gtkpod on u 8.4

[John Moniz]

JoeHill wrote:
> Lindsay A. B. Moniz wrote: 
>
>   
>> Mr Chris Aitken wrote:
>>     
>>> I messed up my daughter's ubuntu 7.10 installation a few weeks ago by 
>>> thrashing about trying to "fix" permissions after an scp data backup.
>>> I finally got around to reinstalling the OS, putting the new ubuntu 
>>> 8.4 on. I want to install gtkpod again. The first time I did this ( on 
>>> 7.10) it took me six weeks to get everything working. Is the install 
>>> pretty much the same for 8.4? There was an svn install, and putting 
>>> firewire ID in the right place. The reason I don't want to rush into 
>>> this is that, if possible, I don't want to lose the songs that are 
>>> already on the iPod. Now her graduation is coming up (this Wednesday) 
>>> and she is to be the DJ with her iPod. IIRC it's the 4GB "Silver" Nano.
>>>
>>> Chris  
>>>       
>> Nothing special is needed to make the iPod work with Ubuntu 8.04. I 
>> don't recall trying gtkpod, but my daughter is using it with rythmbox.
>>     
>
> Careful, it does kinda depend on the device. What version of libgpod and
> rhythmbox?
>
> iPod Classic and 5th gen Nanos are only supported as of libgpod 0.6.0, IIRC.
>
> If the latest iPods are working with 8.04 out of the box, that is really really
> great work on the part of the Ubuntu team.
I don't have access to 8.04 at the moment, but I recall checking to make 
sure it had libgpod 0.6.0, as per previous instructions :-). It was the 
reason I upgraded my daughter's distro.

John.
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