Re: [Banshee-List] ipod doesn't show up in banshee

["John Goulah" <jgoulah gmail com>]

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 12:24 PM, John Goulah <jgoulah gmail com> wrote:
> My ipod is recognized just fine by linux, just wont show in banshee
>  (surprisingly does show up in rhythmbox)
>
>  When plugging it in:
>
>  $ ipod
>  Listening for iPod-specific HAL events...
>  ** Message: Device Added: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_890C_F46A
>  Path Info
>    Device Path:      /dev/sdc2
>    Mount Point:      /media/IPOD
>    Control Path:     /media/IPOD/iPod_Control/
>    HAL ID:           /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_890C_F46A
>  Device Info
>    Model Number:     A448
>    Device Model:     Video (Black)
>    iPod Generation:  Fifth (5)
>    Adv. Capacity:    80 GB
>    Is New:           YES
>    Writable:         NO
>    Serial Number:    8K638CQ6V9R
>    Firmware Version: (null)
>    Manufacturer ID:  8K
>    Production Year:  2006
>    Production Week:  38
>    Production Index: 14762
>  Volume Info
>    Volume Size:      79883919360
>    Volume Used:      24057503744
>    Available         55826415616
>    UUID:             890C-F46A
>    Label             IPOD
>  User-Provided Info
>    Device Name:      (null)
>    User Name:        (null)
>    Host Name:        (null)
>
>
>
>
>  In banshee (0.13.2 compiled from source):
>
>
>  Debug: [4/5/2008 12:22:04 PM] (Testing device for DAP support) -
>  /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_890C_F46A
>  System.Exception: org.freedesktop.Hal.NoSuchProperty: No property
>  org.podsleuth.ipod.serial_number on device with id
>  /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_890C_F46A
>   at IDeviceProxy.GetPropertyString (System.String ) [0x00000]
>   at Hal.Device.GetPropertyString (System.String key) [0x00000]
>   at IPod.HalClient.HalDevice+HalProductionInfo..ctor (Hal.Volume
>  volume) [0x00000]
>   at IPod.HalClient.HalDevice..ctor (Hal.Volume volume) [0x00000]
>   at Banshee.Dap.Ipod.IpodDap.LoadIpod () [0x00000]
>  Information: [4/5/2008 12:22:04 PM] (Mass Storage Support Ignoring
>  iPod) - The USB mass storage audio player support ignored an iPod.
>  Either Banshee's iPod support is broken or missing, or the iPod itself
>  may be corrupted.
>  Debug: [4/5/2008 12:22:04 PM] (DAP has not been added) -
>  /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_890C_F46A
>
>
>
>




Since nobody can help, let me ask this.  Why does banshee have to go
through all the layers of libipod etc, while with gtkpod I can mount
my ipod normally and it -just works- ?  Why the extra unecessary
complexity?

Thanks,
John