rhythmbox - adding files from NTFS

[mark_u23]

Hello, All.

Just starting to use Ubuntu (latest version) for the first time after using linux mint for 6 months.

Using latest version of Rhythmbox I succesfully added all my MP3s from a second hard (NTFS). This was ok for a few days.

Now rhythmbox does not recongise the drive at all (says does not exist) yes Ubunto does, and when i browse to this drive and open a mp3 is play in rhythmbox.

Any ideas? im sure this must be a common issue but so for have not come across any answer.

Many Thanks

[b2bwild]

Rhythmbox imports music to library from there absolute paths..
It doest do anything with filesystem/partition or hard drive..

Check the mount point of your NTFS partition..
have you added the entry in /etc/fstab?
Or
You have probably mounted filesystem on different folder..
like /media/disk-1 instead of /media/disk
It may happen while mounting multiple partitions with another sequence.

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Do what b2bwild suggested and if you couldn't sort out problem, post the output of this

cat /etc/fstab
sudo fdisk -l
df -h

[mark_u23]

Here the information many thanks for helping me.
BTW is they a GIU for this sort of thing?


# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda6
UUID=ac054449-bdda-4dd1-83bd-f5cb3d669a65 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/scd1 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0


Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xdd18dd18

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2 2570 20635492+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 2571 4865 18434587+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 2571 3671 8843751 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 3672 4865 9590773+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 163.9 GB, 163928604672 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19929 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3ee383ff

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 19929 160079661 7 HPFS/NTFS

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 19929 160079661 7 HPFS/NTFS
mark@mark-desktop:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6 9.1G 7.0G 1.7G 82% /
varrun 506M 112K 506M 1% /var/run
varlock 506M 0 506M 0% /var/lock
udev 506M 60K 506M 1% /dev
devshm 506M 0 506M 0% /dev/shm
lrm 506M 39M 467M 8% /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile
/dev/sdb1 153G 130G 24G 85% /media/disk
/dev/sda5 8.4G 3.2G 4.8G 40% /media/disk-2
/dev/sda1 20G 7.6G 13G 39% /media/disk-1

[devils casper]

Are you mounting NTFS Partitions manually?
Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit /etc/fstab

It will open /etc/fstab in Gedit with root privileges.

Add these lines at the end of file :

/dev/sda1    /media/disk-1    ntfs-3g    defaults,umask=0  0  0
/dev/sda5    /media/disk-2    ntfs-3g    defaults,umask=0  0  0
/dev/sdb1    /media/disk    ntfs-3g    defaults,umask=0  0  0

Save file and reboot machine.

[b2bwild]

Here the information many thanks for helping me.
BTW is they a GIU for this sort of thing?

Well there is graphical partition editor, but you cant copy paste output of graphical output.. that's why I like command lines

Just put permanent entries in fstab as devils casper said..make sure you mount the drive with music on the same old folder.

[mark_u23]

Add these lines at the end of file :

/dev/sda1    /media/disk-1    ntfs-3g    defaults,umask=0  0  0
/dev/sda5    /media/disk-2    ntfs-3g    defaults,umask=0  0  0
/dev/sdb1    /media/disk    ntfs-3g    defaults,umask=0  0  0

Ok I will try this and let you's know, YES was manually mounting.

BTW Can you just explain (if you have time) the reason behind this.
Am i right in thinking in the file system if i browse to /media/disk I will find all my files which I have on sdb1? and by adding this to the fstab this will be permanent.But if you add them on the fly this path could change and this is what causes the problem.?

[b2bwild]

Simply Yes...

[devils casper]

But if you add them on the fly this path could change and this is what causes the problem.?

If you mount partition on same mount_point ( folder ), path will not change but you have to launch Rhythmbox after executing mount command only.

Editing /etc/fstab file will sort out problem permanently.

[mark_u23]

Tried what you said adding those lines, but now getting this message only root can mount this volume when trying to browse.

What do i need to add so that my login can access ?

Thanks