Amarok corrupting iPod db?

[Felipe Figueiredo]

Em Saturday 08 December 2007 15:44:15 Edgars Šmits escreveu:
> This may not be a specific Ubuntu issue, but I thought I'd try here
> first. I'm running Gutsy, but the same problem happened a few times
> with Feisty too as I recall.
> 
> I manage my iPod through Amarok, usually with no issues, however at
> least 4 times over the last year after disconnecting m y iPod from
> within Amarok, then unmounting it in Ubuntu, I discover that my iPod
> shows no contents at all - all music/podcasts etc are MIA. When I
> connect it back up Amarok tells me I have 2 GB worth of orphaned
> files, and as far as I can tell the only fix is to re-initialize the
> iPod using iTunes in XP, a real pain at this point when I have
> eliminated XP from all of my family machines...
> 
> Has anyone else had this problem? Any solutions from within Ubuntu? I
> really like Amarok, the only KDE app I use, and would prefer not to
> have to start using another app, but will do so if that's the only
> solution. I'll also start searching elsewhere, but this group quite
> often has the answers even when the problem isn't really Ubuntu
> related.
> 

I second that. I have in my hands both a 3rd generation nano and an ipod touch 
to make them work in the respective's owners ubuntus. The following link 
appeared here last week, but I haven't had the time tp try it yet:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4759661C.9090706%40chch.ox.ac.uk&forum_name=gtkpod-devel
http://gtkpod.wikispaces.com/Sysinfo+File#ClassicNano3g

If you could test and report back, I would be most grateful.

FF