cant find ipod error

[firespike8]

I know that this will probably be a similar question to the error when installing,cant find ipod by MXIIA. The same thing happened to me but this time when i entered the sudo command on the terminal application it wouldn't work (I don't know where I'm supposed to enter the sudo command,I entered it exactly as i saw it). Sorry if this is just wasting your time but I really would like to have rockbox on my 3rd gen ipod.

[Chronon]

Maybe you could post the commands that you have tried in code tags.  It will help us to see where you may have made a mistake.  The manual installation instructions don't explicitly mention the sudo command (but do say you need to be the root user).  What instructions are you following?

[firespike8]

um well it did say you had to open it in root mode which I dont know how to do on my mac so i tried using the sudo command..I was using what llorien said "Try using "sudo ./ipodpatcher" anyway".Here is what it said on the ipod patcher:

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ipodpatcher v3.0 with v3.0 bootloaders - (C) Dave Chapman 2006-2007
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[INFO] Scanning disk devices...
[ERR]  FATAL: Permission denied on 1 device(s) and no ipod detected.
[ERR]  You need permissions for raw disc access for this program to work!

Sorry im really bad at using macs im better at using pc's.
Rockbox utility also says the following:

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Starting bootloader installation
Searching for ipods
Downloading file bootloader3g.ipod
Download finished
Could not open ipod

[Chronon]

That should work.   

Did you also use sudo when launching Rockbox Utility? 

Is your iPod set to connect in MSC mode?

[firespike8]

I didn't use sudo when launching rock box utility and what exactly do you mean by "Is your ipod set to connect is MSC mode?"
I'll use sudo on the utility now. Thanks for giving your time up to help me 

BTW:
sudo ./rockboxutility
Password:
sudo: ./rockboxutility: command not found

[Chronon]

I don't think that's the name of the Rockbox Utility binary (in linux it's rbutilqt, but I think it's called the same for OSX).

Have you enabled disk use in iTunes?

[firespike8]

Yes and i didn't know thats how you type it in,  i'll try it in binary.
sudo ./rbutilqt
Password:
sudo: ./rbutilqt: command not found
 

[Chronon]

Are you executing that command in the right directory?  It sounds like you executed it in a different directory from where you saved the Rockbox Utility.

You also didn't mention about whether you have enabled disk use in iTunes or not.

[firespike8]

What do you mean about directory's (maby an example)? Oh and yes disk use is enabled.

[Chronon]

If it says command not found it means that it can't find the program.  You told your system to look explicitly in the current directory for a program called "rbutilqt".  Is there an executable program called that in the current directory?

Also, did you unmount your iPod before trying to install the bootloader?

[firespike8]

When I try and install the bootloader and  when I unmount my ipod using disk utility it says this :
Starting bootloader configuration
Searching for ipods
Downloading file bootloader-ipod3g.ipod
Download finished.
Could not open ipod
As for your other question im still not sure what you mean but I found a program named: rbutilqt-v1-1.0.7.dmg

[Chronon]

The phrasing of the first sentence is confusing.  You make it sound as if Disk Utility gave that message.  I'm pretty sure Disk Utility didn't say anything about bootloader configuration. . .

Isn't a .dmg file an archive format for Mac?  Didn't you extract that already in order to run Rockbox Utility?

[firespike8]

Oops sorry I made a typo .
I just found an application called "directory" is that what you were talking about (I never knew there was such a thing).

[Chronon]

No.  A directory is a folder on your computer.

Start again.  Things are getting too scattered to make any sense of things. 

Navigate to the directory where you extracted the rbutilqt-v1-1.0.7.dmg and tell me what is listed in that directory.  I.e. what is the output from ls when you run it in that directory?

[firespike8]

Ls?