On Wed, 6 May 2009 11:39:25 -0400 JoeHill <joeh...@teksavvy.com> wrote:
> Raquel wrote: > > > On Wed, 6 May 2009 08:56:15 -0400 > > Christopher Judd <j...@wadsworth.org> wrote: > > > > > My son is fed up with Windows and wants to purge it from his > > > system, and run ubuntu or debian. The only thing holding him > > > back at this time is itunes. > > > > You will hear a lot of "it works with $someplayer". That is a > > VERY broad statement considering all the different iPods and > > generations of iPods. For instance, just moving files from a > > player to a 4th gen Nano will make it unusable and make it > > necessary to start over again by using a Windows/mac machine and > > iTunes. I know. I have a 4th gen Nano and have tried. I have > > made several trips over to the neighbor's house to use iTunes. > > That just means you're using an outdated version of libgpod which > does not understand the iPod's encrypted database, and so cannot > write to it properly. The database gets corrupted and it looks like > there's nothing on it. > > You just need to upgrade to a newer version of libgpod. You should > drop by the IRC channel at #gtkpod, that's where I got help so many > months ago when I was running into the same problem. > I'll be checking it out. I know that a couple of months ago it didn't. I had big hopes when I installed on the new laptop I got at the end of January. -- Raquel http://www.byraquel.com ============================================================ We get so much in the habit of wearing a disguise before others that we eventually appear disguised before ourselves. --Jim Bishop -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org