Thread: [Ipodlinux-devel] IPOD Gaming

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Is it possible to write network games for the IPOD using TCP/IP? Am I correct in assuming that two IPOD units are capable of communicating with each other using ethernet over firewire?

Dave

Is it possible to write network games for the IPOD using TCP/IP? Am I correct in assuming that two IPOD units are capable of communicating with each other using ethernet over firewire?

Dave

Hi Dave,

Sure, iPod to iPod TCP/IP should work fine.  I haven't tried it as yet
but as long as the IP addresses on the two iPods are different there
should be no problems.  mmmm multiplayer snake ;)

cheers,
bern.

On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 20:08, David Piasecki wrote:
> Is it possible to write network games for the IPOD using TCP/IP? Am I correct in assuming that two IPOD units are capable of communicating with each other using ethernet over firewire?
> 
> Dave
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Hi,
for snake just let me add an idea: the scroll wheel would make a nice 
input for multidirectional snake moves... :)
greets

Ronja

Am 04.03.2004 um 21:01 schrieb Bernard Leach:

> mmmm multiplayer snake ;)

I've downloaded and built the latest bootloader, and I'm having troubles 
with it:
The bootloader works, abd lets me boot into the Apple software, or the 
Linux kernel. The linux kernel works fine. The apple software 'seems' to 
wokr, I can navigate the song database, etc... But when I play a song, 
it reboots the device.

If I don't have the bootloader, and I only use the apple software, 
everything plays fine.

Any clue what might be wrong. Has anyone had the same issues (this is a 
10gig gen 2 ipod)

-- Gilles Boccon-Gibod

Hi Gilles,

Does this happen everytime you boot the iPod?  I have a 10gig 2nd gen
iPod and I haven't seen it not work but could imagine there is perhaps a
race condition on the bootloader which means that the 2nd cpu is not
configured properly.

Perhaps you could try rebooting a couple of times see if you always see
the same result?

cheers,
bern.

On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 20:16, Gilles Boccon-Gibod wrote:
> I've downloaded and built the latest bootloader, and I'm having troubles 
> with it:
> The bootloader works, abd lets me boot into the Apple software, or the 
> Linux kernel. The linux kernel works fine. The apple software 'seems' to 
> wokr, I can navigate the song database, etc... But when I play a song, 
> it reboots the device.
> 
> If I don't have the bootloader, and I only use the apple software, 
> everything plays fine.
> 
> Any clue what might be wrong. Has anyone had the same issues (this is a 
> 10gig gen 2 ipod)
> 
> -- Gilles Boccon-Gibod
> 
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Yes, it does it all the time. I suspect the second processor to be in a
weird state, because all the UI stuff works. When I try to play something,
it will sometimes crash, or get stuck, or sometimes just sit there not
playing (the timecode does not move), but the UI sometime stays functional,
and I can go back to browsing, or change the volume, etc...
Info:

ipod, 10gig, firmware 1.3, with Windows file system.

-- Gilles Boccon-Gibod

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bernard Leach" <le...@bo...>
To: <ipo...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Ipodlinux-devel] Bootloader issues

>
> Hi Gilles,
>
> Does this happen everytime you boot the iPod?  I have a 10gig 2nd gen
> iPod and I haven't seen it not work but could imagine there is perhaps a
> race condition on the bootloader which means that the 2nd cpu is not
> configured properly.
>
> Perhaps you could try rebooting a couple of times see if you always see
> the same result?
>
> cheers,
> bern.
>
> On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 20:16, Gilles Boccon-Gibod wrote:
> > I've downloaded and built the latest bootloader, and I'm having troubles
> > with it:
> > The bootloader works, abd lets me boot into the Apple software, or the
> > Linux kernel. The linux kernel works fine. The apple software 'seems' to
> > wokr, I can navigate the song database, etc... But when I play a song,
> > it reboots the device.
> >
> > If I don't have the bootloader, and I only use the apple software,
> > everything plays fine.
> >
> > Any clue what might be wrong. Has anyone had the same issues (this is a
> > 10gig gen 2 ipod)
> >
> > -- Gilles Boccon-Gibod
> >
> >
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Have you tried audio on under linux?  That also uses the 2nd processor.

cheers,
bern.

Gilles Boccon-Gibod <bo...@bo...> said:

> Yes, it does it all the time. I suspect the second processor to be in a
> weird state, because all the UI stuff works. When I try to play something,
> it will sometimes crash, or get stuck, or sometimes just sit there not
> playing (the timecode does not move), but the UI sometime stays functional,
> and I can go back to browsing, or change the volume, etc...
> Info:
> 
> ipod, 10gig, firmware 1.3, with Windows file system.
> 
> -- Gilles Boccon-Gibod
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bernard Leach" <le...@bo...>
> To: <ipo...@li...>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ipodlinux-devel] Bootloader issues
> 
> 
> >
> > Hi Gilles,
> >
> > Does this happen everytime you boot the iPod?  I have a 10gig 2nd gen
> > iPod and I haven't seen it not work but could imagine there is perhaps a
> > race condition on the bootloader which means that the 2nd cpu is not
> > configured properly.
> >
> > Perhaps you could try rebooting a couple of times see if you always see
> > the same result?
> >
> > cheers,
> > bern.
> >
> > On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 20:16, Gilles Boccon-Gibod wrote:
> > > I've downloaded and built the latest bootloader, and I'm having troubles
> > > with it:
> > > The bootloader works, abd lets me boot into the Apple software, or the
> > > Linux kernel. The linux kernel works fine. The apple software 'seems' to
> > > wokr, I can navigate the song database, etc... But when I play a song,
> > > it reboots the device.
> > >
> > > If I don't have the bootloader, and I only use the apple software,
> > > everything plays fine.
> > >
> > > Any clue what might be wrong. Has anyone had the same issues (this is a
> > > 10gig gen 2 ipod)
> > >
> > > -- Gilles Boccon-Gibod
> > >
> > >
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-- 

Hi,
i was just installing the 2.4.24 release. i noticed that after 
installing it regarding the directions in the readme files that came 
with the 2.4.24 binary release, my apple firmware  refused to play auio 
files again. (i had that problem on my first install with 2.4.20rc2 
too).
i played around with it, and now achieved to get it running with linux 
as default boot.
am i doing something wrong? or is this somehow a known bug? it still 
seems to persist even with the latest files.

Ronja

> I've downloaded and built the latest bootloader, and I'm having 
> troubles with it:
> The bootloader works, abd lets me boot into the Apple software, or the 
> Linux kernel. The linux kernel works fine. The apple software 'seems' 
> to wokr, I can navigate the song database, etc... But when I play a 
> song, it reboots the device.
>
> If I don't have the bootloader, and I only use the apple software, 
> everything plays fine.

Hi Ronja,

Are you saying that it works when the Linux firmware is the default but
not when the Apple firmware is?  Is it readily reproducible on your
iPod?  What model is your iPod?

It looks like there is a race condition during the startup, I think I
have it worked out but no coded solution yet.

Hopefully I can reproduce the problem so I can test a fix.

cheers,
bern.

On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 18:08, Ronja Wilkening wrote:
> Hi,
> i was just installing the 2.4.24 release. i noticed that after 
> installing it regarding the directions in the readme files that came 
> with the 2.4.24 binary release, my apple firmware  refused to play auio 
> files again. (i had that problem on my first install with 2.4.20rc2 
> too).
> i played around with it, and now achieved to get it running with linux 
> as default boot.
> am i doing something wrong? or is this somehow a known bug? it still 
> seems to persist even with the latest files.
> 
> Ronja
> 
> 
> > I've downloaded and built the latest bootloader, and I'm having 
> > troubles with it:
> > The bootloader works, abd lets me boot into the Apple software, or the 
> > Linux kernel. The linux kernel works fine. The apple software 'seems' 
> > to wokr, I can navigate the song database, etc... But when I play a 
> > song, it reboots the device.
> >
> > If I don't have the bootloader, and I only use the apple software, 
> > everything plays fine.
> 
> 
> 
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