On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 17:01 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > ---- > > normal fedora would have device automatically mount when connected - > > i.e. /media/DEVICE_NAME as the current logged in user. > > > > Evidently it is device known as /dev/sdc > > > > Probably best not to fool with it much as root > > > > in a terminal, you can figure out what is mounted simply by typing > > 'mount' > > > > IE...my ipod (not a mini) > > > > mount command shows... > > /dev/sda2 on /media/80IPOD type vfat > > (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uid=1000,utf8,shortname=lower) > > > > so my ipod is /dev/sda and /dev/sda2 is mounted at /media/80IPOD > > > > $ ls -l /media/80IPOD/ > > total 80 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 craig root 16384 Jan 1 2000 Calendars > > drwxr-xr-x 2 craig root 16384 Jan 1 2000 Contacts > > drwxr-xr-x 6 craig root 16384 Sep 10 2006 iPod_Control > > drwxr-xr-x 2 craig root 16384 Jan 1 2000 Notes > > drwxr-xr-x 3 craig root 16384 Nov 22 12:08 Photos > > > > so far so good... > > > > ls -l /media/80IPOD/iPod_Control > > ... > > ls -l /media/80IPOD/iPod_Control/Music > > which then shows all the folders and the music is inside the folders. > > > > The file/folder naming scheme doesn't make sense to us. > > > > but it can be discerned from > > /media/80IPOD/iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB > > but it needs something that can make sense of that. > > > > That's where Amarok, gtkpod or other programs come in. > > > > Find the icon on the desktop and right click it, tell it to 'Safely > > Remove' and then after telling you to remove it, disconnect from > > computer. Fire up Amarok (or whatever), once it launches, then connect > > the iPod again...Amarok should find it just fine. > > > > Craig > > > > > > Ok, with your help I was able to make it work. When I plug in the > iPod two icons appear on the desk top, one labeled "Apple iPod" and > another marked "Luc & Matt." I had to mount the second one and then > I can see the files you mentioned "/iPod_Control/iTunes/" etc. > > Then starting amarok produces a listing of the contents of the iPod > from which I can copy stuff to the hard drive and play it via xmms. > > Thanks to all for the help. ---- just as an fyi, I think that if you want to use Amarok to 'play' ipod stuff, it requires that you have livna repository configured and then, yum install \ gstreamer-plugins-good \ gstreamer-plugins-bad \ gstreamer-plugins-ugly \ gstreamer \ gstreamer-tools I suspect that you already have faad2 & xmms-faad2 installed since you are playing from xmms and thus probably already have livna configured. Craig (probably gstreamer and gstreamer-tools are already installed)
