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Manual installation Rockbox on Sony NWZ-E463
Milardo:
--- Quote from: tobiasj on October 28, 2024, 06:37:54 PM ---HI philden and Milardo,
executing with sudo did not change anything.
@philden: the device is not mounted in location /dev...
but on :
/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=Sony_WALKMAN_10FEA695760168/Storage Media
using gvfs mount.
Using this default mount point does not allow to copy files to the root directory of the mp3 player.
Therefore I use jmtpfs which allows me to easily mount mtp devices, as the Sony-mp3 player is.
Best Regards
Tobias
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Hi Tobias,
I've used Linux on occasion, but not that much.
I have a sony nwz-e353 which has rockbox on it.
Which linux distro are you using?
Why is your player not mounted in /dev ?
I can't think of any reason what could be the issue, but if you want I can try to reinstall bootloader/firmware on my nwz-e353 in similar linux distro, to see if there is a solution to your issue.
tobiasj:
Hi Milandro,
I tried to install Rockbox with Ubuntu 18, and Ubuntu 22. Same issue on both of those distros.
My player is not mounted under /dev because sony uses mtp-protocol.
By default this mounts the player under /run/user/1000/gvfs/
How to mount it as default under /dev I don't know.
Thanks for your effort!
Tobias
Milardo:
--- Quote from: tobiasj on October 31, 2024, 06:42:52 PM ---Hi Milandro,
I tried to install Rockbox with Ubuntu 18, and Ubuntu 22. Same issue on both of those distros.
My player is not mounted under /dev because sony uses mtp-protocol.
By default this mounts the player under /run/user/1000/gvfs/
How to mount it as default under /dev I don't know.
Thanks for your effort!
Tobias
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Hi Tobias,
I was able to do the firmware upgrade in xubuntu 24.
Here are some screenshots of what happened when I plugged in my nwz-e353.
I am not sure if you get the same thing when you plug in your player.
I did not mount the second walkman volume the first one "/dev/sda1" was the one i mounted.
At that point you can put the rockbox build and bootloader/firmware file there.
If I tried to mount the second walkman volume it gets to something similar to /run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=Sony_WALKMAN_10FBB525239788
But both have /dev directory.
Can you check what you have in the file manager when you first plug in your player?
Let me know, and if you need me to install ubuntu 18 or 22 to try that I can as well.
tobiasj:
Hi Milandro,
I get only one volume when I plug the mp3-player, but never the /dev/...
Attached a screenshot.
I am not sure if testing this on slightly different OS versions will have any change on the mounting...
Best Regards
Tobias
Milardo:
--- Quote from: tobiasj on November 02, 2024, 07:25:14 AM ---Hi Milandro,
I get only one volume when I plug the mp3-player, but never the /dev/...
Attached a screenshot.
I am not sure if testing this on slightly different OS versions will have any change on the mounting...
Best Regards
Tobias
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Hi Tobias,
I installed ubuntu 22 and I too only got one volume- mtp
After some research, i found this:
In terminal type and enter:
sudo chmod a-x /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-mtp
Then connect your player and mount it should be something like media/username/WALKMAN
You can drag and drop the bootloader file after renaming it NW_WM_FW.UPG into your player root directory.
Make sure you also have the unzipped .rockbox directory in there as well.
Then type and enter to find /dev location of your player:
lsblk
then update firmware like below make sure to type your correct /dev location mine was sda1:
Navigate to the directory where scsitool is.
Also make sure the scsitool is made executable before entering the below:
sudo ./scsitool_64-nwz-v27 /dev/sda1 do_fw_upgrade
check your player to see if it upgrades with rockbox bootloader.
Then once that is done and you have disconnected your player you can type and enter this to restore MTP in ubuntu
sudo chmod a+x /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-mtp
I have attached some screenshots for reference.
Source: https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=145717
Let me know if it works for you.
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