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