The directories have some other directories, but all of them are empty. I did a chmod -R when I made the changes. I am not sure how to proceed outside of the three options I outlined. Thanks for your thoughts! Mark Eric "Shubes" wrote: > I think that it's encouraging that this conforms to another system. > > What about the contents of those directories? I'm thinking that > permissions there might be restrictive. chmod -R will do a recursive > change. > > Let me know. > > P.S. > #1 I doubt that will help. > #2 sounds dangerous. I wouldn't do unless I had a backup to restore with. > #3 Who knows, but I doubt it. > > Mark Phillips wrote: > >> Eric, >> >> I changed the permissions on some of the files and gtkpod still >> cannot do what it wants to. >> >> This is what I have right now. This also conforms to what a user on >> #debain has on his ipod, except he has a vfat system, so no .journal, >> .journal_info_block and .Trashes. gtkpod still cannot initialize the >> Calendars, Contacts, Notes and iPod_Control directories. Also, the >> -------------- for .journal and .journal_info_block are strange - not >> sure what that means >> >> softball:/# ls -al /media/ipod0 >> total 1029 >> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10 May 6 13:08 . >> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 May 6 07:53 .. >> d-wx-wx-wt 1 99 99 3 Apr 7 2004 .Trashes >> ---------- 1 root root 8388608 Jan 15 2004 .journal >> ---------- 1 root root 4096 Jan 15 2004 .journal_info_block >> drwxrwxrwx 1 emily emily 2 Dec 28 1962 Calendars >> drwxrwxrwx 1 emily emily 4 Jan 23 1963 Contacts >> drwxrwxrwx 1 emily emily 3 Jan 23 1963 Notes >> drwxrwxrwx 1 emily emily 5 May 5 13:30 iPod_Control >> softball:/# >> >> Some ideas; not sure which one to pursue first: >> >> 1. Change ownership of .journal, .journal_info_block and .Trashes to >> emily.emily. Make emily.emily own everything. >> 1A. chmod a+rwx for all files on the device and owner.group=emily.emily >> 2. Delete all the files in /media/ipod0 and have gtkpod recreate >> them. I have no idea what that will do to the ipod. >> 3. Connect the ipod to a mac and itunes, add some songs, and then try >> it with linux again. Since this ipod is fresh out of the box and >> never used, maybe iTunes will correct any problems in the file >> system. Does this even sound reasonable?? >> >> Thanks for your thoughts! >> >> Mark >> >> Eric "Shubes" wrote: >> >>> I don't think that's the right umask. >>> >>> The filesystem appears to be mounted rw all right. The problem >>> appears to be that Contacts and Notes aren't readable or writable. >>> Compare security bits with Calendars. Why they're set that way (by >>> the Ipod, I presume) I don't know. If you "chmod u+r Contacts >>> Notes", that should turn the read bit for user on. "chmod u+rw >>> Contacts Notes", that should make them read-write. >>> >>> I'd do so with caution. I don't know anything about Ipods, but I'd >>> look into its setup, and try and figure out why Calendars is rw, >>> while Contacts and Notes are not readable nor writable. >>> >>> User and group 99 are defined by ipod, but are undefined on your >>> linux box, which is why they're listed simply as 99, as the system >>> doesn't have a name or group corresponding to that number. I don't >>> think that's a problem though, as the security bits for those >>> directories are all on. >>> >>> Mark Phillips wrote: >>> >>>> I tried >>>> softball:~# mount -t hfsplus -o defaults,user,umask=0222 /dev/sda3 >>>> /media/ipod0 >>>> >>>> and got the same results... >>>> >>>> softball:~# ls -al /media/ipod0 >>>> total 1029 >>>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10 May 5 10:13 . >>>> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 May 6 07:53 .. >>>> d-wx-wx-wt 1 99 99 3 Apr 7 2004 .Trashes >>>> ---------- 1 root root 8388608 Jan 15 2004 .journal >>>> ---------- 1 root root 4096 Jan 15 2004 .journal_info_block >>>> drwxr--r-- 1 emily emily 2 Dec 28 1962 Calendars >>>> d--x--x--x 1 emily emily 4 Jan 23 1963 Contacts >>>> d--x--x--x 1 emily emily 3 Jan 23 1963 Notes >>>> drwxrwxrwx 1 99 99 5 May 5 13:30 iPod_Control >>>> softball:~# Did I add the umask parameter correctly? >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> Anthony Boynes wrote: >>>> >>>>> You might try adding the umask option. >>>>> >>>>> umask=0222 >>>>> >>>>> Anthony >>>>> >>>>> On 5/6/05, Mark Phillips wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I am trying to figure out the correct parameters to mount my iPod. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am running kernel 2.6.7-1-386 with Debian sarge. The iPod is >>>>>> accessed >>>>>> as a scsi device, and I am using gtkpod to access the device. >>>>>> However, I >>>>>> am having a problem just running mount to access the iPod's drive >>>>>> correctly. >>>>>> >>>>>> No matter what combination of parameters I try, the file >>>>>> permissions for >>>>>> the mounted files end up as user and group 99, which I think are >>>>>> root, >>>>>> and I cannot get rw permissions for the files. >>>>>> >>>>>> For example, >>>>>> >>>>>> mount -t hfsplus -o rw,defaults,user /dev/sda3 /media/ipod0 >>>>>> >>>>>> results in >>>>>> #mount >>>>>> /dev/sda3 on /media/ipod0 type hfsplus (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) >>>>>> >>>>>> and >>>>>> >>>>>> #ls -al /media/ipod0 >>>>>> total 1029 >>>>>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10 May 5 10:13 . >>>>>> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 May 6 07:53 .. >>>>>> d-wx-wx-wt 1 99 99 3 Apr 7 2004 .Trashes >>>>>> ---------- 1 root root 8388608 Jan 15 2004 .journal >>>>>> ---------- 1 root root 4096 Jan 15 2004 .journal_info_block >>>>>> drwxr--r-- 1 emily emily 2 Dec 28 1962 Calendars >>>>>> d--x--x--x 1 emily emily 4 Jan 23 1963 Contacts >>>>>> d--x--x--x 1 emily emily 3 Jan 23 1963 Notes >>>>>> drwxrwxrwx 1 99 99 5 May 5 13:30 iPod_Control >>>>>> >>>>>> I cannot read or write any of the files in Calendars, Contacts or >>>>>> Notes >>>>>> (no rw) and I cannot add music to iPod_Control (because of the >>>>>> user/group 99). >>>>>> >>>>>> I read the man page for mount and it says "defaults" should set >>>>>> these >>>>>> options - rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, and async, and user >>>>>> should >>>>>> trump the nouser option for defaults. I want the owner and group >>>>>> to be >>>>>> "user" (emily, in this case) and to have "rw" permissions on all >>>>>> the files. >>>>>> >>>>>> Can someone help me unravel the mysteries of mount? My daughter is >>>>>> really pestering me to get her new iPod to work...She is even >>>>>> threatening to re-install Windows on her machine to run iTunes!! >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> Mark >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss