hi. i am a new linux user. i am trying to mount my ipod so that i can use gtkpod. ipod uses firewire, and i have both a cardslot with 2 firewireports and a 1394 port. i am not sure either the pcmia or 1394 is being recognized... when i run cardmgr i get the following errors:

cardmgr[3402]: open_sock(socket 0) failed: Device or resource busy
cardmgr[3402]: another cardmgr is already running?

when i run the command lsmod to see what devices i have it gives me this:

Module Size Used by
snd_pcm_oss 40740 0
snd_mixer_oss 13824 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0 26280 4
snd_ac97_codec 50436 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm 68872 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0
snd_timer 17156 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 7940 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
gameport 3328 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_mpu401_uart 4864 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_rawmidi 17184 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 6152 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 38372 16 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi, snd_seq_device
soundcore 6112 1 snd
parport_pc 19392 0
lp 8236 0
parport 29640 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 10624 0
ds 12292 4
yenta_socket 15104 0
pcmcia_core 46792 2 ds,yenta_socket
sunrpc 101064 1
b44 15364 0
ipt_REJECT 4736 1
ipt_state 1536 6
ip_conntrack 24968 1 ipt_state
iptable_filter 2048 1
ip_tables 13440 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
sg 27552 0
scsi_mod 91344 1 sg
microcode 4768 0
binfmt_misc 7176 1
joydev 6976 0
dm_mod 33184 0
usblp 9476 1
uhci_hcd 23708 0
ehci_hcd 21896 0
button 4504 0
battery 6924 0
asus_acpi 8472 0
ac 3340 0
radeon 92464 2
ipv6 184288 10
ext3 102376 2
jbd 40216 1 ext3

does anyone know what steps i should take to get my ipod recognized when i plug it in? i know something is happening because when i plug it into the cardbus the ipod turns on, but that's it. all the websites i read about ipods and linux say the ipod should auto-mount. what am i doing wrong? thanks...

Hi.

The iPod probably won't automount. Plug it in, and then run 'dmesg' and post the last, say, 10 lines.

Dave

dmesg returns the following:

Linux Kernel Card Services
options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:02:04.0 [1028:0149]
Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0000, PCI irq 10
Socket status: 30000020
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x200-0x20f 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 1x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 1x mode
drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c: event field not found
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64
MC'97 1 converters and GPIO not ready (0xff00)
intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 49601 usecs
intel8x0: clocking to 48000

Hmmm. I'm not seeing anything interesting there.

Could you boot your (I assume laptop) with the cardbus card out, then plug in the card, and repost the last few lines of dmesg?
I'm not sure your pcmcia card is being recognised.

Dave

Sure thing... I rebooted w/out the card then inserted and nothing significant changes in dmesg:

Linux Kernel Card Services
options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:02:04.0 [1028:0149]
Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0000, PCI irq 10
Socket status: 30000006
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x200-0x20f 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 1x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 1x mode
drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c: event field not found
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64
MC'97 1 converters and GPIO not ready (0xff00)
intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 49600 usecs
intel8x0: clocking to 48000

So I assume you are implying that would be an issue with my 1394 card. I edited the kernel configuration to support PCMIA and such, so it should work. Is there any hope? I'm attempting to use a standard/generic no-name 2 port PCI to firewire card. Thanks for the help...

So I removed the card and inserted it, then removed it again, and dmesg returned the following:

intel8x0: clocking to 48000
PCMCIA: socket 0355f42c: *** DANGER *** unable to remove socket power
PCMCIA: socket 0355f42c: *** DANGER *** unable to remove socket power

So something is going on right?

Have you compiled IEEE1394 support in your kernel - I didn't see that module listed in your first post.

If it was compiled, try doing 'modprobe ieee1394' to load it.

Dave

Thanks for the help everyone... I just caved in and bought the USB adapter for 15 bucks; works great now. I think it was just a non-compliant pci card. Thanks again!