Re: How to mount an iPod Touch
On 23/11/14 09:50, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> My daughter has recently purchased an iPod Touch and would like to be
> able to maintain it from our linux box running Wheezy. My wife has an
> iPad Mini and it would be nice to be able to maintain that from the
> linux box, as well. I have googled. I have upgraded to the latest
> kernel from Backports (3.16). I have installed libimobiledevice-utils.
> I have done everything I can think of.
>
> When I plug the device in I get the following in dmesg:
>
> [ 127.569680] usb 4-4.4: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
> [ 127.665562] usb 4-4.4: New USB device found, idVendor=05ac,
> idProduct=12aa
> [ 127.666054] usb 4-4.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
> SerialNumber=3
> [ 127.666538] usb 4-4.4: Product: iPod
> [ 127.667021] usb 4-4.4: Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
> [ 127.667517] usb 4-4.4: SerialNumber:
> ea1f2a0800d76f91f9bc0d50d6620151d249e6a9
>
> You will note that there is no mention of a mountable device node. I
> have added a file, '50-custom.rules' in /etc/udev/rules.d that contains
> the line:
>
> BUS=="scsi", ATTRS{idVendor}=="05ac", ATTRS{idProduct}=="12aa",
> ATTRS{serial}=="ea1f2a0800d76f91f9bc0d50d6620151d249e6a9",
> NAME{all_partitions}="ipod", GROUP="plugdev"
Should be "BUS=="usb"
Also, MODE="0660"
Note that you:-
;only need to supply enough rules to match the device (minimum of 2 from
memory) I'd suggest you use BUS and ATTRS{serial}.
;you haven't mentioned what you want to "do" with the device i.e. mount
it somewhere - or "who" should do that. Please let me know what you want
to do (I don't know anything about gtkpod requirements)
Example only - this will work - but should be modified to suit your
requirement (please read further down):-
ATTRS{serial}=="ea1f2a0800d76f91f9bc0d50d6620151d249e6a9",
ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Apple Inc.", ATTRS{product}=="iPod",
KERNEL=="sd?1", SYMLINK+="ipod", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="0660"
>
> I then tried connecting the device again. Still nothing. I rebooted
> with the device attached. Nothing.
Apologies - I'm rushed today and don't have time to check my notes. Try:-
udevadm control --reload-rules
>
> What am I doing wrong?
Not supplying dense walls of text describing your circumstances? ;)
You mention two devices - in which case I'd:-
;suggest you turn on udev debugging (as root "udevadm control
--log-priority=debug")
;*post* the output of "udevadm info"[*1] for both IPod devices) to
paste.debian.net and include a link in your reply.
[*1] see the Ref below for an expansion on what I mean by that.
> I have installed gtkpod and hope that it will do
> what I need it to do. But first, I need to be able to mount the device.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
I'm happy to do so later today (time providing) when you've posted the
requested information (again, apologies - I don't own those devices).
>
> Marc
>
>
Ref:- (a guide I've previously posted to this list)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/12/msg01117.html
Kind regards
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