[Gtkpod-questions] iPod Nano Video 5G

[Dick A. <rja...@sh...>]

My wife got a red (xC050) Nano Video 5G for Christmas. We named it PinkiPod 
because I wasn't sure of the colour :). I had it reset on a Vista system so it 
is VFAT32. I'm running Kubuntu 9.10 with Amarok 2.2.2 on KDE 4.3.2 with the 
latest Kubuntu versions of libgpod and gtkpod. The first time I tried the iPod 
with Amarok it wanted to initialise and I did that. I transferred several 
tunes from Amarok to the iPod. It seemed to work, they show up in Amarok, but 
when I ejected the iPod it showed 0 songs. I've searched and tried to get this 
fixed. I think I got the correct model number, xC050, as I do see it showing a 
sync operation when I attach it to Amarok. I put this model number and the 
FirewireGuid into the sysinfo file. I then ran the "sudo ipod-read-sysinfo-
extended /dev/sdf1 /media/PINKIPOD" command successfully, it appears. Still 0 
songs. I open the device with gtkpod and get a warning that the extended-
sysinfo will not be used. It appears to transfer songs, but still 0 songs on 
the iPod.
If I start gtkpod as root I get messages -
iTunesDB '/media/PINKIPOD/iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB' does not match 
checksum in extended information
'/media/PINKIPOD/iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB.ext'
gtkpod will try to match the information using SHA1 checksums. This may take a 
long time.
I press OK and nothing seems to happen.
Is the Nano Video 5G still an issue or am I doing something wrong?
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