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Gigabeat s

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Is there any work being done to allow a gigabeat s to be used with Linux.

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) said : 		#1

It's an MTP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol) device which is implemented in Linux via libmtp (http://libmtp.sf.net) which is available in Ubuntu (http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=libmtp&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all)- but not the latest version, which might mean that support for the gigabeat may be lacking.

If you really want to use the gigabeat under Ubuntu then I would check with the libmtp people that your device is supported then if it is, wait a week until feisty is released, install that or upgrade to it, then file a bug request asking for the latest version of libmtp to be backported to feisty.

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Best Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) said : 		#2

http://libmtp.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=compatibility indicates that the Gigabeat S is indeed supported by the libmtp driver people.

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poc.erau (poc-erau) said : 		#3

Thanks the info was helpful and fast.