[Pkg-gtkpod-devel] Bug#573017: libgpod4: songs are correctly transferred to ipod but the device says that it's empty (ipod black 8gb)

[marcello]

Package: libgpod4
Version: 0.7.90git20100216-0ubuntu3
Severity: grave
Justification: causes non-serious data loss

Using rhythmbox 0.12.6-3 and libgpod 0.7.2-2+b1 from debian testing on amd64 platform to manage an ipod.
After uploading songs from rhythmbox to the ipod, the files are correctly uploaded (e.g. i can see and open them with nautilus), but the ipod software shows that it contains 0 songs, thus making the device effectively unusable.

I found description of the bug (and a possible solution) in the ubuntu's launchpad (=> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgpod/+bug/461639). I have the same model of ipod reported in launchpad.

For now, I solved the problem by installing an updated version of libgpod taken from ubuntu lucid repositories (0.7.90git20100216-0ubuntu3) and its related dependencies (=> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/amd64/libgpod4). After rebooting, the ipod recognized the songs correctly.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libgpod4 depends on:
ii  libc6                   2.10.2-6         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.22.4-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.18.6-1         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libimobiledevice0       0.9.7-2          Library for communicating with the
ii  libplist1               1.1-1            Library for handling Apple binary 
ii  libsqlite3-0            3.6.22-1         SQLite 3 shared library
ii  libxml2                 2.7.6.dfsg-2+b1  GNOME XML library
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages libgpod4 recommends:
ii  libgpod-common                0.7.2-2+b1 common files for libgpod

libgpod4 suggests no packages.

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