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authorRobert Hak <adiamas@rockbox.org>2002-04-23 09:36:58 +0000
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More questions that seemed to make sense. And humor because I like it.
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Q. What is a FAQ?
6A. A rare small animal of the species 'Textius Electronicus'. It is known for 6A. A rare small animal of the species 'Textius Electronicus'. It is known for
7 its' helpful attitude and vicious misspellings. 7 its' helpful attitude and vicious misspellings.
8 8
9Q. What is Rockbox, what is it's purpose? 9Q. What is Rockbox? What is it's purpose?
10A. The purpose of this project is to write an Open Source replacement 10A. The purpose of this project is to write an Open Source replacement
11 firmware for the Archos Jukebox 6000, Studio 20 and Recorder MP3 players. 11 firmware for the Archos Jukebox 6000, Studio 20 and Recorder MP3 players.
12 12
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ A. First make sure to read the file CONTRIBUTING in the firmware directory
15 on Sourceforge. See http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/firmware/CONTRIBUTING 15 on Sourceforge. See http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/firmware/CONTRIBUTING
16 if you do not want to have to wade through the CVS directories. 16 if you do not want to have to wade through the CVS directories.
17 17
18Q: Whats CVS?
19A: Concurrent Versions System (http://www.cvshome.org). We have a small
20 help page about how to use this to get, update and commit files on the web
21 at http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/cvs.html
22
18Q. What exactly is the CONTRIBUTING file? 23Q. What exactly is the CONTRIBUTING file?
19A. Just like the name implies, it lists conventions that the project follows, 24A. Just like the name implies, it lists conventions that the project follows,
20 and in turn asks you to follow, for the formating of source code in 25 and in turn asks you to follow, for the formating of source code in
@@ -53,6 +58,12 @@ A. One way is by visiting us on IRC. Head on over to the server
53 questions anyway, serveral of us log the channel and will get you answers 58 questions anyway, serveral of us log the channel and will get you answers
54 when we unidle. 59 when we unidle.
55 60
61Q: Wow, you guys talk on IRC alot? I wish I had been around for those
62 conversations to see what happened.
63A: We are glad you mentioned that! http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/irc happens
64 to have a list of various logs we have recorded of events in the channel.
65 Feel free to read up, and ask questions on what you find.
66
56Q. What is this "SourceForge" you keep mentioning? 67Q. What is this "SourceForge" you keep mentioning?
57A. http://www.sourceforge.net 68A. http://www.sourceforge.net
58 69
@@ -103,10 +114,29 @@ A. Firstly, we wouldn't start something like this if we didn't simply enjoy
103 114
104Q. I tried one of your firmware files and now I can't access my harddisk! 115Q. I tried one of your firmware files and now I can't access my harddisk!
105 When I turn on my jukebox, it says: 116 When I turn on my jukebox, it says:
106 117 Part. Error
107 Part. Error 118 Pls Chck HD
108 Pls Chck HD
109
110A. Your harddisk has been password protected. We're not 100% sure why it 119A. Your harddisk has been password protected. We're not 100% sure why it
111 happens, but you can unlock it yourself. Look at: 120 happens, but you can unlock it yourself. Look at:
112 http://rockbox.sourceforge.net/rockbox/lock.html 121 http://rockbox.sourceforge.net/rockbox/lock.html
122
123Q: This FAQ doesn't answer the question I have. What should I do?
124A: You have a couple options here. You could forget the question, find an
125 easier question, or accept '42' as the answer no matter what. We don't
126 really recommend any of these (though I do opt for '42' often myself).
127 What we do recommend is stopping by IRC, reading
128 http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox to see if the question was answered else where
129 and just not included here, or ultimatly dropping an email to the mailing
130 list (rockbox@cool.haxx.se).
131
132Q: Are there other ways to contact the developers?
133A: Yes.
134
135Q: Are you going to tell us what they are?
136A: No. Post to the mailing list and we will get back to you.
137
138Q: But I _really_ want to talk with you in person,
139A: I'm sorry. My girlfriend/boyfriend/pet says I'm not allowed to, and the
140 doctors here won't let me have pens or pencils. They say its some rule
141 about us not having sharp objects. I'm sorry. Now please stop calling me
142 here.