Second gen ipod shuffle not working with rhythmbox

hi all,

I'm trying to get a second gen ipod shuffle to work with Ubuntu 10.10. As far as i understand Rhythymbox should support this. When I plug the ipod in it shows up under the devices section of the menu, but after that I am unable to do anything with it.

I can't see the songs that are already on it, I can't add new songs, I can't do anything. When i attempt to drag a song across, absolutely nothing happens. if i try the sync with library option, it shuts rhythymbox down completely. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

From ubuntu richzilla

• You could try this, but it should not be needed.

  http://shuffle-db.sourceforge.net/

  From Mike

• Im having problems similar to this. Seems rhythmbox, and possible Ubuntu itself is buggy with ipods. Here's a link to the forum with others having a similar problem with other ipods. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9978297#post9978297

  marenostrum : This entry seems to be a comment rather than an answer.
  From cphayes0914

• In fact, I got into many troubles when I tried to force rhythmbox to work with iPods (many different generations). Eventually, I got into conclusion that rhythmbox is simply unable to work with them properly. I tried out some ipod-dedicated software, but most turned out to be an useless junk... but there is one, I can recommend you: it's Floola http://www.floola.com/ It gives you a simple but powerful access to your iPod, I appreciate the fact it was the only application that managed to communicate properly with my iPod without issues.

  From rafalcieslak