i use 9.2 and i have my ipod ready on my system. followed instructions from other posters here and removed efi support - now i can see the ipod nicely.

now i have problem. i cannot figure out how to get gtkpod to install and work. i know where to download it - but when i try to make install i get error saying no target found. something like that.

why does it have to be such pain to do anything in linux? i just want to install one program but linux has to make it hard.

sorry i am not happy at the moment. i dont know what to do.

Did you try to install online from packman?

Add the packman server to your installation sources:

YaST-> Software-> Change Source of Installation
Add -> HTTP
Server: packman.iu-bremen.de
directory: suse/9.2

Now install via YaST. Life can be so easy

thanks you sir.

now i get0

Could not open "iTunesDB.ext" for reading extended info.
Extended info will not be used.

do i have to install something else now? i cannot grant access to right to either ipod or folders even in root.

bump

anyone have idea how to fix problem?

when i try sync ipod i get

Could not open file "/mnt/ipod/iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB" for writing.


when i try read ipod i get

Could not open "iTunesDB.ext" for reading extended info.
Extended info will not be used.

i can see ipod

i can see music on ipod that was already on the ipod

but i cannot write to ipod or remove music already on ipod

i tried to search for answer but did not find one

please help

Hi there. Looks like I've followed the same steps as you (removing EFI support etc), and I have almost exactly the same problem as you. I also noticed that SuSE mounts the iPod automatically as a USB block device in /media - I have created an "ipod" directory in /media and added the following line to fstab to see if this would help things any:

/dev/sdb1 /media/ipod vfat rw,users,noauto 0 0

This mounts the iPod ok, but doesn't help (this was more a shot in the dark than anything).

I've also managed to wipe the iPod Well, that's not strictly true - the tracks are actually still on the iPod, they just don't appear on the iPod's display anymore. That's what I get from trying to get round the problem at 3am this morning I suppose.

I love Linux and if I could get this working it'd be great. Any ideas anyone? Thanks a lot for any replies

Ric

I am not sure it this is related to the iocharset used. On my 9.2 system, the iPOD is always mounted with iocharset=utf8, however if you use the iPOD on windows systems iso8859-1 is used. You could either try to mount the drive with iocharset=iso8859-1, which I found not very easy because submount seems to use utf8 as default, no matter what you do. Additionally, the umask paramter may be required (sets access permissions). A simple test could be a remount (as root):

mount -o remount,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1 /dev/sda2

Another option is to change the iocharset in gtkpod. I am sorry, but this information is not based hard facts, but I managed to run the iPOD on SUSE 9.2. I believe it has to do with the way the device is mounted.

ok thanks for replies all.

here is much more detial on problem

i compile EFI partition to is not set

i reboot computer

i see ipod on /drive.

i then go to root and mkdir /ipod in /mnt

i then install gtkpod from packman

i mount ipod with mount -t vfat /dev/sda2 /mnt/ipod

i open gtkpod

i click sync and get

"You did not import the existing iTunesDB. This is most likely incorrect and will result in the loss of the existing database.

Press 'OK' if you want to proceed anyhow or 'Cancel' to abort. If you cancel, you can import the existing database before calling this function again."

i hit ok and then get

Could not open file "/mnt/ipod/iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB" for writing.

i then try to read ipod the error is

Could not open "iTunesDB.ext" for reading extended info.
Extended info will not be used.

BUT then all music from ipod is listed in gtkpod.


now there IS two dir for ipod. first in /mnt/ipod second in /media/usb-000A270012002C94:0:0:0p2

i cannot change permissions for actual ipod or /mnt/ipod BUT i can change permissions for /media location.

this is very weird problem.

ipod IS mounted. I CAN see all ipod music. I can not add or remove from ipod.

OK, I see the problem now. In the default setting, gtkpod tries to find the iPOD on /mnt/ipod. But SUSE mounts all USB devices to /media/<unique-ID>. Try not to use the manual 'mount' command and leave mounting to SUSE. Then change the iPOD mountpoint in gtkpod to /media/usb-000A270012002C94:0:0:0p2 and try to sync again. Type 'cat /etc/mtab' on command-line to see where /dev/sda2 is actually mounted to.

Thanks a lot abisko - you're the man.

Haven't tried it yet cos unfortunately I'm at work till half 7

So I guess I should remove the entry I added to fstab?

Also, do you have any ideas on how I can get my iPod to recognise the tracks on it again?

Thanks.

I hope it is that simple! On my system, I disabled submount (so I did it the other way round). But it may work, just have a try and I'll tell you my solution if it didn't.
I think it should be sufficient to have one proper sync with gtkpod. They are probably not listed in the iTunesDB. Otherwise you may need to download the files from the iPOD and run another upload.

hahaha it worked!

i change mount point in gtkpod and then umounted the ipod in terminal. i let gtkpod mount the ipod and i am able to write to ipod now

one more thing i did. i put ipod on my other computer and restored the ipod to factory settings to erase everything on it. i thought this might help sinse i bought music from itunes. those files are m4p format and linux cannot read them. i didnt know if that would make error when trying to read database. but it works now.

ohh yes almost forgot.

is there a way to make the ipod safe to disconnect or doesnt matter in linux?

Can't wait to get home now...............

I'm no expert, but I managed to get it 'safe to disconnect' yesterday by opening a terminal and typing:

eject /dev/sdb (change to sda for your configuration)

And that seemed to work.