All credits should go to :
Paul McEnery, stonecut & marcan and ubuntuforum
- Add on sources.list the bellow line
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pmcenery/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list - Install the following necessary packages
sudo apt-get install gvfs gvfs-backends gvfs-bin gvfs-fuse libgvfscommon0 ifuse libgpod libiphone-utils libiphone0 python-iphone ibplist++1 libplist-utils python-plist libusb-1.0-0 libusb-1.0-0-udeb libusbmuxd1 usbmuxd - Edit the FUSE config file.
sudo gedit /etc/fuse.conf
-> Remove the“#”in front of “user_allow_other”, save and exit.
Next, open“System” -> “Administration” -> “Users and Groups” in Ubuntu Menu.
Click on the little key at the bottom to unlock it for making changes. Then, select your username and click on “Manage Groups”.
Find the“fuse” group and double-click on it. Make a checkmark next to your name in the window that opens. Click on OK and close all dialogs. You’re now in the “fuse” group.
Next, completely log out and in again – do a reboot to be safe. This is important !
Open up a terminal again. Let’s verify we’re really in the “fuse” group:
We can now mount the phone as regular user after connecting it, run
ps ax | grep usbmuxd
to verify that usbmuxd is listening if you want):
ifuse /mnt/ipod/
We can also unmount as regular user (a sudo shouldn’t be necessary):
fusermount -u /mnt/ipod/ - Prepare ipod itunes directory :
Ok, now mount the device with “ifuse /mnt/ipod/” (if not still mounted) and create the “iTunes_Control/Device” directory:
mkdir /mnt/ipod/iTunes_Control/Device/
Then, get your UUID:
lsusb -v | grep -i iSerial
It’s the first number and should be 40 characters long. Then, run:
ipod-read-sysinfo-extended
(mountpoint here is /mnt/ipod/)
This should generate a file named iTunes_Control/Device/SysInfoExtended.
Make sure it’s not empty and whatnot; it should be a large-ish plist (XML file) with a bunch of info.
fusermount -u /mnt/ipod/ - Reboot your computer
- Plug the ipod : you should see it appear on the desktop
and it should now be- directly mounted in rhythmbox and you can add music files (transfer rate still slow but acceptable)
- mounted in gtkpod but you'll have to launch the "ifuse /mnt/ipod".
- NOT visible in amarok 2.2.1 and still haven't figured out why...
rhyhmbox is unable to remove music files, so please use the previous gtkpod part either to remove files or add videos to the ipod.
Hopefully amarok will handle it soon so everything can be performed from the same app (and gtkpod is a real pain !). - That's all folks
Hope this helps,
Here we go :
I can't make it work. I get this:
$ ipod-read-sysinfo-extended d651b4a66ef9d02723bf160d7f8a0c61a2d4ad11 /media/ipod/
Couldn't read xml sysinfo from d651b4a66ef9d02723bf160d7f8a0c61a2d4ad11
please make sure you have done at step 4. We don't use directory media to mount the ipod. For make it works, please same the directory.
thanks LOL
When I try running 'ifuse /mnt/ipod' I keep getting, "If it is make sure that your user has permissions to access the raw usb device.
If you're still having issues try unplugging the device and reconnecting it."
I've tried every USB port, what else should I try?
@David
It was happening because you aren't root when accessed it.
please to be root:
$ sudo -i
or
$ sudo su
@david
please try this command on your terminal:
sudo ifuse /mnt/ipod
Note: It will execute "ifuse" as root permission because you do "sudo" first.
Hope it works 4 U. :)
This looks very promising :) I am an Ubuntu / Windows Vista user with a dual-boot, ufortunately. I'm getting an iPhone 3GS soon and really, the only purpose of installing Vista was for the iPhone, but now that I have read your article, I will definitely give this a try and if it works, goodbye Windows :D
@Joe, Sorry I haven't checked this in a while.
I tried running it as sudo and su, but sudo tells me \ERROR: the mount point specified does not exist
and su doesn't reckognize ifuse
hmm, maybe ipod directory doesn't create automatically when ipod connected on your ubuntu.
please make it first:
$ sudo mkdir /mnt/ipod/
after did it, you can follow from Edit the FUSE config file on step 3 until finish.
I updated Lucid from Karmic, and this wasn't working until I did this. Thanks for the help, now my iphone is working perfectly with ubuntu.