im having great diffulculty running my iPod on linux. I was using this guide and i cant make it work !
I tried setting up gtkpod first and i installed the required libarys and then compiled and installed gtkpod but i cant make that run because i get this error:

[root@myroom bin]# ./gtkpod
./gtkpod: error while loading shared libraries: libmp4v2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

im using firewire and i also cant connect the iPod to the computer.

has anyone had and sucess using there iPod with linux ? if so can you give me any tips please!.........

thanks, Ben

i also tried using this guide which was a continuation from the guide in my previous post which is purly about how to use the iPod with firewire and i cant do anything there because i dont have 'modprobe'.
does anyone know how to get this ? or an easyler way of doing things!

Ben

which distro? which ipod? etc...

i was just reading up on this...

looks like there may not be support for mp4 file type yet

http://www.freedos.org/jhall/ipod/

Fedora 2, 40gb FAT32

What do you mean ?

I ran into the same problem... a little more digging brought LD_LIBRARY_PATH to my attention. To find out more about this, and there is lots to find out, I recommend google. Before using the script that ive got that will make your gtkpod run, make sure that you read up on the security implications of changing your LD_LIBRARY_PATH .

Quick breakdown of whats going on: When gtkpod looks for your libraries, including the one that it claims it cant find, it looks to LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable for all the places that you may have hidden you libraries... So, what we must do is change this environment variable on load. Write a script... (or copy this one):

#!/bin/ksh
TEMP_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
gtkpod
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$TEMP_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH


To use script, copy above txt into a file, name it anything... ipod.sh for example. now run the script (cd to correct directory and run >./ipod.sh this should launch gtkpod)

What this script does is sets your current LD_LIBRARY_PATH to a temp path, adds a couple of common spots to look for libraries and then tries to run gtkpod. This script continues to exist while gtkpod runs, and resets the library path back to the original temp path when you exit...

I hope this helps.

Chris