On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:19:03 +0100, Matteo Riva wrote: > I used to be able to manage my iPod fine, but now it's almost > impossible. The device mounts and is browseable, although I get this > output from fdisk > > Disk /dev/sdb: 4095 MB, 4095737344 bytes 241 heads, 62 sectors/track, > 535 cylinders Units = cylinders of 14942 * 512 = 7650304 bytes Disk > identifier: 0x20202020 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 1 11 80293+ 0 Empty > Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > phys=(0, 1, 1) logical=(0, 1, 2) > Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: > phys=(9, 254, 63) logical=(10, 181, 8) > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb2 > 11 536 3919415+ b W95 FAT32 Partition 2 has different > physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > phys=(10, 0, 7) logical=(10, 181, 15) > Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: > phys=(497, 240, 62) logical=(535, 88, 61) > > is this normal? > > I tried 5 different softwares (Rhythmbox, Amarok 2.2.1, Songbird, > Banshee, GTKPod) and currently the only one that sees the iPod is > Rhythmbox (although its support is partial, as I can transfer files to > the device but not remove or modify them). The others don't even see it. > > iPod is nano 4GB 1st gen, clean and reinitialized from iTunes on > windows. > > What can I do to troubleshoot this?
Dunno, but at least for Banshee it seems to be a recent bug: Underlying distros moving from HAL to DeviceKit breaks Podsleuths ability to mount device https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586508 I'd say the other programs can have similar problems with these kind of devices as well as other distributions are facing the same problem. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
