Ipod/Rockbox

[Richard Shaw]

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