rockbox utility could not open ipod

[hapkidoman]

Hi everyone,

I just installed rockbox utility on my linux OS (Ubuntu 8.10).  It could not find my ipod (30GB video ipod) through autodetect so I manually found the mount point (/media/IPOD) and selected Ipod Video (5th gen) 30GB from the list.  Then, I selected the complete installation option.  Everything looks fine, it searched for the ipod and downloaded the bootloader, it then said that the download was finished.  But, it said that it could not open the ipod.  I thought that rockbox was installed anyway, so I did a reboot by pressing and holding the center button and the menu button until my ipod restarted, but it just went to the orginal apple logo and menu.  Did I do something wrong?  Why could my ipod not be opened, is it significant in order to install rockbox?

Thanks everyone..................   

[Llorean]

RBUtility needs a few privileges your user account doesn't seem to have. Try running it with sudo / gksudo.

[hapkidoman]

how  would I go about doing that?  I'm a complete noob with all of this.  The only thing that I've done in the terminal is sudo apt-get install.  How do I run the program in the terminal?

[saratoga]

sudo  path-to-where-you-put-rbutiliy

e.g. if you put it in home:

sudo ~/rbutilqt

[Llorean]

sudo ./rbutilqt from whatever folder you've downloaded it to.

This is basic Linux usage. If you're not sure how to browse and navigate the terminal, there are tutorials you can find through Google.

[hapkidoman]

I tried sudo ~/rbutilqt in the terminal but it said that the command was not known.  Is there a way to allow access for rockbox utility without doing that?  Or am I just doing something wrong?

[Llorean]

You're still doing something wrong. Please, try learning to use the terminal via a tutorial somewhere. I suspect once you get a grasp on the basics, the our instructions will make much more sense.

You can't just do exactly what we say, because it depends on where the file is on your computer, so you're going to have to do a little thinking on your own. Reading a tutorial will help.

[bluebrother]

Try this on the command line:

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sudo su -
wget http://download.rockbox.org/rbutil/linux/rbutilqt-v1.0.7.tar.bz2
tar jxf rbutilqt-v1.0.7.tar.bz2
rbutilqt-v1.0.7/rbutilqt

[jh35161]

Superuser privileges sorted the same problem for me, cheers guys

[elitenoobboy]

I tried sudo ~/rbutilqt in the terminal but it said that the command was not known.  Is there a way to allow access for rockbox utility without doing that?  Or am I just doing something wrong?

Make sure that the rbutilqt file has executability permissions. Use this command for that:
chmod +x ~/rbutilqt
This assumes that the file is in your home directory. Then you can do:
sudo ~/rbutilqt