the subject field is too small for the title i wanted, which is "amarok 2.3.0 won't detect ipod after eject and reconnect".

ubuntu karmic
amarok 2.3.0

when i first connect my ipod (after reboot, presumably), amarok sees it fine. if i eject it from within amarok, then either remount it or eject/reconnect, amarok doesn't see it anymore.

i should note that my /media/IPOD is symlinked to /media/NANOOOOO (where gnome automounts my ipod). side note: what's the deal with amarok needing the mountpoint to be /media/IPOD? i don't understand why you can't specify it like in amarok 1.4.

anyway, i don't know why it works once, then never again. thoughts? thanks!

I don't know either, but you might check what's going on within Amarok, by running it from the console:

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amarok -d --nofork

See what output you get once you eject and then reconnect. Perhaps it is not properly being automounted again? Hard to know without some output.

Valorie

after i eject and reconnect:

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amarok:   [MediaDeviceCache] Found new Solid device with udi =  "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_2984_001B"
amarok:   [MediaDeviceCache] Device name is =  "NANOOOOO"  and was made by  ""
amarok:   [MediaDeviceCache] volume is generic storage
amarok:   [MediaDeviceCache] storage volume is not accessible right now, not adding.

the ipod is both mounted and writable by my normal user. if i reboot, i can connect it fine.

right... if i manually mount my ipod at /media/IPOD, not symlinked, amarok finds it fine. is there a way to tell amarok to use a different mountpoint? i mean, not all ipods are named "IPOD", right?

Perhaps you'll find the help you need here: http://wp.me/pKriD-9

Hope this helps,

Valorie

if it's ipod nano 5g, nothing will detect it (except itunes)

When I installed ifuse (which was not installed by default by openSUSE 11.3 automatically) amarok was able to detect my iPod classic.

valoriez wrote:Perhaps you'll find the help you need here: http://wp.me/pKriD-9

Hope this helps,

Valorie

This is outdated and only works for old ipod generations.

m0nk