Re: iPod Nano read errors

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:43:30 -0600, sk8r-365 wrote:
Horton heard a Who named Michael Perry saying:
On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:55:12 -0600, sk8r-365 wrote:
Horton heard a Who named sk8r-365 saying:
On a Debian Etch 2.6.18-5-686 #1 SMP i686 machine using USB connection
and gtkpod version 0.99.4.

I have been able to access the device in Nautilus and gtkpod, browse folders,
see the MP3 songs and even play them, it seems, directly from the iPod. But,
there are no "files" to be read by the Nano when looking under the "Music"
folder of the device.
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Think the answer is a big NO-GO - wife found this information from
http://tinyurl.com/2d5vlm:


I have one additional suggestion that may or may not work. How about if
the ipod is placed in disk mode? You could also do this if not. You
could get things working on Windows
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Thanks for your time. I have nothing with MS on it.

Here's what I did. Bought a Sansa Connect (SDMX8N-4096K-EA70W) from
SanDisk after getting a refund for the iPod. It uses MTP but that's not
available on Debian Etch. Instead, I booted Ubuntu 7.10, added MP3
support by mounting my local /home and clicking a MP3, then OK'd the
additional support. Next, I opened Rhythmbox and ticked the plug-in box
for players using MTP. Following that, I copied a limited MB of music to
the /Ubuntu/Music folder temporary OS environment. Opened Rhythmbox,
plugged in and turned on the Sansa, drag and dropped files within
Rhythmbox GUI to the Sansa until that course completed moving what I
wanted over. I deleted the MB of files as I went and as needed - not
sent to the Trash - to fulfill my goals in the limited environment.

I realize I could have put Ubuntu on board, but this Debian Etch is what
I want, have set up as I desire, and it's a stable release as opposed to
Ubuntu being essentially, well, otherwise.


Well, the main thing is you got something that works. The new IPODs
(6th generation) don't work with rockbox at all so you would have to get
something earlier. There are some rough edges with Rockbox and battery
life suffers a bit. To me, I like tracking the changes and having
something on there which precludes the sync'ing thing.

I'm glad you got a device that works. I definitely understand about
using Etch. Been doing debian for quite some time but recently made the
move to Ubuntu for most things.

Have you considered trying out testing at all? Perhaps they have
support for MTP devices? I read on this a bit because I bought a friend
of mine an older Creative Zen M which is going to require MTP with
gnomad it looks like.


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Michael Perry | Do or do not. There is no try --Master Yoda
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