iPod

[Alf Eaton]

On Nov 10, 2004, at 01:45, Carlos Perelló Marín wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 01:12 +0100, Alf Eaton wrote:
>> I'm using hoary, and when an iPod is plugged in via USB it mounts at
>> /dev/sdb3. The problem is that I can't get access with normal user
>> permissions.
>> /etc/fstab is mapping /dev/sdb3 to /mnt/ipod, using the hfsplus file
>> system (it's Mac formatted), but the times I can get it mounted gtkpod
>> isn't able to read or write anything unless it's run as sudo.
>> A lot of the time it doesn't even mount, just says '/dev/sdb3 is not a
>> block device' (but I'm not sure what's different in those cases).
>>
>> Has anyone been able to use an iPod satisfactorily with Ubuntu?
>
>
> That's a know bug:
>
> https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2197
> http://carlos.pemas.net/blog/20041024002.html
>
> Your only chance at this moment is change the ownership of the whole
> iPod to your Linux user but that change will prevent that you use your
> iPod with MacOSX.
>

I seem to be able to access it, for now, if I use 'sudo chmod 777' on 
/mnt/ipod, while it's mounted. The trouble is that half the time (at 
least) it doesn't even mount at all - there's just a '/dev/sdb3 is not 
a block device' error. I'm worried that connecting and disconnecting 
the iPod repeatedly is going to damage it, as even when it's mounted 
and unmounted properly, the 'do not disconnect' message never 
disappears from the screen.

alf.