNUpod 0.98.3
> > Version 1.0.1
> > Model MA487LL
> > Format: Windows
> > The iPod has never been reinstalled and it has never plugged into a
> > Windows system. The disk was originally formatted in FAT 
> and I did all
> > what is written below.
> >  
> > Note that the GNUpod format is perhaps the problem. I begin to guess
> > that Banshee really needs an Apple iTunesDB. If there is no DB or
> > written with another standard, it fails. Could my assumption be
> > correct?
> >  
> >