Hi All,
If you would please suffer a Fedora Code 13 question on a CentOS mailing list, I have a Linux customer with Fedora Code 13 who loves it but is about to dump it because he really, really wants iTunes. (He owns an iPod and an iPhone.) None of the Linux utilities quite work right and he wants to buy music from the iTunes store as well. Plus he wants to synchronize his contacts list.
So, I was thinking of installing an XP VM on his computer. Would iTunes work properly? Would you use KVM or Virtual Box? Any words of wisdom shared would be appreciated.
Many thanks, -T
Ealier was possible run iTunes in Linux using Wine. Actually I really don't know if it still works, because a lot things have changed since 2007 (was the last time I'd installed iTunes in Linux). BTW you can install VMware Workstation or Player to run Windows XP/Seven/Whattever and do what you want. I guess VirtualBox OSE have no USB support, so you will need to buy a licence to VirtualBox or VMware.
I don't know if KVM supports USB too.
2011/2/12 MargoAndTodd margoandtodd@gmail.com
Hi All,
If you would please suffer a Fedora Code 13 question on a CentOS mailing list, I have a Linux customer with Fedora Code 13 who loves it but is about to dump it because he really, really wants iTunes. (He owns an iPod and an iPhone.) None of the Linux utilities quite work right and he wants to buy music from the iTunes store as well. Plus he wants to synchronize his contacts list.
So, I was thinking of installing an XP VM on his computer. Would iTunes work properly? Would you use KVM or Virtual Box? Any words of wisdom shared would be appreciated.
Many thanks, -T _______________________________________________ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
On 02/12/2011 01:56 PM, Lucas Timm LH wrote:
Ealier was possible run iTunes in Linux using Wine. Actually I really don't know if it still works, because a lot things have changed since 2007 (was the last time I'd installed iTunes in Linux)
2007 was the last time iTunes worked in Wine. :'(
Thank you for the help! -T
On 02/12/2011 11:56 PM, Lucas Timm LH wrote:
Ealier was possible run iTunes in Linux using Wine. Actually I really don't know if it still works, because a lot things have changed since 2007 (was the last time I'd installed iTunes in Linux). BTW you can install VMware Workstation or Player to run Windows XP/Seven/Whattever and do what you want. I guess VirtualBox OSE have no USB support, so you will need to buy a licence to VirtualBox or VMware.
USB works OK in VirtualBox-4.0-4.0.2_69518_rhel6-1.x86_64
I don't know if KVM supports USB too.
2011/2/12 MargoAndTodd <margoandtodd@gmail.com mailto:margoandtodd@gmail.com>
Hi All, If you would please suffer a Fedora Code 13 question on a CentOS mailing list, I have a Linux customer with Fedora Code 13 who loves it but is about to dump it because he really, really wants iTunes. (He owns an iPod and an iPhone.) None of the Linux utilities quite work right and he wants to buy music from the iTunes store as well. Plus he wants to synchronize his contacts list. So, I was thinking of installing an XP VM on his computer. Would iTunes work properly? Would you use KVM or Virtual Box? Any words of wisdom shared would be appreciated. Many thanks, -T _______________________________________________ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org <mailto:CentOS-virt@centos.org> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt-- Lucas Timm, Goiânia/GO. http://timmerman.wordpress.com
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On 02/13/2011 02:07 AM, MargoAndTodd wrote:
On 02/12/2011 03:35 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
USB works OK in VirtualBox-4.0-4.0.2_69518_rhel6-1.x86_64
Cool. Thank you!
You do mean with a Red Hat OS?
-T
Oops. I should have said "Red Hat OS for the host and XP for the Guest"
yes. I have installed SL6 ( waiting for C6 to replace it..) as workstation and I have installed Virtual Box from their yum repo in order to have access to a functional Windows XP (which I need because I have a Logitech Harmony remote control and using the original software was the easiest way to program it)
On 02/12/2011 04:16 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
On 02/13/2011 02:07 AM, MargoAndTodd wrote:
On 02/12/2011 03:35 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
USB works OK in VirtualBox-4.0-4.0.2_69518_rhel6-1.x86_64
Cool. Thank you!
You do mean with a Red Hat OS?
-T
Oops. I should have said "Red Hat OS for the host and XP for the Guest"
yes. I have installed SL6 ( waiting for C6 to replace it..) as workstation and I have installed Virtual Box from their yum repo in order to have access to a functional Windows XP (which I need because I have a Logitech Harmony remote control and using the original software was the easiest way to program it)
Thank you! My Wife has been looking at the Harmony, so your answer was fortuitous.
Eventually, I am going to remove Virtual Box from my and all my customer's machines in favor of KVM. So the Harmony may be short lived if KVM does not also support USB as well as Virtual Box 4.0.x.
-T
2011/2/13 MargoAndTodd margoandtodd@gmail.com:
Eventually, I am going to remove Virtual Box from my and all my customer's machines in favor of KVM. So the Harmony may be short lived if KVM does not also support USB as well as Virtual Box 4.0.x.
KVM only supports emulated USB 1.1 at the moment, all USB devices requiring USB 2.0 doesn't work (which includes all iPhones and newer iPods AFAIK). qemu-kvm 0.14 which will be out soon, has received some USB 2.0 patches, but still no initial 2.0 support. Don't expect emulated USB 2.0 support in KVM in CentOS anytime soon.
If you have a host with VT-d support, you can try to passthrough one of the USB controllers on your motherboard to a guest - or to add a PCI/PCIe USB card to the host and dedicate it to a guest. I haven't had any luck with ~4-5 different USB controllers/cards, so don't put your expectations too high.
Best regards Kenni
On 02/12/2011 05:30 PM, Kenni Lund wrote:
2011/2/13 MargoAndToddmargoandtodd@gmail.com:
Eventually, I am going to remove Virtual Box from my and all my customer's machines in favor of KVM. So the Harmony may be short lived if KVM does not also support USB as well as Virtual Box 4.0.x.
KVM only supports emulated USB 1.1 at the moment, all USB devices requiring USB 2.0 doesn't work (which includes all iPhones and newer iPods AFAIK). qemu-kvm 0.14 which will be out soon, has received some USB 2.0 patches, but still no initial 2.0 support. Don't expect emulated USB 2.0 support in KVM in CentOS anytime soon.
If you have a host with VT-d support, you can try to passthrough one of the USB controllers on your motherboard to a guest - or to add a PCI/PCIe USB card to the host and dedicate it to a guest. I haven't had any luck with ~4-5 different USB controllers/cards, so don't put your expectations too high.
Best regards Kenni
Thank you for the heads up!
-T
2011/2/13 MargoAndTodd margoandtodd@gmail.com:
On 02/12/2011 05:30 PM, Kenni Lund wrote:
2011/2/13 MargoAndToddmargoandtodd@gmail.com:
Eventually, I am going to remove Virtual Box from my and all my customer's machines in favor of KVM. So the Harmony may be short lived if KVM does not also support USB as well as Virtual Box 4.0.x.
KVM only supports emulated USB 1.1 at the moment, all USB devices requiring USB 2.0 doesn't work (which includes all iPhones and newer iPods AFAIK). qemu-kvm 0.14 which will be out soon, has received some USB 2.0 patches, but still no initial 2.0 support. Don't expect emulated USB 2.0 support in KVM in CentOS anytime soon.
If you have a host with VT-d support, you can try to passthrough one of the USB controllers on your motherboard to a guest - or to add a PCI/PCIe USB card to the host and dedicate it to a guest. I haven't had any luck with ~4-5 different USB controllers/cards, so don't put your expectations too high.
Best regards Kenni
Thank you for the heads up!
Btw, I haven't tested PCI passthrough of USB controllers with VT-d on SL6/CentOS6. Given that the upstream documentation actually uses an onboard Intel USB controller as an example, it seems like there's a good chance that it will actually work in CentOS 6 if you've got the right hardware: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Virtualiza...
Best regards Kenni
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