iPod and Firewire

[Jim Richardson]

On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 13:07 -0400, Byron Poland wrote:
> On 5/29/05, imaek <imaekphp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have an iPod that I would like to use with gtkpod, but for whatever
> > reason, ubuntu has decided not to detect firewire at all.  I was using
> > a tutorial from the ubuntu forums and it told me to link /mnt/ipod to
> > /dev/sdc2 - but there is no /dev/sdc2 (there are no sdc's for that
> > matter - 'ls /dev/sd*' returns nothing).  Someone else told me to try
> > 'dmesg | grep 1394' but that returns a whole bunch of meaningless
> > stuff (see forum post link at bottom).  Somebody elese told me to
> > 'tail -f /var/log/messages' and then plug in my iPod, but nothing
> > happens.
> > 
> > 
> > I am in such a terrible place right now - on the brink of getting my
> > iPod working again, yet so far away - that any help would be
> > appreciated.
> > 
> > (Note: Forum Topic Here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=37880 )
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > imaek - imaekphp at gmail.com
> > 
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> 
> 
> If you can add a Volume Label to the partition in Linux or Windows,
> (mine is set as IPOD) when ubuntu detects the drive by firewire or
> usb, it will mount it as /media/VolumeName.  You can then just point
> gtkpod to that mount point under its preferences.
> 
> As far as fire wire detection, I haven't had any issues with it. 
> Check that you have the modules loaded..
> 
> ieee1394
> ohci1394
> sbp2
> 
> also you need the scsi disk modules..
> 
> scsi_mod and sd_mod
> 
> hope that helps.
> 


Bear in mind also, that when you are done with the iPod and want to
disconnect it, unmount it, and then rmmod the sbp2 module, this will
release the iPod.

 
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