gtkpod on u 8.4

[JoeHill]

John Moniz wrote: 

> 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.

/joe goes to download Ubuntu 8.04

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