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I’m trying to connect my iPad 2 running 6.1.2. I’m using OpenSUSE 12.3 with the lates kernel(Not sure if it matters in this scenario).
I have both iFuse and libimobiledevice3 on my system. Here’s what happens when i try to mount it through the terminal:
userx@linux-nt1e:~> ifuse /home/userx/iPad
ERROR: the mount point specified does not exist
Please correct me if that’s the incorrect code to mount it(Part of me thinks that’s the error.).
Here’s the dmesg log from when i insert the iPad USB:
6947.960834] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 4 #Tried switching ports here
6954.130995] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
6954.146444] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=05ac, idProduct=129f
6954.146452] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
6954.146456] usb 3-1: Product: iPad
6954.146459] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
6954.146463] usb 3-1: SerialNumber: 1cdf57161d4a3a4a95a7cb7d00b352119ed0a07a
6954.146708] usb 3-1: ep 0x2 - rounding interval to 8 microframes, ep desc says 10 microframes
6954.146719] usb 3-1: ep 0x81 - rounding interval to 8 microframes, ep desc says 10 microframes
6954.152896] usb 3-1: ep 0x2 - rounding interval to 8 microframes, ep desc says 10 microframes
6954.152908] usb 3-1: ep 0x81 - rounding interval to 8 microframes, ep desc says 10 microframes
I’ve also read about gtkPod but it doesn’t seem to support my iPad or any iPad for that matter. I don’t know much about Apple products so if anyone could help i’d appreciate it 
I just need to acess it to move around .pdf and .cbr files so it doesn’t have to mount through Amarok or any other multimedia player.
I also tried to do it through iTunes on Windows 7 in VirtualBox. Just shows an error over the USB icon.
Thanks.
On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:16:01 +0000, JDarmody wrote:
> userx@linux-nt1e:~> ifuse /home/userx/iPad
> ERROR: the mount point specified does not exist
The error message says the mount point (the path you’ve provided) doesn’t
exist.
Try creating it and re-execute the command.
Jim
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How do you create it? I was just putting in paths that i found people used with their ipads and ipods online.
I tried accessing my iPad through a LiveUSB with Ubuntu. It loads it up fine and lets me access the files on the iPad. However, although i can view my files on my HD(Which was a bit weird that i could) i can’t move them or do anything else. So if i’m unable to make OpenSUSE boot my iPad is there a way i can access my HD through the Ubuntu LiveUSB?
On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:26:01 +0000, JDarmody wrote:
> How do you create it? I was just putting in paths that i found people
> used with their ipads and ipods online.
>
>
> I tried accessing my iPad through a LiveUSB with Ubuntu. It loads it up
> fine and lets me access the files on the iPad. However, although i can
> view my files on my HD(Which was a bit weird that i could) i can’t move
> them or do anything else. So if i’m unable to make OpenSUSE boot my iPad
> is there a way i can access my HD through the Ubuntu LiveUSB?
The easiest way is to open a terminal window and run:
mkdir [directoryname]
I assume you have a user named something like jdarmody, so if that’s the
user you login as, when you open a terminal, you’re in /home/jdarmody
already.
So you’d do:
mkdir iPad
That would create the path:
/home/jdarmody/iPad
Which you then would mount with:
ifuse /home/jdarmody/iPad
If your actual login user is “userx”, then replace “jdarmody” with “userx”
in the above.
You probably also could use:
ifuse iPad
After creating it, then regardless of the username, it’d be there.
I know nothing else about using an iPad with Linux - I’m an Android
person myself. 
Jim
Jim Henderson
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Darn. Am i missing something? Possibly a file that OpenSUSE needs?
userx@linux-nt1e:~> /home/userx
bash: /home/userx: Is a directory
userx@linux-nt1e:~> mkdir iPad
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘iPad’: File exists
userx@linux-nt1e:~> ifuse /home/userx/iPad
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.
After unplugging and replugging my iPad:
userx@linux-nt1e:~> ifuse iPad
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.
Will keep trying.
On Sat, 16 Mar 2013 07:26:02 +0000, JDarmody wrote:
> If it is make sure that your user has permissions to access the raw
> usb device.
From the error message.
Sounds like the permissions need to be set.
A search on the error message turned this up:
http://forums-web2.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-821969-start-0.html
(It’s Gentoo, but the same principles most likely apply)
Jim
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Thanks for you help. I added usbmux to user groups but couldn’t find the plugdev and usb groups like in the link.
When i tried it i got the same error message.
I tried accessing my iPad and this Samsung mp3 player through Virtualbox with Ubuntu and and Windows 7. Windows 7 can’t even access either it just shoots an error message. Ubuntu on the other hand, let’s me see the files and all though it lets me transfer them, it doesn’t’ actually show the files on the iPad. It takes up the space but they never show up on the device.
Did a bit of googling today, doesn’t seem like many, or any, people got it to work. I think i’m gonna try dual booting, possibly XP. I don’t want to get rid of OpenSUSE but i want to be able to use my iPad too.
Thanks again
On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 05:36:01 +0000, JDarmody wrote:
> Thanks for you help. I added usbmux to user groups but couldn’t find the
> plugdev and usb groups like in the link.
> When i tried it i got the same error message.
After changing group memberships for the logged in user, you have to log
out and log back in again.
Jim
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You can verify it is working by opening Dolphin in su, or look at it via a root bash prompt as well