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    HOWTO: Ipod Touch Sync in Virtualbox & Intrepid Ibex

    After days of trying to get the ipod touch working in ubuntu (ad-hoc wireless sync / wine itunes / qemu + winxp / kvm + winxp / virtualbox-ose + xp) I finally have it working using:

    Virtualbox-2.0.4 (PUEL)
    Recompile usbcore (Modify MAX_USBFS_BUFFER_SIZE to 128K in drivers/usb/core/devio.c) see VirtualBox ticket #491

    This is a workaround --A fix is scheduled for Virtualbox 2.1.

    Ill share it here please respond with suggestions/improvements/comments. It should also work for the iPhone.

    1. Install VirtualBox-2.0
    2. Configure Ubuntu for VirtualBox-2.0
    3. Usb Filesystem fix
    4. Kernel usbcore fix
    5. Install Windows XP in VirtualBox
    6. Running VirtualBox
    7. Troubleshooting
    8. Sources


    1. Install VirtualBox-2.0

    Add repository to /etc/apt/sources.list
    Code:
    echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian intrepid non-free" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
    Add sun public apt-get key
    Code:
     wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
    Install VirtualBox-2.0
    Code:
    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install virtualbox-2.0
    Beware: the virtualbox module vboxdrv conflicts with kvm. See troubleshooting for more info.


    2. Configure Ubuntu for VirtualBox-2.0

    Add yourself to the vboxusers group
    Code:
    sudo gpasswd -a `whoami` vboxusers
    Startup vboxdrv module on boot by appending it to /etc/modules
    Code:
    echo "vboxdrv" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

    3. Usb Filesystem fix

    Get the vboxusers group id
    Code:
    cat /etc/group | grep vboxusers
    vboxusers:x:128:spirit
    Edit /etc/fstab to add these two lines and replace the devgid with the vboxusers group id
    Code:
    #usbfs for virtualbox
    none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=128,devmode=664 0 0

    4. Kernel usbcore fix

    check your current kernel version
    Code:
    uname -r
    2.6.27-7-generic
    Get the sources for your kernel and fix usb/core/devio.c
    Code:
    sudo apt-get build-dep linux-source-2.6.27
    sudo apt-get install linux-source-2.6.27 build-essential
    tar -jxvf /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.27.tar.bz2
    cd linux-source-2.6.27/drivers/usb/core
    perl -pi.bak -e 's/16384/131072/' devio.c
    make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/ M=`pwd` modules
    strip --strip-debug usbcore.ko
    sudo install -m644 -b usbcore.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/core
    sudo depmod -ae
    sudo update-initramfs -u
    Reboot your system and check if vboxdrv is running
    Code:
    lsmod | grep vbox
    vboxdrv 72472 0

    5. Install Windows XP in VirtualBox

    Start VirtualBox using Applications->System Tools->Sun xVM Virtualbox or type "VirtualBox" in a terminal
    Install Windows XP (SP2+) in a virtual machine.
    This guide gives a rough idea howto. It is pretty much straightforward.
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox


    6. Running VirtualBox

    • Enable usb and usb2 in the settings for you virtual machine
    • install itunes inside the vm
    • connect the ipod touch
    • cancel f-spot
    • in the top of the vm box click Devices and activate the apple ipod
    • Run iTunes inside vm



    7. Troubleshooting

    vboxdrv cannot load because kvm is loaded
    purge the kvm package

    Code:
    sudo dpkg --purge kvm
    sudo rmmod kvm
    sudo modprobe vboxdrv
    howto rebuild the vboxdrv module
    Code:
    sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
    after upgrading it stopped working
    You need to apply the kernel usbcore fix again, and rebuild the vboxdrv module (see above)


    8. Sources

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox
    [SOLVED] Virtual box ipod touch / iphone sync
    http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/491
    Last edited by Baji; November 6th, 2008 at 10:14 PM.

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