next problem: rythmbox music player

[cyborg-64]

when i start the media player after a system restart, all the files in my music library begin to exit the media library. there are 11k tracks in there and it just gets rid of them all until there are none left. then i can import the music folder again and they remain until i restart the system and then they do it all again...

[devils casper]

Are those tracks stored in NTFS/FAT32 partitions? Are those partition set to automount on every boot up?

[jmadero]

I would also suggest using Amarok over Rythmbox once you get the library thing settled.

[cyborg-64]

yes, they are on an ntfs partition. i do not know how to automount on boot up.

[devils casper]

You have to edit /etc/fstab file.
Execute this

sudo fdisk -l

Post output here.
* Its small L in fdisk -l.

[cyborg-64]

all of the music is on the 250gb sata drive... here is the output:


Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xdf9cb2f7

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 30401 244196001 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0007bd00

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 9327 74919096 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 9328 9729 3229065 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 9328 9729 3229033+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdc: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xccafccaf

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 1 12160 97675168+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

[devils casper]

Open Terminal and execute this

cd /media
sudo mkdir sda1

Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit  /etc/fstab

It will open /etc/fstab in Gedit.
Add this code in the file :

/dev/sda1  /media/sda1  ntfs-3g  defaults,umask=0 0 0

Save file and reboot machine.

[markharding557]

I would also suggest using Amarok over Rythmbox once you get the library thing settled.

for those on gnome exail is the equal of amorok

[cyborg-64]

strangely enough, i seem to have had a sudden failure of my power supply... i will have to fix that before i can attempt to fix my music player... pretty weird timing, but eventually everything stops working, i guess...

[jmadero]

is exail the equivalent? I don't think it is, Amarok uses MySQL which I don't think exail does, it also has hundreds if not thousands of useful scripts, it's rating system is great, etc....

But I guess that is off topic right now...

for power supplies check out tigerdirect.com or geeks.com, pretty good prices