Problems with iPod

[Ed Smits]

Yup, just checked, the file is zero length on my nano...

Odd though, it worked fine with my previous installation at 2.6.17

Is there a fix or work-around?

Thanks

ED

On 10/19/06, Jamie Wellnitz <Jamie.Wellnitz at emulex.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 05:21:08PM -0400, Ed Smits wrote:
> > No, the kernel sees the iPod, I can mount it (using USB, not
> > Firewire), look into the file system, unmount it. I am even able to
> > administer it with iTunes from an XP guest session running in VMWare
> > server, that's how desperate I was today to get some new music on
> > it<G>. This is a clean install of 2.6.18, I previously had 2.6.17
> > running and it worked flawlessly - I had issues with Amerok but not
> > the iPod.
>
> Does this file (on the iPod) have anything in it?
>
> /iPod_Control/Device/SysInfo
>
> Apparently on newer iPods this file is zero-length which causes
> problems for the Linux tools.  (I just ran into this when I got a Nano
> to replace my Mini which works fine.)
>
> >
> > ED
>
> Thanks,
>         Jamie