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Hello list. I recently purchased an 80GB black iPod Classic and, being a |
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Gentoo user, decided to try to get it running under Linux. I did |
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initially plug it into a Mac and add some 700+ songs, so the steps I |
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took were: |
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1. Plug it back into the Mac and disable HFS+ journaling |
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2. Install, from SVN, libgpod and gtkpod (for the Classic support) |
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3. Install latest stable Amarok (1.4.6-r1) with iPod support |
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4. Plug in iPod and mount appropriate partition on /mnt/ipod |
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5. Modify /mnt/ipod/iPod_Control/iTunes/SysInfo to include the fwid |
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6. Transfer song to iPod using Amarok; unmount and eject iPod |
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This, somewhat magically, worked without triggering the iPod's |
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iTunes-only measures; the library registers a new song, and it plays and |
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is good. My issue is this: when the iPod boots, sometimes the album art |
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background presented when selecting the Music menu (or any submenu) |
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fades to white and the iPod hangs. This happens sporadically and I can't |
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tell for sure what causes it. I've run the iPod self-diagnostics with no |
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problems. Resetting the iPod is the only recourse if it freezes. |
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One thing I've noticed: I have about a second when the iPod first boots |
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to navigate to the Music->Songs menu, and if I can before the fade to |
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white happens, the iPod works OK as long as I don't leave the song list. |
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Album art is even displayed as a song plays if available. |
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Thoughts? Suggestions? I have the latest SVN revision of libgpod (1725) |
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and have tried SVN gtkpod for updating the iPod, with similar results. |
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