From: <her...@we...> - 2007-10-27 18:58:45
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Hallo, despite my warning, my girlfriend got herself the newest iPod Nano ("It looks so pretty!"). Now I'm trying to get it working with her Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon. I searched the web for a solution to the checksum problem and found a link to "funk's corner of the interschnitzel" http://thefunkcorner.blogspot.com/2007/10/ubuntu-ipod-nano.html on "Will’s Home" http://www.backdot.com/?p=50 I installed Pauls libgpod2_0.5.3-0.4_i386.deb which can be found here: ftp://64.22.103.45/packages/gutsy/libgpod Then I plugged in the iPod, opened a terminal window, sudoed to root (sudo bash). But if I try to use ipod-read-sysinfo-extended, this results in: # ipod-read-sysinfo-extended /dev/sdc /media/ipod Couldn't resolve Device directory path on /media/ipod I already checked if the ipod is really /dev/sdc, I created the directory /media/ipod and I tried /dev/sdc1 and /dev/sdc2. All with the same result. I know I should ask Paul for support, but there's no contact information on his blog. Maybe someone else can help me. If I'm successful I will post the solution to www.ubuntuusers.de the largest german ubuntu community. So at least there will be less support requests for the new ipod nano by german speaking ubuntu users on this mailing list in future. Thanks for help, Lars |
From: Christophe F. <te...@gn...> - 2007-10-27 19:07:42
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Hi, > > # ipod-read-sysinfo-extended /dev/sdc /media/ipod > Couldn't resolve Device directory path on /media/ipod It expects a /media/ipod/iPod_Control/Device directory to exist, is that not the case on your ipod ? Christophe |
From: <her...@we...> - 2007-10-27 20:32:06
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Hallo Christophe, Christophe Fergeau schrieb: > It expects a /media/ipod/iPod_Control/Device directory to exist, is > that not the case on your ipod ? > > The kio_media_mounthelper couldn't mount the iPod: "hal-storage-removable-mount-all-options refused uid 1000" I thought the skript would do this. Now I mounted the iPod and this is the result: # mkdir /media/IPOD # mount /dev/sdc2 /media/IPOD/ # ipod-read-sysinfo-extended /dev/sdc2 /media/IPOD Couldn't write SysInfoExtended to /media/IPOD Thanks for your quick reply, Lars |
From: James <jam...@op...> - 2007-10-27 21:25:41
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On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 22:52 +0200, Lars Möllendorf wrote: > Now I mounted the iPod and this is the result: > > # mkdir /media/IPOD > # mount /dev/sdc2 /media/IPOD/ What is the output of mount at this point? > # ipod-read-sysinfo-extended /dev/sdc2 /media/IPOD > Couldn't write SysInfoExtended to /media/IPOD Sounds like it may not be mounted correctly, or the directory structure on the iPod is not the same as usual. Regards, James. |
From: <her...@we...> - 2007-10-27 21:45:52
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James schrieb: > On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 22:52 +0200, Lars Möllendorf wrote: > >> Now I mounted the iPod and this is the result: >> >> # mkdir /media/IPOD >> # mount /dev/sdc2 /media/IPOD/ >> > > What is the output of mount at this point? > > There's no output at this time. >> # ipod-read-sysinfo-extended /dev/sdc2 /media/IPOD >> Couldn't write SysInfoExtended to /media/IPOD >> > > Sounds like it may not be mounted correctly, At least it is not writable, but even mount -o remount,rw /dev/sdc2 /media/IPOD/ didn't change this. Any suggestions? > or the directory structure > on the iPod is not the same as usual. > I attached the output of ls -ARBl /media/IPOD/ Regards, Lars |
From: <her...@we...> - 2007-10-27 22:33:22
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James schrieb: > Sounds like it may not be mounted correctly, I found out, that I had to install hfsplus (Tools to access HFS+ formatted volumes). But still there is no write support: dmesg | grep hfs [ 259.831085] hfs: write access to a jounaled filesystem is not supported, use the force option at your own risk, mounting read-only. I read that forcing write access may damage the file system. I also read that journaling can only be disabled with Mac OSX. Is this true? And if this is true, are there any alternatives to hfsplus? Can I convert the file system without loosing the software installed on the iPod? Regards, Lars |
From: <her...@we...> - 2007-11-11 00:41:50
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Vincenzo Forchì schrieb: > I had the same problem, that I solved initializing it with iTunes on a > win pc: it formats it using FAT (which, afaik, should be the default) > OK. I also did this now. > and everything (apart from the photos) works fine with the svn version > of libgpod. > I checked out the svn version using svn co https://gtkpod.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gtkpod libgpod/trunk then I changed to /ligpod/trunk/libgpod/trunk and executed ./autogen.sh (I had to resolve some dependencies before it worked) Then I did make and checkinstall But now I have 2 different libgpod installed. This svn version and the libgpod2_0.5.3-0.4_i386.deb which can be found here: ftp://64.22.103.45/packages/gutsy/libgpod I can't uninstall this Version due to dependencies. And I think applications like Amarok still use this version and not the one I checked out. Unfortuntely libgpod2_0.5.3-0.4 still doesn't work. Although I have write access to the iPod, Amarok complains, that iTunesDB isn't writeable. And another problem persists: # ipod-read-sysinfo-extended /dev/sdc /media/disk Couldn't resolve Device directory path on /media/disk because there is no /media/disk/iPod_Control/Device directory, just "artwork", "iTunes", "Music". Now my questions: Why is there no "Device" directory in iPod_Control? What do I need ipod-read-sysinfo-extended for? How can I replace the libgpod2_0.5.3-0.4 by the svn version? Did I forget sth. I should have done or could have tried? Regards, Lars |
From: Jorg S. <Jor...@gm...> - 2007-11-11 03:15:03
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> But now I have 2 different libgpod installed. This svn version and the > > libgpod2_0.5.3-0.4_i386.deb > which can be found here: > ftp://64.22.103.45/packages/gutsy/libgpod > > I can't uninstall this Version due to dependencies. And I think > applications like Amarok still use this version and not the one I > checked out. Unfortuntely libgpod2_0.5.3-0.4 still doesn't work. You can now use the new tarball with version 0.6.0 (or check out the latest SVN tree). Do a 'make install' after compilation. You will also have to recompile gtkpod now because we have changed the library soname. Then the newly compiled gtkpod will link to the new libgpod automatically. You can check by examining the output of 'ldd gtkpod'. > Although I have write access to the iPod, Amarok complains, that > iTunesDB isn't writeable. No idea -- maybe there are read errors on the iPod file system that prevent it from being mounted as read-write. > And another problem persists: > > # ipod-read-sysinfo-extended /dev/sdc /media/disk > Couldn't resolve Device directory path on /media/disk > > because there is no /media/disk/iPod_Control/Device directory, just > "artwork", "iTunes", "Music". What iPod do you own? You only need to do this for the latest versions (Classic, Nano Video, Touch). The directory is usually created by the iPod itself. If it's not, just create it yourself for the time being. > Now my questions: > Why is there no "Device" directory in iPod_Control? s.a. > What do I need ipod-read-sysinfo-extended for? s.a. > How can I replace the libgpod2_0.5.3-0.4 by the svn version? s.a. > Did I forget sth. I should have done or could have tried? Well see. Good luck, JCS. |
From: <her...@we...> - 2007-11-16 21:24:46
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Hallo, due to your help, I was able to get an iPod nano (3. Gen) working with Ubuntu 7.10.. Thanks! You can find it here: http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Baustelle/iPod/Classic_und_Nano_Video Vielleicht hat ja jemand noch irgendwelche Verbesserungsvorschläge. Regards, Lars |