Fedora 14: iPod not mounting

[Patrick Kobly]

It's been a while since I synced my iPhone or Touch with any of the Linux tools (I usually use iTunes under virtualbox)...  Under gtkpod, there was a menu item "eject" or "write changes"... After copying the files, whichever client you're using needs to rebuild the music database on the device.

PK


On 2011-06-06, at 2:47 AM, "Neil Bird" <neil at fnxweb.com> wrote:

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