It seems Jaunty has a bug working with Sansa players – the Fuze, the E-series etc. It works intermittently in RhythmBox with MTP mode and doesnt work at all in the (more compatible) MSC mode.
The problem is with some of the other probes that are conflicting with this device – I think Ubuntu thinks the Sansa is a webcam for some reason.
anyway the fix is simply – just do
sudo mv /usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor/20-libgphoto2.fdi ~/20-libgphoto2.fdi.bak
Connecting the sansa device should work now.
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HI I am using Jaunty and having this problem, I tried what you suggested and it says:
mv: missing destination file operand after `/usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor/20-libgphoto2.fdi~/20-libgphoto2.fdi.bak’
Try `mv –help’ for more information.
I’m not sure what to do. I am about ready to go back to Hardy! Everything worked better…
Dude, I just realized that after trying what you suggested here my computer does not recognize anything I plug in. Before it at least knew my sansa was there but now it doesn’t, and nothing else-camera, wireless keyboard, external hard drive, works at all. This only made things worse!
@sugarmag – that is precisely why I had you MOVE things rather than delete them.
Simply do the reverse
sudo mv ~/20-libgphoto2.fdi.bak /usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor/20-libgphoto2.fdi
and things should be back to normal.
Also, this is surprising, this should not happen in practice.
Hi thanks for responding, I just wanted to let you know that after I rebooted all of my usb ports worked again. Sorry for the panic.
I don’t really know what I am doing, I am just learning as I go. I did type exactly what you suggested and my sansa is still not really working with Jaunty.
Hi SugarMag,
Looking at your first post – you mistyped the command. You’re missing a space before the ~ sign.
Regards,
Nevyn.