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Computer not reconizing my MP3 player for downloading music

Asked by Patrick Mcfarland

Last week I downloaded some music and when I plugged my MP3 player the computer asked where I wanted to send it to and one of the choices was MP3 player. Now it won't reconize my MP3 player or show MP3 player as one of the choices of where I want to send the music to. I'm stumped on what happened or what to do. Any suggestions would be appreciated and I should state that I'm computer illiterate, so if you can keep explanations in layman terms, this would be appreciated as well. Thank You!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Does the device have a make and model?
With the device attached, what is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#2

If its not obvious that your MP3 player is listed when you run the commands requested above try running

lsusb

again with the device unplugged.

The difference will be your device. Most MP3 players are recognised as external drives and you can copy music on and off them with nautilus (the file manager).

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Patrick Mcfarland (pdm-1959) said : 		#3

What's Isusb? How do I get to it? Is this Nautilus(file manager) something already on my computer? Like in System Files? Do I download it? I wasn't joking when I said I was computer illiterate! Lols. Thank You though for trying to help me. I will look for this Isusb and Nautilus

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Press CTRL+ALT+T and run the whole command there, copy the entire output and paste here as an update

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Patrick Mcfarland (pdm-1959) said : 		#5

I did the CTRL+ALT+T. What command am I to enter? If I enter lsb_release-a;uname-a;lsusb or Nautilus (file mgr) I receive "no such command found'. What do I enter after the Patrick@Ubuntu?

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Patrick Mcfarland (pdm-1959) said : 		#6

I did the CTRL+ALT+T. What command am I to enter? If I enter lsb_release-a;uname-a;lsusb or Nautilus (file mgr) I receive "no such command found'. What do I enter after the Patrick@Ubuntu?

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#7

Nautilus is the name of the file manger. If you have an old version of Ubuntu select "Places"from the top menu and it will open.

If you have a more recent version its the icon that looks a bit like a folder in the dash: second one down on my system.

lsusb is command to be entered into the terminal

Make sure you have your MP3 player plugged in first and switched on.

The simplest way to open the terminal is to press CTRL, ALT and T together. In the window that opens Enter

lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb

Unplug your MP3 wait a few seconds (10 is more than enough) and Enter

lsusb

From the menu select "Edit" > "Select All" then "Edit" > "Copy". Paste all the results back here and we should be able to help further

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#8

I suggest you copy and paste from either my post or Andrews. The spaces are important too. "lsb_release -a" is a command "lsb_release-a" is meaningless.

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Tyra-Beth Lyons (tyra-efc) said : 		#10

to warren-hill.

i have the same issue but followed your instructions and have copied these now..... cold you please help me? thank you

meenee@meenee-laptop:~$ lsb_release-a;uname-a;lsusblsusb
lsb_release-a: command not found
uname-a: command not found
lsusblsusb: command not found
meenee@meenee-laptop:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux meenee-laptop 3.2.0-25-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 20:33:05 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Bus 001 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 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:5803 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0cf3:3005 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011 Bluetooth
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 054c:0689 Sony Corp.
meenee@meenee-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 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 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:5803 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0cf3:3005 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011 Bluetooth
meenee@meenee-laptop:~$