Mark, I'm at a loss for any other suggestions. As I said before, I know nothing about ipods. gtkpod developers should be of some help. Good luck with it, and let us know how you make out. Mark Phillips wrote: > 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 > > -- -Eric 'shubes' "There is no such thing as the People; it is a collectivist myth. 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