iPod

[Carlos Perelló Marín]

On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 19:25 +0100, Alf Eaton wrote:
> On Nov 10, 2004, at 01:45, Carlos Perelló Marín wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 01:12 +0100, Alf Eaton wrote:
> >> I'm using hoary, and when an iPod is plugged in via USB it mounts at
> >> /dev/sdb3. The problem is that I can't get access with normal user
> >> permissions.
> >> /etc/fstab is mapping /dev/sdb3 to /mnt/ipod, using the hfsplus file
> >> system (it's Mac formatted), but the times I can get it mounted gtkpod
> >> isn't able to read or write anything unless it's run as sudo.
> >> A lot of the time it doesn't even mount, just says '/dev/sdb3 is not a
> >> block device' (but I'm not sure what's different in those cases).
> >>
> >> Has anyone been able to use an iPod satisfactorily with Ubuntu?
> >
> >
> > That's a know bug:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2197
> > http://carlos.pemas.net/blog/20041024002.html
> >
> > Your only chance at this moment is change the ownership of the whole
> > iPod to your Linux user but that change will prevent that you use your
> > iPod with MacOSX.
> >
> 
> I seem to be able to access it, for now, if I use 'sudo chmod 777' on 
> /mnt/ipod, while it's mounted. The trouble is that half the time (at 
> least) it doesn't even mount at all - there's just a '/dev/sdb3 is not 
> a block device' error. I'm worried that connecting and disconnecting 
> the iPod repeatedly is going to damage it, as even when it's mounted 
> and unmounted properly, the 'do not disconnect' message never 
> disappears from the screen.

If the iPod is not mounted, it's safe to unplug it, the message does not
disappear because a know bug:
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1891

About the "sometimes it works and other times it does not work" is also
a know bug (don't remember if there is already a bug filed about it),
the main problem seems to be a interoperation between USB and Firewire,
If I boot with my USB mouse plugged and after the boot, I plug the iPod
it (usually) does not works. I had not time to debug it so the bug can
be fixed :-(

Cheers.


> 
> alf.
> 
> 
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Carlos Perelló Marín
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mailto:carlos at pemas.net || mailto:carlos at gnome.org
http://carlos.pemas.net
Valencia - Spain
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