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Help - recent builds disables LCD backlight on Gigabeat X60
Christine Tham:
Thanks for the acknowledgement. I was half afraid you were going to close the thread, and then ban me from further postings ...
As for why some people (eg. me) like to post before reporting a bug, personally I hate people who post bugs that are not really bugs, and I didn't want to be one of them just in case my problem was an installation error :-) And yes, I did check the bug tracker prior to posting ... If you want, I can create an entry in the bug tracker, but since you are already aware of the problem ...
The only reason I suggested the announcement was: you mentioned you didn't want people to waste time ... It occured to me that RIGHT NOW would be a very inconvenient time for someone to buy an X60 and attempt to install rockbox :-(
I think most people do realise rockbox is under development. That's why I tend to read forums like this BEFORE I install - to understand what potential problems may exist and to avoid common mistakes. Maybe I'm unusual in that regard.
Llorean:
Trust me, few enough people read any documentation (including the full installation instructions, you might be surprised to hear that the most common install question I get is answered by "read section 2.2.2, titled 'Installing the Firmware' instead of just the 'Installing the Bootloader' section").
If I put it here in the forums as a sticky, odds are that it will help maybe one or two people. If people actually use search, this thread (and the bug report that's in the tracker) will help people, assuming they search the tracker or here.
Christine Tham:
LOL, been there, nearly did that (and I'm normally pretty anal about reading instructions).
May be worthwhile inserting in the bootloader install section bold flashing text that says "Please do not disconnect and reboot your Gigabeat after this step - this is NOT the end of the install process" :-)
Llorean:
The bootloader section is after the firmware install section though. If they get to the end of the bootloader section, it *should* be the end, they just have a bad habit of skipping the prior section. :)
Christine Tham:
Thanks - that probably helps. I don't think the instructions were as clear (or in that order) when I installed in late Dec 06. Maybe people just like jumping to the end, figuring all the early sections must be preamble :-)
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