Gnomad2

Mr.Bone · 08-09-2004, 12:04 AM

I own a Nomad Jukebox zen xtra 40 gig mp3 player. I did some googleing and found the program Gnomad2 which will let me put music on it in linux. Ive followed all the setup instructions here http://gnomad2.sourceforge.net/?section=article

Everything installed with no problems whatsoever. However when I connect my nomad and run gnomad 2 i get this:

Code:

steve@linux:~> gnomad2
usb_set_configuration: Operation not permitted

The program starts up and says "could not open jukebox". Does anybody know what to do?

kilgoretrout · 08-09-2004, 08:39 AM

You have to run it as root or you'll get that error message; at least I do.

clon21 · 09-19-2004, 08:52 AM

No, you don't have to run as root if you configure correctly your system.

You only have to copy the file nomad.usermap to directory /etc/hotplug/usb

The content of this file is:

Code:

# Creative Nomad Jukebox
nomadjukebox    0x0000  0x0471  0x0222  0x0000  0x0000  0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00     0x00000000
# Creative Nomad Jukebox 2
nomadjukebox    0x0000  0x041e  0x4100  0x0000  0x0000  0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00     0x00000000
# Creative Nomad Jukebox 3
nomadjukebox    0x0000  0x041e  0x4101  0x0000  0x0000  0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00     0x00000000
# Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen
nomadjukebox    0x0000  0x041e  0x4108  0x0000  0x0000  0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00     0x00000000
# Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen USB 2.0
nomadjukebox    0x0000  0x041e  0x410b  0x0000  0x0000  0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00     0x00000000
# Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen NX
nomadjukebox    0x0000  0x041e  0x4109  0x0000  0x0000  0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00     0x00000000
# Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra
nomadjukebox    0x0000  0x041e  0x4110  0x0000  0x0000  0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00     0x00000000
# Dell Digital Jukebox
nomadjukebox    0x0000  0x041e  0x4111  0x0000  0x0000  0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00    0x00     0x00000000

Then you have to copy the file nomadjukebox to directory /etc/hotplug/usb and do: chmod +x nomadjukebox

I had to change two lines on this last file, i do the following:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# Lifts a plugged in nomad jukebox to user space and
# optionally runs a client program.
# Written by Linus Walleij 2004, based on the "usbcam"
# script by Nalin Dahyabhai.
DEVICEOWNER=root
DEVICEPERMS=0666
PROGRAM="cd ~; gnomad2 --display=localhost:0"

if [ "${ACTION}" = "add" ] && [ -f "${DEVICE}" ]
then
    # New code, using lock files instead of copying /dev/console permissions
    # This also works with non-gdm logins (e.g. on a virtual terminal)
    # Idea and code from Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com>
    if [ "x$DEVICEOWNER" = "xCONSOLE" ]
    then
        if [ -f /var/run/console.lock ]
        then
            DEVICEOWNER=`cat /var/run/console.lock`
        elif [ -f /var/lock/console.lock ]
        then
            DEVICEOWNER=`cat /var/lock/console.lock`
        else
            DEVICEOWNER=
        fi
    fi
    if [ -n "$DEVICEOWNER" ]
    then
        chmod 0000 "${DEVICE}"
        chown "${DEVICEOWNER}" "${DEVICE}"
        chmod "${DEVICEPERMS}" "${DEVICE}"
        # Then run an optional program - this does not work yet.
        # su "${CONSOLEOWNER}" -c "${PROGRAM}"
    fi
fi

Now, when i connect my nomad then this script change permissions to the correct file in /proc/bus/usb and all work fine.

xavierh · 09-03-2005, 10:59 AM

the recommendaitons htat you mentioned also worked with Mandriva LE 2005

vt_hokie · 09-06-2005, 10:22 PM

This worked out great for me. Thank YOU!!
Also...make sure to reconnect the device after making these changes, since they won't take effect immediatly (I learned this the hard way

)

op4latino · 12-19-2005, 02:20 AM

nomad.usermap was already in etc hotplug usb
nomadjukebox was already in etc hotplug usb, too (I omited the slashes because it sees I don't have enought privilegies in this forum)
and is executable

I don't get the "I had to change two lines on this last file, i do the following:" part

Here's my nomadjukebox

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# Lifts a plugged in nomad jukebox to user space and
# optionally runs a client program.
# Written by Linus Walleij 2004, based on the "usbcam"
# script by Nalin Dahyabhai.
DEVICEOWNER=root:audio
DEVICEPERMS=0666
PROGRAM="cd ~; gnomad2 --display=localhost:0"

# Special quirk for SuSE systems using "resmgr"
# ...
if [ -f /sbin/resmgr ]
then
    /sbin/resmgr "${ACTION}" "${DEVICE}" desktop usb
    exit 0
fi

# This is for most other distributions
if [ "${ACTION}" = "add" ] && [ -f "${DEVICE}" ]
then
    # New code, using lock files instead of copying /dev/console permissions
    # This also works with non-gdm logins (e.g. on a virtual terminal)
    # Idea and code from Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com>
    if [ "x$DEVICEOWNER" = "xCONSOLE" ]
    then
	if [ -f /var/run/console/console.lock ]
	then
	    DEVICEOWNER=`cat /var/run/console/console.lock`
	elif [ -f /var/run/console.lock ]
	then
	    DEVICEOWNER=`cat /var/run/console.lock`
	elif [ -f /var/lock/console.lock ]
	then
	    DEVICEOWNER=`cat /var/lock/console.lock`
	else
	    DEVICEOWNER="nobody"
	    DEVICEPERMS="666"
	fi
    fi
    if [ -n "$DEVICEOWNER" ]
    then
        chmod 0000 "${DEVICE}"
        chown "${DEVICEOWNER}" "${DEVICE}"
        chmod "${DEVICEPERMS}" "${DEVICE}"
	# Then run an optional program - this does not work yet.
	# su "${CONSOLEOWNER}" -c "${PROGRAM}"
    fi
fi

I tried to edit the "root:audio" for just "root" and for my username and nothing

I'm using kanotix 2005-4 rc17 and gnomad2 2.8.1-1

Thanks

bad_zeppelin · 12-20-2005, 12:47 PM

thanks very much for this script.

also, as i use creative nomad zen touch i added a last line:

# Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Touch
nomadjukebox 0x0000 0x041e 0x411b 0x0000 0x0000 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00000000

Jagunco · 02-09-2006, 06:07 PM

Hi folks.

I'm having the same problem with gnomad2 and Zen Xtra here. I have Mandriva 2006, and there's no '/etc/hotplug' around.
How can I have gnomad2 working for all users?
Thanks in advance.

P.S. - My USB pendrive works just fine here.

mhurtz1 · 08-22-2006, 08:41 PM

I read that on FC5 hotplug has been replaced with udev. If that's the case how do you apply this fix to FC5?

gnat_x · 02-02-2007, 02:20 PM

I've seen this thread in a few google searches that i did whilst trying to get my Creative Zen Vision:M working with gnomad2 under Debian (etch).

First of all, as of this writing libmtp is NOT in the debian repositories, so you will need to compile that from source as well as compile the gnomad2 package from source. I won't cover that here, as its off topic to this thread and you can find good resources elsewhere.

I am assuming that you have everything set up properly and can run gnomad2 as root, and when you do it sees your device.

The old example above uses a solution dependent on hotplug, however in Etch, as in other distros (probably the FC5 and Linspire2006 comments above), this is now handled by udev. That means you need to make sure that udev has the proper rules sets.

First check a few of the common places:

Code:

ls -l /etc/udev/rules.d/

and

Code:

ls -l /etc/udev/

What you are looking for is (depending on your device) libnjb.rules, or libmtp.rules.

In my case libmtp.rules was missing. A file by that name should have been created when compiling the lib, so try 'locate libmtp.rules' to find your copy.

I had to edit a line in mine as well, so for my device I changed:

Code:

# Creative Zen Vision:M (DVP-HD0004)
SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="4151", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"

to

Code:

SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="413e", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666" GROUP="audio"

Once you have done this, you will need to restart udev, in Debian this is achieved with:

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart

At this point you should be able to use gnomad2 as any user in the 'audio' group.