Comment 14 for bug 1313430

This bug affects me too. ipod shuffle 4G; just trying to open the ipod in rhythmbox crashed rhythmbox. This is very annoying. With 13.10 and rhythmbox, I had finally found a way to sync my ipod without using itunes. The upgrade to 14.04 ruined it for me :(
I still have my 13.10 install on an external HDD, so I can boot that and use it to sync, but that's a pretty crap workaround.

rhythmbox's debug output is strange. While processing the request to open the ipod, a large amount of blank lines is output, then some more normal output follows, ending like this:

...
mns: last-played => 17
(18:49:39) [0xab9a60] [rb_entry_view_sync_columns_visible] rb-entry-view.c:2445: visible columns: album => 5
(18:49:39) [0xab9a60] [rb_entry_view_sync_columns_visible] rb-entry-view.c:2445: visible columns: rating => 15
(18:49:39) [0xab9a60] [rb_entry_view_sync_columns_visible] rb-entry-view.c:2445: visible columns: track-number => 6
(18:49:39) [0xab9a60] [rb_source_bind_settings] rb-source.c:1437: binding paned position for (null)
(18:49:39) [0xab9a60] [rb_source_bind_settings] rb-source.c:1446: binding show-browser for (null)
(18:49:39) [0xab9a60] [rb_property_view_selection_changed_cb] rb-property-view.c:864: selection changed
(18:49:39) [0xab9a60] [rb_display_page_model_add_page] rb-display-page-model.c:669: inserting source Podcasts with parent 0x1b42320
Speicherzugriffsfehler (Speicherabzug geschrieben)

hmmm... I don't have podcasts on this ipod. Does it assume I do and stumbles on an empty list? Just guessing.