okay. i reinstalled libmtp from source instead of an rpm and it works now. mtp-detect doesnt bring up any devices though. but when i tried mtp-hotplug i found a list of devices that mtp detects. i noticed mine isnt in there. is there a way i could add it?

Your player can be used as external drive!

how would i use it like an externel device. or how can i use mtp to recognize my player in amarok. i seem to be having difficulty.

When you attach your player, check dmesg, it should say something about sda after the dmesg output what you posted. then mount it. If it's showing up as sda
in dmesg output, do mount /dev/sda /mnt/sda, but make sure you mount the device that dmesg output says and that the directory of mount point exists!

Sorry I was busy. Try running mtp-detect as root user.

BTW, I didn't know your player was a UMS device. That would make it linux friendly you don't need MTP. Though libmtp+amarok works fine with my Creative Zen Vision.



vxc

okay i ran dmesg to see what sda the player is. its sda1

usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Vendor: Samsung Model: YP-Z5 (MSC) Rev:
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: 8094720 512-byte hdwr sectors (4144 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 07 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 8094720 512-byte hdwr sectors (4144 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 07 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1

now when i run mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda i get this error:

# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

is there something im missing?

Try mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda -t vfat

You can also replace vfat with auto then mount will try and guess the file system.

The -t flag is used to specify the file system type.

Also when removing the player run umount -a or umount /dev/sda1 or umount /mnt/sda.


vxc

when i run mount with the -t option i get this error:

]# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda -t vfat
mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist


but when i run dmesg the player is still found at sda1.

usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Vendor: Samsung Model: YP-Z5 (MSC) Rev:
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: 8094720 512-byte hdwr sectors (4144 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 07 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 8094720 512-byte hdwr sectors (4144 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 07 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete

im not sure where to go from here

Try mount /dev/sda /mnt/sda -t auto



vxc

i try that and nothing happens. its been sitting without output for awhile now. any other ideas?

Did you try mtp-detect as root.

My best bet to get this working would be by using MTP.

Also check in the player for an option like "use as a hard disk" or something along those line. If any enable it and try to mount again.


vxc

theres no option for how the player is shown to the computer. and even in the manual it talks about mtp but in windows with windows media player. is there a way i can add it to hotplug. mtp-hotplug shows a list of players but mine isnt there. can i add it somehow?

Well I tried, but I'm out of ideas. I did some research you might want to take a look at this.


Keep trying you might get it to work. I also suggest looking for help at the libmtp forums and the amarok forums.


vxc

well that thread is discussing the exact player i have. yp-zy 4gb. thanks for all your help. i'll keep researching and if i come up with anything new i'll continue to post. thank you again.

what do you mean? it returned to shell or it was trying to mount it?
if it returned to shell it should have mounted successfully! do ls /mnt/sda and see if there's any output!