Fedora 14: iPod not mounting

[Neil Bird]

Around about 03/06/11 20:01, Patrick O'Callaghan typed ...
> A simple iPod mounts as a storage device, but a Touch or iPhone is a
> more complex beast with its own protocol. I'm at my work machine but
> when I get a chance I'll check my home machine which already has this
> set up.

   I think, in the first instance, it was the iPod being am @rse:  it wanted 
me to connect it to iTunes before it'd do anything (power-on only showed a 
USB->iTunes picture).

   We put iTunes on my son's laptop, and the iPod burst into life.

   *Then* I connected it to my son's Linux login and it showed up.  However, 
I still get the same error (even after logging out and back in) in my login. 
  Most odd.


> Note that you can update music etc. using Rhythmbox or Amarok but you
> won't be able to do everything (such as update the firmware) except via
> iTunes. I do it with a Windows VM, which also requires a bit of setup.

   It does indeed now show up installed music in Rhythmbox (and gtkpod); 
however, we're incapable of installing music from that end.  R says it's 
there after a bit of chugging, but the iPod doesn't;  nuplug it & re-insert 
it & it's gone.

   Pretty much all my music is in .ogg;  I had presumed that R would convert 
this to AAC or something upon copy, but iTunes is unwilling to do so, so 
maybe it's that.

   I've had to resort to exporting a selection to MP3 as “normal”, putting 
that into a dri set up to share for Windows, and then copy it on from the 
laptop's iTunes.  Bit of a PITA, but at least it works.


   I shall be trying a Windows VM at some point in the semi-near future, so 
it you have any pointers in that regard, it'd be appreciated!

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[neil at fnx ~]# rm -f .signature
[neil at fnx ~]# ls -l .signature
ls: .signature: No such file or directory
[neil at fnx ~]# exit