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Setup Multiple Devices the same?
Sakura90:
Hmmmmmmmmm, this is stupid but I think it's the most "logical" thing to do :P
1) Download all the themes you want from the "downloads -> themes" in the mainpage
2) Extract them (they already have folder structure in the zip starting from the ".rockbox")
3) Copy any config file(s) from the "master" player to the ".rockbox" folder structure you extracted the themes to
3) Copy that ".rockbox" folder to the players
I don't see how it can be any easier or simpler. Am I missing something? ???
CharlieSummers:
--- Quote from: Sakura90 on November 23, 2011, 11:07:51 PM ---Am I missing something? ???
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Yes. There are two different hardware versions of the same player, so I can't copy the entire .rockbox folder (the kernal and binaries are different for the two hardware versions). Also, the setup is already accomplished on one of the players, so re-downloading and extracting the themes I've already installed to the "master" device seems an unnecessary step.
Other than the blunder of copying the /rocks/ folder (binaries incompatable between hardware versions), maintaining a folder containing the /backdrops/doom/fonts/icons/themes/wps folders and .cfg file copied from the "master" device (the one I already configured) and dropping that into the slave's .rockbox folder with cp -Rf seems to be working, although I haven't had a lot of time to test everything out to see if I broke anything else. Also haven't had time to write auto-updater scripts, but hey, it's the night before a holiday here in the U.S.
saratoga:
--- Quote from: CharlieSummers on November 23, 2011, 11:52:47 PM ---
--- Quote from: Sakura90 on November 23, 2011, 11:07:51 PM ---Am I missing something? ???
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Yes. There are two different hardware versions of the same player, so I can't copy the entire .rockbox folder (the kernal and binaries are different for the two hardware versions).
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Hes not talking about the firmware, but rather the theme files. They're not machine dependent, aside from assumptions about screen size.
CharlieSummers:
--- Quote from: saratoga on November 24, 2011, 11:33:17 AM ---Hes not talking about the firmware, but rather the theme files. They're not machine dependent, aside from assumptions about screen size.
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Yes, I know. If you continue reading that same paragraph, you'll note I expanded, "Also, the setup is already accomplished on one of the players, so re-downloading and extracting the themes I've already installed to the 'master' device seems an unnecessary step."
He suggested I create a .rockbox folder that contained the theme files by downloading them again from the Net. I first explained why I couldn't just throw the entire .rockbox folder at the "slaves," then why I didn't think spending time re-downloading and manually extracting was the most efficient way since I already had them sitting there.
saratoga:
--- Quote from: CharlieSummers on November 24, 2011, 01:48:49 PM ---I first explained why I couldn't just throw the entire .rockbox folder at the "slaves," then why I didn't think spending time re-downloading and manually extracting was the most efficient way since I already had them sitting there.
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Then copy them from the existing player? I'm not even sure what you're asking?
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