Jörg Spilker wrote:

>Hi,
>
>i recently purchased a new Ipod Mini which i initially used via Firewire on my Laptop with windows.
>Then i tried to change to Linux (using gtkpod for managing my playlists). Because i want to leave the
>firewire cable connected to the laptop, i tried using the USB variant on Linux. My first try was with
>SuSE 9.0 and a 2.4.x kernel. Unfortunately with no success. Same errors as you see here (now with
>SuSE 9.2 and kernel 2.6.8).
>  
>
I recently posted a patch which fixes the problem; see attached.

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Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick 
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