dell dj and ubuntu breezy
 

so i'm running the kubuntu breezy preview release. i can't get my dell dj to transfer the mp3s to my hard drive. gnomad2 will hang randomly in the middle of a song. not freeze, but the transfer itself will just hang, and there's no reason for it. neutrino just does not want to transfer things like it should. i saw there is a program called kzenexplorer in the apt-cache, but it requires libnjb4 and apt wants to install libnjb5. if anyone can tell me either how i can get gnomad not to hang, or how to get neutrino to transfer, that would be greatly appreciated. or some information about kzenexplorer would be awesome too.

Does plain old drag-n-drop not work?

drag and drop for what? as far as i know, the dell dj has to be accessed with either gnomad2 or neutrino, and kzenexplorer is supposed to work as well. i've tried mounting it, but i have no idea what the file system is or anything like that.

According to Dell's website, you can just drag-n-drop. In fact, as far as I know, every MP3 player out there except the iPod supports drag-n-drop ability.

When you plug in your Dell DJ, doesn't it show up on your desktop as a removable drive? If not, you can change the settings in the KDE Control Center so that newly mounted drives appear on the desktop.

i have KDE set up to show all mounted and unmounted drives, but nothing shows up. like i said, i don't know how to mount it.

What happens when you plug the Dell DJ in before you boot up (and leave it plugged in)? If nothing appears to happen after you try this, what happens when you type in ?

Re: dell dj and ubuntu breezy
 

Have you tried using Gnomad2 in its native Gnome environment instead of KDE? Theoretically Gnome apps should work in KDE and vice versa, but sometimes I've found weird buggy cross-desktop environment things, particularly with music-related applications.

Do you have the universe repositories enabled in your /etc/apt/sources.list, because kzenexplorer appears to be in the Breezy universe.

running gnomad in GNOME was no different, which leads me to believe it has something to do with the ubuntu .deb package.

after rebooting, i still have no icon on my desktop. fdisk gave me this:

matt@lappy486:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1580 12691318+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 1581 4794 25816455 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 4795 4864 562275 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 4795 4864 562243+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

and i do have every repository available

matt@lappy486:~$ sudo apt-get install kzenexplorer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
kzenexplorer: Depends: libnjb4 but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

So does your /etc/apt/sources.list look exactly like this? And, if so, what's the output when you try to type these two commands?

If you still get the same errors, then I would consider submitting a bug report to the Ubuntu developers. After all, Breezy is still in beta testing and hasn't been officially released.

no, not quite. i got my sources.list file from kudos.berlios.de, a FAQ similar to the Unofficial Ubuntu Guide (which seems to have disappeared.). anyway, it looks something like this:

# [EDIT_ME] : If you're using an i386 machine, then replace line below with
# your original "deb cdrom:" line.
#deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 5.04 _Hoary Hedgehog_ - Release amd64 (20050407)]/ hoary main restricted

# ======================= Official Repositories ========================
# [EDIT_ME] : Replace the "tr"s with your original country code.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted universe multiverse

# Official source repos. Dead weight for non-developers.
# deb-src http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted universe multiverse
# ======================================================================

# ==================== Additional Kubuntu Updates ======================
# Note: As there's no Release file in this repo, no preferences entry provided.
# So it gets default priority of 500, which effectively disables this repo. You
# could use selective install (e.g. apt-get install kaffeine=0.6-0ubuntu2.1) to
# install a newer package from this lower-priority repo, or alternatively, you
# could add this 3-lines snippet below into /etc/apt/preferences file :
# Package: *
# Pin: origin kubuntu.org
# Pin-Priority: 1000
# But note that this would boost *all* the repos from kubuntu.org, including
# possible "trial repos", to priority 1000 along with "hoary-updates". If you
# then add a sources.list entry for such a trial repo, the trial packages in
# that repo will get the same priority with official ones, and since they're of
# newer version (naturally), the first upgrade might upgrade you to a "trial"
# system. So, I suggest the more prudent former option (selective install).
deb http://kubuntu.org/ hoary-updates main
# ======================================================================

# Unofficial repositories below, till end of file.

# For both amd64 and i386
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat sarge main

# For amd64 Only
# [EDIT_ME] : For an i386 machine, comment out the two lines below.
#deb ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/kudos/hoary /
#deb http://cyberspace.ucla.edu/marillat unstable main

# For i386 Only
# [EDIT_ME] : For an i386 machine, uncomment the line below.
deb ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/gift-fasttrack unstable main
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free

# ================== Ubuntu Backports Project Mirrors ==================
# [EDIT_ME] : Uncomment one of the "deb" lines below (the one geographically
# closest to you). Uncomment none, if you don't want packages from UBP.
# (Get current mirrors list from http://backports.ubuntuforums.org/url.php)
#
# AU - Australia:
# deb http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/ubuntu-backports/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted
# ES - Spain:
# deb ftp://ftp2.caliu.info/backports/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted
# US - United States, Minnesota:
deb http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/ubuntu-backports/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted
deb http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/ubuntu-backports/ hoary-backports main universe multiverse restricted
# US - United States, Texas:
# deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted
# ======================================================================

# ======================= Blackdown Java Mirrors =======================
# [EDIT_ME] : Uncomment one of the "deb" lines below (the one geographically
# closest to you). Uncomment none, if you don't need Java.
# Get current mirrors from http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java-linux-d2.html
#
# AT - Austria:
# deb ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/java/debian sarge non-free
# AU - Australia:
# deb ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/java-linux/debian sarge non-free
# BE - Belgium:
# deb http://ftp2.skynet.be/pub/ftp.blackdown.org/debian sarge non-free
# CH - Switzerland:
# deb ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/java-linux/debian sarge non-free
# DE - Germany, Berlin:
# deb ftp://ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de/pub/Java/Linux/debian sarge non-free
# DE - Germany, Goettingen:
# deb ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/java/linux/debian sarge non-free
# DK - Denmark:
# deb ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/java-linux/debian sarge non-free
# ES - Spain:
# deb ftp://ftp.cica.es/pub/java-linux/debian sarge non-free
# FR - France:
# deb ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/java-linux/debian sarge non-free
# HU - Hungary:
# deb ftp://xenia.sote.hu/pub/mirrors/java...own.org/debian sarge non-free
# IT - Italy:
# deb http://mirrors.publicshout.org/java-linux/debian sarge non-free
# UK - United Kingdom:
# deb ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ft...a-linux/debian sarge non-free
# US - United States, New Jersey:
deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian sarge non-free
# US - United States, North Carolina:
# deb ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/deve...own.org/debian sarge non-free
# ======================================================================
# FYI: Other Blackdown mirrors; known to be broken; don't use them...
# BE (no amd64) ftp://ftp.easynet.be/blackdown/
# FI (site empty) ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/java/jdk/
# NL (can't enter) ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/java/jdk/
# RO (site missing) ftp://archive.logicnet.ro/mirrors/ftp.tux.org/
# UK (no amd64) ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/java/

# ================== KDE 3.4.2 Mirrors (i386 only) =====================
# [EDIT_ME] : Uncomment one of the "deb" lines below (the one geographically
# closest to you). Uncomment none, if you don't want KDE 3.4.2
# (Get current mirrors list from http://kubuntu.org/hoary-kde-342.php)
# Note: The same issues with "Additional Kubuntu Updates" also apply here.
#
# DE - Germany:
# deb ftp://bolugftp.uni-bonn.de/pub/kde/stable/3.4.2/kubuntu hoary-updates main
# UK - United Kingdom, London?:
# deb http://kubuntu.org/hoary-kde342 hoary-updates main
# UK - United Kingdom, Manchester:
# deb http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/f.../3.4.2/kubuntu hoary-updates main
# US - United States:
deb http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/pub/so.../3.4.2/kubuntu hoary-updates main
# ======================================================================

Well, the way I see it, you've got nothing to lose by trying the official Ubuntu repositories instead of some of the ones you've got in there. Make a backup copy of your sources.list , then paste what I posted into a and try to update and install kzenexplorer.

If that doesn't work... seriously, file a bug. There may actually be a problem the devs can deal with.

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthre...hlight=dell+dj
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...hlight=dell+dj
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthre...hlight=dell+dj

your sources.list gave me the same error for kzenexplorer. so i'll file a bug, and maybe find something else. i thank you much anyway.