Comment 36 for bug 139226

I am having the similar problems
I installed banshee from the launchpad ppa using synaptic
my 1st gen shuffle wont show up in banshee (podsleuth output below)

Also my ipod mini will show up, and its content, but the second i try and modify anything (add/delete/play) banshee crashes on me

podsleuth for shuffle:
iPod Found [/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_label_IPOD]
  * Generic Device Properties
    - Block Device: /dev/sdc1
    - Mount Point: /media/IPOD
    - Read Only: False
    - Volume Size: 520 MiB
  * General iPod Properties
    - Serial Number:
    - Firewire ID: 000A270010561E0A
    - Firmware Version: 1.1.5
    - iPod_Control: /iPod_Control
    - Extra Capabilities: none

Unhandled Exception: System.Exception: org.freedesktop.Hal.NoSuchProperty: No property org.podsleuth.ipod.production.year on device with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_label_IPOD
  at IDeviceProxy.GetPropertyInteger (System.String ) [0x00000]
  at Hal.Device.GetPropertyInteger (System.String key) [0x00000]
  at PodSleuth.HalFrontend.HalClient.GetProductionInfo (Hal.Volume volume) [0x00000]
  at PodSleuth.HalFrontend.HalClient.DumpSleuthableIpod (Hal.Volume volume) [0x00000]
  at PodSleuth.HalFrontend.HalClient.SleuthIpod (Hal.Volume volume) [0x00000]
  at PodSleuth.HalFrontend.HalClient.Run (System.String[] args) [0x00000]
  at PodSleuth.HalFrontend.HalEntry.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000]

podsleuth for mini:
podsleuth
iPod Found [/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_D7D2_6576]
  * Generic Device Properties
    - Block Device: /dev/sdc2
    - Mount Point: /media/IPOD
    - Read Only: False
    - Volume Size: 4 GiB
  * General iPod Properties
    - Serial Number: 2X5430CVS4J
    - Firewire ID: 000A2700024B4B02
    - Firmware Version: 1.4.1
    - iPod_Control: /iPod_Control
    - Extra Capabilities: podcast
    - Production Info: 463 in October, 2005 from factory 2X
  * iPod Model Properties
    - Device Class: unknown
    - Model information could not be determined
      Try a `podsleuth --update --rescan` or visit
      http://banshee-project.org/IpodDataSubmit
  * Image Types Supported
    - Photos: False
    - Album Art: False
    - Chapter Images: False