Re: [Gtkpod-questions] gtkpod crashes on me. Please help

[Jorg S. <Jor...@gm...>]

On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 05:26:53AM -0700, Dima Tkach wrote:
> --- Jorg Schuler <jor...@gm...> wrote:
> 
> > > It used to work, and I am not sure what has
> > changed.
> > > I have not installed or upgraded any of the system
> > > libs lately... the only thing I can think of is an
> > > Acer LCD monitor driver. I can't imagine that
> > having
> > > anything to do with my problem.
> > > Anyway, I am using FC4, kernel 2.6.16, gtkpod
> > 0.99.4,
> > > gtk2 2.6.10
> > > 
> > > When I try to read the ipod db in gtk (whether
> > real,
> > > or offline), it crashes right away in 
> > > gtk_tree_model_rows_reordered ().
> > > It is not a db problem - I created a brand new,
> > empty
> > > one, and it still crashes.
> > > And if I don't do anything, and just quit, it
> > crashes
> > > in  g_hash_table_foreach ().
> > > 
> > > I spent half a day trying to make it work. So
> > > frustraded :-(
> > > If anyone has any idea what may be wrong, please
> > let
> > > me know, I'll greatly appreciate that.
> > > 
> > > Please reply to my address too - I am not
> > subscribed
> > > to the list.
> > 
> > This doesn't sound good. First thought: please
> > backup your ~/.gtkpod/prefs file and delete the
> > original. Maybe something is wrong with it.
> > 
> > If that's the case, please send me the prefs file so
> > I can avoid that from happening in the future.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > 
> > JCS.
> 
> Sorry, I should have mentioned this... That's what I
> started with - I wiped out my whole .gtkpod directory,
> uninstalled gtkpod, and installed it again. 
> The badness still happens, even when there is no prefs
> file at all :-(
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> I really like gtkpod, and was looking forward to using
> it (just wrote my own podcatcher in perl to go with
> it) - and now this :-(

Did you try to install the latest version of libgpod as well? And then
re-compile gtkpod. Those errors seem remotely familiar...

Download from CVS is recommended.


Cheers,


JCS.