On Mon, 4 Jun 2007, Nelson wrote:
> Currently running Linux kernel 2.6.21.3 with Slackware 11.0 on a Dell
> Inspiron notebook. I would like to get my iPod recognized and running
> under VMWare 6.0 so that I can sync with iTunes, but according to VMWare
> support the usb_storage module needs to be removed before connecting the
> iPod to the system and can be manually started afterwards. The problem
> with this is my system uses USB drives and don't really have the option
> to remove the usb_storage module. Is it possible to make a workaround
> for this OR apply a patch so that the usb_storage module ignores iPods
> entirely?
There is a workaround; you don't need to unload usb-storage. All you
have to do is this (as root):
echo -n D >/sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb_storage/unbind
where D is the ID of the iPod. You'll find it listed as the name of
one of the symbolic links in the same directory as the "unbind" file.
Alan Stern
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