zekopeko: That's a very good question. My guess is that the IR receiver on the universal dock isn't visible to the computer, just the iPod (eg. it works like the wired remote they sell). But if you have such a dock, drop a mail with the output of "lsusb -vvv" as root, and we'll see what it says.
Yep, I'm afraid the dock doesn't show any special devices to the computer when plugged in, so the remote only controls the iPod that's plugged in, and doesn't actually need a computer to work.
"Hardware enablement"
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So that means the Apple iPod dock should work with the Apple remote?
23 April 2010 at 18:14
zekopeko: That's a very good question. My guess is that the IR receiver on the universal dock isn't visible to the computer, just the iPod (eg. it works like the wired remote they sell). But if you have such a dock, drop a mail with the output of "lsusb -vvv" as root, and we'll see what it says.
23 April 2010 at 18:46
Yep, I'm afraid the dock doesn't show any special devices to the computer when plugged in, so the remote only controls the iPod that's plugged in, and doesn't actually need a computer to work.
24 April 2010 at 15:32