iPod cannot be used in banshee/songbird/gtkpod

[johnny b]

Binary package hint: gvfs

Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
Linux shine-karmic 2.6.31-14-generic-pae #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 15:22:42 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
gvfs:
  Installed: 1.4.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.4.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.4.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Plug in iPod (nano and 120Gig classic) get these errors in dmesg:
[ 6005.480448] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb1.
[ 6259.618242] FAT: invalid media value (0x2f)

Ipod mounts on desktop ok, but can't be used in songbird, banshee, exhaile, any iPod manager except for rhythmbox. Nautilus browses ipod directory fine.

fdisl -l /dev/sdb shows:
Disk /dev/sdb: 2047 MB, 2047868416 bytes
248 heads, 62 sectors/track, 260 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15376 * 512 = 7872512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x20202020

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 11 80293+ 0 Empty
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(0, 1, 1) logical=(0, 1, 2)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(9, 254, 63) logical=(10, 111, 8)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb2 11 261 1919543+ b W95 FAT32
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(10, 0, 7) logical=(10, 111, 15)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(248, 247, 62) logical=(260, 31, 61)

sdb1 is the iPod's Operating System and GVFS is attempting to mount it, i believe. sdb2 is the vfat partition where the music lives.

mount shows:
/dev/sdb2 on /media/JBB-POD type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush)

If I unmount the ipod (/media/JBB-POD) and then mount it manually:
sudo mount -t vfat -o rw,user,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush /dev/sdb2 /media/ipod/

Everything is fine. It can then be used by all iPod managers (songbird, banshee, etc).

I dualboot with Janunty (9.04) and everything is fine when iPod is mounted automatically.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 21 03:07:29 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gvfs 1.4.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic-pae
SourcePackage: gvfs
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic-pae i686

[johnny b (stepore)]

anyone? anything?

I've installed a fresh Karmic (released today) on a new HP laptop. Same errors.

uhelper=devkit Is definitely the culprit. Mounting manually without it works. How can I fix this so the automount doesn't use it?

cheers.

[Sebastian Martinez (tychocity)]

same problem here. Ipod Nano white. I can mount manually the sdb2 partition

[187049.730671] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
[187049.882605] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices
[187049.882976] scsi13 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[187049.883079] usb-storage: device found at 9
[187049.883081] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[187054.880411] usb-storage: device scan complete
[187054.881269] scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access Apple iPod 1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[187054.881795] sd 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[187054.885164] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Adjusting the sector count from its reported value: 3999744
[187054.885170] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] 3999743 512-byte logical blocks: (2.04 GB/1.90 GiB)
[187054.886540] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[187054.886543] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 68 00 00 08
[187054.886545] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[187054.888252] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Adjusting the sector count from its reported value: 3999744
[187054.889503] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[187054.889507] sdb: sdb1 sdb2
[187054.894507] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Adjusting the sector count from its reported value: 3999744
[187054.895753] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[187054.895756] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[187057.353112] FAT: invalid media value (0x2f)
[187057.353117] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb1.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

automount works, sot it's not a dk-disks bug. Tentatively assigning to gvfs.

Can you please copy&paste the output of "gvfs-mount -li" after an automount and after manually mounting?

[Sebastian Martinez (tychocity)]

today is working okay

sebas@wsftysing019:~$ gvfs-mount -li
Drive(0): Disquete
  Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
  ids:
   unix-device: '/dev/fd0'
  themed icons: [drive-removable-media-floppy] [drive-removable-media] [drive-removable] [drive]
  is_media_removable=1
  has_media=0
  is_media_check_automatic=0
  can_poll_for_media=1
  can_eject=0
  can_start=0
  can_stop=0
  start_stop_type=unknown
Drive(1): Apple iPod
  Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
  ids:
   unix-device: '/dev/sdb'
  themed icons: [multimedia-player] [multimedia]
  is_media_removable=1
  has_media=1
  is_media_check_automatic=1
  can_poll_for_media=1
  can_eject=1
  can_start=0
  can_stop=1
  start_stop_type=shutdown
  Volume(0): SEBAS
    Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
    ids:
     uuid: '2140-BEA4'
     unix-device: '/dev/sdb2'
     label: 'SEBAS'
    themed icons: [multimedia-player] [multimedia]
    can_mount=1
    can_eject=1
    should_automount=1
    Mount(0): SEBAS -> file:///media/SEBAS
      Type: GProxyMount (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
      themed icons: [multimedia-player] [multimedia]
      x_content_types: x-content/audio-player
      can_unmount=1
      can_eject=1
      is_shadowed=0
Drive(2): Unidad de CD/DVD
  Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
  ids:
   unix-device: '/dev/sr0'
  themed icons: [drive-optical] [drive]
  is_media_removable=1
  has_media=0
  is_media_check_automatic=1
  can_poll_for_media=1
  can_eject=0
  can_start=0
  can_stop=0
  start_stop_type=unknown
Mount(0): incautado en wsftysing026 -> smb://wsftysing026/incautado/
  Type: GDaemonMount
  themed icons: [folder-remote] [folder]
  can_unmount=1
  can_eject=0
  is_shadowed=0
Mount(1): fuentes en nbsf000fss01 -> smb://nbsf000fss01/fuentes/
  Type: GDaemonMount
  themed icons: [folder-remote] [folder]
  can_unmount=1
  can_eject=0
  is_shadowed=0

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Thanks for confirming! I assume that one of the countless fixes right before the Karmic release did the trick then. :-)

[johnny b (stepore)]

Thanks for joining the discussion, Martin and Sebastien.

Sadly, it's still not working automatically for me. I still get the exact same errors. The only work arounds that I have are either manually mounting it, or following these steps:
1. pkill nautilus
2. plug in iPod
3. open nautilus from terminal

Then, iPod shows on desktop and is useable by gtkpod, songbird, banshee, rhythmbox et al.

gvfs-mount -li gives me the exact same output after automounting and manually mounting:
Drive(0): Apple iPod
  Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
  ids:
   unix-device: '/dev/sdb'
  themed icons: [multimedia-player] [multimedia]
  is_media_removable=1
  has_media=1
  is_media_check_automatic=1
  can_poll_for_media=1
  can_eject=1
  can_start=0
  can_stop=1
  start_stop_type=shutdown
  Volume(0): JBB-POD
    Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
    ids:
     uuid: 'E3DA-3DE1'
     unix-device: '/dev/sdb2'
     label: 'JBB-POD'
    themed icons: [multimedia-player] [multimedia]
    can_mount=1
    can_eject=1
    should_automount=1
    Mount(0): JBB-POD -> file:///media/JBB-POD
      Type: GProxyMount (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
      themed icons: [multimedia-player] [multimedia]
      x_content_types: x-content/audio-player
      can_unmount=1
      can_eject=1
      is_shadowed=0
Drive(1): 320 GB Hard Disk
  Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
  ids:
   unix-device: '/dev/sda'
  themed icons: [drive-harddisk-ata] [drive-harddisk] [drive]
  is_media_removable=0
  has_media=1
  is_media_check_automatic=0
  can_poll_for_media=0
  can_eject=0
  can_start=0
  can_stop=0
  start_stop_type=unknown
  Volume(0): win7
    Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
    ids:
     uuid: '8EF46872F4685F09'
     unix-device: '/dev/sda2'
     label: 'win7'
    themed icons: [drive-harddisk-ata] [drive-harddisk] [drive]
    can_mount=1
    can_eject=0
    should_automount=0
  Volume(1): 10 GB Filesystem
    Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
    ids:
     uuid: '4a984494-f2b0-4121-ae8d-055150f1b25d'
     unix-device: '/dev/sda6'
    themed icons: [drive-harddisk-ata] [drive-harddisk] [drive]
    can_mount=1
    can_eject=0
    should_automount=0
  Volume(2): 10 GB Filesystem
    Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
    ids:
     uuid: '33118c72-0be9-446f-92de-22d2822a1021'
     unix-device: '/dev/sda7'
    themed icons: [drive-harddisk-ata] [drive-harddisk] [drive]
    can_mount=1
    can_eject=0
    should_automount=0
Drive(2): CD/DVD Drive
  Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorGdu)
  ids:
   unix-device: '/dev/sr0'
  themed icons: [drive-optical] [drive]
  is_media_removable=1
  has_media=0
  is_media_check_automatic=1
  can_poll_for_media=1
  can_eject=0
  can_start=0
  can_stop=0
  start_stop_type=unknown

[chris (kriz3)]

for me, i solved the problem by letting hal ignore the first partition of the ipod.
first, you need the label of the partition (replace '/dev/sdb1' by the device your ipod uses):
# lshal -u `hal-find-by-property --key block.device --string /dev/sdd1` | grep volume.label
   volume.label = 'iPod' (string)

create a fdi file in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/, e.g. ipod-ignore-firmware.fdi:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
    <match key="volume.label" string="iPod">
      <merge key="volume.ignore" type="bool">true</merge>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>
replace "iPod" by the label you got with lshal.

at last, restart the hal daemon:
service hal restart