F16: Rhythmbox fails to sync iPod Classic

[Steven F. LeBrun]

I received an iPod Classic (160GB/2009 model) and have been trying to 
get it to sync using Rhythmbox.  Every time that I attempt to sync the 
iPod using Rhythmbox, Rhythmbox crashes.  It does not appear to crash 
the same way each time.  At first, an error dialog box was appearing 
just before the crash stating that a plugin was missing, without stating 
which plugin or what it was for.  Now I am getting sigabrt (signal 6), 
sigsegv (signal 11) and sigfpe (signal 8).

First is anyone successfully syncing both MP3 music files and MP3 
podcast files?

Any suggestions as to what is wrong, how to get more diagnostics and/or 
how to fix the problem will be greatly appreciated.

Note, Rhythmbox appears to see the iPod.  It shows up on the Devices 
list and Rhythmbox can play music from the iPod.  The Syncs are only 
partially success; some music and podcast files get copied to the iPod 
but not all of them.

Rhythmbox:    rhythmbox-2.90.1-17.git20110927.fc16
Kernal:            3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64

iPod:                iPod Classic, 160 GB 2009


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   Steven F. LeBrun

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