gnomad2 crashes, also neutrino
At the moment, there appears to be no way for me to access a Creative
Zen Xtra from my desktop machine (running Debian testing). I am aware
of only two Debian packages -- gnomad2 and neutrino.
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gnomad2:
With the "music transfer" tab selected, gnomad2 (2.8.8) crashes with
the message:
PDE device NULL.
Segmentation fault
whenever I attempt to change the directory by double-clicking on a
directory link in the left-hand pane, or by typing a path in the box
directly above the left-hand pane.
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neutrino:
It appears impossible to set the download path using the PREFERENCES
menu; the CLOSE button of the menu is not responsive. When I
double-clicked on "local files" left-hand pane, the disk LED of my
desktop computer lit up and stayed illuminated almost continuously,
and the Gnome desktop became unresponsive. I attempted to log in to a
virtual terminal, in order to become superuser and restart the desktop
machine, but the disk activity appeared to have priority. I attempted
to log in via SSH from another machine in the LAN, but again was
unsuccessful because of the continuous disk activity. Finally, I
pushed the RESET button. Thankfully, the desktop restarted without
difficulty and there appears to have been no corruption of the file
system.
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A prior incarnation (perhaps a year ago) of gnomad2 worked well, and
with it I was able to load music files into the Zen Xtra. However, I
routinely upgrade packages whenever upgrades are available, so at this
point I do not know which version of gnomad2 I used.
The USB system of the desktop machine appears to be functioning
properly. I am using a USB keyboard and USB mouse, and I am able to
read from and write to USB flash memory devices.
RLH
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