setup Coby MP705-4G mp3 in Ubuntu

First lets see if ubuntu detects and identifies it properly.

With mp3 player UNPLUGGED, type
lsusb

With mp3 player PLUGGED IN, type
lsusb

Please tell the output of these commands.

Thanks

Sorry I have no Idea what those terms mean. (I'm not the "in-depth" computer hardware-software type)

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal:

With mp3 player UNPLUGGED, type
lsusb

With mp3 player PLUGGED IN, type
lsusb

Please tell the output of these commands.

Thanks

This is what popped out after:

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1e74:6512
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
nitsua@Portales:~$

Your plugged device seems have an usbid not recognized by Ubuntu we can try to update the usbids with more recent updates.

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:
(if the system ask you a password give your user password, you will not see nothing when you type it, then press enter)

sudo update-usbids

then with your usb device plugged copy and paste here the output of the:

lsusb

command again.

Thank you

I wasn't sure what you wanted me to copy but this is all that I did:

nitsua@Portales:~$ sudo update-usbids
[sudo] password for nitsua:
--2009-02-28 13:22:44-- http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/usb.ids
Resolving linux-usb.sourceforge.net... 216.34.181.96
Connecting to linux-usb.sourceforge.net|216.34.181.96|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 358992 (351K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `/var/lib/misc/usb.ids.new'

100%[======================================>] 358,992 67.2K/s in 5.1s

2009-02-28 13:22:49 (68.2 KB/s) - `/var/lib/misc/usb.ids.new' saved [358992/358992]

Done.
nitsua@Portales:~$ isusb
bash: isusb: command not found
nitsua@Portales:~$

"lsusb" command is the lowercase of LSUSB

Thank you

Wait! I copied the Isusb this time and this came up:

nitsua@Portales:~$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1e74:6512
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
nitsua@Portales:~$

I'm not sure if this helps but the mp3 devise doese say its in usb mode.

Can you see your device partition under the menu Places ?

Please open a terminal and copy and paste the result of

mount

and

sudo fdisk -l

Thank you

you want me to open two different terminals for both commands??

( no I can't find my device in the menu places)

I used two terminals

sudo:

nitsua@Portales:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for nitsua:

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x02cc02cb

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 14430 115908943+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14431 14593 1309297+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 14431 14593 1309266 82 Linux swap / Solaris
nitsua@Portales:~$

mount:

nitsua@Portales:~$ mount
/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
/proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/nitsua/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=nitsua)
/dev/scd1 on /media/cdrom0 type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,utf8,user=nitsua)
nitsua@Portales:~$

Same terminal and the output of the two commands...
the 2.nd command

sudo fdisk -l

will ask you for a password, give your user password, you will not see nothing when you type it, then press enter

Thank you

Same terminal? should I try it again? If I do should i use mount first then sudo? Or should I just type in sudo fdisk -l after the results of the sudo command?

...

Ok your device seems not recognized... please keep this question opened might be some other user can answer you better.
Is your Ubuntu installation on a dual boot pc... Ubuntu + Win ?
if yes:
can you perform an hard disk check on the usb partition...?
are you able to see and browse the device using Win...?

Thank you

uh...i don't think so...

This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.

In order for Ubuntu to recognise the media player.... change these setting on the player

Setup -> System -> USB Mode -> MSC

restart the player. plug it into the computer. et voila.

Thanks jtown , changing the USB setting under system settings on my Scandisk MP3 player worked.
Ubuntu sees it now.