Can't write to iPod 5G (Video)

A few days ago my iPod (5g Video, with version 1.3 firmware) wasn't working properly so I used iTunes on a different computer to "restore" it to its original state. Now I cannot use my computer (Arch, KDE 4.4.5, Amarok 2.3.1, libgpod 0.7.93-1) to put music on it anymore. Amarok will start to write to it, and even go up a variable amount of %, but then it will freeze. I have to hard reset my iPod to get it unfrozen again.
However I can use the other computer that has iTunes to put music on my iPod and it will work.
But this is extremely inconvenient (and irritating). Anyone have any idea what might be going on?

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In auto mode, when changes are made in itunes they are not replicated on the ipod... despite the fact that itunes tells me that it has updated. On a couple of occasions it tells me that if I switch from manual to auto I will blank my ipod and the library of 4 or so thousand songs will re-install.
In manual mode I can manipulate the order of songs on the ipod but when I disconect it reverts to the running order that was present before the sync. Or to put it another way, the file transfer protocols that are normally used during the sync process are not functioning normally.
I also can't get the ipod to play any of the music purchased from apple. Though I suspect that this a different matter.

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