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milan

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Registered: 2007-03-20

Posts: 38

KDE4.1 + Amarok + iPod detection problem

I'm having problem accessing iPod from Amarok after upgrading KDE to version 4.1. Amarok used to automatically recognize iPod after I mount it, but now nothing happens. After I hit "connect" button in "media devices" section in Amarok, following message pops out:

No new media devices were found. If you feel this is an error, ensure that the DBUS and HAL daemons are running and KDE was built with support for them. You can test this by running "dcop kded mediamanager fullList" in a Konsole window

Unfortunately, I was in a rush, so I couldn't check details and run dcop as Amarok suggested, but syncing iPod worked out of the box in KDE3.

Cheers!

Jessehk

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From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2007-01-16

Posts: 152

Re: KDE4.1 + Amarok + iPod detection problem

This is not a response to your problem (sorry), but I'm really surprised that iPod syncing in KDE3 worked for you. It's always worked for me in Ubuntu, but no matter what I did in Arch, Amarok  never recognized it...

milan

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Registered: 2007-03-20

Posts: 38

Re: KDE4.1 + Amarok + iPod detection problem

Problem has been kinda solved by manually adding iPod to Amarok (settings->configure amarok->media devices->add device). OK, but that's not fully functional (afaik).
@Jessehk did you try auto detect option in Amarok?

Cheers!

manutd8611

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From: Oklahoma

Registered: 2007-08-22

Posts: 7

Re: KDE4.1 + Amarok + iPod detection problem

That's funny, I had the exact same problem today after upgrading to KDE4.1.  I tried hooking up the iPod this morning and it wouldn't recognize it, but I didn't have time to diagnose the problem as I was running late.  I will try to see what I can find out in a little bit, and also try adding the iPod manually though, as you did.

ise

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From: Karlsruhe / Germany

Registered: 2005-10-06

Posts: 404

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Re: KDE4.1 + Amarok + iPod detection problem

I don't use KDE as my DE, but I use amarok and latest updates from the repos. It recognize my ipod automatically, never changed any settings in amarok, it works out of the box here. Amarok detects my ipod automatically and show the content under "Media Devices" after I have mount my ipod.

Nevertheless I think you have hal and dbus running. If not, start it . Normally it should work out of the box. What happens after you run the command printed by amarok?

Last edited by ise (2008-07-31 05:56:44)

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milan

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Registered: 2007-03-20

Posts: 38

Re: KDE4.1 + Amarok + iPod detection problem

@ise After running "dcop kded mediamanager fullList" as user, the output is "call failed" (haven't tried to run it as root). I guess something is wrong w/ kdelibs3 package. Though, I see that it has been rebuilt, so as soon as I get home I will give it a try w/ fresh package. I will post follow up.

Cheers!

Last edited by milan (2008-07-31 06:43:30)

e1986

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Registered: 2008-09-25

Posts: 13

Re: KDE4.1 + Amarok + iPod detection problem

Same problem here! Does anybody know a workaround or there isn't anything yet? Cheers!

geodoc

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Registered: 2009-01-08

Posts: 12

Re: KDE4.1 + Amarok + iPod detection problem

I had the same problem with my ipod nano 4g ang amarok in kde 4.1 but i followed the instructions from this post http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=42511 , did what Sjoden suggested and after i rebooted the problem was solved! I hope it also works for you.