iPod Support in iTunes 4.0 Forum

Using CXoffice 4.1 here. Well, I found on the web the information about setting CONFIG_EFI_PARITITION=n in the kernel config (noticed it was in the howto as well...heh). Anyways, I recompiled my kernel and now my 4G iPod works great mounting in linux via usb. However, something weird happens when I plug in the iPod and run the cxipod --root script. It doesn't set the permissions in /proc/bus/usb/005 correctly; the device shows up as a incremental number depending on when I plugged it in in there (I Think it starts at 004). If I just do a chown tristan /proc/bus/usb/005/* then iTunes doesn't complain about improper permissions. I also ran cxipod --user, after doing a cxreset. However, iTunes does NOT find the iPod, but it can see the ipod as the d: when I try to add files to the media library.

I also tried starting a completely fresh cxoffice install with only dcom95. I had previously dont cxipod --root, so after the install of iTunes finished and I chose not to reboot, it said install completed successfully, and then I did a cxreboot. Then I did a killall wineserver, and did cxipod --user. I fired up iTunes, and it went through the initial user config, and then when I got to iTunes it said that the iPod support component hadn't been properly installed and that I should reinstall. I wasn't getting this error before when it wasn't a fresh install; do I need to create the initial registry settings first before doing cxipod --user?

Anyways, gonna try and play with this, and I think if I can't get it to work I'm going to try and install cxoffice 4.0 and see if that makes a difference.

Actually I tried cxipod --user after doing the initial user config and exiting, and it still gives me the same error in 4.1. If I revert back to 4.0 and do a fresh cxoffice install, I don't get the error (following these same steps).

It'd be nice if there were more details about what is required for iTunes to recognize the iPod (maybe nobody really knows?) Oh well, guess I'll have to wait until next year to get my iPod working in iTunes in linux...

I am in a similar position to others. I have installed 4.1, my ipod works fine under Fedora Core 3 (after recompiling my kernel, I can use gtkpod), but I can't get it to work under cxoffice/itunes.

When I ran the cxipod script, it said it couldn't find my ipod. I downloaded the fixes from the http://crossover.codeweavers.com/xfer site and installed them, and the new version of the cxipod script does not support the parameters mentioned in the tips & tricks. It only supports two parameters, --verbose and --mini. If I run it with both (I have a mini) it runs without any output & doesn't seem to do anything.

I am finding this frustrating as I bought cxoffice for only one reason - to use my ipod with linux.

Could someone who works for C.W. list the distributions that you know this works on ? Which distros do you develop & test on.

Currently iPod does not work with Fedora Core 3 because it eliminated the Scsi Generic device. I am working to redo how we handle the scsi devices to allow for this.

Also you should not need to download anything for the xfer site. All those utilities where quite old. I have removed them to try to avoid having future problems with people downloading them.

I apologize if you bought CrossOver for your iPod. iPods are not officially supported you may want to request a refund and just keep an eye out for when we do officially manage to get iPod support stable.