Re: [Banshee-List] Banshee Thinks My External Drives are Audio Players

[Jensen Somers <jensen jsomers be>]

Hi,

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:47 PM, qubitual <qubitual verizon net> wrote:
>
> This is a bummer -- finally found the perfect Ubuntu audio player that
> actually links to my iPod and Android phone in a sensible, crash-free way.
> Then, a couple of days ago, I plugged in the iPod -- Banshee opened -- and
> suddenly the processor was pinned at 100%, system basically frozen, hard
> drives clicking away like mad. Restarted the computer, seemed okay. Today,
> plugged the iPod in again, same scenario. This time, I saw that Banshee was
> listing my two rather large Seagate USB hard drives as audio players -- and
> of course taking forever to scan them. Now Banshee doesn't work, and has to
> be force-closed. Any ideas/solutions would be much appreciated. I can't use
> this app again without solving this! Thanks in advance.

You can disable the mass storage device plugin, but that means it
won't detect your android phone anymore either.

I filed a bug for this issue some time ago at
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629323. You can subscribe
to the issue if you like.

- Jensen