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xastralibus

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Registered: 2014-02-02

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[SOLVED] Managing an iPod (classic) with Clementine in KDE

I installed clementine using the clementine-git package in the AUR.  Everything went well and it appears to work just fine.  The libgpod package was installed as a dependency.  According to the documentation on Github (https://github.com/clementine-player/Cl … le-Devices), an iPod classic is supported.  I also installed libmtp, gvfs, gvfs-afc, gvfs-mtp, and usbmuxd for good measure.

When I connect the ipod the following is reported:

$ journalctl -f
Jan 21 10:21:58 citizen kernel: usb 3-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
Jan 21 10:21:58 citizen kernel: usb-storage 3-1.2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Jan 21 10:21:58 citizen kernel: scsi host5: usb-storage 3-1.2:1.0
Jan 21 10:21:58 citizen mtp-probe[1700]: checking bus 3, device 6: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb3/3-1/3-1.2"
Jan 21 10:21:58 citizen mtp-probe[1700]: bus: 3, device: 6 was not an MTP device
Jan 21 10:21:59 citizen kernel: scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Apple    iPod             1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Jan 21 10:21:59 citizen kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Spinning up disk...
Jan 21 10:22:00 citizen kernel: usb 3-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 6
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen kernel: .ready
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] READ CAPACITY failed
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb]  
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense not available.
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen systemd-udevd[154]: error: /dev/sdb: No such file or directory
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen systemd-udevd[1696]: inotify_add_watch(7, /dev/sdb, 10) failed: No such file or directory
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen systemd-udevd[1696]: inotify_add_watch(7, /dev/sdb, 10) failed: No such file or directory
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen systemd-udevd[154]: error: /dev/sdb: No such file or directory
Jan 21 10:22:01 citizen systemd-udevd[154]: error opening USB device 'descriptors' file

The ipod does not show up in the Clementine device section.

Another thread of a similar nature hinted that it was likely a faulty usb connection, which (amazingly) appears to be the case.  It works using another usb port.

Last edited by xastralibus (2015-01-21 22:18:52)

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Managing an iPod (classic) with Clementine in KDE

Is it a new Ipod that never came in contact with itunes yet? I'm pretty sure you have to let it format/maybe add one song (to initialize a db) in  Itunes on Windows because you can't really read (and most definitely not write) to the standard HFS file system it uses

xastralibus

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Registered: 2014-02-02

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Managing an iPod (classic) with Clementine in KDE

Is it a new Ipod that never came in contact with itunes yet? I'm pretty sure you have to let it format/maybe add one song (to initialize a db) in  Itunes on Windows because you can't really read (and most definitely not write) to the standard HFS file system it uses

No, it's a rather old ipod with music on it.  It still works on Windows with iTunes.