Re: Ipod/Rockbox

[John <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Shaw wrote:
> Not specifically linux but they do support linux. I got a "broken" 
> 20gb Ipod and got it working. First thing I did was update the 
> firmware to Rockbox so I could use my music collection which is all in 
> Ogg. I had to do the "manual" installation since I was connecting via 
> FireWire instead of USB but I just followed their instructions and 
> everything works great! They even provide a x86_64 bootloader patcher.
>
> I'm having a few issues with Fedora/gnome auto mounting the device but 
> a logout and login seems to be a workaround for now. I get a some sort 
> of error about HAL and permission denied and "Not in this session". 
> Any ideas about this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> It's kinda funny. The Ipod (coming from Apple) are known for their 
> simple intuitive interfaces but with Rockbox I can tune just about 
> everything! And it's still pretty straightforward.
>
> Richard
Huh...