Problems Installing to 30GB, iPod Video

[Mel97215]

I installed Rockbox some time ago. All went okay, I think I was working with Windows XP at the time. However, anytime I started to play music, it would play for a few seconds and then stop. So I just used the original software.

So, I recently noticed that a newer version was available. This time, I am working with Debian 2.6.26-2-686. I downloaded rbutilqt-v1.2.3. As root I unpacked it, and tried to run it.

The ipod is mounted:
debian:/# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2              19G  6.7G   11G  39% /
tmpfs                 221M     0  221M   0% /lib/init/rw
udev                   10M  796K  9.3M   8% /dev
tmpfs                 221M     0  221M   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda6              35G   15G   21G  41% /share1
/dev/hdd1              74G   54G   20G  74% /share2
/dev/sde2              28G   17G   12G  58% /ipod
debian:/# ls /ipod
Calendars  Contacts  identify_info.bin   iPod_Control  Notes  Photos

I had to create the ipod mount point. For some reason when I pluged it into the USB port, it did not auto-mount.

The file is executable:
debian:/home/mel/bin/rbutilqt-v1.2.3# ls -alF
total 10136
drwxrwxr-x 2 500 500     4096 2009-09-20 07:56 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 mel mel     4096 2009-12-29 08:29 ../
-rwxrwxr-x 1 500 500 10354436 2009-09-20 07:56 rbutilqt*
debian:/home/mel/bin/rbutilqt-v1.2.3#

When I try to run it:
debian:/home/mel/bin/rbutilqt-v1.2.3# ./rbutilqt
No protocol specified
debian:/home/mel/bin/rbutilqt-v1.2.3#

What am I missing?

Mel

[GodEater]

You are running this under X Windows right?

[Mel97215]

Yes it is an X-Term where I have become root.

Mel

[saratoga]

Theres a lot of matches for that error, and quickly looking most of them involve problems with debian and xwindows permissions.  Maybe look through them and see if the fixes there work on your system.

Alternatively if you can't get your x windows working right, you can use the older "manual" install which can be done from a terminal without needing x windows. 

[Mel97215]

OK, I made progress. I opened a Konqueror window, and clicked on the rbutilqt icon. This brought up the GUI. I ran auto-detect and it found my device. But I get a message window stating that the mount point is not writable. Where should it normally be mounted (auto-mounted)? Also, I mounted slice 2 of the device.

debian:/home/mel# df -h |grep ipod
/dev/sde2              28G   17G   12G  58% /ipod

From Linux, here is what it sees:

debian:/home/mel# ls -alF /ipod
total 324
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 16384 1969-12-31 16:00 ./
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4096 2009-11-22 15:40 ._*
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root  4096 2009-12-29 08:52 ../
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 16384 2000-01-01 05:43 Calendars/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 16384 2000-01-01 05:43 Contacts/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 16384 2009-11-22 15:33 .fseventsd/
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   512 2009-12-28 09:08 identify_info.bin*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4096 2009-09-10 22:41 ._iPod_Control*
drwxr-xr-x  6 root root 16384 2006-09-10 23:13 iPod_Control/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 16384 2000-01-01 05:43 Notes/
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 16384 2007-10-10 18:46 Photos/
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 16384 2009-05-13 13:16 .rockbox/
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 16384 2009-09-10 22:41 .Spotlight-V100/
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 16384 2009-11-22 15:40 .TemporaryItems/
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4096 2009-11-22 15:40 ._.TemporaryItems*
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 16384 2009-09-10 22:41 .Trashes/
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4096 2009-09-10 22:41 ._.Trashes*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4096 2009-09-10 22:41 ._.VolumeIcon.icns*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 35065 2009-09-10 22:41 .VolumeIcon.icns*
debian:/home/mel#

I tried chmod -R 777 /ipod but the permissions did not change.

TIA,
      Mel

[GodEater]

Are you sure the error is about the mount point not being writeable, or was it the device?

Clicking the icon from Konqueror suggests you've started the program as a non-root user, in which case the application will not have the permissions required to modify the firmware partition (NOT the mounted filesystem, it's a different part of the iPod's disk).

I think the easiest solution is go back to your xterm window, but not use "su" to become root, but rather use "sudo" to start rbutilqt.

Using su does not carry over the right parts of the Xauthority system, whilst sudo should do.

[Mel97215]

Well that did the trick. It backed up the previous configuration, and then did the complete installation.
Thank you.

Now a new problem. I tried to play a file, and it seems to have hung.

It displays:

Erase dynamic playlist?
SELECT = Yes
Any other = No

Now it doesn't respond to anything, can't turn it off, or back out.

[GodEater]

That's pretty unusual.

Normally you'd press the button in the middle of the wheel at that point, and it'd continue playing whatever you'd selected.

However, if it's hung, you'll need to do a hard reset (Hold menu+select for about 10 seconds or so).