gtkpod help?

[Elektrisk]

Hello. I have an 8gig black iPod Nano (I don't know what gen it is, but it can play videos + view photographs, as well as play games). I've always used Windows up until now. I got gtkpod and tried to add songs to the device, but the program did not recognize (display) my iPod. It is mounted, and I can listen to it in RhythmBox perfectly fine. A guide I read on "ubuntugeek"(I think?) stated that it should automatically be added as a repository (the iPod), but in my case, it isn't. Any help would be appreciated.

I'm very new to Linux, so if you need any additional information, please, let me know.

[Jordan L.]

Well, I'm not really sure about GTKPod, but I reccomend using Banshee. It's a great Audio Player, with built in iPod support. My iPod worked perfectly with Banshee, try it out and see what happens.

[Elektrisk]

Well, I'm not really sure about GTKPod, but I reccomend using Banshee. It's a great Audio Player, with built in iPod support. My iPod worked perfectly with Banshee, try it out and see what happens.

OK, this is somewhat unrelated, but I just realized all of the music was wiped from my iPod. It's weird, though. If I plug it into my computer, I can listen to it and all the tracks. but if I unplug it from my computer, it says "No songs - You can add music by syncing your iPod to iTunes." I freakin hate Apple. Any ideas?

[Jordan L.]

I'm assuming that that's because Linux tried formatting your iPod, so you lost your music. I had that same problem, but I was fixed when I used Banshee, and got music off from there.

[Salmon]

In Rhythmbox make sure the ipod plugin is enabled in edit plugins. I would suggest you make a backup of all the music (im guessing you should be able to access the music somewhere on the ipods filesystem , i don't own an ipod so im not sure) and format it and then see if it can be used in rhythmbox as it sounds like its database may have become corrupt.

[Elektrisk]

Well, I do have a backup of my music; on an external harddrive. I've decided to just switch back to XP. I was merely testing Ubuntu to see if it's something I'd like, and there's not a good enough reason for me to switch OS's, it appears. Thanks all, anyway.