ipod mounting issue

davimint · 01-13-2007, 05:41 PM

Hello all:
I got my son a for Christmas and need a little help. I am running Slackware 11 and have installed gtkpod to use as the software. Here's the problem actually it's kind of a strange two part problem. First, let me show you all how I have my fstab set up.

Code:

/dev/hda3        swap             swap        defaults         0   0
/dev/hda5        /                reiserfs    defaults         1   1
/dev/hda2        /fat-d           vfat        defaults         1   0
/dev/cdrom       /mnt/cdrom       auto        noauto,owner,ro  0   0
/dev/fd0         /mnt/floppy      auto        noauto,owner     0   0
/dev/sde1      /mnt/usbstick      auto        rw,user,noauto   0   0
/dev/sde2      /mnt/ipod          auto        rw,user,noauto   0   0
devpts           /dev/pts         devpts      gid=5,mode=620   0   0
proc             /proc            proc        defaults         0   0

So, here's the deal... I can mount the drive then start gtkpod and everthing works but I have to su to eject the ipod.. If I don't mount the drive gtkpod will not work or won't mount the drive for me.

Here's the info from gtkpod when I try to "load the ipod"

Code:

Could not find iPod directory structure at '/mnt/ipod'.
If you are sure that the iPod is properly mounted at '/mnt/ipod', gtkpod can create the directory structure for you.

Do you want to create the directory structure now?

When I tell it yes I have to tell it /mnt/ipod and the type of ipod that I have. At that point it give me the following error.

Code:

Error initialising iPod: Problem creating iPod directory or file: '/mnt/ipod/iPod_Control'.

It looks like a permission problem but I can mount and unmount the drive as a regular users so any idea's or help would be appreciated.

Or maybe gtkpod is not designed to mount the drives for you. But either way it doen't explain why I have to su- to eject the ipod.

thanks

mattydee · 01-14-2007, 09:16 PM

Not sure about this, but:

Try to use the option "users" instead of "user" in fstab. That way any user will be able to umount. If you do NOT want this, then keep the "user" option but try creating the mount point somewhere in your home directory. (Something like /home/dude/mnt/ipod)

Also, if you encounter the "device busy" error frequently when trying to umount, and are using KDE, change the setting in Konqueror -> performance to 0 for preloading.