Re: GNU Guix on iPad2 (A1395)

[Jacob Hrbek <kreyren@rixotstudio.cz>]

It seems to be guix specific as the usbmuxd seems to work fine on other distros, but has issues on NixOS and Guix thus why asking here

-- Jacob "Kreyren" Hrbek

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On Sunday, September 25th, 2022 at 11:11 PM, Csepp <raingloom@riseup.net> wrote:


> Jacob Hrbek kreyren@rixotstudio.cz writes:
> 
> > Context: I have this iPad 2 that I got as a gift from a friend who was upgrading on the newer version to try
> > to get me to like Apple. I hate it and it was in my storage unused for many years so now I am trying to get
> > GNU Guix on it with GNOME.
> > 
> > To achieve this I merged the required packages in guix (https://issues.guix.gnu.org/57902 and
> > https://issues.guix.gnu.org/57871) and thanks to the jailbreaking community i can use Checkm8 exploit
> > (https://github.com/axi0mX/ipwndfu) to get full write access to the device and unlock the bootloader to
> > boot unsigned OS and linux-libre seems to have all required drivers to run on the device, see the current
> > progress in https://git.dotya.ml/kreyren/kreyren/issues/30
> > 
> > The issue is that i can't get libusbmuxd (the daemon used to communicate with iDevices from Linux) to
> > work on GNU Guix likely due to a configuration error in guix to perform the exploit and install guix, can
> > someone help? https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ideviceinstaller/issues/147
> > 
> > Any relevant info on how to get iPad 2 or other iDevices to work with GNU Guix also appreciated.
> > 
> > -- Jacob "Kreyren" Hrbek
> 
> 
> Not a real answer, but have you tried contacting projects like
> postmarketOS? They have much more experience with this sort of thing
> and might be able to help with configuration issues.