Re: [Gtkpod-questions] 8gb black nano video in gentoo linux

[Todd Z. <tm...@po...>]

wbrokow1 wrote:
> I am having trouble getting gtkpod to access the ipod.
> I get this error in gtkpod 0.99.12:
> 
> "Error initialising iPod: Couldn't find the iPod firewire ID"
> 
> I am using a usb connection, not firewire also.
> My ipod blue mini only connects in the stable version of gtkpod
> and has worked fine.
> 
> THanks for any help. I have scoured everywhere.

Have you looked at the README.SysInfo file in the libgpod tarball?

Newer ipods require some one time setup in order to function
correctly.  This is covered in the mentioned README and on the gtkpod
wiki: http://gtkpod.wikispaces.com/Sysinfo+File

Hopefully that helps get you going.

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