Installing iPod Nano
 

Can anyone please walk me threw the process of installing my iPod to use with gtkpod? I'm using Gnome if you need that.

Thanks.

You don't need a special installation.

1) plug the device in -- it should say something like "connected".
2) see which device file name it's using; dmesg and /proc might help here. Probably something like /dev/sda1 or /dev/sde1.
3) Try to mount it, this is needed. Probably add a line to your /etc/fstab

/dev/sda1 /mnt/ipod auto rw,umask=022,noauto 0 0

4) Now that you know where it gets mounted when you plug it in (you don't need to add the fstab-entry if it gets automounted), open up gtkpod.
5) Open gtkpod's settings, find the box where it asks for the mountpoint of the device - write here the place where you can access your ipod (like /mnt/ipod in my example)
6) After this you should be able to just plug your iPod in, then click the gtkpod's button to read the database from your ipod and work with it. Remember to make sure it's umounted before you eject it from the pc.

In my opinion Amarok can handle iPods way better than gtkpod, but if you're using Gnome, you might like the outlook of gtkpod better. Basically you only need to get your iPod mounted (as a normal usb device), then tell gtkpod where it gets mounted and that's it; gtkpod should know how to deal with the rest.

Thanks for the reply. There is nothing in my /mnt folder.

This is the output dmesg gives me:

VI added that line to fstab and even chaged it to /media/usb4 but nothing happens. When I attach my iPod it does sy do not disconnect though.

It seems like the host is scsi2. I've been told that scsi0 means its mounted on /dev/sda, but where does scsi2 lead to?

I think I have it sorted out now. I can see the music already on my iPod but can't add. When I click on sync I get the following:

Could not open file "/mnt/myIpodSongs/iPod_Control/Music/F19/gtkpod00061.mp3" for writing.
Could not open file "/mnt/myIpodSongs/iPod_Control/Music/F00/gtkpod00062.mp3" for writing.
Could not open file "/mnt/myIpodSongs/iPod_Control/Music/F01/gtkpod00063.mp3" for writing.
Could not open file "/mnt/myIpodSongs/iPod_Control/Music/F02/gtkpod00064.mp3" for writing.

Any ideas?

Okay. Ignore my previous posts. I can get the information off my iPod now, but can't sync. The message I get is: "Could not open file "/mnt/myIpodSongs/iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB" for writing." Can I change permissions or something for this folder?

Any ideas?

hi there,
you can change that in your
file.
you need to define the mount point as a "free point",i.e, where each user can read and write. at the situation that you are now, you can sync your ipod as root.
regards,
slackie1000

Thanks Slackie1000. Can you please give me a bit more information? How do I add it as a free point? I tried syncing running gtkpod as root, but that also didn't work. I went to run as different user to run it as root. Is this the way I'm suppose to do it?

Thanks for the help.

Okay. Here is some more information. I hope someone will be able to help me. I can't get my mount point folder's permissions set to my username and even if I run gtkpod as root I get the following message when syncing: "Some tracks were not written to iPod. Export aborted."

Please help if you can.

I can not find or think of anything else to get my iPod to work. I keep on having to go back to Windoze to manage it. I tried to mount it in my home directory, run gtkpod as root, set the automount and so on, but still now glory. I can see the songs on the device but can't right to it. When I take a file and paste it in the device threw a file manager it works.

Please. Any help will be much appreciated. Thank you.

I am please to announce that I have finally got my iPod to work with Linux! I downloaded a program called Yamipod. That worked right out of the box. It is a small program that doesn't even have to be installed.