Creative Nomad MuVo TX and Linux

Muvo TX Creative Nomad MuVo TX is a miniature MP3 player that can also serve as a data storage device. MuVo TX is available with either 128, 256 or 512 MB of built-in flash memory. MuVo TX is equipped with USB 2.0 and no cables are needed to connect it to a computer.

As the older sibling players MuVo and MuVo NX, MuVo TX works perfectly with Linux. For the 2.6 kernels, the required drivers are uhci_hcd (USB 1.0) and/or ehci_hcd (USB 2.0), usb_storage, and vfat. If the drivers are not compiled into the kernel, load the modules with the following command (add or remove module names as needed):

modprobe uhci_hcd ehci_hcd usb_storage vfat

Now plug the player in the USB port and the system log file /var/log/messages should show something like:

Nov 16 17:17:15 lepjmlap kernel: usb 1-1: new high
          speed USB device using address 5

          Nov 16 17:17:16 lepjmlap kernel: scsi11 : SCSI emulation for
          USB Mass Storage devices

          Nov 16 17:17:16 lepjmlap kernel: Vendor: Creative Model:
          NOMAD MuVo TX Rev: 0100

          Nov 16 17:17:16 lepjmlap kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI
          SCSI revision: 02

          Nov 16 17:17:16 lepjmlap kernel: SCSI device sdb: 499712
          512-byte hdwr sectors (256 MB)

          Nov 16 17:17:16 lepjmlap kernel: sdb: assuming Write
          Enabled

          Nov 16 17:17:16 lepjmlap kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache:
          write through

          Nov 16 17:17:16 lepjmlap kernel:
          /dev/scsi/host11/bus0/target0/lun0: p1

          Nov 16 17:17:16 lepjmlap kernel: Attached scsi removable disk
          sdb at scsi11, channel 0, id 0, lun 0

Also cat /proc/scsi/scsi will show:

Host: scsi11 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00

          Vendor: Creative Model: NOMAD MuVo TX Rev: 0100

          Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02

The player can be now mounted as, for example, /mnt:

mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt