[Gtkpod-questions] GTKpost doesn't start anymore

[Pascal B. <pas...@go...>]

Hey,

I'm using GTKpod 2.0.1 on Debian unstable. A couple weeks ago it was 
upgraded to then 2.0.0 fom 0.99*****. At first the program worked, 
except that it always tried to sync all my podcast folders with my iPod, 
where there wasn't enough space. So it put as many files on the iPod als 
possible, but they did not show up as entries in the database (I will 
elaborate on this separate issue in another mail), although they were 
"physically" stored on the device. So during the last weeks it had to 
access my iPod via a MP3 tagging tool in order to see, which files I 
could safely delete by hand, as I didn't need them anymore. It seems 
that for now two years, GTKpod hasn't actually been deleting all files I 
cleaned via the program, but erased them from the database only, leaving 
the audio files present on the device, as say, zombie files that 
eventually clogged up my iPod (160GB). When I started GTKpod after the 
cleanup (still unter version 2.0.0) the application didn't start 
anymore, an upgrade to 2.0.1 that came a few weeks later didn't change 
anything either. For a short while I can see the Anjuta and GTKpod 
splash screen, then they disappear and no GTKpod gui in sight. 
Restarting the program fails, as I'm told that GTKpod was running 
already and in fact, in htop and ps aux I can see the process. Except 
that I cannot use it, so I revert to killing it right away.  Maybe 
someone can help me find the reason for this behavior. I'm not a Linux 
expert and have no experience in debugging applications, so I don't know 
what to do next. Again, the new version 2.0.0 worked in the beginning, 
except that automatic synchronisation couldn't be turned off.

Thanks for your help,


Pascal

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