Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Indy452 · Joined: 21 Feb 2011 Posts: 37

Slacko puppy or Wary or any other Linux OS for that matter, does not see my Creative Zen "sleek" photo/mp3 player when I plug it in.

I would really like to mount it like all the other mp3 players I have but for some reason this one isn't seen. I assume it has something to do with MTP support or something? I don't really know much about that but would like some help getting it to be seen so I can move files around in it.

Anybody have any tips for me to use? Generally Puppy sees anything I throw at it but this time...nada.

Thanks..

postfs1 · Joined: 27 Mar 2010 Posts: 831

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Flash · Posted: Sun 06 Jan 2013, 12:39 Post subject:

Indy452, have you tried Menu -> Graphic -> Gtkam camera manager to see if it will see the camera?

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2049 Location: World_Hub

The web suggests that thing relies on libnjb, with possibly Gnomad2 as the frontend. Pup-land must have a simplified gui..

Indy452 · Joined: 21 Feb 2011 Posts: 37

Its not a camera....its a mp3 player that will hold/display photos....basically like any other mp3 player now days.....I really don't know why its called sleek photo....I use it for music and I like the way it performs but its a bitch to get working on anything other than MS products.

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2049 Location: World_Hub

You should be able to install the appropriate, Pup specific lib from pkgs.org. Then all you need is a frontend..

Makoto · Posted: Sun 06 Jan 2013, 17:38 Post subject:

gnomad/2 will probably work. Use this search to search the forums for gnomad and builds compiled for your setup. technosaurus may also be a good person to consult about it. Smile

Also, you might check this page to see if your player is supported by gnomad 2:
http://gnomad2.sourceforge.net/

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 4944 Location: Australia

Gnomad2 v2.9.6 -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=21961
This package was compiled to be compatible with Puppy Lucid - the latest version of this Puppy series is v5.2.8
But it might (?) also work in Slacko.

Flash · Posted: Fri 11 Jan 2013, 22:29 Post subject:

For what it's worth, the Gnomad2 2.9.2 .pet seems to work fine in Puppy Precise. Though I have apparently somehow borked my iRiver Lplayer so badly that only Gparted can even see it, and even Gparted can't do anything with it. It never worked. Maybe it was defective. Crying or Very sad

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5169 Location: Finland

I used gnomad2 from PPM (ubuntu .debs) in Precise Puppy. Worked fine. Gnomad2 seems to be about only ready app to communicate with Creative Zen player.

Windows 7 didnt have working application for it and Creative dont have updates past Windows XP - Vista. My son has windows os and I had the old (2006) windows software cd from Creative to try.

So....Precise Puppy and gnomad2 did the trick.

Makoto · Posted: Sat 12 Jan 2013, 04:41 Post subject:

Yeah... a while back, I had to hunt down an XP system and then downgrade Windows Media Player on it, just so I could update the firmware on my old Zen Xtra. Embarassed

Never did see if I could get it working with gnomad/2 and Puppy - though I'm still using Puppy 4.3.1, so it doesn't count Razz

- but I've long since filled the thing to capacity and have no intent to change anything on it, so... Mr. Green

sheldonisaac · Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 287 Location: Philadelphia, PA

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