Unable to mount 80GB iPod with nautilus

Which iPod are you trying to mount?

I get the exact same error, and my iPod is an 80 GB, which has always worked on jaunty.
Also, Banshee cannot read it as it is 'not mounted by HAL' (but I assume that's just because Nautilus is unable to mount it).

iPod Black 80GB

Here's a dmesg from when connecting my ipod: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/219910/

Here's the relevant terminal output from doing a dmesg when connecting my iPod:

[ 1596.416037] usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[ 1596.550049] usb 2-3: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices
[ 1596.550450] scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 1596.550579] usb-storage: device found at 4
[ 1596.550581] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 1601.548225] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 1601.548842] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access Apple iPod 1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 1601.549409] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[ 1601.551703] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] 39075372 2048-byte logical blocks: (80.0 GB/74.5 GiB)
[ 1601.555705] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 1601.555708] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 68 00 00 08
[ 1601.555710] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1601.557191] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] 39075372 2048-byte logical blocks: (80.0 GB/74.5 GiB)
[ 1601.560952] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1601.560957] sdc: sdc1 sdc2
[ 1601.574462] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] 39075372 2048-byte logical blocks: (80.0 GB/74.5 GiB)
[ 1601.602322] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1601.602326] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 1606.565199] FAT: invalid media value (0x2f)
[ 1606.565205] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdc1.
[ 1607.708620] FAT: invalid media value (0x2f)
[ 1607.708625] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdc1.

Oops, sorry for the duplicate posts - unstable internet connection.

Same Problem with Ipod Mini 4Gb...

[16770.924183] usb 1-10: USB disconnect, address 8
[16770.929123] FAT: bread failed in fat_clusters_flush
[16770.941163] FAT: bread failed in fat_clusters_flush
[16770.944601] FAT: bread failed in fat_clusters_flush
[16770.944662] FAT: bread failed in fat_clusters_flush
[17089.624033] usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
[17089.757310] usb 1-10: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[17089.760275] scsi11 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[17089.760532] usb-storage: device found at 9
[17089.760536] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[17094.760345] usb-storage: device scan complete
[17094.762440] scsi 11:0:0:0: Direct-Access Apple iPod 1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[17094.763150] sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[17094.790171] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] Adjusting the sector count from its reported value: 7978320
[17094.790185] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] 7978319 512-byte logical blocks: (4.08 GB/3.80 GiB)
[17094.799293] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[17094.799301] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 64 00 00 08
[17094.799306] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[17094.801420] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] Adjusting the sector count from its reported value: 7978320
[17094.809293] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[17094.809301] sdb: sdb1 sdb2
[17094.834889] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] Adjusting the sector count from its reported value: 7978320
[17094.844303] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[17094.844314] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[17095.554550] FAT: invalid media value (0x2f)
[17095.554555] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb1.
[17095.962919] FAT: invalid media value (0x2f)
[17095.962923] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb1.

I forgot to say that I'm using

Ubuntu karmic (development branch) 64bit
Kernel Linux: 2.6.31-4-generic

Hi Guys,

Can you please confirm this issue remains with the latest 2.6.31-8 kernel? Thanks.

It still happens the same for me with my Ipod mini 4Gb. Anyway now it seems karmic mounts my ipod as a removable drive, though it is no detected and doesn't work with banshee.

[20254.332053] usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[20254.465699] usb 1-10: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[20254.468861] scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[20254.469160] usb-storage: device found at 5
[20254.469164] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[20259.468221] usb-storage: device scan complete
[20259.469928] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access Apple iPod 1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[20259.470330] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[20259.480289] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Adjusting the sector count from its reported value: 7978320
[20259.480296] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 7978319 512-byte logical blocks: (4.08 GB/3.80 GiB)
[20259.482806] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[20259.482812] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 64 00 00 08
[20259.482814] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[20259.485287] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Adjusting the sector count from its reported value: 7978320
[20259.487782] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[20259.487787] sdb: sdb1 sdb2
[20259.516919] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Adjusting the sector count from its reported value: 7978320
[20259.518812] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[20259.518819] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[20260.244547] FAT: invalid media value (0x2f)
[20260.244552] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb1.
[20261.150795] FAT: invalid media value (0x2f)
[20261.150801] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb1.

Ubuntu karmic (development branch) 64bit
Kernel Linux: 2.6.31-8.19

I would like to gather a bit more data on this. Can you attach the output of "sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb" (given sdb is the iPod)? In general, I see unsuccessful mounts of the first partition, which might not be the one containing the data (thus the question for the fdisk data). And you might verify directly whether "sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt" works and yields the data under /mnt.

Yes, you are right, I can mount sdb2 partition, it is automatically mounted at /media/IPOD but it still not detected in Banshee. Maybe this bug is another one, not sure if it's related.

"sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb"
Disc /dev/sdb: 4084 MB, 4084899328 octets
160 heads, 62 sectors/track, 804 cylinders
Units = cilindres of 9920 * 512 = 5079040 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x20202020

Dispositiu Arrenc. Inici Final Blocs Id Sistema
/dev/sdb1 1 9 40131 0 Empty
La partició 1 té diferents començaments físics/lògics (no Linux?):
     físic=(0, 1, 1) lògic=(0, 1, 2)
La partició 1 té diferents finals físics/lògics:
     físic=(4, 254, 63) lògic=(8, 15, 35)
La partició 1 no acaba en un límit de cilindre.
/dev/sdb2 9 805 3948997 b W95 FAT32
La partició 2 té diferents començaments físics/lògics (no Linux?):
     físic=(5, 0, 1) lògic=(8, 15, 36)
La partició 2 té diferents finals físics/lògics:
     físic=(496, 159, 62) lògic=(804, 42, 35)

Right, apparently sdb1 is a system partition. I don't have an iPod myself, but as far as I remember the second one is the interesting one. After plugging in the iPod, can you please give me the output of "mount" (copy&paste here) and then do

  devkit-disks --dump > /tmp/dk.txt
  udevadm info --export-db > /tmp/udev.txt

and attach /tmp/dk.txt and /tmp/udev.txt here? Thanks!

Also, this bug is "unable to mount iPod with nautilus", i. e. it doesn't get automounted at all. Is that really the case for all reporters here? Or was the confusion just that the first partition is shown in GNOME, although it shouldn't? That can be rectified after I get the information from the previous comment.

So to untangle this a bit, there seem to be two problems here:

 (1) first partition is shown in GNOME, but should be hidden
 (2) iPod is not recognized in banshee

Does that accurately describe the situation for all of you? Can you check whether it is detected in rhythmbox?

I checked and it works with rhythmbox. I could tranfer music.
Maybe the problem of this bug is only related with the 80gb

Also the Banshee problem has to be related only with Banshee

And udev.txt

Arnau,

so it seems you have a different problem than the original one here; can you please file two new bugs, one against banshee about not showing the ipod, and one against devicekit-disks about not hiding the first partition on your ipod? Please attach the two files (dk.txt and udev.txt) at the devicekit-disks bug. Please also include the output of

  gvfs-mount -li

after the iPod got mounted. Thanks!

For the nautilus and Bashee stuff we should by now having different bugs. As for the kernel part. The invalid first partition is a true statement, as it is invalid and only the second one is containing data. So I am closing this bug as invalid for the kernel.

Stefan et al,

I am having the same problem with 9.10 amd64 and gtkpod. My iPod is Nano (the white one) firmware 1.3.1, formatted for Windows.
Can you redirect me to the other bug created for Nautilus/Banshee/devicekit-disks?
I am guessing maybe actually devicekit-disks is the guilty one?!?

same problem here karmic 64 ipod nano white 2GB

Just Format it! I came across the same problem with my flash memory(Kingston) today. It works just fine after being formatted !

Description:

       Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 32: mount: /dev/sdb1: can't read superblock

I am seeing the same behavior when mounting a 30gig IPod a 2gig iPod, any CD or DVD media (DVD, Music CD, Data). This started after upgrade to Karmic from Jaunty. Oddly enough, a regular USB thumb drive mounts fine.

Should add I am not using Nautilus, but Thunar/XFCE.

maybe this helps:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/456996/comments/8

I can confirm this on Kubuntu 9.10:

dmesg | tail
[32143.497312] FAT: invalid media value (0x2f)
[32143.497318] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb1.
[32155.397588] FAT: invalid media value (0x2f)
[32155.397594] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb1.
[32164.353986] FAT: invalid media value (0x2f)
[32164.353990] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb1.
[32165.117098] FAT: invalid media value (0x2f)
[32165.117102] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb1.
[34821.574052] FAT: invalid media value (0x2f)
[34821.574058] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb1.

However it mounts as a standard disk (standard usb disk) seperate to the IPOD mount.

uname -a
Linux Tower 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 17:01:44 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Ah... Sorry for the double post but could this be the issue?

fdisk - l /dev/sdb

Disk /dev/sdb: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
255 heads, 62 sectors/track, 3706 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15810 * 512 = 8094720 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x20202020

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 11 80293+ 0 Empty
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb2 11 3707 29222234+ b W95 FAT32

I have the same issue and I am attaching the requested files as mentioned in previous posts.