Hi Sean,
Actually ifp-gnome doesn't require root privileges as long as you add
your regular user to the plugdev group. Ubuntu adds the first user to
the plugdev group by default.
I should have some time this weekend to explore the other problems
you're having.
-Billy
Sean Hammond wrote:
> Update: Installed ifp-gnome on Breezy again on a different machine.
> This time I ran it and got a 'could not claim interface message'
> because my iriver was turned off. Closed ifp-gnome, turned on the
> iriver, ran ifp-gnome again, got the segfault.
>
> This reminded me that although ifp-gnome always has to run with root
> privileges the command it installs in the gnome menu is 'ifp-gnome'
> and not 'gksudo ifp-gnome' (this was true of earlier versions of
> ifp-gnome, you had to change the menu entry to be able to use it). I
> changed the command and ran it again, now it appears to be working
> fine. At least it doesn't segfault. I haven't actually tried uploading
> any files but I will try that soon enough.
>
> On 12/28/05, *Sean Hammond* <sean.hammond@...
> <mailto:sean.hammond@...>> wrote:
>
> Update: ifp-gnome 0.5 however works fine.
>
> I was using ifp-gnome or possibly ifp-line directly a while ago
> and broke my mp3 player, I think it may have been due to uploading
> files with characters like & _ ? in the filename, but can't be
> sure. The player would show the 'scanning music file' screen
> repeatedly and never start up, and I couldn't run any ifp-line
> commands on it. I just fixed it using the Windows interface and
> then installed the latest firmware.
>
> Does that sound like one of the problems ('a whole slew of bugs
> related to filenames with special characters') you mention as
> being fixed by version 0.6? If so I'd rather be using 0.6.
>
>
> On 12/28/05, * Sean Hammond* < sean.hammond@...
> <mailto:sean.hammond@...>> wrote:
>
> I downloaded all three .debs pointed to by the ifp-gnome
> website and installed them fine, but when I try to run the app
> I get this:
>
> err: [ifp_os_control_send] err=-1. error sending ifp control
> code the command 2 (0, 3). ctl[8] Returned -1.
> err: [ifp_control_send] err=-1. error sending control value
> err: [ifp_firmware_version] err=-1. error reading device
> model string
> err: [ifp_selftest] err=-1. couldn't get firmware version.
> err: [ifp_init] err=-1. self test failed.
> Segmentation fault
>
> I'm using an IFP 790T and just installed the latest firmware
> on it from the iRiver site.
>
> I also tried it with libifp4 version 1.0.0.1-2 which is in the
> Breezy repositories but same result.
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