On Saturday 13 May 2006 12:00, Ian Moore wrote: > On Friday 12 May 2006 11:36, Derrick Edwards wrote: > > On Thursday 11 May 2006 21:46, Derrick Edwards wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I am having problems transferring files from my IPOD to AMAROK . I > > > configured the mount command within AMAROK as "mount > > > /usr/home/derrick/MP3/" because this works on the command line to mount > > > my IPOD. Stangley, AMAROK will mount my IPOD successfully but it will > > > give me the error message "Could not find Device, please mount it and > > > try again." Has anyone got this working with FreeBSD. > > > v/r > > > Derrick > > > > > > FreeBSD 6.1-RC i386 > > > 'snip from /etc/fstab' > > > /dev/da0s2 /usr/home/derrick/MP3 msdos rw,noauto 0 > > > 0 amarok-1.3.9_2 Media player for KDE > > > > Ok, I found the answer in the AMAROK handbook. Should have started there > > anyway. This is the answer "To use your iPod with the Media Device > > browser you must have your iPod mounted at /mnt/ipod before starting > > amaroK." I was trying to mount it as any other device in my home > > directory. Once I mounted it that way it seems to work. Hopes this helps > > somebody else. v/r > > Derrick > > I've got an ipod shuffle and can't get it to work. I have the following > in /etc/fstab: > /dev/da0s1 /mnt/ipod msdos rw,noauto 0 0 > The mount point is owned by my user and I have write permission to it and I > can mount the ipod and even copy files to it (though they won't play). > > When I try to connect to it in amarok (1.3.9), it just says the device > "Could not find Device, please mount it and try again." This happens > regardless of wether the device is mouned or not. > > Did you have to do anything else to get your ipod to work? > > Cheers,
Looks like I needed to initialise things in WIndows or OSX before attempting to use it with FBSD. Works beautifully now :-) -- Ian gpg key: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~imoore/no-spam.asc
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