Re: [Banshee-List] Two iPods not working with Banshee 1.2.1 (ubuntu)

["Patryk Zawadzki" <patrys pld-linux org>]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 11:54 PM, roboguy <james fitzsimons gmail com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've got two Ipods and much to my dismay both of them have recently stopped
> working with Banshee. Firstly my Generation 1 5Gb (the original) ipod hasn't
> synced with Banshee since the 1.0 release. When I plug it in it is detected
> however it doesn't appear in banshee. Here is the podsleuth output:
>
> Found an iPod device, but it is not known by PodSleuth:
>   Error: org.podsleuth.* properties are missing
>   UDI:          /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_75A4_A0B0
>   Block Device: /dev/sdf2
>   Mount Point:  /media/IPOD
>
>   Cause: PodSleuth may not be installed properly, the HAL daemon may need
>          to be restarted and/or the device needs to be refreshed.
>
>   Note:  A PodSleuth debug log was found: /tmp/podsleuth-debug
>          This file may provide more details or can be useful to
>          developers. Please save it somewhere else and use it in
>          a bug report. See http://banshee-project.org/PodSleuth

What does the debug log say? What does HAL say when probing the iPod?
Try launching hald from the command line and see what goes to console
once you plug the iPod in.

> The other Ipod is my wifes 1st generation 4Gb Nano. It worked well with the
> Banshee 1.0 release until the firmware crashed recently. She had it restored
> at our local Apple Store, however it now refuses to work with Banshee. When
> plugged in Banshee tells me:
>
> Unable to read your ipod.
>
> You have used this iPod with a version of iTunes that saves a version of the
> song database for you iPod that is too new for Banshee to recognise. ...
>
> Your iPod is mounted readonly. Banshee can not restore your iPod.
>
>
> Any help with either of these issues would be very much appreciated!

Make sure the second iPod is not formatted to use HFS+

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Patryk Zawadzki