Comments on: How to mount iPod/iPhone in Karmic Koala and more distros!

By: Dimon

Dimon — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:56:12 +0000

I’ve got the same problem as Mark.
When connectin iPod 3.1.3 to Ubuntu Jaunty laptop getting error:
usbmuxd_get_device_list: error opening socket!
No device found, is it connected?
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.

It seems ifuse doesn’t work under Jaunty but work well under Karmic Koala on my desktop

By: Rachael Zepf

Rachael Zepf — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:23:16 +0000

on the net for articles that can help me. Thank you

By: cgs

cgs — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:38:24 +0000

bluephase, I’ve never sync music but from what I know you don’t use Rythmbox, you need to use special programs designed for ipod touches and iphones, try googling gtkpod. There was also a way with Amarok 1.4 (not the new version, (2)) and I did it, and I was able to listen music from my ipod in Amarok and I was able to sync it, but then I had to restore… the music library was corrupted. I don’t know if gtkpod or other programs work well and at first. If you get it, tell me!

idef1x, if you don’t have it yet, jailbreak it. It’s not for getting the music synced, it’s because you have a lot of options after you do. For example I can see a lot of files with a file manager called iFile, move files between applications… I have a folder that all my applications can see and there is where I have most of my files. I dont need video conversions, I use a program called Mplayer which runs smoothy and I can play a lot of different video files, I can play GBA games, (yes, I’m addicted to Mario xD), … Nowadays it’s very simple, you should google it!

By: idef1x

idef1x — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:09:22 +0000

@Jyraiya: i tried it with a running usbmuxd like i found in another post:
- sudo apt-get install usbmuxd
- sudo usbmuxd (add -f for foreground operation to see what’s happening)
- plug in your ipod/iphone
- ifuse /media/iPod

using ifuse whithout sudo solved the permissions on reading the ipod for me too
Now i’ve to see how i can add photo’s and mp3′s to the iPod in a way the iPod can use them. Storing is not the problem, but the iPod doesn’t see them itself

By: bluephase

bluephase — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:47:15 +0000

Thanks for the response cgs. Managed to fix the problem by manually removing all the libraries and then reinstalling them one by one. I still cant get it to sync with Rythmbox, but can now at least retrieve the files which i needed!

By: cgs

cgs — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:36:24 +0000

I’m sorry Jyraiya but I can’t tell you more, you always have the option of using VirtualBox (from Sun Microsystems) which has USB support to install Windows and iTunes, then as it has USB support you can plug in your iPod and sync it with no problems, maybe I’ll do a tutorial, but it’s really simple, google it.

You’ll need to:

1. Install VirtualBox: http://www.virtualbox.org/
2. Get a Windows (for example XP) CD or ISO
3. Create a disk in VirtualBox, put XP (for example) and select the CD/ISO
4. Open virtual machine and install as normal
5. Enjoy!

You can even download a .vhd image that’s prepared for Virtual machines, you download it and you add a new hard drive to your Virtual Box linking that file, your Windows will be running form that file without any installation. Search in Google for downloads from rapidshare, megaupload… or torrents.

By: Jyraiya

Jyraiya — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:34:32 +0000

hi i’m having the same problem as mark wen i try to mount my ipod running the 3.0 OS the terminal display the following:
usbmuxd_get_device_list: error opening socket!
No device found, is it connected?
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.
…….

Please help xD cuz i dont really want to return to windows days:S
thanks 4 all

By: cgs

cgs — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:00:44 +0000

bluephase, I usually do this:

gksudo nautilus

and then I browse media/iPod or where you have your ipod/iphone mounted, but I think that it will give you the same error that:

sudo cd /media/iPod
ls

Try it anyway.

By: bluephase

bluephase — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:10:56 +0000

Hi – I’ve followed your instructions above and can get my iPhone mounted, but it doesnt allow me any permissions on the folder so I can’t view any files. This happens even if I use the terminal and try to ‘sudo cd’ into the folder.

When i mount my iPhone and I check the permissions in terminal I get: -

09:09:46> l
ls: cannot access iPhone: Permission denied
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2010-02-13 09:32 cdrom -> cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-02-13 09:32 cdrom0
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? iPhone

Any ideas on a fix? Thanks in advance

By: cgs

cgs — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:12:59 +0000

It’s strange Mark, because the fix in this post is because when you want to mount your ipod/iphone iFuse doesn’t know where it can be mounted. It looks that your iphone can’t be detected, I don’t know, I think you’ll have tried to connect and disconnect it a few times, right?

Try contacting the developers: http://matt.colyer.name/projects/iphone-linux/?title=Main_Page