[GLLUG] Connecting iPods to PCs

Richard Houser rick at divinesymphony.net
Thu Jun 25 00:53:56 EDT 2009


Chick,

I might be able to make the meeting tonight (50/50 chance).  If you
bring your equipment with you, I can try to see if it works like my
nano 2nd Gen easy enough (via libgpod).


On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Chick Tower<c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know how to connect an iPod Touch to a Linux PC?  I'm trying
> to do it, and I thought it would be just like connecting a thumb drive,
> but it isn't.  The following are the entries in dmesg after plugging in
> the two devices:
>
> Plugging in iPod
> usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
> usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 3 choices
>
> Plugging in thumb drive
> usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
> usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
> USB Mass Storage support registered.
> usb-storage: device found at 3
> usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
> scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     MicroAdv QuickiDrive128M  2.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 256000 512-byte hardware sectors: (131 MB/125 MiB)
> sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
> sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
> sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 256000 512-byte hardware sectors: (131 MB/125 MiB)
> sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
> sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
>  sdb: sdb1
> sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
> sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
> usb-storage: device scan complete
>
> I see that there are a lot more entries for the thumb drive, including
> what I would attach to, /dev/sdb1.  Is there something that's failing to
> initiate for the iPod?  If so, does anyone know what's missing?  I would
> appreciate any advice any of you can offer.
> --
>
>                                Chick
>
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