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I have a Sony NWZ-B183F MP3 player and have lots of problems using it with Debian. I have zero problems using it with Windows 10 (same PC - dual boot).
Copying files to the device using Debian is much much slower than Windows 10 and I often get an write error. After such an error, the device is inaccessible until I reboot the PC.
When I delete files, they are copied to a trash folder. I need to empty the trash or the player will try to play them. Emptying the trash often fails.
After the player has been mounted in Debian, Windows 10 always claims it needs repair although it generally says "No error found" at the end of the repair, except after Debian has had a write error.
When I insert the player in a USB slot, I get the following in /var/log/messages:
Its actually quicker to copy podcasts to a USB stick under Debian, boot to Windows and copy from the USB stick to the MP3 player.
Before I revert to using Windows 10 for downloading podcasts, I thought to seek for possible solutions here. I haven't been able to find anything useful on the Internet.
How are you copying files? My AntiX install based on Debian loves my RCA and Chinese Knockoff 4 gig mp3 players and automounts them in spacefm ( file manager ) when plugged in. But mine are formatted as fat32.
Also.
Post out put of
Code:
sudo fdisk -l
From terminal
when you plug in your mp3 player into Debian so members can see what file system is on your Walkman.
You might have a hinky non free file system that requires a certain Debian driver to access the files.
I mention this only because of read errors in your post. usually when I want to view error messages.
Code:
dmsg | tail
Helped me out on a express card usb 3.0 I bought from china to find the problem on why my usb drive would not show in my file manager when plugged into that card.
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After the player has been mounted in Debian, Windows 10 always claims it needs repair although it generally says "No error found" at the end of the repair, except after Debian has had a write error.
That troubles me and since I don't mix Windows and Linux on the same computer < I never dual boot anymore >
I can't comment on that but it seems it might be a Windows inducing a problem so Debian won't be access it.
Knowing that Hibernate in Windows 10 kills ntfs file access in Linux file managers.
You have to turn hibernate off in Windows to fix that.
Sneaky.
Could be a permission problem with Debian accessing the files also I guess.
I don't go in for fancy MP3 players. Mine are waterproof though for motorcycle riding.
Copying files to the device using Debian is much much slower than Windows 10 and I often get an write error. After such an error, the device is inaccessible until I reboot the PC.
that is a real problem.
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When I delete files, they are copied to a trash folder. I need to empty the trash or the player will try to play them. Emptying the trash often fails.
how do you attempt that, and how des it fail?
fwiw, you can just permanently delete the .Trashxxxx folder with Shift+Del.
and maybe your filemanager has a setting to NOT use trash folders on removable devices.
it should.
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After the player has been mounted in Debian, Windows 10 always claims it needs repair although it generally says "No error found" at the end of the repair, except after Debian has had a write error.
windows will claim that for anything that has been used in linux.
not sure how exactly they do that, but the choice is to NOT repair the disk.
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When I insert the player in a USB slot, I get the following in /var/log/messages:
i will assume this has to do with problem nr. 1.
i think we need that output requested by rokytnji.
also make sure the dmesg output contains messages about the mp3 player.
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I have an old 1GB version of that type of player, & have no problem mounting it from the command line, my preferred way to mount drives, & it mounts as a vfat drive.
i would suggest reformatting to FAT32, and from now on never ever allow windows 10 to "repair" it.
it is of course possible that the memory is just dying of old age or something.
trying different usb slots or cleaning the plug can also help.
i would suggest reformatting to FAT32, and from now on never ever allow windows 10 to "repair" it.
it is of course possible that the memory is just dying of old age or something.
trying different usb slots or cleaning the plug can also help.
Yes. ^^^^^^^^ What he said. My 2 gig RCA mp3 player is as old as the hills and twice as dusty. I am surprised the battery life is still good.
I find 90% wood alcohol and removing 1/2 the cotton on the end of a q tip works Ok for cleaning. I use a can of compressed air to blow out excess wetness and dry things out when done.
You just reminded me to check my 2 gig sandisk cruzer usb ondoho that was in my pants pocket and ended up in the wash machine. It has been drying for few days now. I have a antix 17 live iso on it. Guess I'll see if I got lucky or not.
Edit: Got Lucky. Apparently. Washing in detergent did not break it.
Yes, I would like to be able to use the device under Linux.
If you want my comments to suggestions I have received:
Frankbell provided a link which I investigated. This led me to a lot of hits claiming that various NWZ models were not being correctly mounted under Linux. I tried several different suggested fixes but none made any difference.
Thanks to the user who suggested dmesg, I discovered that the messages I was seeing in /var/log/messages were associated with I/O errors. This explained all the strangeness I was seeing. I had thought dmesg only showed boot messages.
Ondoho seemed to suggest that I can configure the File Manager to not put the trash on the device itself. My research had indicated that I could not modify this. If I ever get the device working properly under Linux, I will follow this up.
Ondoho suggested that I reformat the device (presumably using Linux).
Sony says: Be sure not to initialize (format) the memory of your Walkman using a computer.
When I have finished listening to the current batch of podcasts, I will try reformatting using the built-in formatting feature and re-test.
I don't think the USB ports are faulty, the memory stick works fine in both the ports I use. I don't think the MP3 player is faulty or dirty, it works fine under Windows.
I discovered why Windows kept complaining about the device after it was mounted under Linux - Linux isn't clearing the mounted flag (I/O error?). Linux itself reports the device to be improperly unmounted (dmesg) after it is ejected properly and reinserted. The suggestion that Windows is doing something to the device that is causing Linux problems seems hugely unlikely to me. In most cases Windows is simply clearing the mounted flag and reporting that it found no errors.
As far as I know, Sony don't provide Linux support for this device. I don't think there is any guarantee that it will work under Linux despite claims to the contrary - http://www.linuxcompatible.org/compa...nwz_linux.html.
It may be that the device is being mounted with the wrong parameters. But the parameters Debian uses for the MP3 player are identical to those it uses for the USB memory stick. That is what I would expect.
I haven't given up on a solution but until I find one, I won't use the player under Linux.
Same problem here using the Sony NWZ-B183F under Ubuntu 16.04, Manjaro Budgie Desktop, Antergos Gnome and so on... So it seem not a Debian only problem but a whole Sony problem with any Linux distribution. The symptom is a very low copy speed. In my case I can copy files but with a lot of time to finish the task. I can't figure how to solve this issue as I love how the Sony NWZ-B183F performs. Any idea, please?
Same problem here using the Sony NWZ-B183F under Ubuntu 16.04, Manjaro Budgie Desktop, Antergos Gnome and so on... So it seem not a Debian only problem but a whole Sony problem with any Linux distribution. The symptom is a very low copy speed. In my case I can copy files but with a lot of time to finish the task. I can't figure how to solve this issue as I love how the Sony NWZ-B183F performs. Any idea, please?
please start your own thread with a detailed problem description.
you might want to read this first.
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