I need iPod help!!!

Asked by Shreya

I am new to the whole ubuntu thing as well as banshee...
so i basically don't know a lot
I have a raid bug on my iPod nano, which is the original version, not the new kind, and its a 4 gig
#!/bin/bash

function print_raid_bug_warning () {
 echo " ************************* WARNING *************************"
 echo " * This iPod suffers from the volume.fsusage=raid bug. *"
 echo " * As such, it cannot be used in Banshee. This is not a *"
 echo " * Banshee or gnome-volume-manager bug. And the issue is *"
 echo " * very well known. *"
 echo " * *"
 echo " * Please read the following web page for more information *"
 echo " * including possible fixes to the problem: *"
 echo " * *"
 echo " * http://banshee-project.org/Troubleshooting/iPod/RaidBug *"
 echo " ***********************************************************"
}

function hal_dump_ipods() {
 ipod_count=0

 for udi in `hal-find-by-property \
  --key portable_audio_player.type \
  --string ipod`; do

  has_raid_bug="no"
  ipod_count=$((ipod_count + 1))

  echo "<---- iPod Device $ipod_count ---->"

  hal-device $udi

  for child_udi in `hal-find-by-property \
   --key info.parent \
   --string $udi`; do

   hal-device $child_udi

   volume_fsusage=$(hal-get-property \
    --udi $child_udi \
    --key volume.fsusage 2>/dev/null \
   )

   if [ ! "x$volume_fsusage" = "xfilesystem" ]; then
    has_raid_bug="yes"
   fi
  done

  if [ "x$has_raid_bug" = "xyes" ]; then
   print_raid_bug_warning
   echo
  fi
 done
}

if [ -x `which ipod` ]; then
 echo "[[------------ Output of 'ipod --list' ------------]]"
 echo

 ipod --list

 echo
 echo
fi

 echo "[[-------------------- HAL Dump -------------------]]"
echo

hal_dump_ipods

This is what it says....and i tried some patches that i found...the problem is I don't konw where to put the patches and the patches i found were for the new 2 gig nanos
so if anyone could help me out...that would be greatly appriciated
thank you
:)

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Anders (andersja+launchpad-net) said :
#1

Hi. Did you try the tricks listed at http://banshee-project.org/Troubleshooting/iPod/RaidBug ? What you list above is a shell script. Save it to a text file (or in Firefox right click the link http://banshee-project.org/files/ipod-debug-dump.sh select a folder location you can easily find e,g, your user's home folder or your desktop) then open a terminal (click Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal ) and type: (if it's in your home directory):

chmod u+x ipod-debug-dump.sh

then:

./ipod-debug-dump.sh

and see what it says.

If your ipod is confirmed as buggy, this issue should have been fixed by this: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/66068

If you believe it is still not fixed, please add your comments to that bug or open a new bug here (include references to this question and the above bug for speedier processing!): https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+filebug

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Shreya (shreyap2006) said :
#2

when i open terminal it says file is not found. And i saved it in my desktop and tried what you wrote!

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Anders (andersja+launchpad-net) said :
#3

Hi

if you saved it to the desktop, open a terminal and do:

cd Desktop

then

chmod u+x ipod-debug-dump.sh

then:

./ipod-debug-dump.sh

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