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Subject: Re: IO device error with ipod

Re: IO device error with ipod

From: Rob Powell <rob_at_rinty.plus.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:01:31 +0100

I've found that it resets too, but thought it was a me thing. Maybe
that's the cause.

Rob At 12:32 27/07/2006, you wrote:
> > Hi, and thanks for that. My problem is that I use speech with my
> > computer, have no experience whatever of linux, and don't know whether
> > rebooting into linux would stop my speech working.
>
>It probably wouldn't work very well - text to speech (and the other way
>around) is quite primitive under Linux at the moment.
>
> > Re the USB for ipods, is it not working already?
>
>No. When you plug in an iPod, the Rockbox firmware reboots into the
>Apple firmware, putting it into the Apple firmware's mass storage device
>mode. In theory, the Rockbox firmware should be able to do the USB stuff
>itself.
>
>I'm finding it especially annoying because, on some machines, after
>disconnecting from USB, the iPod likes to reset the Rockbox configuration.
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Received on 2006-07-27

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