The sourgeforge.net site (which hosts Hijack) is changing the way things work, and only projects that use their "proper" release management system will continue to be hosted there in the long run.

I'm not interested in that, as it creates a lot more work for me. And as you all know by now, I'm supposedly an arrogant bastard who never does anything for this ungrateful crowd, so why should I start now.

Anyway, I'm not yanking it off there, just letting it die off slowly as they continue to disable parts that Hijack currently relies on.

Get it while you can, and if you want a better system, fix it yourselves.

I've just uploaded a current full snapshot of v428 to make getting your own copy easier. Why I did this, I have no idea.

Cheers

Hi Mark,

I am everytime surprised, when I get a new Hijack version for my Empeg... Thanks a lot!

Small problem: jEmplode can't detect your latest version. Using at the moment the second last version v427.

bye

...works...Thanks!

bye

Note that this also applies to various other free empeg goodies that this pompous overlord has also never provided anyone here with, so grab those two since they're also hosted on the empeg site at sourceforge.net.
aniwrite, empsync, mp3tool, strace, and upgrader.

It seems that various other programs I've written are not there, so whereever they're stashed I guess they'll likely remain.

Cheers

I also had a new builder image for HUGE drives that was about to be uploaded to there, but no more.

Cheers

Mark, I'm sure that the vast majority of users on this BBS appreciate everything you've done with Hijack and the other uitls that you've made available to us. I know that I would not have been able to write my apps without your help and support in Hijack, and the Empeg is just plain better for your involvement. Not to mention eveyone with a cool home dock (and the Hijack support for that, too). Don't let a few users make you think you are not appreciated.

I second that, Mark you are very appreciated/respected here. Without your MANY MANY hours of hard work so much would not be possible with this wonderful little device. Please dont leave

Thanks for the v428 full snapshot. That's very handy for those of us using the ext3 features of your kernel. My build script was starting to get a little confusing.

Personally, I have always loved the extra goodness hijack gives me...but not only that, you have patiently answered my dumb technical requests and patiently corrected my assumptions....

So...if some small minority hasn't appreciated you, there are certainly enough of us who have

Thanks

My head is spinning- and I'm still new to the empeg world!
Surely this is not all in response to the one 'memory error' thread?

I just want to make my feelings clear: Mark Lord has done wonderful things for the empeg- many more than I currently know about. Helpful, friendly, rapid response to user's dilemmas are documented throughout this BBS.

Thank you, Mark, for all of your efforts!
Your time investment and interest in the empeg and this community have impressed me deeply, as have your skills with both hardware and software.

And having met you personally (although briefly) at the first Cincy meet, I must say you're a cool guy both on and offline. I never would have gotten into geocaching if not for Mark (and Russmeister).

Thanks for all you do for the community. I'd be happy to host your stuff for free if you'd like (I'd even give you root access if you wanted it.)

I'll AOL the above posted sentiments Mark - I've loved playing with the various goodies Hijack has provided and completely enjoy your dock which lets me wake up to my empeg every day as well as the lovely remote display for the Valentine1 which keeps my ass ticket-free (knock wood!) day in day out. You've put great tools in our hands and believe me, lots of us appreciate it! You're really quite irreplacable.

-Zeke

Bonzi: Take your flames elsewhere, please.

While the insults continue here and elsewhere, I've been spending the past couple of hours working out how to get Patrick's memory boards functioning on Mk2 hardware.

Not that I have any Mk2 hardware, so why should I bother -- I'll probably only get flamed for that too, I suppose.

But PCA is a nice guy in a tight spot, so look for Hijack v429 later tonight, with Mk2 + PCA_memory_board support.

Cheers

Hi Mark.

I havn't been around much lately, but I wanted to echo the sentiments about how admired you are here. It is not just respect and appreciation - it's more than that. You've not only "been there for us" like when you offer repair services and help with various quirks, you've also given us goodies that we never knew we needed until we've had them!

[censored], I could keep going on: I don't have to wait for 5 hours to do a sync because my player decides to do a hardware check, I can customize my boot logos, I can use nearly any remote to control my empeg too.

I hope that your hosting gets sorted out. I'm sure many of us here are willing to help out in any way.

I have installed HiJack v429 on both of my players. Both are MKIIa's one with ver 2.0 final and the other is v3a8. They both are running fine.
EDIT: jEmplode v68 BTW and no hacks other then empathic on v2 player

I just installed v429 via Jemplode and got this error.

I'm running a Mk2a, 21K mp3s, fidsift, 2.00 final dev, "set max fid" and no other hacks (empire disabled awaiting memory board.

Upon doing the upgrade a 2nd time. It worked just fine with no error message. But now my player is locked up... should I reboot or upgrade a 3rd time?

EDIT: Player was paused during the upgrade, and now I can't take it out of pause. No response from empegface or the front panel. Responds to ping and empegface is still showing screen. Hijack menu comes up. Hyperterminal output is blank, but I only started it after the lockup.

I am thinking of rebooting via Hijack, but the first warning (linked above) has me worried this might mess it up? Maybe I just had a sloppy upgrade due to low RAM (upgrades have taken two tries in the past with Jemplode, but I don't remember any lock ups)?

EDIT 2: Got impatient, realized how paranoid I was being and rebooted. Did it via Hyperterminal. All is well. Hopefully my memory board will ship soon!

Almost stock Mk2a player(Hijack installed), 48GB and 30GB HDs, just upgraded to 429, no problems installing through jemplode 69.00~1 here. No problems after it rebooted too.

v429 installed on my stock Mk2. Everything is shipshape and Bristol fashion. Installed fine through jEmplode v69 (running on Gentoo Linux), reboots, streams and plays as normal (well, it's not plugged into an amp at the minute, but the menus and visuals all work )

Thanks Geoff. Good to know about the Mk2 working fine.

Now we just need to hear from a Mk1 owner to know that all is well.

Brad: even I sometimes have to cycle the power after a kernel upgrade from time to time.. never have figured out why.

Cheers

Mark,
I, too, echo all the thanks and apprecatiion for all you have done for the community and answering my questions...if you were snippy with me, I guess i did not notice, as I ask for help and if the help includes a remark, so be it.
Anyway, you are welcome to put anything you want (yeah even that rock climbing pic) on my webstite. Don't know if that is what you need or want, but the offer is there. But I would suggest you take a deep breath and remember what Shakespear (I think) said..."Even the gods themselves, against stupidity, contended in vain." But I can relate...I, personally am having my own private pity party due to some people at work who seem to have a case of terminal cranius/retum inversion.... But, like bad beans, this too shall pass....
Again, my thanks for all the free advice, great docs, and willingness to work with me on a couple of issues!
Ladmo.

No problems found on my mk1

I know that you all don't see much of me (I don't post much) but I'm always watching (scary big-brother thought) and I'm always excited about any new Hijack releases... Mark - Please don't get descouraged! I can confidently say that we all love you here on this "unofficial empeg board" and I'm genuinely upset that someone was able to rile you up to this point (no matter if it was intentional or not ;-)... I've felt (and surely others will agree) that your contributions to our beloved empeg has supassed our every expectation - words cannot express how grateful I am for your contributions... If there will ever be a Nobel Prize for OpenSource contributions, feel proud that you'd have a group of enthusiastic nominations from us here! (who knows, maybe a hijacked empeg will end up saving the world). I don't really know how I can help except for offering hosting space and maybe some money for a domain registration, but I'd do anything to keep it as effortless as possible for you to maintain Hijack...

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Heh. All I can say to that is that when I can finally afford one , you can be damn sure there'll be a hijacked empeg inside.

Hot damn, 'Rochie'!!! That's a sweet thought especially coming from 'left' field! Talk about a heck of a way to get a premo parking space!!!