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kano

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From: Michigan

Registered: 2007-05-04

Posts: 185

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Ignoring ipod firmware partition?

This has been driving me nuts for awhile. I've done alot of googling, and still can't seem to find anything that works.

In Thunar, it shows my ipod's firmware partition as "Apple iPod Music Player", but when I click on it I get the following error:

Given device "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_part1_size_41094144" is not a volume or drive.

I've tried to set a hal rule to ignore it, but it seems to have no effect.

/etc/hal/fdi/policy/90-user-policy.fdi

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
         <device>
                 <match key="block.device" string="/dev/sdf1">
                     <merge key="volume.ignore" type="bool">true</merge>
                </match>
        </device>
</deviceinfo>

According to lshal, the rule is set

volume.ignore = true  (bool)

but Thunar is ignoring it? Or should I be setting something different all together to get it to ignore it? :S

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ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: Ignoring ipod firmware partition?

That's how Thunar handles ignored devices. It doesn't try to mount them automatically (as you didn't get the error immediately upon plugging in the iPod), but it will still show it in the sidelist and will still dutifully try to mount it if you click on it.

This feels a bit like bug-like behavior for Thunar, I agree. I'd suggest taking this up with Thunar's developers upstream.

kano

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From: Michigan

Registered: 2007-05-04

Posts: 185

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Re: Ignoring ipod firmware partition?

Well, before when I used thunar-volman w/ XFCE it did try to automatically mount it... I'd get the error everytime the ipod was plugged in. But thanks, I'll poke around their mailing list/bug tracker and see if there isn't already any reports/solutions... I'd find it hard to imagine I'm the only one using an ipod with Thunar

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Origynet

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From: France - Cannes

Registered: 2007-05-03

Posts: 101

Re: Ignoring ipod firmware partition?

You're not...
I'm using an Ipod (Nano 2Gb, grey or silver as you like... do not really know its "generation" but I guess it's one of the last as I bought it some months ago...)

However I have no problems using it... When I plug it and open Thunar, it shows 2 devices :
- Apple iPod Music Player
- IPOD (FRED) (just below the latter)

And by clicking on IPOD (FRED) it mounts it and I can use gtkpod without any problems...
Truly it's strange that it shows 2 devices, though as long as it works...
I cannot truly help you as I did not do anything particular to make it work (except adding me to the storage group for hal)...

Though I'll try to see if there is something particular somewhere that makes it work...
Hope you'll manage to get it to work...
Good luck !

EDIT :
Here is a screenshot that shows my thunar when my Ipod is plugged into the laptop.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n33/ … _scrot.png

Last edited by Origynet (2007-06-07 07:59:22)

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kano

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From: Michigan

Registered: 2007-05-04

Posts: 185

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Re: Ignoring ipod firmware partition?

Oh, it does work for me It's just annoying having two icons there...

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Origynet

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From: France - Cannes

Registered: 2007-05-03

Posts: 101

Re: Ignoring ipod firmware partition?

Damn !
I misunderstood you...
But this is really driving you nuts ???

Wow, as long as it works, I wouldn't have care of that strange thing...
Though If you find a solution about that, I'd be glad to hear about it...

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kano

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From: Michigan

Registered: 2007-05-04

Posts: 185

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Re: Ignoring ipod firmware partition?

I'm picky and like things a certain way... which is why I use linux

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