This looks similar to http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... light=ipod but it got no response so I thought I'd try again.
I followed this:
http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/04 ... heron.html
and this:
http://linuxchronicles.wordpress.com/20 ... albox-160/
I have no problem mounting USB drives or SD cards but my iPod Mini triggers a new device but never is seen by Explorer, Device Manager or iTunes.
Here's what I changed in the files from the linked instructions.
Ending up with:
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evan@AMD2300:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda5
UUID=72df95f9-8d82-4050-b7bc-5672f78d1208 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda6
UUID=248ec09e-9936-4ed3-8cf7-339b8b3ffd23 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdb /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0
# mount NAS partition as home
/dev/sdb1 /home ext3 nodev,nosuid 0 2
# mount NTFS partition as tbd
/dev/sda3 /media/tbd ntfs user,auto,fmask=0111,dmask=0000 0 0
# FTP share - allow access to shows through FTP
/home/Shared/Azureus /home/FTP-shared/download/shows none bind
# mount MGB box as Backup
192.168.10.15:/mnt/ide2/nas /media/nas nfs nodev,nosuid
## VirtualBox USB support usbfs is the USB group in fstab file:
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=129,devmode=664 0 0
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evan@AMD2300:~$ cat /etc/group | grep evan
<snip>
vboxusers:x:129:evan
usbusers:x:1004:evan
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evan@AMD2300:~$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/40-basic-permissions.rules
# This file establishes permissions and ownership of devices according
# to Ubuntu policy. See udev(7) for syntax.
<snip>
# USB devices (usbfs replacement)
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", GROUP="usbusers", MODE="0664"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", MODE="0664"
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evan@AMD2300:~$ cat /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh
<snip>
#
# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work
#
mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb
<snip>
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evan@AMD2300:~$ cat /etc/init.d/mountkernfs.sh
<snip>
## Mount the usbfs for use with Virtual Box
domount usbfs usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb -onoexec,nosuid,nodev,devgid=129,devmode=664
# Mount spufs, if Cell Broadband processor is detected
<snip>