Hi Adam, As you already figured out, the trouble was caused by gnupod trying to find the devices serial number (aka fwid). The problem is that gnupod used a rather crude way to look for the device in /sys/block and ubuntu has recently made some big changes there.
The problem you describe has been reported before: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnupod/2009-04/msg00003.html It would be great if you could check out the current CVS version of gnupod to see if it works any better: ................ sudo su - apt-get remove gnupod-tools apt-get -y install cvs apt-get -y install autoconf cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/sources/gnupod co gnupod cd gnupod autoconf ./configure make intall ................ cheers -henrik On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 02:26:41PM -0700, Adam Petcher wrote: > > > I guess you can disregard the last message I sent. I was able to get around > this problem by setting the serial number via --fwguid. > > --- On Sun, 5/10/09, Adam Petcher <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Adam Petcher <[email protected]> > > Subject: problem with gnupod > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 2:22 PM > > I'm having some trouble getting gnupod to work. The > > problem is that any time mktunes, it hangs on > > "Searching iPod via sysfs". I've let it go > > for a few hours and nothing happens, so I am assuming it > > will hang forever. I've tried restoring the iPod in > > iTunes, and I even tried formatting the ipod and then > > calling gnupod_INIT -- either way, it just hangs the first > > time mktunes is called. Here are the details: > > > > gnupod 0.99.7 > > iPod Classic 80 GB > > Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty) > > > > I don't really know what other info would help. The > > problem comes up whether the database is empty, contains a > > couple of songs, or contains my entire library. Let me know > > if there is any other info that will help. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-gnupod mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnupod _______________________________________________ Bug-gnupod mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnupod
