Re: [Banshee-List] iPod is seen as read only since 0.12.1 (and changes to libipoddevice)

[Aaron Bockover <abockover novell com>]

Bill,

Would you mind running the following script with your Mini plugged in
and paste the results in a reply?

http://banshee-project.org/files/ipod-debug-dump.sh

Thanks,
Aaron

On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 13:43 +0200, Bill Dawson wrote:
> I wonder if anybody else has seen this.  The latest changes to
> libipoddevice -- many of which were to determine if an iPod is read-only
> -- have resulted in my 1st Gen ipod mini (blue) being seen as read-only.
> (For example,the synchronize button is no longer available).
> 
> I traced it back to ipodsharp's Device.cs bool CanWrite returning false.
> It, in turn, reaches into libipoddevice's "can-write" property (if I
> understand the code correctly.)  I've just quickly reviewed the
> libipoddevice's C code recent changes and it looks like a lot has been
> added re making this determination of if something is writeable.  I've
> not studied it too closely-- maybe someone knows a quick fix.  
> 
> I can file a bug to the iPod component if desired.
> 
> In the meantime, I'm just forcing ipodsharp's Device.cs CanWrite() to
> return true.
> 
> iPod properties in Banshee accurately shows my model info:
> 
> Generation: First
> Model: MiniBlue
> Model Number: M9436
> Serial Number: JQ4380FYQKL
> Firmware Version: 2.6.1
> Database version: 13
> Manufactured During: Week 38 of 2004
> 
> Thx, 
> Bill Dawson
> 
> 
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