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Chapter 11, Hardware

#97 Use an iPod with Linux

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check the ACPI files individually. Look in the /proc/acpi directory for vari-

ous things of importance. For example, if you want to look at your battery

status you need to read the battery state file:

foo@bar:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state

present: yes

capacity state: ok

charging state: charging

present rate: 37 mW

remaining capacity: 44400 mWh

present voltage: 12456 mV

More information on ACPI in Linux, including information on power man-

agement (sleep and suspend), is available at http://acpi.sourceforge.net.

—Emma Jane Hogbin

HACK

#97

Use an iPod with Linux Hack #97

You don’t need a Windows PC or Mac to use an iPod.

This hack shows how to use an iPod with Linux. It’s aimed at Linux purists—

that is, people who don’t want to have to use a Mac or Windows–based PC,

nor Wine nor Windows software—to get going. (I fall into this category, not

because of any religious convictions, but merely because Linux is all I have.

For updates, visit http://pag.csail.mit.edu/~adonovan/hacks/ipod.html)

This hack assumes that you have reasonable level of Linux

competence. You should be comfortable with downloading,

compiling, and installing software, as well as general system

administration tasks.

Here’s what you’ll need if you want to use an iPod with your Linux box:

A Mac or Windows iPod (obviously)

The iPod is basically just a FireWire hard disk, with its own ...