iPod nano can't be re-mounted unless it is physically reconnected

[Andre Costa]

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:54:43 -0700
Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 20:45 -0300, Andre Costa wrote:
> > Hi Craig,
> > 
> > On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:42:33 -0700
> > Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 21:14 -0300, Andre Costa wrote:
> > > > Hi Kanwar,
> > > > 
> > > > On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:02:30 -0400
> > > > Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu <m3freak at rogers.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Sat, 2006-17-06 at 11:40 -0300, Andre Costa wrote:
> > > > > > I noticed that after I unmount it, /dev/sda2 disappears,
> > > > > > and the only way I can get it back is through the
> > > > > > unplug-replug process mentioned. Does this suggest a
> > > > > > problem with my USB or hotplug backend configuration?
> > > > > > Anyone experiencing this?
> > > > > 
> > > > > My digital camera turns off if idle for a few minutes.  When
> > > > > that happens, I can no longer access it from my laptop.  I
> > > > > get around it by just power cycling the camera.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Try turning the ipod off and on while it's still plugged in.
> > > > > It's effectively the same as unplugging and plugging it back
> > > > > in.
> > > > 
> > > > Thks for the tips. It could be the automatic powerdown, indeed,
> > > > but unfortunately that's not the case with the iPod. It is
> > > > still on but Linux refuses to see it. My guess is that is has
> > > > something to do with HAL daemon, because /dev/sda2 is only
> > > > recreated when I "re-plug" the iPod. I have zero HAL knowledge
> > > > to risk any other elaborated guess, though... any takers?
> > > ----
> > > this worked for me in FC-4 but I haven't fooled with it since I
> > > went to FC-5
...
> > Cool, thks for sharing this. But, AFAICS this works for removing
the
> > device, right?. With this you did not have such problems (iPod not
> > coming back unless it is reconnected)?
> ----
> yes...I would disconnect it and reconnect it

Mmmh... ok. So, it won't help me =( But, thks anyway.

Regards,

Andre

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Andre Oliveira da Costa