Sunday, May 24, 2009

Sansa e200 Seires not mounting: Bug #355998 in linux (Ubuntu): usb-storage

For anyone that has a Sansa e200, e250, e270 etc, series, and they've upgraded / updated to Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, you may have run into some of the issues that I did. - The thing just won't mount. Sorta kills the gPodder and OggCast joy. So I found this patch that solves the problem. Yet you'll get prompted to update the new patched code. I know there's away to stop that, but I'm not sure how, at this moment. I tried the Synaptic Force Version, and I ended back up with a new version. So... I'm not the one to ask about that. But this link, is the one that helped out.

Bug #355998 in linux (Ubuntu): “usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning”

Please note, you need to have the Source Code option turned on in your Software Sources. - something most people don't have turned on.



I spaced out this little checkbox, ran into errors, it wasn't working for me at first. I needed the source code. DOH!


cd /usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor/
sudo apt-get install build-essential devscripts

apt-get build-dep libgphoto2
apt-get source libgphoto2
sudo wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25783305/libgphoto_sansa.diff
sudo patch -p0 -i libgphoto_sansa.diff
cd libgphoto2-2.4.2
debuild -uc -us
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i libgphoto2-2_2.4.2-0ubuntu4_i386.deb


And you'll get a screen full of stuff like this:

It'll take a little time...

From Synaptic Package Manager I've tried to "Pin" it, and lock it, and I'm not doing something right, as I keep getting an update prompt... Sigh...

R_
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4 comments:

  1. PaganiniTue Jun 02, 01:02:00 PM EDT

    Thanks for this information! I was able to get my Sansa e280 working with Jaunty thanks to your post. However, I ran into a few problems with the shell commands you included. I thought I'd comment here, since your blog post has a higher search rank in Google than the actual Launchpad bug.

    1. There's no reason to pollute the HAL directory tree by working there; everything can and should be done from your home directory.

    2. 'debuild' doesn't have a separate package in Jaunty; it comes with 'devscripts.'

    3. All of the installation steps need to be performed as root.

    Based on these discoveries, I believe a working command sequence is:
    cd ~
    sudo apt-get install build-essential devscripts
    sudo apt-get build-dep libgphoto2
    sudo apt-get source libgphoto2
    wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25783305/libgphoto_sansa.diff
    patch -p0 -i libgphoto_sansa.diff
    cd libgphoto2-2.4.2
    debuild -uc -us
    cd ..
    sudo dpkg -i libgphoto2-2_2.4.2-0ubuntu4_i386.deb
    This worked for me!

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  2. EricThu Jun 18, 10:25:00 AM EDT

    Thanks very much for the guide. It worked for me. I had to make a few small adjustments for this to go on my Xubuntu Jaunty install - actually the same stuff Paganini suggests. But my mp3 player mounts fine now. Thanks again!

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  3. skyTue Dec 15, 09:06:00 PM EST

    Thanks, I finally managed to get my Sansa e250 working using Paganini's modified instructions. I'm kind of a newbie to linuxstuff, though, so I have a question: my home folder now has a heap of new files and folders in it, which is not so tidy. Can I delete them (or some of them), or will this make my sansa stop working?

    They are:
    Folders:
    libgphoto2-2.4.2

    Boxy-things:
    libgphoto2_2.4.2.orig.tar.gz
    libgphoto2_2.4.2-0ubuntu4.diff.gz
    libgphoto2-2_2.4.2-0ubuntu4_i386.deb
    libgphoto2-2-dev_2.4.2-0ubuntu4_i386.deb
    libgphoto2-port0_2.4.2-0ubuntu4_i386.deb

    Documents:
    libgphoto2_2.4.2-0ubuntu4.dsc
    libgphoto2_2.4.2-0ubuntu4_i386.build
    libgphoto2_2.4.2-0ubuntu4_i386.changes
    libgphoto_sansa.diff

    Thanks for the help!

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  4. SandeepMon Feb 08, 06:38:00 AM EST

    Cool...This worked perfectly..!
    Thanks..

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