Ipod photo 40gb has bad resolution, all the colours are wrong

[bascule]

Mmm... interesting!

I'm kind of struggling now, but if the screendumps are OK, then the screen image in memory must be OK and it is getting scrambled between there and the hardware, but we know the hardware's OK, because the OF works, so, with my limited knowledge, that leaves the actual LCD driver or some other intermediary as the culprit.

[AustinMarton]

Okay here are the photos of what the screen looks like:

[pixelma]

The photos are quite helpful so you not have to guess how it looks like...
Could you check the following: in the "Debug" menu > "View HW Info", look for the "LCD type:" line and tell us the number behind it?

You may also have more luck finding someone with the right knowledge if you join in in IRC (see left hand side menu), not all developers read the forums regularly. I already tried to draw someone's attention to this with an half-educated guess which led to my question (something along the lines of what bascule said). Many developers are in Europe and usually the best time to catch someone is during the European evening hours.

[AustinMarton]

HW info:

HW rec: 0x00060000
LCD type: 0
PP version: PP502E

Thanks I will try check out the IRC, will post here if it reveals any developments.

[amiconn]

I've just committed some missing init code for iPod Photo gleaned from ipodlinux that hopefully fixes the colour problem. Please install a current build of r17715 or later, and try again.

[AustinMarton]

Hi there, I've just installed the current build (rev17715-080612) and it hasn't changed the problem. Thanks for your effort still.

[linuxstb]

AustinMarton,

Out of curiousity, which version of the Apple firmware is running on your ipod?  (I think you can find out by looking somewhere within the Settings menu in the Apple firmware).  Have you ever upgraded it since your first bought the ipod?

[Llorean]

Does he need a new bootloader too?

[AustinMarton]

In 'About' it says "Version: 1.0" and "Model M9585B".

I purchased the ipod second hand recently to install rockbox on, so I don't know if they've ever updated the firmware before, it seems not judging from the version number?

Which bootloader should I download? I was going to try that 'loader2' but the website is still down.

[AlexP]

Which bootloader should I download? I was going to try that 'loader2' but the website is still down.

iPodlinux, and by extension their bootloader, are unsupported* here.  If a new bootloader is required, it would involve using ipodpatcher to install one other than the included one.

*unless a dev requests you try loader2 to see if it fixes the issue, and then imports the code into Rockbox, but we will leave that for a dev

[Llorean]

It would involve using ipodpatcher to install a Rockbox bootloader, specifically.

[robin0800]

There appears to be at least version 1.1 of apple firmware out though the only way to really find out is to install the latest version of I-Tunes. I don't expect this will fix your problem though equally if a new rockbox bootloader is needed can't see that's going to change anything either,
My recommendation would be
Install itunes
Restore the Ipod
Reload rockbox using the utility

If none of that works I would Format the player
Then reload rockbox

[AlexP]

If none of that works I would Format the player
Then reload rockbox

er, why?

[AustinMarton]

I haven't been able to update my apple firmware because I couldn't get itunes running under wine.

There doesn't appear to be a newer version of the rockbox boot loader, but I downloaded it again and tryed reinstalling, no change.

I tried to install ipodlinux and it works without any issues with the colour, to confirm that it is not an issue with the device.

Would formatting the player do anything?

[Llorean]

To get a newer version of the bootloader, you'd have to compile a new one from SVN.