I'm not sure why anyone thinks this is a kernel bug. The kernel is basically just responsible for providing setting up and providing interfaces for user software for reading and writing to the device. The fact that you can play your music in Banshee means that the kernel sets up your device just fine.
Thus, this is not a "linux (Ubuntu)" bug. It's a bug (or maybe just misconfiguration) for nautilus media handling. Unity has screwed with all kinds of things, so it's hard to find the right way to configure this (I think they intend not to autostart anything from USB for safety reasons). I think on 11.10, you can find a "Removable Devices" configuration page under the System Settings (or type "Removable Devices" into the Dash search bar). Be sure to uncheck: "Never prompt or start programs on media insertion" and then choose Banshee under "Music player". On older systems, you might be able to run: nautilus-file-management-properties Under the "Media" tab, see if the options for "Music Player" are helpful. For your case, you would want choose "Open Banshee Media Player." BTW, just because a problem exists when running the upstream kernel doesn't mean that it's a problem with the upstream kernel. ** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/826806 Title: when attaching a usb based music player to a usb port banshee does not open To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/826806/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
