On Wed, 6 May 2009 18:46:29 -0400 JoeHill <joeh...@teksavvy.com> wrote:
> Raquel wrote: > > > On Wed, 6 May 2009 11:39:25 -0400 > > JoeHill <joeh...@teksavvy.com> wrote: > > > > > Raquel wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, 6 May 2009 08:56:15 -0400 > > > > Christopher Judd <j...@wadsworth.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > My son is fed up with Windows and wants to purge it from his > > > > > system, and run ubuntu or debian. The only thing holding > > > > > him back at this time is itunes. > > > > > > > > You will hear a lot of "it works with $someplayer". That is a > > > > VERY broad statement considering all the different iPods and > > > > generations of iPods. For instance, just moving files from a > > > > player to a 4th gen Nano will make it unusable and make it > > > > necessary to start over again by using a Windows/mac machine > > > > and iTunes. I know. I have a 4th gen Nano and have tried. > > > > I have made several trips over to the neighbor's house to use > > > > iTunes. > > > > > > That just means you're using an outdated version of libgpod > > > which does not understand the iPod's encrypted database, and so > > > cannot write to it properly. The database gets corrupted and it > > > looks like there's nothing on it. > > > > > > You just need to upgrade to a newer version of libgpod. You > > > should drop by the IRC channel at #gtkpod, that's where I got > > > help so many months ago when I was running into the same > > > problem. > > > > > > -- > > > J > > > > According to their web site, the iPod Shuffle is NOT supported, > > as of 04/19/09. > > > > http://gtkpod.wikispaces.com/message/view/Supported+iPods/11251545 > > The new 4GB Shuffle? That one just came out in the last month, no? > You said you had the Nano 4G, from last year... > > As for the Shuffle, give them a few weeks, they'll get to it ;) > We have the 8GB Nano Shuffle, which is supposed to be 4th gen Nano, has been out since September. It still stands that it's not supported yet. -- Raquel http://www.byraquel.com ============================================================ We get so much in the habit of wearing a disguise before others that we eventually appear disguised before ourselves. --Jim Bishop -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
