Hi,

I bought a Karma as I needed a portable player and was very happy with my empeg
for many years. The Ethernet connectivity made it even more attractive for me,
as I only run Linux on my computers.

Well so much for the theory...

I first had the "Ethernet not working" problem which was "fixed"
by replacing the switch.

When using Ethernet for syncing new music/deleting tracks, the current
Karma firmware (1.68) locks up very often. I first thought it might be a
jemplode problem and contacted Mike Schrag. He was very helpful in trying to
find the problem (Thanks a lot!).

It turned out jemplode does nothing wrong as the Karma locks up "randomly".
Also "protocol errors" shouldn't lock up a device anyway. When I put the Karma
under load (play music while syncing), it locks up almost every time.
I then tried RMM over Ethernet and I locks up, too!

Is this a know issue, meaning it will be fixed? It's very annoying
if you can't really sync new music to the Karma.

Bye,
Thomas