Bug 674187 - ipod treated as MTP device
Summary: ipod treated as MTP device
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: rhythmbox
Version: 13
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Bastien Nocera
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-01-31 22:08 UTC by Jonathan Wakely
Modified: 2011-06-27 12:22 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-06-27 12:22:07 UTC
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Description Jonathan Wakely 2011-01-31 22:08:08 UTC
Description of problem:
I've just bought an ipod and tried to connect it and copy some music to it, but instead of being recognised as an ipod it is recognised as an MPT device, so I can't transfer files to it

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhythmbox-0.12.8-4.fc13.x86_64
libgpod-0.8.0-3.fc13.x86_64
usbmuxd-1.0.6-1.fc13.x86_64


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. connect ipod
2. start rhythmbox
3. choose File->Scan Removable Media
  
Actual results:
ipod appears on the menu, but when it's selected the top toolbar has an "Eject MTP-device" icon, and attempting to transfer files gives this error for each file:

Unable to send file to MTP device: PTP Layer error 02ff: LIBMTP_Send_File_From_File_Descriptor(): Could not send object.


Expected results:

ipod is correctly mounted and accessible and files can be transferred to it

Additional info:

ipod model is touch 3G 32GB

Comment 1 Jonathan Wakely 2011-01-31 22:09:45 UTC
libmtp-1.0.3-2.fc13.x86_64

Comment 2 Jonathan Wakely 2011-01-31 22:13:29 UTC
more info:

I'm using KDE.  when I plug the ipod in the device notifier only shows me a camera device called "USB Imaging Interface" - the ipod is not shown as a storage device and is not mounted

Comment 3 Jonathan Wakely 2011-01-31 22:22:09 UTC
I think the problem is that my ipod isn't being mounted - gtkpod can't find it, but for some reason rhythmbox does find it, but incorrectly

N.B. as soon as I plugged it in and started rhythmbox I got a gvfs crash, reproted as PR 658948

has that bricked this brand new ipod?!

Comment 4 Jonathan Wakely 2011-02-02 23:31:47 UTC
well after plugging the ipod into a Mac running iTunes it seems to be working ok.  It would be helpful if the Fedora release notes which talk about improved ipod support mentioned that it's not possible to do anything with some models until initializing them with iTunes - so it's not possible to use them *only* with Linux.

However, now when I choose "Scan removable media" in rhythmbox it doesn't notice the ipod at all, and so I can't even reproduce the MTP error that I reported in this PR

So it seems that all the time I spent tracking down an older 3G ipod touch that should work with Linux was wasted, because I still can't use it, and need a proprietary OS and iTunes ... exactly what I hoped to avoid.  

Does anyone have any suggestions for how to use this ipod with Fedora?

Comment 5 Jonathan Wakely 2011-02-02 23:33:08 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> N.B. as soon as I plugged it in and started rhythmbox I got a gvfs crash,
> reproted as PR 658948

should read "reported as Bug 658948"

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